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Carl Ray

Carl Ray

Aug 28, 2011

Mr. Carl Virgil Ray Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, August 28, 2011, Mr. Carl Virgil Ray, 85, husband of the late Edna E. Ray. Mr. Ray was born in Huntersville, West Virginia and resided in the Augusta area for the past 51 years. He was a millwright for Columbia Nitrogen. Mr. Ray served in the US Air Corps...

Cluese Blanchard

Cluese Blanchard

Aug 28, 2011

Mr. Cluese Blanchard Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, August 28, 2011, Mr. Cluese Blanchard, 77, husband of Linda K. Blanchard. Mr. Blanchard was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta. He was a 1979 graduate of Augusta College with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and minor in Sociology. Mr. Blanchard retired after 20 years from Babcock and Wilcox...

Sara Collier

Sara Collier

Aug 28, 2011

Sara Glass Collier Sara Glass Collier of Southern Pines, N.C., formerly of Augusta/Martinez, Georgia, died on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at the Coventry Assisted Living Home, St. Joseph of the Pines. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 4, 2011 in the chapel of Thomas Poteet and Son with Paul James, Elder and Bob Hookness, Deacon...

Carlton F. Griggs

Carlton F. Griggs

Aug 24, 2011

Mr. Carlton F. Griggs Aiken, SC – Mr. Carlton F. Griggs, 57, entered into rest Wednesday, August 24, 2011, at Aiken Regional Hospital. Mr. Griggs was a native of Greenbelt, MD. He resided in Aiken, SC and was formally of Augusta, GA. He was a sheet metal/welder for Superior Air Handling at SRS. Family members include his mother, Betty Griggs...

Virginia Murphy

Virginia Murphy

Aug 24, 2011

Mrs. Virginia Murphy Homemaker Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, August 24, 2011, Mrs. Virginia Murphy, 82, wife of the late Leonard Murphy. Mrs. Murphy was a native of Collins, GA. She was a homemaker and lifelong member of Crawford Avenue Baptist Church. She was an avid gardener and collected porcelain dolls. Mrs. Murphy’s mission in life was to...

Annie Louise Walker

Annie Louise Walker

Aug 23, 2011

Louise Walker Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, August 23, 2011, Mrs. Annie Louise Walker, 90, wife of the late Joe Walker. Mrs. Walker was a life long resident of Augusta and Martinez. She was a member of St. Luke Anglican Catholic Church. Mrs. Walker graduated from Cosmetology School. She was also a member of the Joe Walker Sunday...

Frances T. Magruder

Frances T. Magruder

Aug 23, 2011

Mrs. Frances T. Magruder Augusta, GA – Mrs. Frances Thompson Magruder, 89, entered into rest Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Mrs. Magruder was born in Tuscumbia, AL and later lived in Ashville, NC. She moved to Augusta in the late 1940s. She retired from Warren Baptist Church after 34 years of faithful service. Initially she served as secretary to the late...

Vonnie Jeanette Tinley

Vonnie Jeanette Tinley

Aug 23, 2011

Mrs. Vonnie Jeannette Tinley Augusta, GA – Entered into rest at her residence, Jones Manor Assisted Living Home, Tuesday, August 23, 2011, Mrs. Vonnie Jeannette Tinley, 80, wife of the late Mr. George D. Tinley, Jr. Mrs. Tinley was born in Augusta, Georgia. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Tinley was a member of Piney Grove Baptist Church, McBean, Georgia. She...

Robert "Bob" Gene Grant

Robert "Bob" Gene Grant

Aug 22, 2011

Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, August 22, 2011, Mr. Robert “Bob” Gene Grant, 79, husband of Suzanne Daly Grant. Mr. Grant was a native of Greenville, SC and resided in the Augusta area for the past 45 years. He was a retired business man and the original franchisee for Burger King in Augusta and throughout the state of...

Rosalie Kinlaw Parnell

Rosalie Kinlaw Parnell

Aug 21, 2011

Mrs. Rosalie Kinlaw Parnell Clarks Hill, SC – Entered into rest Sunday, August 21, 2011, Mrs. Rosalie Parnell, 87, wife of 70 years to Mr. Sanford Elwood Parnell. Mrs. Parnell was a native of St. Pauls, NC and resided in the Augusta and Clarks Hill, SC area for the past 50 years. She was a member of Abilene Baptist Church...

