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

Richard A. "Rick" Edenfield

Richard A. "Rick" Edenfield

Sep 27, 2016

Richard A. Edenfield Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, September 27, 2016, Mr. Richard A. “Rick” Edenfield, 61, husband of 41 years to Mrs. Diane Edenfield. Mr. Edenfield was a native of Harrisburg and a lifelong resident of Augusta. He was a 1973 graduate of Augusta Richmond Academy and a member of Central Christian Church. Mr. Edenfield was a...

Helen Popvich Mitro

Helen Popvich Mitro

Sep 26, 2016

Helen Popovich Mitro Augusta, GA –Mrs. Helen Popovich Mitro, 96, wife for 55 years of the late Col. Michael P. Mitro, US Army (Ret), entered into rest Monday, September 26, 2016, Mrs. Mitro was a native of Lorraine, OH and resident of Brandon Wilde in Evans, GA. She and her late husband made their 1st Communion together, attended High School...

Norma Young Eargle

Norma Young Eargle

Sep 23, 2016

Norma “Patsy” Young Eargle Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Friday, September 23, 2016, Mrs. Norma Young Eargle, 90, wife of the late Gerald O. Eargle. Mrs. Eargle retired in 1986, after 21 years working as a clerk in Civilian Personnel at Fort Gordon. She was also a clerk for Georgia Southern Railroad. Mrs. Eargle was a charter member of...

Tony C. Fain

Tony C. Fain

Sep 21, 2016

Tony Fain Martinez, GA – Entered into rest at his residence, Wednesday, September 21, 2016, Mr. Tony Calhoun Fain, 77, husband of Mrs. Bobbie Earline Fain. Mr. Fain is retired from SRS and was an avid golfer and fisherman. Family members in addition to his wife include his daughters: Dawn Wall (Seisel), Deneen LeDuc (Dan), Mitzi Hannah (Jason) and Danni...

Mary Ruth Lane Rosier

Mary Ruth Lane Rosier

Sep 20, 2016

Mary Rosier Martinez, GA – Mrs. Mary Ruth Lane Rosier, 93, entered into rest on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at her home. The funeral will be held in the chapel of Thomas Poteet & Son on Friday, September 23, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. with Dr. Michael Davenport officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Mary was born in Olar,...

Georgia Kozel

Georgia Kozel

Sep 20, 2016

Georgia Kozel Evans, GA – Entered into eternal rest Tuesday, September 20, 2016, Mrs. Georgia B. Kozel, 82, loving wife of 62 years to the late Mr. William J. “Bill” Kozel. Mrs. Kozel was a native of Cleveland, OH; she lived in Flossmoor, IL and moved to Evans 15 years ago. She graduated from Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Ohio....

Paul Edwards Petersen, Sr.

Paul Edwards Petersen, Sr.

Sep 19, 2016

Paul Edwards Petersen, Sr. Augusta, Ga - Mr. Paul Edwards Petersen, Sr., 87, entered into rest on Monday, September 19, 2016 surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eula Slaton and Frederick L. Petersen, his brother Frederick L. Petersen, Jr. and by his grandson, James Elliot Lowry, Jr. Paul was born on March 22,...

John A. Hammer, Sr.

John A. Hammer, Sr.

Sep 17, 2016

John A. Hammer, Sr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, September 17, 2016, Mr. John Albert Hammer, Sr., 80, loving husband of 62 years to Mildred P. Hammer. John was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. He and his wife owned and operated Naturalizer Footwork’s for 20 years. John was a visionary and he always put his...

Erika H. Queen

Erika H. Queen

Sep 16, 2016

Erika H. Queen Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Friday, September 16, 2016, Mrs. Erika H. Queen, 89, wife of the late LTC, Henry A. Queen (Ret). Family members include daughter: Susan Queen Hynes (Matthew) Marietta; son: Martin Queen (Tina) Pingree Grove, Illinois; niece: Cornelia Handel (Gunther); nephew: Michael Stips; grandchildren: Amanda Queen Fachler (Daniel),Christina Queen, John Henry Hynes, Molly...

Daisy Odessa Corley

Daisy Odessa Corley

Sep 15, 2016

Daisy Odessa Corley Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, September 15, 2016, Mrs. Daisy Odessa Corley, 85, wife of the late Coley M. Corley Mrs. Corley was a native of Augusta. She was a homemaker that raised three loving sons and adored the time spent with her grandchildren. She attended West Acres Baptist Church and loved her Pastor Larry...

