Obituaries

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

USMC Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Kirschner (Ret)

USMC Gunnery Sgt. Robert L. Kirschner (Ret)

Oct 15, 2017

Robert Kirschner Augusta, GA – Entered into rest October 15, 2017, Robert Kirschner, 84. Mr. Kirschner was born in South Paris, Maine. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 - 1952 and the U.S. Marine Corp from 1952 - 1972 and retired as a USMC Gunnery Sgt. Family members include sons: Robert L. Kirschner, Jr., Louis A. Kirschner, III...

Joan Harwood

Joan Harwood

Oct 14, 2017

Joan Harwood Augusta, GA – Joan Stribling Harwood, 82, experienced a peaceful death at home surrounded by her family October 14, 2017. Mrs. Harwood was born in Augusta, GA, a graduate of Richmond Academy where she met Walter Harwood, Jr., her husband of 62 years. Joan was a lifelong member of St. James United Methodist Church and a charter member...

Ann C. Whaley

Ann C. Whaley

Oct 13, 2017

Ann C. Whaley Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, October 13, 2017, Ann Crawford Whaley, 87, loving wife of 66 years to William R. Whaley. Mrs. Whaley was born in Spartanburg, SC, and was a graduate of Converse College. She taught at John Milledge Elementary, Tubman Junior High and Westside High School and retired from the Richmond County Board...

SGM (Retired) James Ledell Huggins Sr.

SGM (Retired) James Ledell Huggins Sr.

Oct 12, 2017

Augusta, GA –SGM James L. Huggins, Sr., U.S. Army (Ret.), 83, peacefully entered into rest Thursday, October 12, 2017. In 1934, Mr. Huggins was born in Pine Hill, AL to the late Allen and Lottie Huggins. He was a 1952 graduate of Marengo County High School in Thomaston, AL. In 1976, he retired after serving 22 years of service in...

John Ralph Purucker

John Ralph Purucker

Oct 11, 2017

Evans, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, October 11, 2017, John Ralph Purucker, 65, loving husband of 37 years to Joan B. Purucker. A native of Madison, Wisconsin, John lived in Evans for the last 30 years. John worked for 36 years as an engineer with Bechtel Power Corporation, having earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and...

Louise M. Poppell

Louise M. Poppell

Oct 11, 2017

Louise M. Poppell Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, October 11, 2017, Louise Poppell, 81, loving wife of 60 years to the late Jack C. Poppell, Sr. who went to be with the Lord two months prior. Louise was a farm girl from Plainview, TX. She graduated from Plainview High School, met the love of her life and moved...

1SG Lou Lepping (Ret)

1SG Lou Lepping (Ret)

Oct 8, 2017

Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, October 8, 2017, Louis R. Lepping, 71, loving husband of 36 years to Susan Lepping. In 1945, Lou was born in Philadelphia to the late Jerome and Madeline Lepping. He retired after 26 years in the United States Army Signal Corp and received his Eagle Scout in 1964. He attended OCS and earned...

Mary G. "Glenda" Henderson

Mary G. "Glenda" Henderson

Oct 7, 2017

Mary Glenda Henderson Charlotte, NC – Entered into rest Saturday, October 7, 2017, Mary Glenda Henderson, 84. Ms. Henderson was a native of Augusta, a graduate of the last all female class of Tubman High School and a graduate of the University of Georgia. She worked for over 45 years as a legal secretary, at Hull-Towill in Augusta, and Johnson...

Clarence R. Savage, Jr.

Clarence R. Savage, Jr.

Oct 7, 2017

Clarence R. Savage, Jr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, October 7, 2017, Clarence R. Savage, Jr., 89, loving husband of 68 years to June Savage. Mr. Savage was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. He was chairman of the Board of the Church, president of the Jane Wells Bible School Class and past president of AMBUCS....

Jane Markwalter Eubanks

Jane Markwalter Eubanks

Oct 7, 2017

Jane Markwalter Eubanks Augusta, GA – Jane Markwalter Eubanks, “Big Jane”, born August 6, 1927, the daughter of the late Charles Victor and Agnes Sheehan Markwalter died Saturday, October 7, 2017. She is survived by her children Walter and Beth Eubanks, Patricia and Preston Scoggins, Susan and Sam Nicholson, Jane and Jim Gleichauf, and Tony Eubanks. She is also survived...

