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Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas

Jean Leone

Jean Leone

May 7, 2024

Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, Jean Stuchell Leone, 90.

 

Jean was born in Sagamore, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Indiana High School. Jean moved to Augusta with her husband Jack where they lived for over forty years.

 

Family members include her son: Stephen Leone (Donna); daughter-in-law: Janet Leone; grandchildren: Terra Yonker (Ryan), April Chisum (J.D.), Erin Smith...

Ann Hammack

Ann Hammack

May 18, 2024

Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Brandon Wilde, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Hammack, 93, loving wife of 71 years to the late Shurley Hammack. 

Ann was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta and the daughter of the late “Frenchie” and May Clair French. She graduated from Tubman High School. She grew up playing on a...

Robert Pendergraft

Robert Pendergraft

May 18, 2024

Robert Glenn Pendergraft, 71, entered into rest on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his family after a 3-year illness.

 

A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. in the chapel of Thomas Poteet & Son with Chaplain Bob Taylor officiating. Interment will follow in Westover Memorial Park. The family will receive...

Dr. William J. Wylie

Dr. William J. Wylie

May 18, 2024

Dr. William Joseph Wylie passed away at home during the early morning hours of May 18, 2024. Dr. (Bill) Wylie was born on July 12, 1950, in Augusta, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Moffatt Hardeman (Hardt) Wylie, Sr. and Ethal von Poellnitz Wylie and his two older brothers Moffatt Hardeman (Hardy) Wylie, Jr. and Ernest Miller (Teaky) Wylie.

 

Bill is survived...

Doug Brown

Doug Brown

May 17, 2024

Douglas Gordon Brown joined his dad, sister and grandparents in their heavenly home on May 17, 2024. He is the son of Carlene Murphy and Carter Brown. Doug was born in Memphis, TN on July 29, 1964. He and his parents moved to Augusta, his mother’s hometown, in 1972.

 

Doug attended Warren Road, A. Brian Merry and William Robinson Elementary Schools,...

Joel Harris Deaton

Joel Harris Deaton

May 16, 2024

Joel Harris Deaton (Harris), age 85, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Augusta. A resident of Rome, Georgia for many years, Harris moved to Augusta in early 2022 to live with his sister and her husband, Sue and Kirk Stiles. Harris graduated from Taylorsville High School, Taylorsville, Georgia and Berry College in Rome, Georgia, with a degree in Chemistry. He...

Marian Campbell Martin

Marian Campbell Martin

May 14, 2024

Evans, GA – Entered into rest on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, Marian Campbell Martin, 95.

 

Marian “Nan” was born in McCormick, S.C. in 1928.   She was married to Shorty Martin for nearly 70 years and raised two daughters in the Augusta area.  Nan played the organ for Westminster Presbyterian church during the Sunday services for 50 years where she also...

Ralph P. McLain

Ralph P. McLain

May 14, 2024

Ralph Paul McLain (Mac), 99, husband of 62 years to the late Norma R. McLain entered into rest on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at The Barclay House in Augusta, GA.

 

Ralph was born in Ancell, MO, son of the late Paul and Mae McLain. The family included one brother, the late James McLain.



Survivors include one son, and two daughters, Bradley (Amanda) McLain of New London,...

Terry Woodall

Terry Woodall

May 10, 2024

Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Friday, May 10, 2024, Mr. Terry L. Woodall, 68, loving husband of Anna M. Woodall.   

Born in Takoma Park, MD, Terry spent most of his life in Fulton, MD, and Fort Myers, FL. Born to Thomas B. Woodall, Sr. and Connie J. Woodall (nee Huggard). Terry built a career in construction, where he...

Kenneth Young

Kenneth Young

May 9, 2024

Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, May 9, 2024, Mr. Harold Kenneth Young, Jr., 71, loving husband of Joy Martin Young.

Kenneth was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. He was a 1971 graduate of Butler High School and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in biology from Augusta College. He worked in research at the...

