All Obituaries

Thomson - Mr. Edwin “Winde” Bradshaw, 78, Beloved husband of Mrs. Virginia Bradshaw, died Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at his residence. A memorial graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 9, 2021, in the Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens, with Father Ray Whiting officiating. Mr. Bradshaw was born in Augusta, but had lived in Thomson all his life. He was a National Guard Veteran. He was retired from the McDuffie County Hospital as an X-Ray Technician. He was a member of...

Thomson - Mr. Donald Reeves, 85, widower of Mrs. Hilda Reeves, died Monday, May 3, 2021, in the Warrenton Health & Rehab. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021, in the Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Mike Sutphin officiating. Mr. Reeves was a native of Staunton, Va., but had lived in Thomson for many years. He was an Air Force Veteran, was retired from Civil Service, and he was a member of Sweetwater Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his...

Mrs. Aurella Franklin, beloved wife of the late Henry C. Franklin, Sr., died Monday, May 3, 2021 at her home in Grovetown. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021, at inMOTION Church with Rev. Chuck Gordon and Rev. Addison Belangia officiating. Burial will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 8, 2021 in the Hillcrest Memorial Park in Augusta. Mrs. Franklin was a native of VanBuren, Maine, but had lived in Grovetown for many years. Rella loved to travel,...

Dearing - Mrs. Lois Murphy Edmunds, 80, died Monday, May 3, 2021, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 2021, in the Curtis Funeral Home Chapel, with Brother Wade Starrett officiating. Burial will be in the Westview Cemetery. Mrs. Edmunds was a native of McDuffie County. She was retired from the Textile Industry and was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Survivors include her two daughters, Lynn Mathis, Mitchell and Donna Douglas,...

Augusta- Mr. Rondoe Hutson, 51, died Friday, April 30, 2021. A family gathering will be on Friday, May 7, 2021, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Curtis Funeral Home. Mr. Hutson was a native of Virginia, but had lived in the Augusta area for several years. Survivors include his daughter, Easter Hutson, Hephzibah; his sister, Tammy Newton, S. Carolina; his brother, Timmy Hutson, Las Vegas; and his two grandchildren, Shaun Hutson-Cutler and Alexandria “Rose” Hutson-Cutler. The family...

Thomson- Mr. Raymond Fendley, 83, husband of Mrs. Estelle Fendley, died Thursday, April 29, 2021, in the University / Augusta Hospital. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 2, 2021, in the Curtis Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. James McCollum and Rev. David Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Adams Chapel Cemetery, Dearing. Mr. Fendley was a native of Wilkes County, but had lived in McDuffie County for most of his life. He worked at the Hillcrest Farms in Dearing for many...

Camak- Mr. Leonard G. Phillips, Jr., 63, beloved husband of Mrs. Mary Ann Phillips, died Friday, April 23, 2021, in the University / Augusta Hospital A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Phillips was born in Augusta, but had lived in Thomson and Camak . He was a welder and a carpenter. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard Grady Phillips, Sr. and Eulaween Phillips, his brother, Kenneth Phillips, and his daughter, Shirley Hall. Survivors include his wife, Mary...

Dearing - Mr. John T. McGahee, 93, beloved husband of Mrs. Elizabeth McGahee, died Saturday, April 10, 2021 at his son’s residence in Ridge Spring, S.C. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in the Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens, with Rev David Young officiating. Mr. McGahee was a native of Augusta, Georgia, but had lived in Dearing for many years. He was a retired mason and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Harlem. Survivors include his wife,...

Thomson - Mr. Grover “G.P.” Paul, Jr. died Sunday, April 4, 2021, in the University / McDuffie Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 8, 2021, in the Sweetwater Baptist Church Cemetery, with Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Mr. Paul was a lifelong resident of McDuffie County. He was a 1965 graduate of Thomson High School. He attended Augusta College, was a Navy Veteran, was a member of Sweetwater Baptist Church and attended Victory Baptist...

Thomson - Mr. Lexie Joe Baker, 89, Beloved Husband of Mrs. Betty Cason Baker, died Monday, March 29, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 2, 2021, in the Sweetwater Baptist Church, with Rev. Clifton Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Baker was a native of Selmer, McNairy County, Tennessee, but had lived in Thomson for many years. He was a retired Instructor with the Signal Corps at Fort Gordon, formerly known as Camp...