All Obituaries

Roger Mark Owens, age 71, passed on Thursday, March 21, 2019 at Augusta University Medical Center. Services for Mr. Owens will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Eastside Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at Minter Cemetery.  Rev. Matt Anderson, Rev. Jeff Handley, and Rev. Tim Powell will officiate.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Saturday at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Owens was preceded in death by his parents, Brodus and...

Annie Ruth Johnson, age 88, of East Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Graveside services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Minter Cemetery. Rev. Ben Edwards and Rev. Kenneth Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends at the graveside before and after the service. Pallbearers will be Donald Warnock, Jack Warnock, Elvin Snow, Vick Thigpen, Bruce Mimbs, Harry Graham, and Condell Carter. Ruth graduated from Wilkes High School in 1948, at the age...

Bobbie Putnam Hawkins, age 80, of Dublin, passed away on March 19, 2019. Services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, March 23, 2019 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Dr. Cliff Morris will officiate. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 1:00PM until funeral hour at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Trey Hawkins, Justin Franks, Tom Wilson, and Max Wilson will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Beacham...

Patricia “Patsy” W. Neal, age 80, of Wrightsville, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019. Mrs. Neal was born in Laurens County to the late Bradford and Pennie Bobbitt Waites. She was a housewife and retired from J.P. Stevens. In addition to her parents, Patsy was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Lee Neal Jr. Survivors include her children, Dawn Cooper (Mike), of East Dublin, Tina Bailey (Sherrod), of Dublin, Debbie Killingsworth (Doug), of Wrighstville, and Tripp Neal,...

Graveside services for Gerald Rivers Parkerson, age 88, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Cadwell Cemetery.  Pastor Philip Bruce and Pastor Walter Martin will officiate.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.  Mr. Parkerson passed away peacefully at his home March 17, 2019. Mr. Parkerson was a member of Cornerstone Assembly of God Church, retired pharmacist, and U...

William C. Thigpen, age 91 of Minter, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019.  Mr. Thigpen was a lifelong resident of Laurens County and the son of the late Dan Thigpen and Annie Lee Stewart Thigpen. He was a member of Union Baptist Church and was a retired school bus driver.   In addition to his parents, William was preceded in death by his wives, Ruby Thigpen, and Mary Hutcheson Thigpen, siblings; Edna Fountain, M.C. Thigpen, and Jerome Thigpen.   Survivors include his...

Services for Ricky Amerson, age 69, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 17, 2019 in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Poplar Springs North Cemetery.  Rev. Robert Rogers and Kevin Eubanks will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.  Ricky died at home Thursday, March 14, 2019. Ricky was a member of Poplar Springs North Baptist Church.  Ricky was a kind, loving...

  Harrall “Edward” Dominy, age 81, of Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Mr. Dominy was a 1954 graduate of Cadwell High School and a Veteran of the United States Air Force. He retired from Warner Robins Air Force Base and attended Grace Baptist Church. Edward was preceded in death by his parents, Prentice Harrall Dominy and Nellie Wynn Dominy Underwood, and siblings, Clinton Dominy and Darryl Underwood. Survivors include his loving wife of 57 years, Gail...

  Charles “Chuck” Fountain, age 58, of Rentz, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019.  Mr. Fountain was a native of Laurens County and loved farming. He was a good daddy and granddaddy, and loved to hunt and fish. Chuck enjoyed “cutting up” and making others laugh. Mr. Fountain was so willing to help people he would gladly give his shirt off his back to any and everybody. He was preceded in death by his wife, Deborah M. Fountain; mother, Patricia Fountain;...