U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Jerauld Pieart
Army retiree
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
Jerauld E. Pieart, 76, of 4053 Burning Tree Lane, died Tuesday, June 30, 1998, at his residence.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Hillcrest Memorial Park with the Revs. Ron Hasty and Robert Boyd officiating .
Mr. Pieart, a native of Mitchellville, Iowa, was a veteran of World War II, Korean War and the Vietnam War and served as a security guard for Sizemore Security. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, Syble Jordan Pieart; one brother, Fred Pieart, Des Moines, Iowa; two sisters, Barbara Brown, Des Moines, and Frances Bolton, Colfax, Iowa; and one grandchild.
Pallbearers will be members of the U.S. Army Honor Guard.
Friends may call at the residence.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Poteet Funeral Home.
Mrs. Laura Rathbone
Homemaker
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
Mrs. Laura Bell Rathbone, 95, of Augusta, died Sunday, June 28, 1998, in Edmonds, Wash.
Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Grove Baptist cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery, Grovetown, with the Rev. Timothy L. Owings officiating.
Mrs. Rathbone, a native of Wilkes County, Ga., was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church, Augusta.
The family said she was a loving ``mama" to all she met.
Survivors include two grandsons, F.O. Smith and Michael Smith, both of Augusta; one granddaughter, Barbara Shearer, Mill Creek, Wash,; and nine great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road, Augusta, GA 30904.
The family will receive friends from noon until 3 p.m. Friday at Thomas L. King Funeral Home, Martinez.
Mr. Willie Reaves
Self-employed construction worker
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
ELKO, S.C. -- Mr. Willie Jefferson Reaves, 71, of 180 Church St., died Sunday, June 28, 1998, at University Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Union United Methodist Church, Kline, with the Rev. Eddie Williams officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mr. Reaves, a native of Lakeview, was a self-employed construction worker. He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Lakeview.
Survivors include two sons, Jeffrey Maurice Reaves, Barnwell, and Thomas Bernard Reaves, Elko; two daughters, Karen Delaine Reaves, Aiken, and Sharen Elaine Reaves, Laurel, Md.; two sisters, Willena Simmons, Hampton, Va., and Shirley Johnson, Philadelphia; and one grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Giles Eady, Maurine Eady, Reggie Eady, John Price, Wayne Price and Spencer Simmons Jr.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Jenkins Memorial Chapel.
Mrs. Ethel Sanders
Blackville Manufacturing retiree
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
BARNWELL, S.C. -- Mrs. Ethel Baxley Sanders, 78, of 1568 Lebanon Road, died Wednesday, July 1, 1998.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Green Branch Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Revs. Leroy Dodson and Timmy Gunnell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mrs. Sanders, a native of Barnwell County, was retired from Blackville Manufacturing Company. She was a member of Green Branch Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she taught Sunday school.
Survivors include four sons, Olin Sanders, Coy Sanders, Hubert Sanders and Norman Sanders, all of Barnwell; one daughter, Sue Gunnells, Barnwell; two brothers, Lewis Claytor Baxley, Tifton, Ga., and Lonnie Baxley Jr., Barnwell; and 15 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Greenbranch Pentecostal Holiness Church Fund.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Dyches Funeral Home.
Mrs. Joyce Singleton
Former case manager
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
Mrs. Joyce R. Singleton, 40, of 3054 Hawthorne Drive, died Monday, June 29, 1998, at University Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Oscar E. Wells officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olive Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Singleton, a native of Augusta, was a former case manager at Richmond-Burke Job Training Authority. She was a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church and a former member of The Augusta Chorale.
Survivors include two sons, Stuart Anthony and Darius Jarrell Singleton; one daughter, Shalita Nikkia Hurdle; one adopted daughter, Jacqueline D. Dunn; her mother, Lillie Mae Robinson; one brother, Willie Joe Robinson Jr.; 10 sisters, Mary Ann Hawes, Rosa R. Edwards, Jernel R. Flono, Lillie Robinson, Bertha Robinson, Caretha R. Lockhart, Earlene R. Marshall, Loretta R. Greene, Audrey R. Williams and Margaret Denise Robinson; and her maternal grandfather, Joe Anderson.
Pallbearers will be Michael Brown, Steve Bagwell, Greg Smith, Charles Patterson, Nelson Harrison and Bruce Wiley.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Williams Funeral Home.
