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Eleanor Sanders Madison passed away on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Funeral Servics will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 11am at Mt Gilead Baptist Church, 574 Mt Gilead Church Road (formerly Glades Rd) Eatonton, GA 31024. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2021 from 4pm to 6pm at Bernard’s Family Funeral Care, 103 Willie Bailey Street, Eatonton, GA 31024. MASKS REQURED
Read moreTommy D Hill passed away at home on July 7, 2021.
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Edd Gunter, 75, of Eatonton, Ga., passed away on Monday, July 19, 2021. He was born in Elberton, Ga. to the late David and Georgia Higginbotham Gunter. He had lived in Eatonton most of his life and was a retired truck driver. He enjoyed farming, gardening, riding horses, but most of all spending time with his family.
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Bobby Harris, age 75, passed away Friday July 9, 2021. Funeral services were held 2:00 PM Saturday July 17, 2021 in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home of Eatonton. The family received friends from 1:00 PM until the service time. Burial followed at Eatonton Memorial Park.
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Mrs. Margaret “Peggy” Fuller was born July 17, 1938, the firstborn daughter of William and Annette Paschal of Eatonton. Surrounded by family, she was ruptured July 13, 2021 after a brief illness. Many winks from God have occurred since her passing to give signs she is in the presence of her Lord!
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Paul W. Butler died peacefully at the age of 104 on Sunday, July 4, 2021 in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. Paul was born and raised in Eatonton, Georgia but had spent the last 65 years in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Read moreHenry A. Karwisch, age 89 of Peachtree Corners, Ga. passed away on July 5th, 2021. He was born on April 21st, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Bernard and Angelina (Fischer) Karwisch. He attended Elder High School for two years and transferred to St. Meinrad’s Seminary where he graduated in 1950. He enlisted in the Army and was sent to the Korean War. He received three Bronze stars for his heroic service in combat. He married Catherine L. Powers on May 1st, 1954. She preceded him in death in 2000. Henry is survived by his siblings; Marge, Bernard, Paul (deceased). Joan and Arlene. He had three children Jeffrey (deceased), Victoria, and Mark. Henry remarried in 2001 to Freeda Russell at Christ Our King and Savior Church. Freeda’s children are David, Jeff and Pam. Henry had numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Bobby Leroy Schell was received into the arms of Jesus on July 9, 2021. Bob was born on June 17, 1938 to William Toliver Schell and Christine Osburn Schell in Jeff Davis County, Georgia. He married Lois Resseau in 1999 and they had a very happy life together. He graduated from Jeff Davis County High School in 1956 and moved to Jacksonville FL. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. He later moved to Atlanta GA where he had a career as a warehouse manager for several wholesale food businesses on the Georgia State Farmers Market and retired from Sutherland’s Foodservice in 2000. He loved the outdoors and was an avid hunter. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Eatonton, where he served as a deacon, a member of the New Hope Sunday School Class, the Chancel Choir and served on several committees. He was a proud member and past president of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. He was an instructor of the Duluth Cloggers and various other clogging groups in the Atlanta area for many years. His groups performed at the 1984 World’s Fair in Knoxville, on the Dinah Shore Show in Las Vegas and went on an exchange group trip to Romania in the mid 1970’s. His clogging group was a frequent performer at the Putnam County Dairy Festival for years.
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