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Florence Godbee Pearre
Dec 24, 2011
Mrs. Florence Godbee Pearre Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, December 24, 2011, Mrs. Florence Godbee Pearre, 92, wife for 55 years to the late Clinton “J.C.” Pearre. Mrs. Pearre was a native of Burke Co. and resided in Augusta for most of her life. She was a 1937 graduate of Tubman High School. Mrs. Pearre worked for the...
William A. "Bull" Beckum
Dec 22, 2011
Mr. William A. “Bull” Beckum Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, December 22, 2011, Mr. William A. “Bull” Beckum, 88, husband of 47 years of the late Mrs. Betty Jenkins. Mr. Beckum was a member of Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church and the Augusta Elks Lodge #205 BPOE. He was a past member of the Augusta Country...
Shelby "Wayne" Beaty
Dec 22, 2011
Mr. Shelby “Wayne” Beaty Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, December 22, 2011, Mr. Shelby “Wayne” Beaty, 67, husband of Mrs. Regina Wuestenhoefer Beaty. Mr. Beaty, a native son of Jamestown, TN and resided in the Augusta area. He was a member of Curtis Baptist Church. He volunteered for the draft and joined the U.S. Army in 1962 with...
James "Ron" Davis
Dec 21, 2011
Mr. James “Ron” Davis Retired Bell South Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, December 21, 2011, Mr. James “Ron” Davis, 64, husband of the late Mrs. Jean Collins Whitney. Mr. Davis was a native of Columbia, SC but lived in Augusta most of his life. He served 4 years in the United States Air Force. He was an avid...
John C. Groves
Dec 20, 2011
Mr. John C. Groves Appling, GA – John C. Groves, 69, beloved husband of Trudy G. Groves, passed away Tuesday evening, December 20, 2011, at his home in Appling, GA. A native of Pineville, Louisiana, Mr. Groves graduated from Northwestern State University. He moved to Augusta, Georgia in 1969 and became Director of Student Activities at Augusta State University, a...
Mary Alice Kemp
Dec 20, 2011
Mrs. Mary Alice Bailey Kemp Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Mrs. Mary Alice Bailey Kemp, 90, wife of Harry Kemp, Sr. of Martinez. Mrs. Kemp was a native of Harlem, GA. She was employed by Southern Bell in Atlanta during the early 1940’s and at Oliver General Hospital in Augusta where she met her future...
Mary Hudson Williams
Dec 20, 2011
Mrs. Mary Hudson Williams Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, December 20, 2011, Mrs. Mary Hudson Williams, 82, wife of the late Hugh Alton Williams. Mrs. Williams, a native of Burke County, GA, resided in North Augusta, SC and Augusta for a number of years. She was of the Methodist faith. Mrs. Williams worked as a secretary at Adair...
Albert George Bachand, Jr.
Dec 19, 2011
Mr. Albert George Bachand, Jr. Hilton Head, SC – Entered into rest Monday, December 19, 2011 at University Hospital, Mr. Albert George Bachand, Jr., 88, husband to the late Rita A. Bachand. Mr. Bachand was born in Bristol, CT. He was executive president of General Motors and was a member of St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church in Hilton...
Juel Brent Edwards
Dec 18, 2011
Augusta – Entered into rest on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Trinity Hospital, Mr. Juel Brent Edwards, 83, of Belvedere, SC. Mr. Edwards was a native of Bessemer, AL. He was retired from I.E. Dupont at SRS as a Laboratory Technician. Family members include his daughters: Lynda Vines, Joyce Edwards, Phyllis Edwards, Kathie Lees; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a...
Harvey C. Foushee
Dec 17, 2011
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Kentwood Nursing Home, Mr. Harvey Clayton Foushee, 85, husband to Aileen Foushee. Mr. Foushee was born in Orange County, NC to the late Charles Daniel Foushee and Sarah Elizabeth Jobe Foushee. He graduated from Graham High School in Graham, NC. Mr. Foushee enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in...
