OBITUARIES
Patricia "Pat" Lumpkin Rainey
Dec 13, 2025
Patrica “Pat/Mamama” Lumpkin Rainey, 85, was embraced by her Savior on December 13th, 2025, surrounded by her family. Pat was a faithful Christian, devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend.
Pat was born August 10th,1940 to Joseph Herbert and Lonel Anderson Lumpkin in Turner County. She grew up in a close-knit family of 8 siblings. Pat was in the first graduating...
Cheryl Bledsoe Goff
Dec 12, 2025
Cheryl Bledsoe Goff, 74, of Rebecca passed away Friday, December 12, 2025 at the Willson Hospice house in Albany.
Cheryl was born on October 28, 1951 in Tift County to the late Harvey and Helen Wright Bledsoe. She was a faith member of Harmony Baptist Church where she served as the church pianist and helped with Vacation Bible School for many...
Helen Annette Barfield
Dec 11, 2025
Helen Annette Barfield, 90, of Tifton passed away Thursday, December 11, 2025 at her residence.
Helen was born on May 24, 1935 in Cordele to the late Thomas and Mary Elizabeth McKinney Morris. She was a seamstress, having worked for the Manhattan Shirt Company. Helen was a member of Second Baptist Church in TIfton. She loved vacationing in Florida and visiting...
James "Jimmy" Quinton Yarbrough, Jr.
Dec 10, 2025
James “Jimmy” Quinton Yarbrough, Jr., 76, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at his residence. Jimmy was a devoted husband, loving father and amazing grandfather/papa.
Jimmy was born in Tift County on October 9, 1949 to the late James Quinton, Sr. and Elva Gray Lockerman Yarbrough. He was Pattern Designer at Best Manufacturing. Jimmy loved gardening and took great...
Ray Cox
Dec 7, 2025
Ray Cox, 80, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, December 7, 2025 at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital.
Ray was born on April 5, 1945 in Worth County to the late Aaron Jefferson and Myrtie Powell Cox. He was a retired owner and operator of Ray Cox Trucking, Inc. and a member of New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church. Ray was an avid outdoorsman...
Howard Michael Hasty
Nov 29, 2025
Howard Michael Hasty, lovingly known as “Pop”, passed away at the age of 80 on November 29, 2025. Born in the Bethel Community of Tift County and raised in the Primitive Baptist faith, Pop lived a life marked by devotion–to God, to family, to service, and to country. Pop was ordained as an elder in May, 2021 and had recently...
Martha Faye Mitchell Turner
Nov 21, 2025
Martha Faye Mitchell Turner, 56, of Sycamore passed away Friday, November 21, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her family.
Martha was born in Sumter County on June 19, 1969 to the late Robert Lee Mitchell and Margaret Faye Bullard Mitchell. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Martha enjoyed playing the drums and singing. She was...
Larry Gene Fortson
Nov 20, 2025
Larry Gene Fortson, 78, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025 at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Gene was born on May 4, 1947 in Turner County to the late Luther Howard and Mildred Christine Calhoun Fortson. He was a self-employed mechanic. Gene was also a member of High Hill Baptist Church. Gene enjoyed helping people, especially when it came to...
Cortez NeSmith Purcell
Nov 6, 2025
Cortez NeSmith Purcell, 94, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, November 6, 2025 at her residence.
Cortez was born on October 13, 1931 in Sycamore to the late Isaac Lamar and Carrie Belle Cromer NeSmith. She was a homemaker and member of Bethel Baptist Church. Cortez loved to sew and made the family numerous quilts. Her family described her as a super...
Shirley Ann Freeman Wise
Nov 6, 2025
Shirley Ann Freeman Wise, 82, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, November 6, 2025 at her residence.
Shirley was born on January 7, 1943 in Rebecca to the late Shirley Andrew and Eunie Mae Harvey Freeman. She was a member of Double Run Baptist Church and a retired waitress. Shirley loved crafting, especially painting. She also loved to visit the beach. Above...
