Obituary Listing

Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties

Robert "Skippy/Squash" Attaway Jr.

Robert "Skippy/Squash" Attaway Jr.

Feb 19, 2026

Funeral services for Robert Thurston “Skippy/Squash” Attaway, Jr., age 90, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, February 22, 2026, at Gumlog Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. Burton Dixon and Rev. Rick Tooley officiating. Burial to follow in Westview Cemetery.

Mr. Attaway was born on December 22, 1935, in Johnson County, Georgia. He was a retired Consumer Safety Inspector for USDA...

Linda Sue Garner

Linda Sue Garner

Feb 19, 2026

Linda Sue Garner , 78, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Feb 19th, 2026 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is free and at peace.

Linda was born on Dec 14th, 1947 in Boone, NC. To Louise Herold. She came to live with her aunt and uncle, Ezra and Florence Porter at the age of three....

Dora Dean Tanner

Dora Dean Tanner

Feb 18, 2026

Dora Dean Veal Tanner, 94, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on February 18, 2026, at her home in Wrightsville, Georgia.

She was born August 12, 1931, in the Buckeye community of Wrightsville to Mae Jessie Colson Veal and Cleon Adam Veal. The third of seven children, Dora Dean grew up on a working farm where she thrived...

Mattie Walker

Mattie Walker

Feb 17, 2026

Funeral services for Mattie H. Walker, age 87, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 20, 2026, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with burial to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Hank Melton and Bishop Simon Yoder will officiate.

Mrs. Walker was born on July 30, 1938, in Emanuel County, Georgia, and made Dublin...

Maxine Carey

Maxine Carey

Feb 16, 2026

Maxine Carey, age 86, passed away Monday, February 16, 2026, after a sudden illness.

Ms. Carey was born January 31, 1940, in Hazlehurst, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Hugh Wilson and Daisy Brooks Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, John F. Britt and Howard “Pete” Warren, and a sister, JoAnn Smith.

She was a homemaker...

Virginia Copeland Josey

Virginia Copeland Josey

Feb 11, 2026

Mrs. Virginia Copeland Frady Josey, age 81, entered into rest peacefully on February 11, 2026.

Mrs. Josey was born July 13, 1944, to the late Eillies Sheppard Copeland and Earnest Copeland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, A.J. Frady; her brother, Jimmy Copeland; and her grandparents, Freeman and Missy Dixon Sheppard and Idoma...

Annette Donaldson Johnson

Annette Donaldson Johnson

Feb 11, 2026

Annette Donaldson Johnson, age 90, peacefully passed away on February 11, surrounded by her loving family. Annette was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Van Buron Johnson, and by two daughters, Jewel Johnson and Brenda Johnson. She is survived by her daughter Marquita Hicks (Don), grandchildren Candice Moore of Greenville, South Carolina, Clark Hicks (Hannah) of Irwinton,...

Margaret Regina Brown Gay

Margaret Regina Brown Gay

Feb 10, 2026

Funeral services for Margaret Regina Brown Gay, age 70, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 13, 2026, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with interment to follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Rusty Brown, Rev. Billy Glosson and nephew Chad Sapp will officiate.

Regina was born on December 3, 1955, in...

William Kenny Powell

William Kenny Powell

Feb 9, 2026

Memorial services for William Kenny Powell, age 65 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, February 15, 2026, at Corinth Church. Rev. Phil Wilson and Rev. Seth Henry will officiate.

Mr. Powell was born October 8, 1960. He was the son of the late Bennie V. Powell and Leahdora Wilson Powell. He was a retired logging truck driver. He was a...

E.B. Price, III

E.B. Price, III

Feb 9, 2026

E.B. Price III passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 9, 2026, but he didn’t live his extraordinary life peacefully. He was a man that grabbed that cup of life he was given and drank deeply. From humble beginnings on a small farm in Pringle GA, he was born into a family with no nonsense parents (EB II and...

Patricia Ann Adams

Patricia Ann Adams

Feb 4, 2026

Graveside funeral services for Patricia Ann Adams, age 69 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Nathan Morris will officiate.

Ms. Adams was born January 23, 1957, in Macon, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Ollie Luttrell McAfee, DVM and Jacquelyn Elise Wasden McAfee. She was also preceded in death by...

Larry Edward Ellenburg

Larry Edward Ellenburg

Feb 2, 2026

Mr. Larry Edward Ellenburg, age 69 passed away Monday, February 2, 2026 at Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home.

Mr. Ellenburg was born March 7, 1956 in Columbus, Georgia. He was the son of the late Huey Ellenburg and Myrtle Lee Lindsey Ellenburg. He was a retired welder.

Mr. Ellenburg is survived by his wife Donna Hutchinson Ellenburg; a daughter, Chassity Ellenburg; a brother...

Renya Jed Attaway

Renya Jed Attaway

Feb 2, 2026

Mr. Renya Jed Attaway, age 88 went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 2, 2026 at his residence.

Mr. Attaway was born April 18, 1937 in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Jed Attaway and Mattie Mae Ward Attaway. He was also preceded in death by his son, Judy Attaway. He was a...

Gloria Jean Downs

Gloria Jean Downs

Feb 1, 2026

Graveside funeral services for Gloria Jean Downs, age 74 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 5, 2026, at Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Tim Powell will officiate.

Mrs. Downs was born April 2, 1951, in Jacksonville, Florida. She was the daughter of the late George Eason Thigpen and Lonie Sterling Thigpen. She was a retired manager at Dairy...

Rita L. Foskey

Rita L. Foskey

Feb 1, 2026

Funeral services for Rita Lynn Foskey, age 68 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 4, 2026, in the Richard N. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Rev. Craig Foskey will officiate.

Mrs. Foskey was born February 8, 1957, in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Walter Walk and Mildred Presley. She...

Thomas Wilkes

Thomas Wilkes

Jan 27, 2026

Graveside funeral services for Thomas Wilkes, age will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, January 30, 2026, at Pleasant Springs Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Wilkes was born January 8, 1962, in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Judon Wilkes and Retafae Graham Wilkes. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was employed as a...

Frances Delores Huffmaster Lawrence

Frances Delores Huffmaster Lawrence

Jan 26, 2026

Graveside funeral services for Frances Delores Huffmaster Lawrence, age 91 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Ivey Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Lowery Brantley will officiate.

Mrs. Lawrence was born October 16, 1934, in Meridan, MS. She was the daughter of the late Charles Oliver Huffmaster and Beatrice Murff Huffmaster. She was also preceded in death by...

Ethel Blanche Walker

Ethel Blanche Walker

Jan 25, 2026



Mrs. Ethel Blanche Walker, age 74, passed away Sunday, January 25, 2026.

Mrs. Walker was born August 29, 1951, in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Woodraw Crabson and Ethel Marie Dells Crabson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Russell Walker. She was a homemaker. She was a member of the Salvation Army.

Mrs. Walker is...

Richard Harold Olson, Jr.

Richard Harold Olson, Jr.

Jan 24, 2026

Mr. Richard Harold Olson, Jr., age 63 passed away Saturday, January 24, 2026 at Fairview Park Hospital. 

Mr. Olson was born July 6, 1962 in Gloverville, New York. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. He was self-employed as a computer repairman.

Mr. Olson is survived by his daughter Sara Olson of Waterloo, New York.

Mr. Olson was memorialized by...

James Herbert Hall

James Herbert Hall

Jan 24, 2026

Funeral services for James Herbert Hall, age 84, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at Liberty Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Sammy Hall will officiate.

Mr. Hall was born on February 21, 1941, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He was a retired salesman for Flanders Auto. He was a member of Liberty Grove...

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