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Jayne Ellen Anchor

Jayne Ellen Anchor

Feb 25, 2013

Mrs. Jayne Ellen Ford Anchor Augusta, GA – Entered into rest February 25, 2013 at Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Jayne Ellen Ford Anchor, 71, wife of Leonard John Anchor. Jayne Ellen Ford Anchor was born in New Hyde Park, NY. She married John, the love of her life, and began her fifty-two and a half year odyssey that...

Helen R. McDonough

Helen R. McDonough

Feb 24, 2013

Helen R. McDonough Evans, GA- Helen R. McDonough, 91, died peacefully on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at Georgia Regents Medical Center after a brief illness. Born Helen Rita Glendon on November 28, 1921 in Hoboken, NJ, she was the daughter of the late William L. and Josephine Kiely Glendon. She lived in Saddle Brook, NJ for 36 years and Whiting,...

Everett Matthew Black

Everett Matthew Black

Feb 22, 2013

Everett Matthew Black Swoyersville, PA – Everett Matthew Black, age 2 ½ years old, died Friday, February 22, 2013 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was born in Augusta, GA, son of Dr. Robyn Wirsing Black and Matthew Black of Swoyersville, PA and attended Little Tykes Learning Center. He loved Elmo, balloons, Christmas balls and swimming. He was preceded in death...

John H. Ferrell, Jr.

John H. Ferrell, Jr.

Feb 21, 2013

John H. Ferrell, Jr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, February 21, 2013, Mr. John H. Ferrell, Jr., 86, husband of 57 years to the late Helen F. Ferrell. Mr. Ferrell, born in Concord, FL, was a forty-eight year resident of Augusta, GA. John proudly served in the United States Army Signal Corps for twenty-two years. After retirement, he...

Mary Vaggi

Mary Vaggi

Feb 21, 2013

Mary A. Vaggi Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, February 21, 2013, Mrs. Mary A. Vaggi, 96, husband of the late Mr. Ralph Vaggi, Sr. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Mary Alice Dunn Vaggi spent many years in New York before moving to TX and finally, Georgia. A familiar face to anyone who was in Doctors Hospital during the 18...

Lisa Volpitto

Lisa Volpitto

Feb 20, 2013

Lisa Ann Volpitto Augusta, GA – Entered into rest February 20, 2013, Lisa Ann Volpitto, 46, loving wife and mother of Dr. David Volpitto and Tessa Nicole Volpitto. Lisa was born in Augusta and was a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County, Augusta College, the Medical College of Georgia, and the University of South Carolina - School of Medicine....

Steven Mark Roth, MD

Steven Mark Roth, MD

Feb 20, 2013

Steven Mark Roth, M.D. Martinez, GA- Dr. Steven Mark Roth of Augusta, Georgia passed way Wednesday, February 20, 2013. He was born April 23, 1964, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the younger of two children born to Harry Roth and Marilyn Roth Cook. A dedicated and caring physician, Dr. Roth received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from Virginia Tech and...

Heidi McCorkle

Heidi McCorkle

Feb 20, 2013

Heidi McCorkle Augusta, GA – Ms. Heidi Lyn McCorkle, 28, the beloved mother of Shawn Crocker and Josh McCorkle, passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Ms. McCorkle was a native of Harlem, Georgia. She was a devoted mother to her two boys, Shawn and Josh; they were her greatest passion and her priority in life. Though she was an...

Jeannie Elizabeth Wickersham Kromer

Jeannie Elizabeth Wickersham Kromer

Feb 16, 2013

Jeannie Elizabeth Kromer Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, February 16, 2013, Ms. Jeannie Elizabeth Wickersham Kromer, 66. Family members include mother: Vivian Granade Wickersham; sister: Alice Terry; daughter: Jennifer Slaton; and grandchildren: Daniel and Haleigh Slaton. A memorial service will be held Monday, February 18, 2013 at 3:00 P.M. in the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church...

Eldor Pflughoeft

Eldor Pflughoeft

Feb 15, 2013

Eldor Pflughoeft Mr. Eldor Robert Pflughoeft, 94, Watersmeet, MI, went home to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, with the music of Amazing Grace (played by a bagpipe on YouTube) playing softly in the background. He died Friday, February 15, 2013, at University Hospital, Augusta, GA, surrounded by his daughters, and a grandson and his wife. He was...