Alisha Diebold Goldbach

Alisha Diebold Goldbach

May 8, 2024

Alisha Marie Diebold, of Pooler, GA, peacefully passed away the morning of May 8, 2024, surrounded by her loving sisters and husband after a hard-fought battle with cancer. Her family is profoundly grieved by the loss of such a bright light in this world.Alisha was born to Norman and Judy Diebold on December 31, 1983, in Augusta, Georgia. She was...

Margaret Ann Mobley

Margaret Ann Mobley

May 8, 2024

Margaret Ann Mobley, daughter of the late J. Walker Harper and Margaret Ann Harper, entered into rest early Wednesday morning, May 8th, 2024. 



Margaret Ann was a lifelong native of Augusta, Georgia. She graduated college from the University of Georgia with a degree in social work. She worked many jobs helping others and retired as secretary for the office of Trinity...

John Roger Seals

John Roger Seals

May 7, 2024

Evans, GA – Johnny Seals entered into rest on May 7, 2024, at the age of 69.  He was a loving husband of 30 years to Deedee Holmes Seals.

 

Johnny was born in Sylva, NC, on August 9, 1954.   He attended Sylva-Webster High School and Western Carolina University.  A skilled golfer, Johnny spent 5 years as Assistant Golf Pro at...

William Emil Kotwas

William Emil Kotwas

May 7, 2024

William Emil Kotwas of Baltimore, Maryland passed away on May 7, 2024, at his home with his wife, Mary Jo Kotwas by his side.  Bill was born in 1933 in Auburn, New York to Dr. William A. Kotwas and Emily (Pszczolkowski) Kotwas. He graduated from Auburn East High School (Class of 1950) and attended Colgate University on a football scholarship....

Kay B. Willis

Kay B. Willis

May 5, 2024

Augusta, GA – Kay Burkett Willis passed gently in her sleep and returned to the Lord on Sunday, May 5th, 2024. Aged 61, Kay follows her mother, Joy Powell Burkett, and father, Davis Haynes Burkett, home.

 

Kay was born in Albany, Georgia, grew up in Tifton, raised her sons in Macon and lived in Augusta for the past 8 years. She...

Louise Cook

Louise Cook

May 5, 2024

Mrs. Martha Louise Wardlaw Cook, loving wife of 67 years to the late Dan Cook, peacefully departed her Augusta home for her eternal dwelling in the Presence of Jesus on Sunday, May 5th, 2024. 



Born in 1934 to Samuel W. and Iris Guillebeau Wardlaw; Louise was a lifelong resident of Augusta, where she attended Tubman Girl’s School. As a member of...

Belinda Newman Whitfield

Belinda Newman Whitfield

May 4, 2024

Augusta, GA – Belinda Newman Whitfield, 72, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Belinda was born in Thomasville, GA but grew up in Augusta. She graduated from Butler High School in 1969. She met her future husband Dan in 1968 and they were married June 20, 1970.

 

Nine months later they moved to southern California, the first of a...

Bill Bambrick, Jr.

Bill Bambrick, Jr.

May 3, 2024

Augusta, GA – Mr. William Patrick Bambrick Jr. “Bill” 72 entered into rest on Friday May 3, 2024. 

 

Bill is survived by his wife of 50 years: Mrs. Debbie Bambrick and children: Cheryl Bambrick Ellis and her husband John Ellis, Ginger Spivey and her husband Matt Spivey, Patrick Bambrick and his wife Brittany Bambrick; grandchildren:  Ashley Carter Ellis, William John Ellis...

Mary Beachum

Mary Beachum

May 3, 2024





Mrs. Mary McCamy Beachum passed away Friday, May 3, 2024 at the age of 78 after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Mr. Edward N. Beachum for 23 years. Mrs. Beachum was a native of Lindale, Ga, near Rome, and lived several places before returning to Rome, Ga where she became a librarian. After her husband’s passing,...

Col. Gordon H. Fair, USAF (Ret.)

Col. Gordon H. Fair, USAF (Ret.)

May 3, 2024

Evans, GA – Entered into rest Friday, May 3, 2024, Colonel Gordon Hamilton Fair, 90, was born on February 28, 1934, the son of Noah H. and Ara K. Fair. 

He graduated from Mainland High School, Daytona Beach, FL (1952) and with honors from the University of Florida (1956) when he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States...

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