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Martha S. Capers
Dec 17, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, December 17, 2022, Mrs. Martha Strickland Capers, 90, wife of the late Mr. Frank W. Capers, Jr. Martha was born in Johnson, SC. she was a graduate of Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. She moved to Augusta and began working for the Georgia Railroad. Shortly afterwards, she met the love of...
Kathryne "Kitty" Fiske Hopkins
Dec 17, 2022
Mrs. Kathryne Fiske Hopkins, 94, beloved wife of the late Calvin Sylvester Hopkins Jr., entered into rest Saturday, December 17, 2022. She was born as the last of three children to Julian Francis Fiske Sr. and Kate Edwards Fiske on August 2, 1928, in Augusta, Georgia. Being raised in Augusta, she attended Monte Sano School, Tubman High School, Augusta Junior...
Adam Doss
Dec 17, 2022
Augusta, GA – Adam Joshua Doss, 43, entered into rest on Saturday, December 17, 2022. Adam was born on January 10, 1979, in Wichita, KS. He graduated from Wichita Heights High School in 1997. Following graduation, he enlisted in the Army and graduated from the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. He served as an active duty Arabic linguist for...
Dr. John Thomas Boutwell
Dec 17, 2022
Dr. John Thomas Boutwell, 92, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 17, 2022. John was born on October 10, 1930, to the late Hiram Bert Boutwell, Sr. and Elizabeth Harris Boutwell. The youngest of two brothers, John grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, where he attended and graduated from West End High School; he also served as...
Angela "Angie" Shields
Dec 16, 2022
Angie Shields Grovetown, GA – Angela “Angie” Lynn Shields, 67, entered into rest Friday, December 16, 2022. Angie loved her family and loved animals, especially her four-legged friends “Buddy” and “Dip”. She had the kindest heart and was the type of person who would give you the shirt off her back. She enjoyed cheering for the Dawgs. Family members include...
William Thomas Kavanagh, Jr.
Dec 16, 2022
Grovetown, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, December 16, 2022, Mr. William Thomas Kavanagh, Jr., 79, loving husband of 34 years to Sylvia Kavanagh. Bill was a devoted member of Wesley United Methodist Church and The Cornerstone Sunday School Class. After a long career in lumber sales, he then retired from Blanchard & Calhoun Real Estate. He was a...
Ed Fusselle, Jr.
Dec 16, 2022
Ed Fusselle, Jr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, December 16, 2022, Mr. Edward Geddings Fusselle, Jr., 86, loving husband of Mrs. Samm (Donnie) Powell Fusselle. Ed is also survived by nieces and nephews: Kristen Sparks (Joseph), Judith Paul, Sandra Sandven and Michael Sandven. Ed was born in Louisville, KY but grew up in Augusta. He was a...
Herman Christian "Chris" Lamb Jr.
Dec 16, 2022
Chris Lamb, Jr. Augusta, GA – Herman Christian “Chris” Lamb, Jr., 83, devoted husband of Joyce Redd Lamb, died Friday, December 16, 2022. A native of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Chris was the son of the late Herman C. Lamb, Sr. and Josephine Yotko Lamb. He came to Augusta through the Army, stationed at Fort Gordon in 1958. Chris met his wife...
Jane Zeyfang
Dec 15, 2022
Augusta, GA - Jane Bailey Zeyfang, 93, beloved wife of the late Robert (Bob) W. Zeyfang entered into rest in her home on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Mrs. Zeyfang was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bailey of Augusta. She attended Tubman High School for Girls and received a BS in Business Administration and a Teaching...
John S. Whatley Jr.
Dec 14, 2022
Evans, GA – Mr. John Summerlin Whatley Jr. entered into rest on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, in Evans, GA. John was born on November 1, 1939, in Sulphur, LA to John Summerlin Whatley Sr. and Vivian Carter Whatley. The family moved to Glendale, AZ when John was 4 years old. As a young boy, he enjoyed riding his bike to...
Don W. Woodward
Dec 14, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Mr. Don Wilson Woodward, 77, loving husband of Mrs. Kathryn “Kitty” Woodward. Don was a lifelong native of Augusta and proud alumni of Academy of Richmond County. He worked in sales for Kelly Promotional Products and loved his job and his clients. Don had a great sense of humor...
Leslie Niedling
Dec 11, 2022
Leslie Anne Niedling, 55, passed away on December 11, 2022. She was born on December 5, 1967 in Washington, GA. Leslie enjoyed flowers, gardening, and was an avid Georgia Bulldogs fan. Above all, she loved her family dearly and especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She was loved by all who knew her and she will be greatly missed....
James Harold Schondelmayer
Dec 11, 2022
James “Jim” H. Schondelmayer passed away at Piedmont University Hospital on December 11, 2022. Jim was born in Richmond, Indiana and graduated from Centerville High in 1965. He came to Georgia on a tennis scholarship to South Georgia College and graduated from Augusta College after serving in the Army. Jim spent decades working for the administration of University Hospital. After...
Melanie J. Bentley
Dec 10, 2022
Martinez, GA – Melanie J. Bentley, age 66, of Martinez, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2022. Melanie was born May 29, 1956 in Miami, Florida. She was the daughter of the late Joseph D. L. and Linda Lindsay Buckland. Melanie is survived by a nephew, Stephen J. Buckland of Evans, Georgia. In addition to her parents, she was...
James (Jimmy) W. Claxton
Dec 10, 2022
James (Jimmy) W. Claxton of 557 Furys Ferry Road, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at Piedmont Hospital. Jimmy was born August 18,1947 in Augusta, Georgia, which remained his lifetime home. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 46 years, Faye Butler Claxton and sons, Chad Butler Claxton and infant son, Blake Butler Claxton...
Robert "Bobby" E. Cave Sr.
Dec 9, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, December 9, 2022, Robert Ernest Cave, Sr., 81. Bobby was a native of Columbus, GA. He owned and operated Austin Ornamental Iron. Bobby loved to work; it was more of a hobby for him rather than a job. He was an artist with metal and was very passionate about what he did....
Stephen Ericson
Dec 9, 2022
Stephen Brent Ericson, 71, passed away on Friday, December 9 in Augusta, Georgia. Stephen was born on October 13, 1951 in Bangor, Maine, eldest child of Robert and Catherine Ericson. Stephen was a son of Maine, raised in Bangor and spent the majority of his childhood hunting, fishing, and skiing on Beech Hill Pond. He was a graduate of Maine...
Bobby Cliett
Dec 9, 2022
Bobby Cliett Harlem, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, December 9, 2022, Mr. Robert A. Cliett, 86, husband of Mrs. Lorena Smalley Cliett. Bobby was born in Blythe but was raised in Harrisburg. He loved his career as a truck driver, he followed in the profession after his brother and father. He enjoyed fishing in his spare time. Bobby...
John Gibson
Dec 7, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, John Clayton Gibson, 75, loving husband of Katharine Farr Gibson. John was a native of Hamlet, NC, but lived most of his adult life in Augusta, GA. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in two tours in Vietnam. He retired as a Sergeant First Class from Fort...
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