Stephen Aric Repko

Stephen Aric Repko

Feb 12, 2013

Stephen Repko Augusta, GA – Mr. Stephen Aric Repko, 61, entered into rest on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at Trinity Hospital. Mr. Repko was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, He attended Butler High School and worked as a Carpenter. He loved his animals, friends, and family. Family members include his parents: Lois Hawk Repko and the late Stephen...

Doris Peebles

Doris Peebles

Feb 12, 2013

Doris Peebles Augusta, GA – Gone home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, February 12, 2013, Mrs. Doris Peebles, 85, wife of the late Hammond I. Peebles. Mrs. Peebles was homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Augusta. Family members include daughter Faye Sanderson Strickland of Grovetown, GA; son Hammond I. Peebles, Jr. “Butch” of Augusta; granddaughter: Stephanie...

John Glover

John Glover

Feb 11, 2013

John Glover Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, February 11, 2013, after a long, courageous battle with Alzheimer’s, Mr. John LeRoy Glover Jr, 80, loving husband of 50 years to the late Bessie Lou Glover. Mr. Glover was a native of Brunswick, Ga. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a graduate of Augusta...

Helen Wooten

Helen Wooten

Feb 10, 2013

Helen Wooten Entered into rest in Augusta, GA on Sunday, February 10, 2013; Mrs. Helen Pickett Wooten, 83, loving wife of 56 years to the late Harold M. Wooten. Mrs. Wooten was born to the late Glen Pickett and Annie Wishon Sneed. She was a graduate from Yadkin High School, and worked for Hanes Hosiery and Roses, Inc. for 15...

Glenna Goudie

Glenna Goudie

Feb 9, 2013

Glenna Goudie Augusta, GA – Ms. Glenna Mary Goudie, 64, entered into rest on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Ms. Goudie was a native of Providence, Rhode Island but has lived in the Augusta area since 2009. She was a 1967 graduate of Lincoln High School in Lincoln, RI and then she graduated from Becker Junior College in Worchester, MA in...

Genia Jones

Genia Jones

Feb 8, 2013

Genia Jones Martinez, GA – Ms. Genia Stewart Jones, 55, entered into rest on Friday, February 8, 2013. Ms. Jones was a native of Pickens SC, grew up in Easley and had resided in Augusta for the last 15 years. She was caring and wonderful mother to her two daughters. Genia was a model of courage and strength and was...

Atticus Jerome "Jack" Connell, Jr.

Atticus Jerome "Jack" Connell, Jr.

Feb 6, 2013

Augusta, Ga. – Entered into rest on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, Mr. Atticus Jerome “Jack” Connell Jr., husband of 45 years to Nannette Anderson Connell. The funeral service will be held Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church with Rev. George Muir officiating. Burial will be at Summerville Cemetery. Jack was born at the Margaret...

James M. Thigpen

James M. Thigpen

Feb 6, 2013

James M. Thigpen Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, February 06, 2013, Mr. James M. Thigpen, 78, husband of Naomi Thigpen for 57 years. Mr. Thigpen was a member of Abilene Baptist Church for the past 25 years and was a member of Joe Easler Sunday School Class. He was the Mechanical Service Manager at the Medical College of...

Jim Clark

Jim Clark

Feb 5, 2013

Jim Clark Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, February 5, 2013, Mr. James William “Jim” Clark of Augusta. Family members include his daughter: Margaret Clark Gibb and her husband Todd; sons: James William Clark Jr. and wife Laura; John Kinsey Clark and wife Aileen; grandchildren: John Patrick Clark, Elizabeth Abney Gibb, James Kinsey Clark, Kinsey Lee Clark, Emma Kaitlin...

Maj. Stanley Joseph Juras (Ret.)

Maj. Stanley Joseph Juras (Ret.)

Feb 2, 2013

MAJ. Stanley Joseph Juras, retired Major Stanley Joseph Juras, 85, of Augusta, Georgia died peacefully at home February 2, 2013. Born 1927 in Detroit, Michigan to Stanley Joseph Juras and Bernice Kochan, Stan grew up in a Polish community in Detroit and attended seminary there. He enlisted in the Army in 1949, earned a commission, was assigned to the Signal...

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