Diane Kerr Wampole, 77, of Colbert, passed away January 9, 2020. 

Robert Thomas Brown III, "Tad", died unexpectedly at his home on January 2, 2020.

Mrs. Lucy Ruth Kennedy Saylors, 80, of Bethany Bowersville Road, Canon, passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, Ga.

Mrs. Shelvy Hendrick Myers 79, of 130 Wisteria Cove Extension, Hartwell, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital.

David R. McCall, 61, of Lavonia, died Jan. 7, 2020. Funeral services were held Jan. 11, in the chapel of the Strickland Funeral Home in Lavonia.

Shirley Carey, 78, of Danielsville, died Jan. 8, 2020. Funeral services were held Jan. 11. Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston was in charge.

Dathon Beard, 92, of Royston, died Jan. 10, 2020. Funeral services were held Jan. 14, in the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel in Royston.

George "Bates" Kelley III, passed away at age 70 on December 20, 2019 while in hospice care in Daytona, Fla.

Mrs. Mary Ann Whitaker Mize, age 71, of Fiddlers Drive in Hartwell, went to be with the Lord on Sunday morning, January 5, 2020 at Rainbow Retirement Home in Arnoldsville, Ga. 

Barry M. McCurley, 73, of Crumps Road, Hartwell, passed away Monday, December 30, 2019 at his daughter's home.