Author: Porkchop Branch

Charles Wickliffe Read, director of the Bowers House Literary Center in Canon, GA passed away on Saturday, April 1, at his home. He was 63. He was the son of the late Ruth and Henry Read, Sr. A memorial service for Charlie will be held in the Historic Canon Unitarian Universalist Church at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 8, with […]

Mrs. Frances Bowers Faulkner, age 85 of Mt. Olivet Road in Hartwell, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at NHC Healthcare, Anderson, S.C. The family will greet friends on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 from 12-1 at the funeral home and following the visitation a brief committal and burial service will follow at Nancy Hart Memorial Park with Pastor […]

Mr. Roger Ford Heaton, 86, of Hartwell, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2023 at his home. A memorial service celebrating Mr. Roger Heaton’s life will be held Monday, April 10, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Church of Hartwell with Dr. Stuart Lang and Rev. Carter Tucker officiating. A reception will follow the service. […]

Ms. Yen Thi Phillips, 86, of Canon, GA, passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at her home. Memorial services for Ms. Phillips will be held at Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 1, 2023, with Rev. Jerome Hill officiating. The family will receive friends at Pruitt Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on […]

James Marion “Jimmy” Milford Jr., 64, of the Red Hill Community, passed away Tuesday evening, March 28, 2023, at his home. Services will be 3pm Monday afternoon at Allens United Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Garner and Rev. Tommy Childress.   Interment will be in the church cemetery. Jimmy Milford will be at the Ginn Funeral Home, Carnesville. The family is […]