Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Roland (Pete) Barcomb
Jan 3, 2011
Pete Barcomb Augusta, GA- Entered into rest on Monday, January 3, 2011, Mr. Roland H. (Pete) Barcomb, 83, husband of Margaret (Peg) Delaney Barcomb. Mr. Barcomb was a native of Ellenburg, NY. He was a resident of Augusta for the last 30 years. He was a Full Covenant member of the Alleluia Community, Secular Franciscan Order and KAIROS. He was...
Josephine Dahdah
Jan 1, 2011
Mrs. Josephine Dahdah Roses Department Store Augusta, GA – Josephine Dahdah, 87, died at home Saturday morning, New Year’s Day, surrounded by her family. Josephine was born in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1923. She was the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, John and Wadad Yamin. She married Joseph P. Dahdah in 1939. She, like many others of her generation, supported the war...
Daniel P. Matheny
Dec 30, 2010
Mr. Daniel P. Matheny Augusta, GA – Mr. Daniel P. Matheny entered into rest on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at his residence. He was a native of South Carolina and a Naval Officer in World War II. He was a past member of the City Council of Augusta and formerly served on the Civil Service Commission and the Planning and...
Jennie L. McCarty
Dec 30, 2010
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, December 30, 2010, at Doctors Hospital, Mrs. Jennie L. McCarty, 58, wife of 24 years to Frederick R. McCarty. Mrs. McCarty was a native of Parksville, SC. She was a member of Westlake County Club and Parksville Baptist Church. Jennie enjoyed traveling and traveled extensively throughout South America and Asia. Family members in...
Roxie Gay
Dec 30, 2010
Mrs. Roxie Gay Dearing, GA – Went to heaven to be with her Lord on Thursday, December 30, 2010, Mrs. Roxie Gay, 71, of Dearing, GA. Mrs. Gay was a native of Wrens, GA. She was a graduate of the Academy of Richmond County in 1958. She married, moved to Wrens, GA and started a family. Mrs. Gay worked in...
Sarah N. Arnold
Dec 30, 2010
Mrs. Sarah Newsome Arnold Augusta, GA – Went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 30, 2010 at Augusta Gardens. Sarah Arnold, 86, was the wife of the late James T. “Jim” Arnold. Mrs. Arnold was in fellowship at Bethany Chapel, and a past manager of the credit unions for Georgia Power and Club Car. Family members include:...
Dorothy Christine (Kelly) Collier
Dec 29, 2010
Richmond, Kentucky - Dorothy Christine (Kelly) Collier, 95, of 300 Stocker Drive, Richmond, formerly of Augusta, passed away on Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at the Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center in Richmond. Mrs. Collier was born on November 18, 1915, in Augusta, Georgia, to the late Samuel R. Kelly, Jr. and Lula B. (Harris) Kelly and the widow of...
Mary L. Fairey
Dec 29, 2010
Mrs. Mary L. Fairey Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Wednesday, December 29, 2010, Mrs. Mary L. Fairey, 64, loving wife of 45 years to James E. Fairey, Jr. Mrs. Fairey was a native of Laredo, TX. She was a Para Pro at Riverside Elementary for 13 years. Mrs. Fairey loved traveling, gardening, and cooking, especially Mexican food. She loved...
Sandra Elaine Dolyniuk Gantz
Dec 28, 2010
Sandra Elaine Dolyniuk Gantz Augusta, GA – Sandra Elaine Dolyniuk Gantz entered into rest, December 28, 2010 at Trinity Hospital after an extended illness. Elaine was the daughter of Harry Dolyniuk and the late LaVerne Hagan Dolyniuk. She graduated from Aquinas High School in 1961, the first four year graduating class of the school. In addition to her father, Elaine...
