Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Susie Palm Joiner
Apr 3, 2012
Susie Palm Joiner Grovetown, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Mrs. Susie Palm Joiner, 83, wife of the late Robert Joiner. Mrs. Joiner was a native of the Augusta area. She enjoyed special occasions with family, especially the children and grandchildren and tending to her flower gardens. She faithfully worshipped with other believers at Bethany Chapel in...
Paul N. Simon
Apr 3, 2012
Colonel Paul N. Simon U. S. Army Retired Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, April 3, 2012, Colonel Paul N. Simon (Retired), 84, husband of 37 wonderful years to Dr. Ann Simon. Col. Simon served in the U.S. Army for thirty-three years followed by thirty-three years as a Professor of English for Georgia Military College. He was elected to...
Robert Wade "Doc" Thompson
Apr 2, 2012
Mr. Wade “Doc” Thompson Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, April 2, 2012, Mr. Robert Wade “Doc” Thompson, 85, devoted husband of Sara Margaret Stovall. Mr. Thompson was a native of Lyons, GA. He was a 1951 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Pharmacy. Mr. Thompson enlisted in the Merchant Marines and later served in the US...
Marian Mulherin Grady
Apr 2, 2012
Mrs. Marian M. Grady Augusta, GA – Marian Mulherin Grady entered into rest on Monday, April 2, 2012 at home surrounded by her family. The daughter of Marian H. and Louis Mulherin, Sr., Marian was a graduate of Mount Saint Joseph Academy and the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York. In 1960, Marian married Donald D. Grady. They...
Herman "Mac" McElveen
Mar 30, 2012
Herman “Mac” McElveen, Jr. Retired MSGT Augusta, GA – Herman Clyde McElveen, Jr was born in Raleigh, North Carolina on July 5, 1943 to Bessie Stephenson and the late Herman Clyde McElveen, Sr. Known to his friends as Mac, he graduated from Smithfield (NC) High School in 1961 and immediately joined the U.S. Air Force, retiring in 1984 as a...
Mabel Parry Gibbs
Mar 30, 2012
Mrs. Mabel Parry Gibbs Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, March 30, 2012, Mrs. Mabel Parry Gibbs, 88, wife of the late Mr. Frederick Donald Gibbs. Other family members include daughters: Elizabeth Nelson, Wendy Livornese, the late Mary Gibbs, Julie D’Anna and Melissa Lupien; son: Frederick Gibbs, Jr.; 12 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held...
Margaret Hardy
Mar 29, 2012
Margaret H. Hardy Business Owner Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, March 29, 2012, Mrs. Margaret H. Hardy, 97, wife of 67 years to the late Cleveland “Bo” Hardy. Mrs. Hardy was a native of Evans, GA. She is the daughter of the late Clinton P. Harley and Ada Harley Brown. She was a co-owner and manager of Hardy’s...
George W. Amerson
Mar 29, 2012
G.W. “Bud” Amerson Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, March 29, 2012, Mr. George W. Amerson, 83, preceded in death by the love of his life Mrs. Nita Amerson. Mr. Amerson was a member of First Baptist Church of Augusta and past member of Curtis Baptist Church. He was the past President and Co Owner of Sig Cox Heating...
Tommy Mercer
Mar 28, 2012
Tommy Mercer Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Mr. Thomas Watson Mercer, Jr., 70, husband of Mrs. Brenda Mercer. He was preceded in death by his parents: Thomas Watson Mercer Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Mercer. Mr. Mercer was a born in Lakeworth, FL. He was a 1959 graduate of the Academy of Richmond County. As a...
Heidi Misty Benstead Hernandez
Mar 27, 2012
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Augusta First Seventh-day Adventist Church at 3:00 P.M. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.
Harry Dolyniuk
Mar 26, 2012
Harry Dolyniuk Retired College Professor Harry Dolyniuk entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 26, 2012 after a brief illness. He was born July 10, 1918 to Wasyl James and Agnes Miluch Dolyniuk and was the seventh of eleven children on a homesteaded farm in Belfield, North Dakota. He was a graduate of Belfield High School. He received his B.A....
Stuart McCall, Sr.
Mar 24, 2012
Stuart McCall, Sr. Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Saturday, March 24, 2012, Mr. Stuart McCall, Sr, 37, son of Dak and Barbara McCall. Mr. McCall was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta. He was a member of Burns Memorial United Methodist Church. Mr. McCall was a Supervisor with Augusta Utilities. Family members in addition to his parents include...
Jeff Sanders
Mar 23, 2012
Mr. Jeff Sanders Augusta, GA – Mr. Jeffrey Sanders, 39, loving son of David and Dianne Sanders, entered into rest on March 23, 2012. Survivors include a daughter, brother and sister. A memorial service will be held Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Warren Baptist. Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors
Norman W. Stafford
Mar 22, 2012
Mr. Norman W. Stafford, Sr. CPA Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at his residence, Mr. Norman W. Stafford Sr., 82, husband of 52 years to Mrs. Annette P. Stafford. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He cherished his family time with his children and grandchildren and always enjoyed being a part of...
Myra Edna Haig
Mar 22, 2012
Myra Edna Haig Augusta, GA – Ms. Myra Edna Haig, 82, entered into rest Thursday, March 22, 2012 at University Hospital. Ms. Haig had lived in the Augusta area since 1952. She worked as the Director of Religious Studies at First Baptist Church in Augusta, GA where she was also a member. Myra was preceded in death by her parents,...
Dorothy (Dot) Fowler Thompson
Mar 22, 2012
Dorothy (Dot) Fowler Thompson Augusta, GA-Dorothy (Dot) Fowler Thompson, wife of the late John (Jack) Thompson, died March 22 in Augusta at the age of 88. Born in Milledgeville to Charlie and Bess Fowler, she grew up among five siblings and six half-siblings. She graduated Georgia College and State University (then Georgia State College for Women - GSCW) and moved...
Walther Trexel Bolick
Mar 18, 2012
Mr. Walther Trexel Bolick, Jr. Augusta, GA – Walther Trexel Bolick, Jr. husband of Georgina C. Bolick, entered into rest the 18th of March, 2012 at 6:22 pm at the age of 82, He was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Bolick, Sr. He graduated from the University of Florida...
Richard "Dick" Chambers
Mar 18, 2012
Mr. Richard “Dick” Chambers Evans, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, March 18, 2012, Mr. Richard Clark Chambers, 76, of Evans, GA Mr. Chambers was a native and lifelong resident of Augusta. He was a veteran of the US Army and Army Reserve. Mr. Chambers retired after 34 years of service from Ft. Gordon Civil Service as the Chief Deputy...
Robert J. Dressel, Sr.
Mar 17, 2012
Mr. Robert Joseph Dressel, Sr. Augusta, GA –Mr. Robert J. Dressel, Sr., 92, beloved husband of the late Edna Holloway Dressel left this earth to be with his heavenly Father, March 17, 2012. “Snag” as he was known in his younger years due to his baseball prowess, was loved by everyone who ever met him. He enjoyed working in his...