Helen Duncan

Helen Duncan

Aug 18, 2011

Mrs. Helen Willis Purvis Duncan Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, August 18, 2011, Mrs. Helen Willis Purvis Duncan, 88. Mrs. Duncan was born May 2, 1923 in McCormick, SC and has resided in the Augusta area for over 60 years. She was a resident of Westwood Nursing Home, Evans, GA. Mrs. Duncan retired after 33 years from the...

Myong S. Pyo Quinn

Myong S. Pyo Quinn

Aug 17, 2011

Mrs. Myong S. Pyo Quinn Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, August 17, 2011, Mrs. Myong S. Pyo Quinn, 60, wife of 34 years to David H. Quinn. Mrs. Quinn, a native of Incheon, South Korea, was married in Seoul, S. Korea on June 1, 1978 and moved to the United States in November of 1979. She became a...

Nelle Ruth Hogan

Nelle Ruth Hogan

Aug 17, 2011

Nelle Ruth Guill Hogan AUGUSTA, GA – Mrs. Nelle Ruth Guill Hogan, 78, beloved wife of Harvie J. Hogan, Jr. for 57 years, entered into rest on August 17, 2011. Mrs. Hogan was born August 6, 1933 in Augusta, GA to the late Estelle and Carson Guill. Her sister, Betty Walls, and brother, J.C. Guill, also predeceased her. She is...

Anthony Canestra

Anthony Canestra

Aug 15, 2011

Mr. Anthony Canestra Retired Police Officer Augusta, Ga – Entered into rest Monday, August 15, 2011, Mr. Anthony Canestra, 91, husband of the late Betty Cottingham Canestra. Mr. Canestra was a native of New York City, NY and resided in Evans, Ga. He was a member of Mt. Elon Baptist Church in Smith Creek, FL. Mr. Canestra worked for 31...

Dr. Lawrence Joyner Lewis

Dr. Lawrence Joyner Lewis

Aug 14, 2011

Dr. Larence Joyner Lewis No funeral services will be held in Augusta. A graveside service will be held in Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater, FL on Friday, August 19, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. Dr. Lewis is survived by his son, Frank Lewis (Maureen). He is preceeded in death by wife, Tommye H. Lewis and parents, Harold and Emma Lewis.

Dolores Kaminski

Dolores Kaminski

Aug 13, 2011

Mrs. Dolores Stelmaszek Kaminski Augusta, GA-Entered into rest, Saturday, August 13, 2011, Mrs. Dolores Stelmaszek Kaminski, 81. Mrs. Kaminski was born October 5, 1929 in Parlin, New Jersey. She graduated from Sayreville High School and attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York. She was married in 1957 to Frank X. Kaminski and together they lived in New Jersey...

Barbara Redish Kirkland

Barbara Redish Kirkland

Aug 10, 2011

Mrs. Barbara Redish Kirkland Retired Roberts Motors Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, August 10, 2011, Mrs. Barbara Redish Kirkland, 84, wife of the late Harry Lyman Kirkland, Jr. Mrs. Kirkland was born in St. George, SC. She was a sales secretary for Roberts Motor Company. Family members include: son, H. Lyman Kirkland III (Karen) of Martinez, GA, daughter,...

Morris Fulmer

Morris Fulmer

Aug 9, 2011

Mr. Morris L. Fulmer Retired DuPont Augusta, GA –Mr. Morris Fulmer, 90, departed from this life August 9, 2011. He was an Arkansas native and lived the majority of his life in Augusta. Mr. Fulmer was a WWII Veteran of Co. D, 30th Infantry, who fought throughout the European Theater and Africa to include: Algeria, Morocco, Sicily, Naples, Tunisia, Rome-Arno,...

Mary Frances Stephenson

Mary Frances Stephenson

Aug 8, 2011

Mary Frances Stephenson Retired Civil Service Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, August 8, 2011, Miss Mary Frances Stephenson, 65. Miss Stephenson was a native and life long resident of Augusta, GA. She retired after 28 years of service with the Civil Service at Fort Gordon where she worked in Property Management. Family members include: mother, Lula F. Stephenson,...

Janie Buck Walton

Janie Buck Walton

Aug 6, 2011

Janie Buck Walton Martinez, GA – Went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 6, 2011, Janie Buck Walton, 76, wife of 56 years to Paul A. Walton. Mrs. Walton was a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County. She worked at JB Whites Department store as a sales clerk in the linen department. Mrs. Walton volunteered at Humana...