The Athens Banner Herald has entered into a partnership with
Memoriams.com. You are able to register for an account by going to www.memoriams.com. Memoriams.com is the exclusive method of obituary placement (including death notices). Obituaries and death notices must be submitted through a funeral home or crematorium; we cannot accept them directly from the family.
Please contact Memoriams.com at
[email protected] or 1 (877) 705-4995 if you need help registering or submitting an obituary. For other obituary-related questions, please contact the Athens Banner-Herald at 706-549-0123.
Submission deadlines are 11:30 a.m. EST the day prior for publication in the Tuesday through Friday papers. The deadline for Saturday publication is Friday at 12 p.m. The deadline for Sunday publication is Friday at 1 p.m.
Rates:
Obituaries:
Obituaries:
Base rate of $120.00 ($100 paper base rate plus a $20 Memoriams Service Fee). * includes 30 days on Legacy.com, roughly 97 words of text, and a single photo. There is a $1.20 charge per word after the initial 97.
Emblems are a flat $5 charge
Death Notices:
Flat rate of $35.00 limited to 3 lines of text. The text is limited and may only include the Decedent's Name, Age, Date of Birth, Date of Death, City, and the Funeral Home Information.
Services Today:
Flat rate of $35.00 limited to 3 lines of text. The text is limited and may only include the Decedent's Name, Date of Birth, Date of Death, and Service Details