William "Dave" Davidson
Dec 14, 2011
Mr. Dave Davidson Appling, GA – Mr. William “Dave” Duncan Davidson, 81, entered into rest Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. Mr. Davidson was a native of Detroit, MI and resided in Augusta for the last 30 years. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Japan from 1949 to 1951. Mr. Davidson...
Olive Beth Nixon
Dec 12, 2011
Mrs. Olive Beth Nixon Appling, GA – Entered into rest Monday, December 12, 2011, Mrs. Olive Beth Nixon, 89, wife of the late Daniel E. Nixon. Mrs. Nixon was a native of Cleveland, OH. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Strongsville, OH and God was an important part of her life. She loved golf and to...
William O. Ross
Dec 12, 2011
William O. Ross CM/Sgt Retired U.S. Air Force Augusta, GA – William O. Ross, 97, Martinez, GA entered into rest Monday, December 12, 2011 at the VA Hospital. Bill was the husband of the late Angie Ross. Mr. Ross served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Wisconsin for three years during WWII (1945-1948) and served in the Army Air...
James J. Brennan
Dec 10, 2011
Mr. James J. Brennan Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Georgia War Veteran’s Home, Mr. James Joseph Brennan, 91, husband of the late Mildred “Millie” W. Brennan. Mr. Brennan was a charter member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Columbus, GA, a member of St. Mary on-the-Hill Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus (Fourth...
Melvin E. LaPan
Dec 6, 2011
Mr. Melvin Earl LaPan Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, December 6, 2011, Mr. Melvin Earl LaPan, 70, husband of Mrs. GiGi Guzman LaPan. Mr. LaPan was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He retired after 30 years of service in the U.S. Army as a Chief warrant officer and an Army Aviator. He was a Vietnam Veteran and also...
Christina Dear Hensley
Dec 6, 2011
Mrs. Christina Dear Hensley Hephzibah, GA – Mrs. Christina Dear Hensley, 63, loving wife of Luther W. Hensley, Jr., was called home Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Mrs. Hensley was a native of Charleston, SC and resided in the Augusta area. She worked as a RN at St. Joseph Hospital and Eye Physicians and Surgeons of Augusta. She loved nursing and...
Joseph W. Meehan
Dec 5, 2011
Joseph W. Meehan Augusta, GA – SFC Joseph William Meehan aged 76 passed away at his residence on Monday, December 5, 2011 after a courageous fight with Leukemia. He served his country proudly both in war and peace earning numerous medals of valor with both the 25th Infantry and the 82nd Airborne division in two tours of duty in Vietnam,...
Clara Laggan
Dec 3, 2011
Mrs. Clara Fahringer Laggan Homemaker Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, December 3, 2011, Mrs. Clara Fahringer Laggan, 91, wife of the late James Joseph Laggan. Mrs. Laggan was a native of Luzerne County, PA. She is the daughter of the late Robert and Edith Fahringer. Clara’s father Robert was a well known artist and used young Clara as...
Hutch Zettler
Dec 3, 2011
Mr. Hutch Zettler Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, December 3, 2011, Mr. Hutch Zettler, 58, husband of the late Shirley “Bonnie” Zettler. Mr. Zettler was the Chief of Emergency Medical Services at Eisenhower Medical Center, was an Eagle Scout, and was a Respiratory Therapist at St. Joseph Hospital from 1976 to 1977. He was active with Interfaith Hospitality...
Maximilian Gustave Weber, Jr.
Dec 1, 2011
Mr. Maximilian Gustave Weber, Jr. Evans, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, December 1, 2011, Mr. Max Weber, Jr., 92, husband of the late Mrs. Evelyn Marie Brinkman. Mr. Weber was a native of Newark, N.J. He was a long time residence of Sandy Springs, GA and lived in Evans for the past 5 years. Mr. Weber served in the...
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