Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Augusta, GA, Richmond County & Surrounding Areas
Mutsuko Honaker
Dec 17, 2021
Augusta, GA- Mutsuko Honaker entered into rest December 17, 2021. Services will be private.
Wanda Burnette Partridge
Dec 16, 2021
Wanda Burnette Partridge Martinez, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, December 16, 2021, Mrs. Wanda Burnette Partridge, 83, wife of the late Mr. Jimmy Partridge. Wanda served as a school bus driver for over 30 years with Columbia County School System. She was a devoted longtime member of First Baptist Church of Evans. In retirement Wanda enjoyed traveling. A...
Billy Snellings
Dec 16, 2021
Billy Snellings Appling, GA – Mr. Billy Marion Snellings, 77, passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at his home. Billy was a longtime resident of Appling. Billy served in the Marine Corp from 1965 until 1971. He then worked for Pollard Lumber Company for over 30 years before retiring. Billy enjoyed war documentaries and westerns, horses and dancing, was...
Adarius Davon Rich
Dec 16, 2021
The Legacy of Adarius Davon Rich Grovetown, GA - Adarius Davon “AD” Rich, 22 years old, of Grovetown, Georgia, entered into rest on December 16, 2021, in Augusta, Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, December 23rd, 2021 at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors with Pastors Jamaal & Tiara Francois of All About Change Ministries,...
Mary Warren Livingston Goodwin
Dec 16, 2021
Mary Livingston Goodwin, age 77, affectionately known as Mickey, of Augusta, Georgia, passed away December 16, 2021, at home surrounded by family after a courageous battle with ALS. She was only surpassed in beauty and grace by her identical twin sister Victoria Livingston Shaw, who proceeded her in death February 10, 2014. Mickey was born April 30, 1944, to the...
Mercedes Diaz
Dec 15, 2021
Mercedes Carmen Diaz entered into rest on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, after battling a short illness. She was born on March 31, 1936, in Havana, Cuba to Guillermo Diaz and Mercedes Canovaca Diaz. She was educated at American Dominican Academy in Havana and graduated in June 1954. She also attended University St. Thomas Aquinas in Havana. She came to the...
Edgar Martin Sweat, Jr.
Dec 14, 2021
Evans, GA – Mr. Edgar Martin Sweat, Jr., 96, entered with joy into the presence of his Heavenly Father after a mercifully short illness on December 14, 2021. Born in Laurens, SC, he moved around Georgia and South Carolina with his family growing up in Soperton and Vidalia Georgia as well as Greenville SC. He left home to serve in...
James Gerald Parrish, Sr.
Dec 14, 2021
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, James Gerald “Jerry” Parrish, Sr., 90, loving husband of Frances Langston Parrish. Jerry was born and raised in Bessemer City, NC. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict of 1950. He served three years in 8th Army 7th Corps under General “Jumpin Jim” Gavin....
Debra Hatcher
Dec 13, 2021
Evans, GA - Debra Dunlap Hatcher went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, December 13, 2021. She was surrounded by her husband, Billy, and their four daughters: Haley, Joanna, Sarah, and Lauren. Debra grew up in Augusta and graduated from Augusta State University with a BBA with a major in accounting. She married Billy in...
James A. Hill
Dec 11, 2021
James Allen Hill Beech Island, SC – Mr. James A. “Jimmy” Hill, age 73, entered into rest in his home surrounded by his family, Saturday, December 11, 2021. James, “ Jimmy the Hill”, “Jitt”, was born in Augusta, GA and a longtime resident of Jackson, SC. He was a proud Vietnam Veteran and retiree of the Reactors & Diesel Service...
Martha June Simons
Dec 11, 2021
Augusta, GA - Martha June Simons formally of Augusta, Georgia entered peacefully into her eternal rest Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Westminster-Canterbury in Lynchburg, Virginia. June was born April 6, 1932, in Stapleton, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Adger Vincent Clark and Sarah Ruth Logue Clark. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband,...
Scott Scheuerman
Dec 10, 2021
Scott’s life began on September 7, 1961, in Wichita Kansas to Jerry and Barbara (Geer) Scheuerman. He lived most of his life in Kansas and Georgia. In his younger years Scott loved playing sports especially football and baseball, which he continued well into adulthood. Scott played on many coed softball teams and had quite the arm. He also began the...
Paul Broxton
Dec 9, 2021
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, December 9, 2021, Joseph Paul Broxton, 78. Family members include his daughter: Debbie Cochran; grandchildren: Melissa Zahner (Robby), Brad Sanders (Dawn), Brent Sanders (Skylar), Brian Sanders (Anna); and six great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife: Martha Broxton; parents: Joseph & Mildred Broxton. The funeral service will be held Monday,...
David Allen Echols
Dec 8, 2021
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of your choice. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Frank DeChiaro
Dec 7, 2021
Augusta, GA – Frank DeChiaro, 69, passed away peacefully at his home on December 7, 2021. He was the loving husband of Michele (Shelly) DeChiaro. Frank was born and raised in Morristown, NJ, and has lived in Augusta, GA since 1996. He spent his entire career in the car business, following in his father’s footsteps who owned a Studebaker dealership...
Ruby Williams Young
Dec 7, 2021
Ruby Williams Young Martinez, GA – Went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, Mrs. Ruby Williams Young, 99. Ruby was born in Parrish, Florida, was a longtime resident of Bradenton and a member of First Presbyterian Church in Bradenton, Florida. Ruby was a Florida State University graduate in the early 1940s majoring in teaching....
Leonard Dye
Dec 7, 2021
It is with tremendously broken hearts that we share our father, Leonard Dye, passed away suddenly yesterday with our mother, Sylvia Dye, by his side. Our parents have always set a godly example for us to live by and their unconditional love and forgiveness taught us what true love and friendships are about. If you know them, you love them....
Susan R. Hoyt
Dec 6, 2021
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Monday, December 6, 2021, Mrs. Susan R. Hoyt, 71, loving wife 51 years to Bryan M. Hoyt. Susan was born in New Jersey and later moved to Florida with her family. She graduated from Northeast High School in Oakland Park, FL, where she met Bryan. They were married in St. Clements Catholic Church...
Roberta J. Knox
Dec 5, 2021
Grovetown, GA – Entered into rest on Sunday, December 5, 2021, Roberta Jean Knox, 63. Roberta was a native of Augusta. She was employed by Club Car as a Logistic Coordinator, since 1989. A loving and faithful person with a big heart, she always helped others before helping herself. She will be remembered for her love of butterflies but mostly...
James W. Read, Jr.
Dec 1, 2021
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Mr. James Wiley Read, Jr., 84, loving husband of the late Elizabeth Cole Read and devoted companion of the late Mary Prather Florida. James was a native of Augusta, GA who returned to Augusta after living many years in Rockmart, GA. He worked for the railroad and as a...