Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Pat Johannsen
Nov 8, 2022
Augusta, GA – Albert Patrick “Pat” Johannsen, 75, entered into rest on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Pat Johannsen was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. He was a graduate of Aquinas High School, attended both Georgia Military, Augusta College and was a devoted member of St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church. Pat was an active member of...
Nancy C. Johannsen
Nov 8, 2022
North Augusta, SC – Entered into rest on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Nancy C. Johannsen, 72. Nancy was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was born in Sumter, South Carolina and grew up in North Augusta. She graduated from North Augusta High School and attended USC Aiken. Nancy was a homemaker, a talented seamstress and really enjoyed cooking...
Elizabeth B. Chesnut
Nov 7, 2022
Elizabeth B. Chesnut Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Monday, November 7, 2022, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Chesnut, 98, loving of wife of the late George Ray Chesnut. Elizabeth was a native of Athens, GA and obtained a BS of Dietetics at the University of Georgia. After moving to Augusta, she worked for University Hospital as Chief of Dietetics. Elizabeth...
June Marie Peters
Nov 7, 2022
Martinez, GA – Entered into rest on Monday, November 7, 2022, June Marie Peters, 74, after battling cancer. June was born in Augusta, Georgia on September 19, 1948, to William and Flonnie Cox. After meeting on a blind date, June and Wayne celebrated 56 years of marriage. She worked within the Columbia County school system for 22 years doing what...
Hannelore Garner
Nov 6, 2022
Hannelore A. Garner Evans, GA – Entered into rest on Sunday, November 6, 2022, Hannelore Appollonia Roser Garner, 83, loving wife of Charles Leon Garner, Sr. Hannelore was born in Germany, she married and became a military wife which brought her to Augusta, GA. Her family was her happiness. Hannelore was a patient and adoring wife, mother and grandmother, her...
Derrell Postell
Nov 5, 2022
Derrell Postell Evans, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, November 5, 2022, Mr. Derrell Armstrong Postell, 66, loving husband to Donna Parker Postell. Derrell was a lifelong resident of Augusta and was a charter member of West Acres Baptist Church where he was active on several committees. His relationship with the Lord was his foundation. He was an avid...
Elvia Aranda
Nov 5, 2022
Elvia Salinas Aranda, 97 beloved wife of the late Jesus Aranda, entered into rest on November 5, 2022 at Brandon Wilde. Elvia was born and raised in Pharr, Texas.She married Jesus Aranda on December 4th, 1948 and while Jesus was in the Army and was stationed in Germany they traveled throughout Europe. Elvia enjoyed working with her church, St. Joseph...
Bonnie Mulcay
Nov 4, 2022
Augusta, GA – Bonnie Pierce Mulcay, 80, entered into rest Friday, November 4, 2022. Bonnie was a member of the Church of the Most Holy Trinity. Born on July 30, 1942, she graduated from Aquinas High School in 1960 where she was the President of the girls class her senior year. She entered the Convent of Religious Sisters of Mercy...
Collin Gibson
Nov 4, 2022
Collin James Gibson, 29, entered eternal rest at home on November 4, 2022, following a nearly 2-year battle against a very rare cancer. He was born on May 22, 1993, to Andrew and Tambrey (Harrington) Gibson. He grew up as a “military brat,” living in multiple locations across the United States as well as abroad in the United Kingdom. He...
Janice D. Price
Nov 3, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, November 3, 2022, Mrs. Janice D. Price, 76, loving wife of 52 years to the late Mr. Joseph A. “Tony” Price. Janice was born in Savannah, GA and moved to Augusta in 1973. She was a devout Catholic and long-time member of St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church. Janice was a...
Rositsa Lawrence
Nov 3, 2022
Rositsa Lawrence, age 79, loving mother of Almira Vazdarjanova and grandmother of Arendil, Galadra and Tiernan Plummer, passed on peacefully from heart failure on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022. Rossy was born on June 2nd, 1942 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, to Nikola and Ivanka Semerdjiev. She received her Mechanical Engineering degree from Sofia Technical University in 1965 and conducted post-graduate research in...
Alice L. Timm
Nov 2, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Mrs. Alice L. Timm, 91. Alice was born Alice Louise Lynn on March 28, 1931, in Atlanta, GA at Grady Hospital to Aaron and Sarah Lynn. On May 13, 1938, her brother, Robert A. Lynn joined the family. On July 28, 1951, she was introduced to Pvt. Marvin Timm...
Raymond Skelton, Sr.
Nov 1, 2022
Raymond Skelton, Sr. Raymond Milton Skelton Sr., of Wilmington NC and previously of Augusta GA, passed away peacefully on November 1, 2022 in Charleston SC. He was 82. He was born on August 9, 1940, in Aiken SC, to the late Claude Eugene Skelton and Evelyn Bussey Skelton. He was predeceased by his beautiful wife of 55 years, Rebecca Brown...
Michael J. Armstrong
Nov 1, 2022
MICHAEL J. ARMSTRONG Augusta, GA - Michael James Armstrong entered into rest on Tuesday, November 1, 2022. A native of Augusta, GA, he was the son of Joseph A. and Bernice Kirsch Armstrong. He graduated from the University of Georgia where he earned a bachelor's degree in history. Michael retired from the State, but the job he loved was 25...
Jack Wade Wilson
Nov 1, 2022
Augusta, Ga. – Jack Wade Wilson, 87, loving husband of Elizabeth Dianne Wilson, passed away peacefully at home on November 1, 2022, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Jack was born in the old University Hospital in Augusta, Ga on March 10, 1935, to Dan Frank Wilson, Sr. and Blanche Evelyn Wade Wilson. He grew up in Waynesboro, Ga....
Clarence "Dutch" Miller, Jr.
Oct 31, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Monday, October 31, 2022, Clarence William “Dutch” Miller, Jr., 94, loving husband of the late Norma Lou Clark. Dutch was a native of Knoxville, TN. He moved to Augusta, GA in 1954 to work as an engineer at Babcock and Wilcox. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He was...
Frank Bohler Babbitt Sr.
Oct 31, 2022
Decatur, GA - On October 31, 2022, Frank Bohler Babbitt Sr. passed away. He was 89 years of age and preceded in death by his father: Earl L. Babbitt, Sr.; mother: Mary Bohler Babbitt, and sister: Mary “Molly” Babbitt Barnhart. He and his identical twin brother were well known in the community riding their bikes all around town from Central...
Leonard Wilson, Jr.
Oct 30, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Sunday, October 30, 2022, Mr. Newton Leonard Wilson, Jr., 83. Leonard was a lifelong native of Augusta. He retired after working over 30 years for Kimberly Clark. Leonard was a faithful member of Flowing Wells Worship Center. After retiring he enjoyed painting and spending time with his family. Family members include his children:...
Jane Ann (Furzland) Stelter
Oct 30, 2022
Evans, GA - Jane Ann (Furzland) Stelter of Evans, Georgia passed away peacefully at the age of 90 on October 30, 2022 surrounded by her three children. Jane was born to Gertrude Caroline (Brucker) and William Edward Furzland on July 11, 1932 in Park Ridge, Illinois. She graduated with a degree in English from Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, where...
Wayne Merritt
Oct 29, 2022
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, October 29, 2022, Mr. Wayne Daniel Merritt, 83, loving husband of 52 years to Nancy Lowe Merritt. Wayne was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta and was a 1958 graduate of Academy of Richmond County. He served in the United States Air Force and when he returned to Augusta he worked...