Obituaries

Pamela Emmons

Monday, November 23. 2009
MAYSVILLE – Pamela Jane Emmons, 56, died Saturday, November 21, 2009, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Born in Fulton County she was the daughter of Valdie Arthur and Ruby Lee Baughcum Brown of Maysville. She was employed with Home Health Care. Mrs. Emmons was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Emmons. Survivors in ... [Full Story »] 

Herbert Nylander

Monday, November 23. 2009
COMMERCE – Herbert William Nylander Sr., 86, died Sunday, November 22, 2009, at Hill Haven Nursing Home. Born in Allegheny, Pa., he was the son of the late Guy and Marcella Jackson Nylander. He was a retired purchasing agent for International Playtex, and was a veteran, having served in the United States Army Air Corp during World War II. Mr. ... [Full Story »] 

George Rice

Friday, November 20. 2009
Aviation pioneer and retired airline executive George Erskine Rice, 91, died on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. Mr. Rice held a distinguished, globe-circling, four-decade record in aviation history that began in bi-planes and continued into the age of supersonic travel. He pioneered in trans-Atlantic ... [Full Story »] 

‘Bill’ Bryson

Friday, November 20. 2009
ATHENS – James William “Bill” Bryson III, 79, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at St. Mary’s Hospice House following an extended illness. Born in Rome, he was the son of the late James “Jim” and Elizabeth Bryson. Growing up in Rome, he attended Darlington School, graduating Cum Laude and president of his senior class. He excelled in ... [Full Story »] 

Sula Webber

Friday, November 20. 2009
COMMERCE – Sula T. Webber, 79, died early Friday morning, November 20, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center in Athens. She was born in Tattnall County, and was married to the Rev. John Webber, former pastor for many years of the Commerce Church of God. She was a minister herself having also served alongside her husband as they pastored ... [Full Story »] 

Charlotte Ann Burks

Thursday, November 19. 2009
COMMERCE – Charlotte Ann Burks, 47, of Neese-Commerce Rd., died Monday, November 16, 2009, at BJC Medical Center. Born in Mantee, Fla., she was the daughter of Katie Nell Kent Stokes of Tampa, Fla., and the late Robert Allen Stokes. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Burks was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Stokes Jr. Survivors in addition to ... [Full Story »] 

Eugene Holman

Wednesday, November 18. 2009
JEFFERSON – Eugene Talmadge Holman, 69, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Athens Regional Medical Center. Born in Treutlen County, he was the son of the late William Allen and Bessie Palmaroy Holman. He worked in a poultry plant as a maintenance worker. Survivors include his wife, Mary Frances Pirkle Holman, Jefferson; a daughter, Patricia ... [Full Story »] 

‘Tommy’ Andrews

Tuesday, November 17. 2009
MARTIN – Thomas William “Tommy” Andrews, 58, of the Red Hill Community, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at the St. Mary’s Hospice House in Athens. Born on October 20, 1951, in Commerce, he was the son of the late Gartrell and Margaret Seagraves Andrews. He was a graduate of Commerce High School and of Ouachita Baptist University in ... [Full Story »] 

'Jimmy' Johnson

Monday, November 16. 2009
GALILEE COMMUNITY - James S. "Jimmy" Johnson, 87, lifelong farmer, former Jackson County Commissioner, church and civic leader, World War II veteran and avid private pilot, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at his residence. Born in the Galilee community, the community in which he lived at the time of his death, he was the son of the late James ... [Full Story »] 

‘Dude’ Ausborn

Monday, November 16. 2009
TOCCOA – Franklin “Dude” Ausborn, 47, died Sunday, November 15, 2009, at his residence. Born on July 24, 1962, in Banks County, he was the son of Joy Segars Garmon and the late Frank Ausborn. He lived most of his life in Stephens County, attended the Missionary Church in Toccoa, and was of the Baptist denomination. Mr. Ausborn was ... [Full Story »] 
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