Michele T. Newman
Dec 27, 2023
Entered into rest on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Michele Taylor Newman, 51.
Michele was a native of Augusta, Georgia. She was a graduate of Lakeside High School. Michele worked in cosmetology sales for many years. A loving and devoted mother, daughter, sister and friend, Michele will be missed by all.
Family members include her children: Brooke Smith (Phillip),...
Connie Pridemore
Dec 27, 2023
Hephzibah, GA – Entered into rest on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, Connie Pridemore, 65, loving wife of Clifford “Gene” Pridemore, Jr.
Connie was born in Waynesboro, GA and was a 1974 graduate of Butler High School. She later moved to Ivey, GA and raised her family there. She enjoyed fishing, watching the Andy Griffith Show, was an avid Nascar...
Franklin O. Smith, Jr.
Dec 26, 2023
Augusta, GA – Mr. Franklin O. Smith, Jr. (F.O.) entered into rest on Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
Mr. Smith was born on May 10, 1947, in Augusta, GA. Growing up in Augusta he attended Richmond Academy where he was a captain in the ROTC. After high school he attended Augusta College. He was a Specialist E-4 in the 319th Transportation...
Rebecca Janell Watson
Dec 24, 2023
Rebecca Janell Watson entered peacefully into rest on December 24th 2023 at the age of 97. Ms. Watson was born April 4th 1926 in Metter, GA to Joseph Mackie Mercer and Eula Mae Mikell Mercer. Janell was the second of their 4 children (Including Melba, Francis and Grayson). Janell spent her childhood in Metter and graduated from Candler County High...
Peggy Dye
Dec 23, 2023
Evans GA – Entering into rest Saturday morning, December 23, 2023, in her home with her husband at her side, Mrs. Peggy Garrett Dye, 80, was wife of Lukey (Larry) Pierce Dye, Jr.
Originally from Macon, Ga., she moved to the Augusta area where she met and married her husband, Lukey (Larry) Dye in 1963. They spent most of their...
Charles Waller
Dec 23, 2023
Evans, GA – Entered into rest on Saturday, December 23, 2023, Charles Bryant Waller, Jr., 84, loving husband of Jane Waller.
Charles “Chuck” was born on July 30, 1939 in Winchester, Kentucky and was raised in Lexington, KY. He served in the United States Airforce in security and intelligence for thirty years, which included a tour in Vietnam. A...
Jeanette Helms Kelley
Dec 22, 2023
Augusta GA – Entering into rest Friday morning, December 22, 2023, surrounded by family at her home, Mrs. Jeanette Helms Kelley, 96, wife of the late William (Bill) Thomas Kelley.
Jeanette was born and grew up in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Commercial High School and worked in Atlanta. She married Bill Kelley in 1947 and they spent most of...
James Humphreys
Dec 21, 2023
James Roy Humphreys went to his eternal rest on December 21, 2023.
He is survived by his three children, James Humphreys Jr of Dallas, Texas, Patricia Diddle of Lincoln, Arkansas, and Kevin Humphreys of Decatur, Arkansas. He also had two grandchildren, Shealene Dennis and Dawneille Diddle, two great grandchildren, Braxton and Nevaeh, and three step-daughters Cindy Westervelt, Kim James...
Mabel Rhoden Whaley
Dec 21, 2023
Augusta, GA – Entered into rest on Thursday, December 21, 2023, Mabel Rhoden Whaley, 93, loving wife of the late Robert Walden Whaley.
Mabel was born in Johnston, SC as one of thirteen children to Ollie Lee and Viola Rhoden. She was a graduate of Tubman High School. Mabel was a faithful member of Warren Baptist Church for over...
Ricky Jay
Dec 20, 2023
Ricky Odell Jay passed away on December 20, 2023 at Grand Strand Hospital in Myrtle Beach, SC. His wife, Mary Louise Jay, his daughter, Julie Hiott Jay (Bobby Martin}, and many of his special beach family were by his side.
Ricky was born in Augusta, GA on December 31, 1952 to Hurbert Cleveland Jay and Ruby...