Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Virginia P. Harbin
Oct 11, 2015
Virginia P. Harbin Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, October 11, 2015, Mrs. Virginia P. Harbin, 86, wife of the late Mr. Fred Bartow Harbin. Mrs. Harbin was a native of Atlanta, but lived in Augusta most of her life. She was a homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was an active member of Woodlawn Baptist...
Rufus L. Belding, Jr.
Oct 11, 2015
Rufus L. Belding, Jr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, October 11, 2015, Mr. Rufus L. Belding, Jr., 91, husband to Eusteen Timmerman Belding. Mr. Belding was a lifelong resident of Augusta. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at age 17 and was wounded in the Battle of Guam; receiving a Purple Heart. He promised that he...
Faye McKinney Stanford
Oct 10, 2015
Faye McKinney Stanford Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, October 10, 2015, Mrs. Faye McKinney Stanford, 68, wife of the late Mr. Gerald Herman Stanford. Mrs. Stanford was born in Charleston, SC but spent most of her life in Augusta, graduating from Butler High School in 1965. She was an active member of First Baptist Church of Augusta and...
Kristy Stevens Jones
Oct 10, 2015
Kristy Stevens Jones Evans, GA- Kristy Stevens Jones, 30, entered into peace on October 10, 2015. She was the loving wife of Lee Jones and mommy to Kyleigh Hope Jones. Kristy was born in Augusta, Ga on December 14, 1984 to Jeff and Robin Stevens. She graduated from Evans High School in 2003. She worked at the Georgia Center for...
Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher
Oct 9, 2015
Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, October 09, 2015, Mrs. Alice Myra Millicent Gallagher, 84, wife of 47 years to the late Mr. Jim Gallagher. Mrs. Gallagher was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. She was a member at St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church. Mrs. Gallagher worked as an Administrative Assistant...
Hubert E. Exumé, II
Oct 9, 2015
Hubert E. Exumé, II Augusta, GA – Mr. Hubert “Erny” Ernest Exumé, II, 34, entered into rest Friday, October 9, 2015. Erny was a 1999 graduate of Greenbrier High School. He attended Georgia State University and was voted Mr. Freshman. He was also elected as the Most Outstanding Emergent Leader in his freshman class at Georgia State School of Business....
Dawn Cato Tussey Richard
Oct 7, 2015
Dawn Cato Tussey Richard Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, October 7, 2015, Mrs. Dawn Cato Tussey Richard, 55. Mrs. Richard was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta, GA. She was a member of First Christian Church in Augusta and a teacher at Diamond Lakes Elementary. Family members include mother: Catherine “Kitty” Cato; daughter: Terra T. Newsome and...
Betty Bentley
Oct 5, 2015
Betty Bentley Augusta, GA - Betty Hadamuscin Bentley, 67, of Augusta, passed away Monday October 5, 2015. Betty was a native of Willard, OH, having relocated to Augusta with her late husband Earnie Bentley. She retired as an employee of the state of Georgia after 30 years of service. She is survived by her father, John Hadamuscin, son Brian (Heather),...
James O. Brady
Oct 4, 2015
James O. Brady Augusta, GA – JAMES O. BRADY, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (retired), entered into eternal rest at Brandon Wilde, Evans, GA, on October 4, 2015. He is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Eleanor Thomas Brady; daughter Barbara Brady Bice (Ronald) of Martinez, GA; son, James Christopher Brady (Rebecca) of Alexandria, VA; and grandchildren Jonathan Bice...
Joseph J. Rogers
Oct 3, 2015
Joseph J. Rogers Augusta, GA - Joseph J. Rogers, a leader in the economic and community development of Augusta, entered into rest Saturday, October 3, 2015. Mr. Rogers, one of the original employees of the Procter and Gamble Augusta Plant, was known as “Mr. Tide” by those who remember him as a spokesman for the company. He was a long...
Lemuel Foy Waters, Jr.
Sep 30, 2015
Lemuel Waters Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Mr. Lemuel Foy Waters, Jr., 77, loving husband to Janice Kinsey Waters. Mr. Waters was employed at Georgia Power for 30 years in various locations and has been retired for 21 years. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, his true passion was his children and grandchildren, and he was...
Joe D. Brown
Sep 29, 2015
Joe D. Brown Augusta, GA – Joe D. Brown entered into rest on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 with his beloved wife at his side. Mr. Brown was born in 1936 in Swainsboro, GA. Don served in the Navy and afterwards began his long career as a pilot with Augusta Aviation until his retirement. Don was a loving husband a, father,...
Colonel Carter E. Hudson (Ret.)
Sep 29, 2015
Colonel Carter E. Hudson (Ret.) Augusta, GA – Colonel (Retired) Carter E. Hudson of Augusta died on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the age of 78. He was born in Cullman, AL. The funeral service will be at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home Chapel in Cullman, AL, Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Don Ware and Max Carter...
Edward Skinner, Jr.
Sep 29, 2015
Edward Skinner Augusta, GA – The man who helped lead Augusta’s newspapers and the newspaper industry through the innovation of offset printing and into the computerized world has died at the age of 86, Edward B. Skinner Jr., 719 Chipandie Drive, Augusta, semi-retired vice president of Morris Communications Company, died at his residence. Mr. Skinner not only rose from a...
Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey
Sep 28, 2015
Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey North Augusta, SC – Mrs. Louise Patterson Gambill Bussey, 59, loving wife of Ray Bussey, entered into rest on Monday, September 28, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Bussey was a mother of four children and grandmother of nine. She was born in Augusta, the fifth of eight children. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1974....
Constance Elizabeth Hall
Sep 28, 2015
Constance Elizabeth Hall Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, September 28, 2015, Mrs. Constance Elizabeth Hall, 84, wife of 56 years to the late Mr. David Emmett Hall. Mrs. Hall was a native of Hartsville, SC but lived in Augusta for the past 56 years. Family members include son: Emmett Hall and his wife Bobbie; daughter: Karen Newman and...
Patricia Cuartas- Villegas
Sep 28, 2015
Patricia Cuartas-Villegas Augusta, GA – September 28, 2015, will forever mark the day that Augusta and the world lost a beautiful soul. Patricia Elena Cuartas-Villegas surrounded by loving family and friends, made her transition into God’s loving arms after two and half years of a learning experience with colon cancer. Elena was a feisty young woman with sparkling eyes and...
Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson
Sep 27, 2015
Mrs. Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson Retired Director of Educational Media Richmond County Board of Education Augusta, GA - Mrs. Elizabeth Benton Lamkin Johnson, 96, widow of the late Joseph Robert Johnson, beloved husband of 60 years, entered into rest on Sunday, September 27, 2015. Mrs. Johnson, a native Augustan, lived most of her life in Augusta and Columbia County, Georgia...
Mildred Louise Davidson Sparks
Sep 27, 2015
Mildred D. Sparks Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, September 27, 2015, Mrs. Mildred Louise Davidson Sparks, 89, widow of Retired Master Sergeant Burnice Edward Sparks, Sr. Mrs. Sparks was born November 1, 1925. She was a 1943 graduate of Tubman High School. Mrs. Sparks was married March 9, 1946 and until the birth of her first child she...
Rufus O. Davis
Sep 27, 2015
Rufus O. Davis Augusta, GA – Mr. Rufus O. Davis, 59, entered into rest Sunday, September 27, 2015 due to a motorcycle accident. Mr. Davis was a native of Columbia, SC. He was raised and lived his life here in Augusta. He was an avid animal lover and he adored his dog, Snowball. Mr. Davis retired from the trucking business...