Mrs. Dell Ruddock
Dec 28, 2010
Mrs. Dell Ruddock Augusta, GA – Mrs. Gertrude “Dell” Clodell Ruddock, 86, was called home Tuesday, December 28, 2010. She was born May 13, 1924 to Ida and William Travis in Bertram, Texas, the youngest of ten children. Interested in nursing from a young age, she retired as a psychiatric technician in Napa, Calif. She enjoyed gardening, reading, family, traveling...
Julie Pond-Combs
Dec 28, 2010
Julie Elizabeth Pond - Combs Evans, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, December 28, 2010, Mrs. Julie Elizabeth Pond – Combs wife of Thomas N. Combs. Mrs. Pond-Combs was born in Augusta, GA. She graduated from Evans High School and worked for A.B. Beverage Company. She loved scary movies, loved to be on her computer and loved all kinds of...
Thomas J. Puhalla
Dec 28, 2010
Mr. Thomas J. Puhalla Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at University Hospital, Mr. Thomas J. Puhalla, 65, husband of Penny Puhalla of Martinez. Mr. Puhalla was a native of Cleveland, OH and moved to Augusta in 2005. He was a Piping Designer Engineer with CH2M Hill Lockwood Greene. Golfing was his passion and he also...
Lucille D. Morton
Dec 24, 2010
Lucille D. Morton Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Friday, December 24, 2010 at home, Lucille Morton, 89, wife of the late John B. Morton, M.D. Mrs. Morton was a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia’s Nursing school in the 1940’s. She decided to be a homemaker after the birth of her first child and moved back to Augusta...
William (Bill) Ross Doggette
Dec 24, 2010
Mr. William (Bill) Ross Doggette “The Candy Man” Augusta, GA – Mr. William (Bill) Ross Doggette, 83, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Dec. 24, Christmas Eve. He was surrounded by his loving wife and family after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Bill loved his country and served in the U.S. Navy. He retired from...
Eugene Weeks
Dec 21, 2010
Graveside service Tuesday, December 28, 2010 1:00 PM Milledgeville National Cemetery
Martha Harper
Dec 20, 2010
Mrs. Martha Wilson Harper Homemaker Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Monday, December 20, 2010 at her residence, Mrs. Martha Wilson Harper, age 87, wife of Elmore Kirk Harper of Augusta, GA. Mrs. Harper was born in Flushing, Ohio and lived there until 1973 when she moved to Florida. The last three years she has made Augusta her home....
Betty Farley
Dec 20, 2010
Betty Lindsay Farley Martinez, GA – Entered into rest Monday, December 20, 2010, Ms. Betty Lindsay Farley, 82. Ms. Farley was a native of Sophia, WV and moved to Martinez in 1990. She was a retired LPN. Ms. Farley was a member of the United Methodist Church since 1950 and the McDonald Bible Class. Family members include her daughters: Mary...
Green B. "Frank" Chambers
Dec 20, 2010
Mr. Green B “Frank” Chambers Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Monday, December 20, 2010, Mr. Green Chambers, 65, husband of Barbara May Chambers of Grovetown. Mr. Chambers was a native of Dayton, OH. He served in the U.S. Army for 16 years and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a truck driver for Ben McTier Trucking...
Julie Hawkins
Dec 19, 2010
Ms. Julie Hawkins Augusta, GA – Entered into rest Sunday, December 19, 2010 at home, Julie Hawkins, 49. Ms. Hawkins was born in Germany and spent the past 35 years in the Augusta area. She was a class of 1979 graduate of Westside High School, received her Cosmetology Degree from Augusta Technical College, owned and operated her own salon, and...
Catherine Barner
Dec 16, 2010
Mrs. Catherine Anne Barner Grovetown, GA – Entered into rest Thursday, December 16, 2010, Mrs. Catherine Anne Barner, 59, wife of Kliff Barner. Mrs. Barner was born in Hawaii but lived in the Augusta area for the past 35 years. She was Assistant Director for IT at Augusta State University. Mrs. Barner will be remembered as a loving wife, mother,...