JoAnn Reba Story Oliver
Nov 2, 2025
JoAnn Reba Story Oliver, 88, of Sycamore, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025 at her residence.
JoAnn was born on February 24, 1937 in Turner County to the late Warren Leon and Bessie Ann Haynie Story. She was a homemaker and a member of the Baptist faith. JoAnn loved her flower garden and was known to have a green thumb and...
Norma Carol Hawkins Adkison
Nov 1, 2025
Norma Carol Hawkins Adkison, 90, of Albany, GA passed away peacefully at her home on November 1, 2025. A graveside service will be held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Rebecca, Georgia at 11:00 AM Tuesday, November 4, 2025.
Norma was born on October 9, 1935 in Armuchee, GA and grew up in Ashburn, GA. She graduated from Young Harris...
Ronald Lemance McWilliams
Oct 26, 2025
The following obituary is posted as a courtesy to the McWilliams family and Burpee-Scott Memorial Chapel and Crematory.
Ronald Lemance McWilliams, 89, of Warner Robins, Georgia, passed away peacefully on October 26, 2025. Ronald was born on October 15, 1936, in Decatur, Georgia, to the late William Greer McWilliams and Lillie Belle (Lynch) McWilliams.
From a young age, Ronald felt a strong...
Virginia "Jo" Pirtle West
Oct 24, 2025
Virginia “Jo” West, 87, of Ashburn passed away Friday, October 24, 2025.
Jo was born on April 10, 1938 in Ringgold, Georgia to the late Bill and Hessie Pirtle. She moved to Turner County as a young girl and attended Sycamore Schools. While in high school, she worked at the drive-in theatre. She met the love of her life, Ronald West,...
Alma Faye Saylor
Oct 20, 2025
On Monday October 20, 2025 at 4:47 pm, Heaven’s gates opened and God’s angels arrived to guide Alma Faye Saylor to the light. The heavenly choir sang, and asked Faye to join in. She peacefully accepted God’s call and her gentle soul was lifted on angel’s wings to heaven. She was in the presence of loving family, children’s laughter, and...
James Medford Kelley
Oct 16, 2025
James Medford Kelley, 79, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Pruitt Healthcare of Sylvester.
James was born in Ochlocknee, Florida on February 26, 1946 to the late James Bart and Gola Mae Parker Kelley. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. He loved God, His Country, family and friends. James was a car lover, especially antique cars.
He...
Kerry Lisa Raines Wilkinson
Oct 13, 2025
Kerry Lisa Raines Wilkinson, 68, of Cordele passed away Monday, October 13, 2025 at her residence.
Lisa was born on December 27, 1956 in Ashburn to the late Lawrence Keith Turner and Lynne Ledridge Tootle. Lisa was a proud grandmother to her nineteen grandchildren. She would always show up to their events to support them any way she could. She also...
Clifford Mitchell "Cliff" Gibbs
Oct 5, 2025
Clifford Mitchell Gibbs of Tifton, Georgia passed away October 5, 2025 on his 73rd birthday at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida with his wife by his side.
“Cliff” was born on October 5,1952 in Tifton, Georgia, the 6th child and the 3rd son of James and Mary Clifford Reed Gibbs of Ashburn, Georgia. Cliff graduated from Turner County High School...
Sara George Johnston Nelson
Sep 22, 2025
Funeral services for Sara George Johnston Nelson, 79, of Ashburn, currently residing in Saint Simon’s Island, will be held on Friday, September 26, 2025 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA at 11:00 A.M. Sara passed away Monday at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, GA, following heart complications.
Sara was born in Turner County, GA to the late George and...
Carolyn Mauldin Griffin Troup
Sep 22, 2025
Carolyn Mauldin Griffin Troup, 87, of Sycamore passed away Monday, September 22, 2025 at her residence.
Carolyn was born in Turner County on June 14, 1938 to the late Arthur and Ruby Wood Mauldin. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church where she was organist for many years. She was also a graduate of The University of Georgia.
She is survived...
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