Obituaries

Laurine Taylor

Laurine Taylor, of Athens, died May 14, 2025. The funeral service was at noon Saturday, May 17 at Fork Bethel Baptist Church. Pastor Perez Watson was the eulogist. Interment in the church cemetery.  Survivors include her son Bernard Taylor; niece Melanie Hopp; nephews Curtis Harper Jr.

Ernest "Scooter" Bell

Ernest “Scooter” Bell, of Crawford, died April 21, 2025.  The funeral service was at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 at New Bethlehem Baptist Church. Pastor Larry Clark was the eulogist. Interment in Athens Memory Gardens.

Obituary: Sarah Mae “Goosie” Smith Seigler

Sarah Mae “Goosie” Smith Seigler, 84, of Jones Ferry Road, Elberton, passed away at her home on Monday, May 5, 2025. Seigler was born Dec. 20, 1940, in Lexington to Richard Herndon Smith Sr. and Mandy Margaret King Smith.

Obituary: Linda Fay McElroy-Malcom

Linda Fay McElroy-Malcom, 84, passed away Friday, May 9, 2025. Linda was born on March 15, 1941, in Oconee County to Albert and Sarah Osborn-McElroy.

Obituary: Kathryn Franklin Gruetter

Mrs. Kathryn Franklin Gruetter, 76, passed away peacefully at her ancestral family farm in Birdsville, Georgia, on Monday, April 28, 2025, following an extended illness. She was cared for in her final days by her devoted younger sister Frances.

Obituary: George Donald Yager

George Donald Yager, 88, of Winterville, died peacefully in his home on April 20, 2025. The son of the late Lonnie Ernest and Hattie Louise Yager, George spent his childhood in Moscow, Tennessee.

Obituary: Mary Ann “Bateman” Colquitt

Mary Ann “Bateman” Colquitt (Portwood), 83, of Macon, Georgia, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2025.  She was born on August 5, 1941, in Lexington.

Obituary: Torre Esasky Laguins

Obituary: Josephine "Jo" Huff Jordan

Obituary: Dean Diane "BB" Smith Jones

Dean Smith Jones, of Athens, died April 4, 2025. The funeral service was 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at Jones Funeral Chapel. Pastor Kenneth Cooper was the eulogist. Interment was in Fork Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.