obituaries

Mar 30, 2023

Matthew Richard Hayes, 37, left us to be with our Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 30, 2023, after sustaining injuries from a motorcycle accident in Lincolnton, GA.

Matthew, the son of Mr. Kevin Hayes (Jean) and Mrs. Storm Morgan (Arthur), was born on March 23, 1986, in Columbia, SC. He was a 2004 graduate of Greenbrier...

Mar 29, 2023

Christopher Eric Rollins, 48, entered into rest on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Chris was the son of Robert Glen Rollins Sr. and Marie Rose Rollins (Parrish). His siblings are Michaelyn Schuyler, Chelsea Ryan, and Bryan Rollins. He is survived by one son, Robert Rollins; and one daughter, Lilyana Rollins. He was an exemplary father, brother, and son...

Mar 25, 2023

Sharon Kay (Begemann) Brandt, 72, entered into rest on Saturday, March 25th, 2023.

Sharon was born on June 24th, 1950, in Jefferson City, MO, to Pete and Helen Begemann. She was a loving mother and wife, who took great pride in her family. Sharon recently celebrated her 45th wedding anniversary to her husband Leon, and together they...

Mar 25, 2023

Charlene B. Galloway, 80, of Martinez, Georgia, entered into rest on Saturday, March 25, 2023, after seven years of living with Alzheimer's. She met her Jesus at home with her much loved music playing and her daughter Michele and son-in-love Richard holding her and telling her she was loved.

Charlene was born in Los Angeles, California, on...

Mar 25, 2023

Emory Sayer, age 99, went to be with his Lord on March 25, 2023. He was the husband of Henry Strother Sayer.

He graduated from Wilkes County High School. While attending Berry College, in 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Force and served in the European Theater where he volunteered for the invasion of Normandy. During...

Mar 24, 2023

Shirley Anne Johnson, 77, entered into rest on Friday, March 24, 2023.

Anne was born in Summerville, SC, on July 18, 1945. She spent her young life in SC, and moved to GA where she married Larry in 1968 and raised her children. She loved her children with a fierce love and gave unselfishly of herself to...

Mar 23, 2023

David Edward "Rockin' Chair" Jenkins, 60, born February 12th, 1963, in Jenkins County, entered into rest on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023, at his home in Burke County after battling cancer.

David is preceded in death by his mother, Alyce Carol Toole; his father, Lewis Edward Jenkins; and great-nephew, Asa Tamblyn. Survivors include his two children, Carolyn "CJ"...

Mar 20, 2023

Richard Edward Greenawalt, 92, of Grovetown, GA, entered into rest on Monday, March 20, 2023.

Mr. Greenawalt retired from the U.S. Navy after 20 years of service. He also retired from Columbia Nitrogen, and was the owner and manager of Windy Acres Trailer Park.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Nancy Smith Greenawalt....

Mar 19, 2023

Karen Kay Atkinson, 76, entered into rest on Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Karen was born December 19, 1946, to the late Frank and Patricia Kiplinger. She lived in South Dakota as a child and moved to Wyoming as a young adult, where she met her husband Eugene and started a family of her own. She moved to...

Mar 18, 2023

Mary Davis Gibbs, 80, entered into rest on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Mary was born December 12, 1942, in Winter Haven, Florida. She was a country girl who loved country music, animals, fishing, swimming, boating, camping, drawing, baking, and had a great sense of fashion and was good at everything she did. She was a caring person who would...

Mar 18, 2023

Russell Connor Evans, 22, entered into rest Saturday, March 18, 2023. Born in Augusta, on December 4, 2000, to John and Jennifer (Decker) Evans of Martinez, GA, his smile, charismatic personality, and sense of humor could light up any room and touch the hearts of all that met him.

Russell was a 2019 graduate of Lakeside High...

Mar 18, 2023

Kay Estelle Jones Vaught, 61, was released from her earthly binds on March 18, 2023.

Kay was born in Augusta, GA, to Bob and Ruth Jones on November 5, 1961. She was raised in a loving home with her three older sisters, Ann, Beth, and Gail. She graduated from Evans High School, class of 1979, and earned...

Mar 16, 2023

Marilyn Grace Cole, 95, entered into rest on Thursday, March 16, 2023, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

Marilyn Grace Cole was born in Pittsfield , MA on July 14, 1927. She married George W. Cole and traveled extensively with him to various locations where he was stationed with the U.S. Army. They eventually settled in Augusta...

Mar 16, 2023

Jessie Paul Evans, 63, entered into rest on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Jessie was born in Stuart, FL on February 15, 1960. At the age of three, he moved to Fort Lauderdale, where he grew up and received his education in the Broward County School System. He moved to Woonsocket, Rhode Island, where his two sons were...

Mar 16, 2023

Richard Eugene Boyleston, 81, entered into rest on Thursday, March 16, 2023.

He was born in Pine Hill Community on July 23, 1941, to the late Serenus K. Boyleston and Lucy Raulerson Boyleston Davis.

After graduating from Edisto High School and Berry College, he joined the Air Force where he worked as a  medical technologist....

Mar 16, 2023

Gladys Earline Lowe,81, entered into rest on March 16, 2023.

Gladys was born in Slidell, Louisiana, but spent the past 60 years in Grovetown, Georgia where she raised her family with her loving husband. Gladys was a woman with a big heart, a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend to many. Memaw, Nan, or Nana as...

Mar 14, 2023

Nellie "Nell" (Pleasant) Reaves, age 97, went home to be with her Lord on March14, 2023, in Summerville, GA, where she had gone to live with her daughter, Anita Greer, since July, 2021.

Nellie lived most of her adult life in Martinez, GA. Nell was born in Doeville, Tennessee. She graduated from Mars Hill College and Carson...

Mar 13, 2023

Mrs. Betty Sue Williams McKinnon, age 89, died Monday, March 13, 2023. She was born May 13, 1933, in Sanford, NC, to the late Luther B. Williams and Connie Hood Williams, and was the wife of the late G. Boyd McKinnon, Jr.

Betty Sue graduated with a degree in Education from Appalachian State Teachers College (now Appalachian...

Mar 12, 2023

Dennis Joseph Barry, Jr., 56, of Dearing, GA, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Dennis was born on July 9, 1966, in Paterson, NJ. He is survived by his wife, Ana Barry; his parents, Dennis J. Barry, Sr, and Carol A. Barry; siblings, William J. Barry and Sandra M. Cruz; nieces, Victoria M. Sutton,...

Mar 12, 2023

William Dennis Crowe, Sr., 80, entered into rest at home surrounded by his children and grandchildren on Sunday, March 12, 2023. He was born in Augusta, GA, on February 26, 1943.

He is survived by his children, William Dennis Crowe Jr (Deanna), Michael Kevin Crowe, and Dena Crowe Heard (Stephen); grandchildren, Ryan Blair Gram (Darian), Haley Estell...