Rev. Herschel Atkinson

Rev. Herschel Atkinson, 95, died Aug. 20, 2021. The Right Reverend Robert C. Wright will be the Celebrant at the Reverend Herschel Robert Atkinson’s Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of St. Philip, 2744 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18.

Mary Elizabeth Poole

Mary Elizabeth Poole, 86, of Hartwell, died Aug. 31, 2021. Funeral service arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Strickland Funeral Home of Hartwell.

Wayne Thompson

Wayne Thompson, 64, of Danielsville, died Aug. 25, 2021. A memorial service was held Aug. 28, in the Chapel of the Strickland Funeral Home of Hartwell.

Audrey Shaw

Audrey Shaw, of Anderson, S.C., formerly of Hartwell, died Aug. 28, 2021. Arrangements will be announced by Mack’s Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Hartwell.

Neil Holmes

Neil Holmes, 73, of Bowman, died Aug. 28, 2021. A memorial service will be held at a later date by the family. Strickland Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Hartwell is in charge.

Hartwell mourns loss of ‘true community man’ Jack Edmunds

On Aug. 29, Jack B. Edmunds Jr., of Hartwell passed away at St. Mary’s Sacred Heart Hospital at the age of 87. His pastor Rev. Allen Stewart remembers Edmunds as a “true community man.

Maudie Dobbs

Maudie Dobbs Maudie Belle Dutton Dobbs, 85, of Hartwell, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital. Born on October 10, 1935 in Hartwell, she was the daughter of the late Jack Dutton and Mary Brown Dutton. Mrs.

Dr. Martin Platzer

Rev. Dr. Martin Platzer Reverend Dr. Martin Meyer Platzer, age 75, of Hartwell, passed away suddenly at his home on Saturday, August 14, 2021. He was born on March 28, 1946, in Highland Park, Ill., to the late Hans and Edith (Meyer) Platzer. Marty's brother, Robert predeceased him.

Reynold Hartmann

Reynold Hartmann Reynold Edward Hartmann, 73, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, S.C. Born on December 6, 1947 in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was the son of the late Henry Frederick Hartmann and Dorothy Wetzel Hartmann.

Harold "Andy" Anderson

Harold J. "Andy" Anderson Harold J. "Andy" Anderson, age 97, of Hartwell, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at his home.  He was born on December 28, 1923 in Chicago, Ill., to the late Harold C. Anderson and Marguerite T. Matz. Mr.