Obituaries

James E. "J.E." Dunlap, 88, of Ashburn died Saturday, March 23, 2013 following an extended illness. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 p.m. at Terrell Baptist Church, interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mr. Dunlap was born in Ware County and was the son of the late Fletcher E. and Mamie Hicks...

June C. "June Bug" Hill, 58, of Adel died Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at the Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a long illness. A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel of Boone Funeral Home, 1804 S. Hutchinson Ave. in Adel. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. until the time of the service. In...

ADEL - Sheppard Jackson "S.J." Mixon, 77, of Adel, died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Springhead Baptist Church. The Rev. Phillip Simmons will officiate. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery Annex. The family will receive friends from...

Arthur Judson "A.J." Willis, 90, of Omega died Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Antioch Baptist Church with the Rev. Jimmy Voyles and the Rev. Phillip Robinson officiating. Interment will follow at Leila Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 6 today...

Charlie M. "C. M." Sauls, 87, of Ocilla, formerly of Key West, Fla., died Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors with the Rev. Clayton Dowd officiating. Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. Blake Watson, Roy...

OCILLA - Cecil A. "C.A." Hutto, 76, of Ocilla, died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Osceola Nursing Home in Ocilla.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla, with Dr. Lloyd Stembridge officiating. Burial will follow at Ocilla Cemetery. The family will receive friends from...

John D. "J.D." Lindsey, 89, of Tifton died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts...

Jesse L. "J.L." Hall Jr., died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at his home in Lawrenceville. J.L. was born in Tifton on June 7, 1943 to Jesse L. Hall Sr. and Nancy M. Hall, both deceased. He was the grandson of the late William H. and Asenath C. Mathews, and the late William M. and Linnie S. Hall. J.L. is survived by his...

TIFTON - Jennifer Annette Roberson Blanton Foy, 40, of Tifton, died Friday, June 6, 2008, at her residence.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the chapel of Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors, with the Rev. Ricky Revels and the Rev. Carl Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Tift Memorial...

ASHBURN - Funeral services for Lott Burton "L.B." Hobby, 85, of Ashburn, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Ashburn First Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hobby died Saturday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

Mr. Hobby was born in Turner County and was the son...

TIFTON - Roscoe C. "R.C." Newsome, 71, of Tifton, died Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The Rev. Tony Roberts and Dr. Danny Ray will officiate with entombment to follow at Tift Memorial...

Reba Annette (Graham) Payne was born on December 20, 1931, in Arp Georgia. She was born to Gertrude and Floyd Graham. Annette is survived by two younger sisters, (Bobby Caroline and Kathryn Jackson.) On June 11, 1949, Annette married Thomas Alexander Payne. They had four children, Kathryn Denise, Donna Marie,...

Tommy "Big Tommy" Bell, 58, of Tifton, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, at his Dorminy Street residence. Funeral services will be held at noon Wednesday at the Southern Avenue Church of God. The family will receive visitors from noon to 8 p.m. today at Melton Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife, Carolyn A. Bell...

Laverne Watson Walters, 87, of Ty Ty died Monday, July 30, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Pine Forest Baptist Church with interment to follow at Pine Forest Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 today at Banks Funeral Home in...

Howard Lee Burrous, 63, of Ty Ty died Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. Among his survivors is his wife, Darlene Burrous. Services for the Burrous family are being provided by Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Joyce R. Branch, 56, of Tifton died Friday,...

Beatrice Buckhanon, 71, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. March 4 at Zion Hope Missionary Church. The Rev. Larry will officiate. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Burgess Funeral Home. Walter Gus Knisel Jr., 83, of Savannah,...

Dave Glover, 72, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Turner County Civic Center, Ashburn. The Rev. Joseph Adkins will officiate. He is survived by his wife, Josie Lee Burgess Glover. Burgess Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Michael Timothy...

William A. "Bill" Gamaras of Gastonia, N.C., formerly of Ashburn, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2012 in Gastonia, N.C. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 tonight at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Gamaras is survived by his son,...

Joseph Jackson "Jack" Bennett, 82, of Panama City, Fla. died Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lovein Funeral Home, Nashville.

Daulton "Travis" Bennett, 74, of Lenox died Monday, December 10, 2012, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Berrien County with burial to follow at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Cook County. Grandsons and nephews will serve as...

