Obituaries

Aug 8, 2017

Johnathan Manley “John” Smith was called home to be with the Lord on August 8, 2017.He was a beloved son of Debra Ann Rall Smith, of Carnesville, GA and Dennis Smith of Habersham County Ga.He was wonderful husband, father, brother, grandson and friend to many. He was a Graduate of Franklin County High School and a certified welder through North...

Aug 2, 2017

Bobby Harold Ledford, 77, of the Ashland community of Franklin County, passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 2, 2017 at the Athens Regional Medical Center.Born April 8, 1940, he was the son of the late Dock and Inda Mae McElreath. He was the father of the late Greg Ledford. He was the brother of the late Bertha Williams, Dorothy Wilbanks, Alice...

Aug 2, 2017

Sarah Herring Jernigan, 86, of the Fairview Community, passed away Wednesday evening, August 2, 2017.Born June 22, 1931, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Howard and Nettie Lou Woods Herring. She was predeceased by her first husband, Clarence Whiting, brother, Harold Hugh, Calvin, Julian, and James Herring, and sister Nathel Alewine. She was a retired...

Jul 30, 2017

Blanton William Payne, 74, of Carnesville, Georgia passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, Athens, Georgia.Born May 17, 1943 in Franklin County, he was the son of the late Julius William Payne and Mary Floy Parham Payne. He received his education at Red Hill Elementary School and Franklin County High School and retired from the...

Jul 29, 2017

Kenneth Lee “Ken” Ford, 79 of Carnesville, passed away Saturday evening at this home.Born September 10, 1937 in South Bend Indiana, he was the son of the late John Elmo and Eva Marie Herndon. He was predeceased by two grandchildren, Lorene and Daniel; sister, Eunice Aftowski, and three brothers, Delbert Ford, Wayne Ford, and Earl Ford. He was a retired...

Jul 28, 2017

Dean Tracy Graham, 53, of 214 Poplar Mountain Lane, Carnesville, passed away Friday July 28, 2017.Born December 20, 1963 in Portsmouth, Virginia, he was the son of Thomas and Brenda Holcomb Graham. He served in the U S Army. He moved here from West Virginia and had been a Georgia resident for the past 33 years. He worked for Blue...

Jul 20, 2017

Vicky Renae Pullian, 52, of Royston, GA, tragically passed away Thursday evening July 20, 2017,Born May 4, 1965, in Hart County, she was the daughter of the late Jerry and Shirley Mae Smith Pullian. She was a 1983 graduate of Franklin County High School. She was an employee of Cobb-Vantress Industry of Hartwell. She was of the Baptist faith.She was...

Jul 19, 2017

Sara Ann Kesler, 80, of Carnesville, GA, passed away Saturday evening, February 4, 2017, at the Pruitt Health and Rehab Center in Toccoa, GA.Born July 19, 1936, in Fort Valley Georgia, she was the daughter of the latePaul Joshua and Agnes Gertrude Hutto Denton. She was the widow of the late Joe Willard Kesler.  She was the sister of the...

Jul 3, 2017

Samuel Bennett “Sammy” Macomson, 73, if Carnesville, passed away Thursday morning July 13, 2017 at the Brown Health and Rehab Center, Royston, GA.Born December 3, 1943, in Carnesville, he was the son of the late D. W. and Ellise Bennett Macomson. He was retired from Westinghouse of Athens. He was a member of the Liberty Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife...

Jul 2, 2017

Johnny Bert Fitzpatrick, 72, of the Bold Spring Community, passed away early Sunday Morning, July 2, 2017, at his home.Born September 22, 1944, in Ila Georgia, he was the son of the late Bert and Eddie Ophelia David Fitzpatrick. He was the brother of the late Henry Fitzpatrick, Sue Edins, and Bonnie Wilson. He was the son-in-law of the late...

Jun 23, 2017

John William Thurmond, 73, of Simpsonville, SC , died Friday, June 23, 2017, after an extended illness, at the McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. The son of the late Raymond “Ray” LaFayette Thurmond and Gertrude “Gert” Poole Thurmond, he was born August 26, 1943, in Carnesville, GA. John retired from the Stephens County School System in Toccoa, GA and...

Jun 6, 2017

Virlyn Franklin Chitwood, 86, of the New Franklin community, passed away peacefully at home the morning of June 6 th, 2017.Born March 14, 1931 in Stephens County, Georgia, he was the son of the late Fort and Neatie Norton Chitwood.  The Chitwoods spent their early days in Banks County near Currahee Mountain before moving to Franklin County in 1944.  Virlyn...

Jun 4, 2017

Thomas Eugene “TJ” McNulty, Jr., age 25 of Gainesville, Ga passed away Sunday, June 4, 2017.Born September 5, 1991 in Lawrenceville, Ga, he was the son of Thomas Eugene McNulty, Sr. and the late Katherine Elizabeth Hanners. He was the grandson of the late Vernon Hanners, and the late Thomas Edward McNulty and nephew of the late Mikey Hanners and...

May 31, 2017

Sybil Lambert, 89, of Orlando, Florida, passed away October 30, 2017 in Orlando.Born May 31, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mary Elizabeth Poole McFarlin. She was the widow of the late Chester W. Lambert. She was born and raised at the Poole home place in the Plainview Community of Franklin County. After retirement she returned...

Dec 20, 2016

Harold Eugene Haga Sr., 90, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday morning, December 20, 2016, at his home.Born September 5. 1926, in Stokesbury, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Edward Green and Mildred Virginia Anderson Haga. He was the father of the late Mildred Louise Haga, and grandfather of the late Reed Haga. The last member of his...

Dec 15, 2016

Evelyn Bryant Akin, 77, of the Red Hill Community, passed away this Wednesday morning at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA.Born July 20, 1939, in Carnesville, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Mary LeCroy Bryant.  She was the widow of the late Dean Akin, mother of the late Keith Akin, grandmother of the late Patience Whitfield,...

Nov 19, 2015

Charles Kenneth Akin, 68, of Red Hill community, passed away, Thursday morning, November 19, 2015, at his residence.Born July 29, 1947, in Royston, GA, he was the son of Nell Brown Akin and the late Merrell C. Akin.  An infant twin brother Keith also predeceased him.  He was a 1965 graduate of Franklin County High School and received a BBA...

Nov 20, 2014

Harold Eugene Haga Sr., 90, of Lavonia, passed away Tuesday morning, December 20, 2016, at his home.Born September 5. 1926, in Stokesbury, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Edward Green and Mildred Virginia Anderson Haga. He was the father of the late Mildred Louise Haga, and grandfather of the late Reed Haga. The last member of his...

Nov 16, 2014

Blanche ‘Dean’ Jordan, 82, of Royston, passed away early Sunday morning, November 16, 2014.Born May 19, 1932, in Cleveland Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Dolie Myers Smith. She was the widow of the late Charlie B. Jordan. The last member of her immediate family, she was the sister of the late Thomas Smith, Ava Mae...

Oct 15, 2014