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Obituary: Patricia Elizabeth Ritchie

Patricia (Pat) Elizabeth Hoover Ritchie, 90, died peacefully on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Quiet Oaks Nursing Home in Crawford.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Paul Sutton Ritchie.

Obituary: Jack D. Howard

Jack D. Howard peacefully passed away at his beloved home on Sunday, May 25, 2025.  Howard was born on Sept. 28, 1934 to the late Ernest Walker Howard and Gertrude Hansford Howard in Stephens. He was a lifelong dedicated member of Salem Baptist Church.

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: Evelyn Kathleen Nutt

Evelyn Kathleen Nutt of Crawford died March 9, 2025. The daughter of Richard Lamar Nutt Sr. and Ruth Loughridge Nutt, she was born March 26, 1953, in Augusta, Georgia. She is survived by brothers Richard Lamar Nutt, Jr.