William "Bill" Chassereau, Sr.

William "Bill" Chassereau, Sr.

Oct 7, 2017

William “Bill” Chassereau, Sr. Evans, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, October 7, 2017, Mr. William Francis Chassereau, Sr., 92, loving husband to the late Vivian Chassereau. Mr. Chassereau was a native of Varnville, SC and has lived in Evans since 1968. He retired from the United States Army as a Master Sergeant and was a member of West Acres...

Carolyn Gibbs Graham

Carolyn Gibbs Graham

Oct 4, 2017

Carolyn Graham Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, October 4, 2017, at her home, Mrs. Carolyn Gibbs Graham, wife of Robert G. Graham to whom she was married for 58 years. She was born, in 1936, in Rochelle, GA to the late Ruby and Edgar Gibbs. Family members, in addition to husband, include her daughter: Connie Graham Richards (Phillip);...

Troy Lynn McMeans

Troy Lynn McMeans

Oct 3, 2017

Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, October 3, 2017, Troy Lynn McMeans, 30. Mr. McMeans was a native of Oklahoma City, OK and a veteran of the U.S. Airforce. He was an avid video gamer and expert level Snapchatter. Troy was an incredibly caring husband and devoted parent of two wonderful dogs. Family members include his loving husband of...

Mrs. Carolyn Franklin

Mrs. Carolyn Franklin

Oct 3, 2017

Mrs. Carolyn Franklin Augusta – Entered into rest on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at the NHC, Mrs. Mary Carolyn O’Connor Franklin, wife of the late Peter A. Franklin Sr. Family members include her sons: Peter A. Franklin Jr. (Kim), Jerome Anthony Franklin II, Myles Joseph Franklin, Brian O’Connor Franklin and George Lindsay Franklin (Barbara); grandchildren: Peter A. Franklin III, Christopher...

Judith S. Costigan

Judith S. Costigan

Oct 3, 2017

Judith S. Costigan Williston, SC – Judith Costigan, 57, began to die on August 24, 2014, when her youngest son, Michael, was killed on a winding back road in Florida. She slipped away from this life and into God’s hands in the early hours of October 3rd, 2017. Judith will be forever missed by her fiancé: Kenneth Williams; loving sons:...

Mrs. Dorothy "Yvette" Scruggs Welsh

Mrs. Dorothy "Yvette" Scruggs Welsh

Oct 3, 2017

Entered into rest Tuesday, October 3, 2017, Dorothy “Yvette” Scruggs Welsh, 54, loving wife of Earl T. Welsh. Mrs. Welsh was a native of Augusta and moved to Martinez in 2005. She enjoyed her job as a Case Manager at Source Care Management. Yvette was a loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. She enjoyed spending time...

David E. McCoy

David E. McCoy

Sep 30, 2017

David E. McCoy Augusta, GA – Entered into rest peacefully at the residence with family by his side on Saturday, September 30, 2017; Mr. David E. McCoy, 85, loving husband to Hilde McCoy for 57 years. Mr. McCoy was a native of Parkersburg, WV. He joined the military at a young age to help support his family and he proudly...

Betty Ducey

Betty Ducey

Sep 30, 2017

Betty Ducey Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, September 30, 2017, at her residence Mrs. Betty “TuTu” Hester Ducey, 90, loving wife of 55 years to the late Robert “Bob” E. Ducey, Sr. Mrs. Ducey was the daughter of the late John G. and Estelle Hester of Gatlinburg, TN. Family members include her sons: Robert E. Ducey, Jr....

John Ware

John Ware

Sep 30, 2017

John Ware Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, September 30, 2017, Mr. John Joseph Ware, 92, loving husband to the late Lauree Winn Ware. Mr. Ware had a servant’s heart. He was a member and usher of The Hill Baptist Church. He was a Mason and member of the George Walton Lodge #699. He proudly served his country in...

Col. Michael Boos

Col. Michael Boos

Sep 30, 2017

Col. Michael Boos Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, September 30, 2017, Col. Michael A. Boos, U.S. Army (Ret.), 88, survived by his loving wife Joan K. Boos. Like his father before him, he was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Col. Boos was a veteran of the Korean War and served two tours...