Jerry L. Brown, 54, of Norman Park died March 10, 2013 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Taylor Family Funeral Service. Nezzie Lee Prince, 69, of Tifton died March 10, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Southview Mortuary...

Mr. Raymond Brantley, 74, of Valdosta, passed away at his residence Thursday, May 9, 2013.  Mr. Brantley is survived by his daughter, Tonya Brantley of Macon. The family will receive friends Tuesday morning, May 14, 2013, from 10 until 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Baptist Church, 335 Coy Hancock Road, Lenox, GA 31637....

Grant J. Crockett, 64, of Ashburn died Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at home with loved ones by his side. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Mount Olive Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery in Ashburn. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Perry Funeral Chapel....

Nelle Bolton Whatley, 94, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Ivey Funeral Home. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Survivors include a daughter, Cena Sharber...

Altonio Demar Banks, 38, of Tifton died Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Beulah Hill Life Center. Survivors include his wife, JoShondria Banks of Tifton; four sons, Andrew Marta and Ejoshua Banks of Tifton, Hunter Dorlon of Enigma and Kemarion Parker of Sylvester; three...

George Gibbs Martin, 78, of Tifton died March 11, 2013 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Fletcher Cemetery in Irwin County. The family will receive friends from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mr. Martin is survived by his wife,...

Kate Hickey Wright, 70, of Tifton, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Survivors include her husband, William Wright of Tifton. Complete obituary information will be provided later by...

Dee Waldo, 94, of Adel died Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 at the Golden Retreat Personal Care Home in Sparks. A "Celebration of Life" will be held at 3:30 p.m. today at Antioch United Methodist Church in Adel. In keeping with Mrs. Waldo's wishes, she was cremated, and her ashes will be carried to Wisconsin at a later date...

Nora Kate Burns,  77, of Hampton and Tifton died Thursday, Dec.6, 2012 in Hampton. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Beulah Hill Family Life Center, with committal services to follow at Tift Memorial Gardens and repast and fellowship will conclude at Beulah Hill Family Life Center. She is...

Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Sanders, 58, of Orlando, Fla. died March 12, 2013 at his residence. He is survived by his children, Rose Marie, Sara and Jackson Sanders, all of Orlando, Fla. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Fellowship Baptist Church, located at 2239 Hutchinson Pond Road in Hahira. Interment...

Teresa Watts, 25, of Tifton died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Frank and Solomon Nixon Funeral Home. William "Bill" Thomas Dossey Jr. of Lenox died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Phoebe-Worth Medical Center in Sylvester.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be...

Gracie Mae "Sister" Purvis Baker, 89, of Enigma died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia, formerly Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with burial to follow in Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive...

Billy Jones, 79, of Tifton died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2012, at his residence. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Tifton. The family will receive friends Monday immediately following the service in the church social hall. Among his survivors is his wife, Toni Jones of...

A graveside memorial service for Dr. Walter Gus  Knisel, Jr., 83, of Savannah, formerly of Tifton, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Tift Memorial Gardens with Dr. Hugh Ward officiating. Dr. Knisel died at his home in Savannah February 28, 2013. Among Dr. Knisel's survivors is his wife, Wilma Knisel, of Savannah....

Elvenia Tillman Griffin, 76, of Adel, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center, following a short illness. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at China Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Colquitt County with the Rev. Jimmy Hiers and the Rev. James Sellers officiating. Interment will...

Deacon Earnest Walker, 85, of Enigma died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Church of God in Alapaha. Survivors include his wife, Alvester Walker of Enigma; a daughter, Mary Ann Rozer of Riverdale; five step-children, Earl Little of Enigma,...

Juanita Aylor Cox, 84, of Tifton died Thursday, March 14, 2013 at Lakeland Villa Convalescent Center in Lakeland. Memorial services will be held at a later date at New Beginnings Worship Center in Enigma with burial to be held at a later date in Tift Memorial Gardens. Complete obituary information will be provided...

Vera Gandy Rogers, 72, of Sparks, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Boone Funeral Home, with interment to follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Rogers is survived by a son, Terry W. Rogers of Sparks; five daughters, Jane Bullard of Adel,...

Willie C. Jackson, 61, of Sylvester, died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012  in Sylvester. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at St. Paul Baptist Church in Sylvester with burial to follow in Sheppard Memorial Garden. Fields and Terrys' Funeral Home.