George Jenkins Cole

George Jenkins Cole

Sep 15, 2016

George Jenkins Cole Augusta, GA – George Jenkins Cole died on September 15, 2016 at age 70. He is survived by his wife, Barbara Lyon Cole of Evans. George was born in Mobile, AL, son of the late George Jenkins Cole, Sr. and Aileen H. Cole. He was a graduate of the University of South Alabama. George served in the...

Major William C. Scholly

Major William C. Scholly

Sep 14, 2016

Bill Scholly – WJBF TV Evans, GA – Major William C. Scholly, US Army Retired, entered into rest Wednesday, September 14, 2016, age 97, at Brandon Wilde in Evans. He was a resident of the Augusta area since1963. He was an active member in various parishes as the city grew, Sacred Heart, Holy Trinity and a founding member of St....

Mark Everett Tudor, Sr.

Mark Everett Tudor, Sr.

Sep 13, 2016

Mark Everett Tudor, Sr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Mr. Mark Everett Tudor, Sr., age 55. Mr. Tudor was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. He worked as a certified welder. Family members include mother: Jean Mulherin of Augusta; father: Wallace E. Tudor, Jr. (Lynn) of Ellijay, GA; daughter: London Baldwin of Martinez;...

Margaret Poole Cagle

Margaret Poole Cagle

Sep 13, 2016

Margaret Poole Cagle Augusta, GA-Margaret Poole Cagle of Augusta – who never once met a stranger – passed away peacefully on September 13 following a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Cagle and her husband, Roy Halbert Cagle, Jr., celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in June, having met on a blind date while she was attending the University of Georgia. He...

Michael Edward Johnson

Michael Edward Johnson

Sep 13, 2016

Michael Edward “Mike” Johnson Evans, GA – Mr. Michael Edward “Mike” Johnson entered into rest on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at Doctors Hospital after an extended illness. Mike was born in 1949 and was a lifelong resident of Augusta. He graduated from Hephzibah High School in 1969 where he played football, baseball and ran track. He was an avid golfer...

Shelba Jean Prudence

Shelba Jean Prudence

Sep 12, 2016

Shelba Jean Prudence Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, September 12, 2016, Mrs. Shelba Jean Prudence, age 74. Mrs. Prudence was a native of Augusta but grew up in Florida. She was a graduate of Kathleen High School in Lakeland, Fl. She moved back to Augusta and retired from University Hospital where she cared for patients for many years....

Wilton Rowland

Wilton Rowland

Sep 10, 2016

Wilton Rowland Martinez, GA- Wilton Parker Rowland, Sr., also known as “Pop” or “Papa,” 90, was called up to the “The Majors” on Saturday, September 10, 2016, entering into the loving arms of His Lord. Wilton was a family man that loved the Lord, people - especially kids, his country, and the great sport of baseball. He was a friend...

Madge Page

Madge Page

Sep 10, 2016

Madge Page Augusta, GA – Madge Ozburn Page, 89, entered into rest Saturday, September 10, 2016 in the arms of her loving husband, Malcolm I. Page, of 57 years. Mrs. Page grew up in Atlanta, GA and while working as an Executive Secretary to the Chief of the Communicable Disease Center she met her future husband. They married two years...

LTC Regis Harrington, Jr.

LTC Regis Harrington, Jr.

Sep 9, 2016

LTC Regis Harrington, Jr. Augusta, GA – Lt. Colonel Regis A. Harrington, Jr. entered into rest on Friday, September 9, 2016 after suffering years with lung problems. Born in November of 1933 to Regis and Emma Harrington in Cedar Falls, Iowa. At the age of 6, as an alter boy at Sacred Heart Church, he found his deep love for...

Jan Puczkowski

Jan Puczkowski

Sep 9, 2016

Jan Puczkowski “Coach P” Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, September 9, 2016, Mr. Jan “Coach P” Puczkowski, 67, loving husband to Patsy Y. Puczkowski. Mr. Puczkowski retired as an elementary school physical education teacher from the Richmond County Board of Education. He was a member of Advent Lutheran Church and was a 1971 graduate of The Citadel. Family...