Mr. Gobe Smith Jr.
Board of Education retiree
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
Mr. Gobe Smith Jr., 81, of 2625 Helen St., died Tuesday, June 30, 1998, at his residence.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mizpah United Methodist Church cemetery" target="_blank">Cemetery with the Rev. Edward J. Stiltz officiating.
Mr. Smith, a native of Newberry, S.C., was retired from the Richmond County Board of Education. He taught at Butler High School and the Academy of Richmond County. He was a Marine veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a graduate of Wofford College.
Survivors include one son, Daniel Gobe Smith, Chattanooga, Tenn.; and two sisters, Emily S. Kearse, Olar, S.C., and Betty S. Asserson, Roanoke, Va.
Pallbearers will be Elwyn Beddingfield.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 15923 Augusta, GA 30909.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Poteet Funeral Home, Greene Street and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Cooner Funeral Home, Bamberg, S.C.
Mr. Lonnie Smith Jr.
Disc jockey
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
HEPHZIBAH -- Mr. Lonnie Earl ``Les" Smith Jr., 26, of 3145 Melba Drive, died Tuesday, June 30,1998, at University Hospital.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Hillcrest Memorial Park Mausoleum with the Rev. David Hagen officiating.
Mr. Smith, a native of Ft. Hood, Texas, was a disc jockey at Baja Club and a member of Cliffwood Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his father, Lonnie E. Smith Sr., Hephzibah, his mother, Dorothy G. Smith, Hephzibah; one sister, Mary Ellen Smith, Hephzibah; and his paternal grandmother, Bessie H. Smith, Gastonia, N.C.
Pallbearers will be Jon Gravely, Myk Garren, Eric Johnson, Troy Rogers, Jeremy Bosdell and David Carlisle.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 pm. today at Elliott Sons Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hattie Thomas
Homemaker
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
APPLING - Mrs. Hattie B. Thomas, 48, of 5082 N. Tubman Road, died Tuesday, June 30, 1998, at Medical College of Georgia Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Rehoboth Baptist Church with the Rev. Jesse Johnson Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery" target="_blank">cemetery.
Mrs. Thomas is a native of Columbia County, was a homemaker and a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Gregory Willingham, Lincolnton, and Zebulon Thomas, Appling; one brother, Granville Willingham, Lincolnton; six sisters, Mary Green and Cora Willingham, both of Appling, Evernell Elam and Lillian Parks, both of Lincolnton, Martha Marshall, Waynesboro, and Annie Willingham, Little Rock, Ark.
Pallbearers will be Michael Elam, Terrance Elam, Derrick Parks, Derrick Barksdale, Dennis Green and Curtis Green.
Friends may call at the residence of Earl Elam and Evernell Elam, 1052 Melvin Norman Drive, Lincolnton.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the Norris W. Gunby Funeral Home, Lincolnton.
Mrs. Margaret Walden
Homemaker
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
WADLEY, Ga. -- Mrs. Margaret Hattaway Walden, 75, died Tuesday, June 30, 1998, at Glendale Nursing Home.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. today at Jefferson County Memorial Gardens, Louisville, with the Rev. Burch Beckum officiating.
Mrs. Walden, a native of Jefferson County, was a homemaker and a member of Old Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, J.M. Walden, Augusta; three brothers, John Hattaway, Louisville, Jerry Hattaway, Avera, and Wayne Hattaway, Bartow; four sisters, Edith Kelley, Newington, Ethel Davis and Mary Lamb, both of Louisville, and Carolyn Rowell, Atlanta.
Pallbearers will be Brian Walden, Scotty Hattaway, Charlie Walden, Donnie Cobb, Barry Cobb and Mark Davis.
Friends may call at the residence of Ethel Davis, 1161 N. Highway 17, Louisville, or Robert Huff, 3670 Highway 24, Louisville.
Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Florence Washington
Homemaker
Announcement date: July 02, 1998
Mrs. Florence Washington, 75, of 1511 Wooten Road, died Sunday, June 28, 1998, at her residence.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at Walker Memorial Park with the Rev. Roy Miles officiating.
Mrs. Washington, a native of Burke County, was a member of Augusta Deliverance Evangelistic Church.
Survivors include her husband, Oscar Washington; two brothers, Frank Mears and Robert Allen; one sister, Ella Mae Bonner; and six grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the residence.
Peoples Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
