Obituaries

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,...