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I 'm pleased to welcome you to my blog "Obituaries", which I started last year, going back about five years to extract obituaries from The News-Reporter pertaining to the deaths of people related to me, friends of mine, or just people I've known or should have known.

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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Vicky Lynn Moses



Vicky Lynn Moses, 52, of Washington, died Friday, June 11, 2010. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Miss Moses was a native of Wilkes County, and the daughter of the late Alfred and Margot Moses. Her step-mother was the late Jean Moses. She was a graduate of Washington-Wilkes High School, and attended Stevens College in Missouri, the University of Georgia, and Interior Design School in Daytona Beach, Fla. She was owner of Second Time Around Mini-Farm in Washington and a designer of boat interiors.
Survivors include her brother and sister-in-law, Jeffrey and Linda Moses of Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Memorials may be made to the Washington-Wilkes Animal Shelter, Washington, Ga. 30673.
Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington is in charge of arrangements.

Christopher Duane Hughes




A celebration of the life of Christopher Duane Hughes, 44, of Washington will be held Saturday, June 19, 2010, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at the Washington-Wilkes Airport. He died May 29, at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta.
Mr. Hughes was a native of Griffin, the son of Duane and Patsy Pierce Hughes. He was an aircraft mechanic and former member of the Kiwanis Club. He served in the United States Army in Korea from 1986 to 1988 and was recalled for Desert Storm in 1991.

Anne Cooper Simpson



Graveside services for Anne Cooper Simpson of Washington were held Saturday, June 12, 2010, in Resthaven Cemetery, Washington, with Rev. Ed Rees officiating. She died Thursday, June 10, at Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes in Washington.
Mrs. Simpson was born in Buena Vista in 1914, and was the daughter of the late Warren Clyde Cooper and Carrie Wooten Cooper of Pelham. She was the widow of Dr. Addison Wingfield Simpson Jr. After graduation from Pelham High School, she joined her father in the Pelham Banking Co. During this time she met her future husband who was attending Medical School in Augusta. They were married on October 26, 1940, in Pelham and moved to Washington. She was a member of the Washington Presbyterian Church where she served as president and treasurer of the Women of the Church for many years and was active in the global missions and the youth program of the church.