Lucille Stewart
Aug 12, 2019
Lucille Stewart, 70, entered into rest Monday, August 12, 2019. She was born on June 23, 1949, in Matthews, GA to the late Rose W. and John Willie Amerson. She was a loving mother and caregiver, who would help anyone she could. Lucille loved her grandchildren. She was a hard worker, a really good cook, enjoyed going to yard sales...
Tara N. Flake
Aug 6, 2019
Tara N. Flake, 47, entered into rest August 6, 2019. She was a native of Statesboro and a lifelong resident of Burke County. She was a graduate of Augusta Tech. Tara was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Lend a Helping Paw Dachshund Rescue, and Long and Short Lounge Dachshund Rescue. She was a Gone With The Wind collector. She...
Bessie Amerson Atkinson
Aug 2, 2019
Bessie Amerson Atkinson, 83, entered into eternal rest on Friday, August 2, 2019, at her residence. She was born in Jefferson County and was a lifelong resident of Burke County. She was retired from Keller Manufacturing and was a member of the Calvary Tabernacle in Waynesboro. She was preceded in death by her son, Glenn "Fatz" Atkinson. Surviving are her...
Wendell Lyon
Jul 30, 2019
Wendell Lyon, a humble man of honor and integrity, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, July 30, 2019. Wendell was born in Firth, Idaho during a blizzard on February 16, 1937 to Joseph Lorenzo Lyon and Melva Christensen Lyon. He was welcomed by two older brothers, Boyd and Kenneth. Because of the snow, his mother was taken to the hospital...
Sidney T. Holton
Jul 25, 2019
Sidney T. Holton, 69, entered into rest Thursday, July 25, 2019 at his residence. He grew up in Millen and was a resident of Burke County. He volunteered to join the Marines in 1968 and was a true American Patriot, always having an American flag on his porch. Sidney worked during the construction for Plant Voglte Units 1 and 2...
Fayte Murray
Jul 22, 2019
Fayte Murray, 62, entered into eternal rest Monday, July 22, 2019. There is a measure of a man after he passes through this life that speaks volumes of the life he left behind. "It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it's what you leave behind you when you go." ~ Three wooden crosses, Randy Travis...
Laura Braswell Henry
Jul 20, 2019
Waynesboro, GA – Laura Braswell Henry, age 83, of Waynesboro, entered into rest at her home on Saturday, July 20, 2019. A native of Burke County, she was born on October 7, 1935 to the late James C. Braswell and Lillian Trader Braswell. Laura retired from First National Bank after over 50 years of dedicated service and was a long...
Vonnie E Hance
Jul 16, 2019
Vonnie E. Hance 72, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Keysville Nursing Home. Mr. Hance was a native of Newport, Tennessee and a resident of Burke County since 1982. He was retired from the IBEW, member of Bethel Baptist Church and had a passion for playing music, singing and writing songs. Surviving are, his wife Ginny Lynn...
Faye Horton
Jul 13, 2019
Faye Horton 63, entered into eternal rest Saturday, July 13, 2019 at University Hospital. She was a native and longtime resident of Burke County more recently a resident of Thomson. She was a retired dispatcher from the Harlem Police department and formerly worked for the Burke County EMA and the Waynesboro Police Department. She was a member of the First...
Marilyn F. Delaigle
Jul 12, 2019
Marilyn Frances Kilpatrick DeLaigle 88, the daughter of the late James Franklin and Annie Jackson Kilpatrick entered into rest and went to be her Lord on Friday, July 12, 2019. Mrs. DeLaigle was born in Alexander, she attended schools in Alexander and Sardis and graduated from Waynesboro High School in 1948. She spent six years in Germany with her husband...
Herbert L. Delaigle
Jul 12, 2019
Mr. Herbert L. DeLaigle 94, Retired Master Sergeant United States Army entered into rest and went to be with his Lord on Friday, July 12, 2019. Mr. Delaigle was born in Telfairville, Ga. to the late Casper Gaston and Lillie Bargeron DeLaigle. Prior to his death he was the oldest living DeLaigel Mr. DeLaigle was a retired Master Sergeant United...
Inez Rollins
Jul 9, 2019
Inez "Mema" Rollins, 88, passed away on Tuesday July 9, 2019, at University Hospital in Augusta. She was born on March 30, 1931, in McBean, GA, to the late Sidney Oscar Sims and Crettie Roark Sims. Inez was not only a loving Mother and "Mema" to her own family but also to so many others. She was the kind of...
Charles E. Hight
Jul 4, 2019
Sardis-Mr. Charles E. Hight, 88, entered into rest Thursday, July 4, 2019, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was a native of Sparta, Georgia and a longtime resident of Sardis. He was a retired United States Navy Chief, after his retirement, he operated Hight's Shop in Sardis for many years. He was a member of the Sardis Baptist...
Hilton Bruce Ward
Jul 1, 2019
Hilton "Bruce" Ward, Jr., 64, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2019, at his residence. He was born in Augusta on October 3, 1954, to the late Hilton Bruce Ward, Sr. and Ocie Ray Anderson Ward. Bruce was a hardworking and dedicated heavy machinery operator. He was known by his friends as the modern day Macgyver because he could fix...
Velma Weismiller Foster
Jun 29, 2019
Velma Weismiller Foster, age 92, entered into rest Saturday June 29, 2019. A native of St. Johns, Michigan, she was born January 30, 1927, to the late Wesley Weismiller and the late Laura Nettie Sperry Weismiller. Velma graduated from Asbury College and married the late Rev. J. Ralph Foster, together they served many churches across the S. GA Conference of...
Jim Williams
Jun 29, 2019
James McCord Williams of Waynesboro died Saturday, June 29, 2019, at the age of 94. He is survived by his two daughters, Lynn Williams and Lea Williams both of Augusta; two grandchildren, Sam (Ila) Jenkins of Augusta and Ashlea (Kyle) Crout of Mount Pleasant, SC; and two great grandchildren, Bennett and Caroline Crout. He was preceded in death by his...
Rose Williams
Jun 25, 2019
Waynesboro- Mrs. Rose Vickery Williams, 86, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Tuesday, June 25, 2019. Affectionately known by all as Mrs. Rose, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and was a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Mrs. Rose was a native and lifelong resident of Burke County. She was a very active member...
Gary Lamar Rigdon
Jun 22, 2019
Waynesboro – Gary Lamar Rigdon, Jr., 42, passed away on Saturday June 22, 2019, at the Burke County Medical Center, following a long battle with cancer. He was born on January 7, 1977, in Savannah, GA, to Gary Lamar Rigdon, Sr., and Loretta O'Neal Rigdon. Gary was a diehard Burke County Bears fan, and he rarely missed a game. He...
Melissa "Lisa" Neely Roberson
Jun 21, 2019
Melissa "Lisa" Neely Roberson, 58, the daughter of the late Hubert Skinner and Barbara Parker Hebert, died Friday, June 21, 2019. Lisa was born in Waynesboro and was a resident of Sardis. She was preceded in death by her sister, Kimberly Suzanne Skinner. Surviving are her boyfriend, James "Dinky" Crews, Jr. of Sardis; her sons, Charles Neely, Jr. and wife...
Nona G Kimpel
Jun 16, 2019
Waynesboro – Nona G. Kimpel, 79, passed away on June 16, 2019, at her residence. She was born on October 12, 1939, in Wagoner, Oklahoma to the late Ovie Efton and Juanita Hathcock Trott. Nona was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and a very friendly kindhearted person. She moved to Burke County in April 1994 from Mt. Pleasant, MI. In...
