Obituaries

Tifton Police Dept. Yolunda Chentell Lampkin, 31, 639 Bellview Circle, was charged Thursday with giving false information. Alonzo Wilson, 24, 331 E Washington St., was charged Thursday with violating the unwanted person ordinance. Tyrone Lester, 40, 227 Eldorado Rd., was charged Wednesday with felony obstruction...

Rufus Harris Sr., 85, died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 at his residence. Funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Zion  Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Sandy Ridge Cemetery in Crosland. Final arrangements have been entrusted to Luke Strong And Son Mortuary, Ltd. Shelia Davis Guthrie, 48, of Adel,...

Ethel Clements Westbrook, 90, of Norman Park, died Thursday Jan. 31, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Moultrie with interment to follow at Paulk's Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday at Banks Funeral Home....

John Mainor, 80, of Adel died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in Adel. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Springhead Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at Boone Funeral Home, 1804 S. Hutchinson Ave., in Adel. Mr....

Willie Odessa Collier, 84, of Tifton died Friday, March 8, 2013 at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete but will be announced at a later date. Professional care and services are entrusted to Southview Mortuary Inc.

Sharon Kahler Hawkins Mangham, 47, of Apalachicola, Fla., died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla. Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will receive friends Saturday immediately following the service at...

Grace Wiseman Gray, 69, of Tifton died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services  will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Allen Temple A.M.E. Church with burial to follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will have a repast at the Welcome Station. Wake services will be held from 7-8 p.m. at...

Sharon Kahler Hawkins Mangham, 47, of Apalachicola, Fla. died Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla. Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. The family will receive friends Saturday, Jan. 19, immediately following...

Joel Wright, 79, of Ty Ty died at his home, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Arrangements will be announced by Frank and Solomon Nixon Funeral Home. Joseph "Jack" Bennett, of Panama City Beach, Fla., died April 9, 2013 at his residence. He is survived by a daughter: Sheryl (Bill) Woodcock; three sons, Mike, Ray (Janet), and...

Edward V. Black, 77, of Eastman died Monday, June 10, 2013 following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow at Snowridge Cemetery. He is survived by five daughters, Cindy Ann harper of Holbrock, Ariz., Mary Alice Black of Douglas, Judy Kay...

Ira McDaniel of Tifton died Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, at Tift Regional Medical Center.  Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.  Among her survivors is her husband, Eschol G. McDaniel of Tifton. You may offer condolences to the family at the online guest registry at www.bowen-donaldson.com. ...