Martha C. Trawick, 69, of Tifton died Friday, Aug. 17, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Southview Mortuary, Inc. Betty Jordan, 74, of Ashburn died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today...

Baby Girl Brown of Tifton died Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Taylor Family Funeral Service. Alleric Brown of Lenox died Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at Cook Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Taylor Family...

Lucy Catherine Fletcher, 88, of Chula died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Chula. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Complete obituary information will be...

Pamela "Pam" Kaye Perry Lake, 58, of Chula passed away at Capitol Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Fla., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012.  Survivors of Mrs. Lake include two daughters, Angela Hamer of Greensburg; Michelle Maiden of Charlotte, N.C.; one son Jim Muhlhauser of Havana, Fla.; three brothers Bobby Perry...

Ida Lee Johnston, 89, of Tifton died Monday, Feb. 18, 2013 at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors. Among Mrs. Johnston's survivors is her husband, Walter T. Johnston of Tifton. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral...

Shirley Ann Brown, 50, of Fayetteville died Friday, April 12, 2013 at Doctors Hospice of Fayetteville. Fuenral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Beulah Hill Family Life Center with burial to follow at Brown cemetery in Worth County and a repast to conclude at  the Welcome Station  on Main St. in...

The Rev. Bobby Lee Graydon, 56, of Ashburn, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Southview Mortuary. Robert Mitchell, 35, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Albany, died Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. Arrangements are...

Franklin D. Sutton, 77, of Clayton, formerly of Tifton, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Beck Funeral Home in Clayton. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight at Beck Funeral Home in Clayton. Among his...

Margaret Ross of Nashville died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at Berrien County Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Black and Son Funeral Home, Nashville. John N. Coker, 72, of Sycamore, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral...

Samantha Brown, 48, of Tifton died Monday, April 1, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Frank and Solomon Nixon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. You may sign the online guestbook at www.nixonfh.net. Leola Clements Bruce, 89, of Roswell, formerly of Tifton, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at the Gardens of...

Eddie Lee Coleman, 97, of Tifton, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Frank and Solomon NIxon Funeral Home. Care has been entrusted to...

Nyoka Brooks Castleberry, 64, of Doles Community in Worth County,  died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Red Baptist Church in Worth County with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The family will receive...

Infant Girl Brown of Sylvester died Sunday, April 14, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Shepherd Memorial Gardens in Sylvester. Sympathy and condolences can be expressed at www.taylorfamilyfuneralservice.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Taylor Family Funeral...

Pledger Curtis Coalson, 69, of Ocilla, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Ocilla United Methodist Church, with burial to follow at Ocilla Cemetery. Mr. Coalson is survived by his wife, Dorothy Davis Coalson of Ocilla; his mother, Lois Jones Coalson of...

James Darrell Gaulden, 70, of Land O' Lakes, Fla., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Loyless Funeral Home Land O'Lakes/Lutz Chapel, and a graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Snow Ridge Cemetery in Ashburn. Survivors include his wife,...

Katie Mae Barnes died Thursday, May 12, 2005, at Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Olive Baptist Church, with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery. Hall's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mable Foster, 80, of Tifton, died Wednesday, May 11,...

Elizabeth Carter, 68, of Tifton, died Saturday, May 21, 2005, at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services are incomplete and will be announced by Southview Mortuary, Inc.

Mildred Johnson Evans, 87, of Ocilla, died Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Shady Acres Nursing Home in Douglas. Funeral services were held...

Helen Dimsdale Evans, 76, of Fitzgerald, died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Crossview Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Big Creek Cemetery in Irwin County. Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 tonight at Paulk...

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Ouida Carter NASHVILLE - Ouida Carter, 82, of Nashville, died Tuesday, April 17, 2007, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Nashville First Baptist Church. The Rev. Billy Southerland, the Rev. Stan Nix and the Rev. Dan Nix will officiate. Burial will follow at Westview Cemetery....

Charles Jackson "Jackie" Williams, 67, of Trumann, Ark., died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012 in Trumann, Ark. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9 until 10:30 a.m. at Lovein Funeral Home in Nashville. Helen Hall Petty Chafin, 70, of Live Oak,...

Maxine Brickle Gibson, 75 of Chula died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012 at her residence following an extended illness. Services for Mrs. Gibson will be held at First Baptist Church in Chula at 11 a.m. Saturday. A private family burial will be held at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m....