OBITUARIES
Bernice Bailey Dantley
Mar 28, 2022
Bernice Bailey Dantley, 74, of Abbeville passed away Monday, March 28, 2022 at Cordele Health and Rehabilitation. Bernice was born on August 18, 1947 in Pitts to the late Willie and Carrie Coley Bailey. She was a retired paraprofessional having worked at the Wilcox County Elementary School. Bernice was a faithful member of Pine City Missionary Baptist Church where she...
Linda Pate Davison
Mar 24, 2022
Linda Faye Pate Davison, 77, of Ashburn passed away on March 24, 2022, after a brief stay at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Linda was born on June 16, 1944, in Crisp County to the late Perry Parkerson (P.P.) and Betsy Jane Pate. She was a bookkeeper for over 20 years at Ashburn Bank. Linda also worked at First Baptist Church...
Barbara Ann Garrett Nelson
Mar 23, 2022
Barbara Ann Garrett Nelson, of Kennesaw, passed away peacefully March 23, 2022 at the age of 81. Barbara was born and raised in Sycamore, Georgia where she played varsity basketball and graduated from Turner County High School in 1958. The Marietta area has been her home for the past 50 years. She is preceded in death by her parents, William...
Rex E. Runyon
Mar 22, 2022
Rex E. Runyon, 85, of Americus went to meet his maker on March 22, 2022. He was preceded in death by his son, Michael K. Runyon, his father Kenneth J. Runyon, his mother, Nina Pauline Enke and sisters, Nadine Sanders and Nancy Adams. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Warren Runyon and one sister, Nan Riegle of Parrott. Mr....
Margie Marie Cromer
Mar 22, 2022
The family of Margie Marie Cromer will receive friends, Thursday, March 24, 2022 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Graveside services will be private at a later date. Mrs. Cromer passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022 after a brief illness. The daughter of Curtis Sumner and Mary Belle Willingham Sumner, she was born in Turner County, Georgia....
Michael Anthony Lamb
Mar 21, 2022
Michael Anthony “Poon” Lamb, 68, of Ashburn, GA passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, FL. Mike was born on December 18, 1953 in Turner County to the late John W. and Irene Williams Lamb. He was an electrician by trade and of the baptist faith. Mike enjoyed blues music and fishing. He was a...
Linda Williams
Mar 18, 2022
Linda Kay Davis Williams, 69, of Ashburn passed away Friday, March 18, 2022 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on July 1, 1952 in Tifton, GA to Harvey and Lucy Mae Davis. Linda was a loving mother and Meme. Her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also loved being...
Bonnie Waller Buckley
Mar 11, 2022
Bonnie Waller Buckley, 73, of Sycamore passed away Friday, March 11, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Bonnie was born on February 18, 1949 in Sylvester to the late John Waller and Margie Higler Nelms. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. She enjoyed going on car rides and was a loving, caring and kind person. She is...
Martha Jackson "Marti" Warren
Mar 3, 2022
Martha Jackson Warren "Marti", 73, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022 at her residence. Marti was born on November 7, 1948 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to the late Luther Holcomb, Sr. and Rachel Loftis Jackson. She was a license examiner with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Marti loved to make jewelry and crocheting. She was a...
Nell Handley
Mar 2, 2022
Nell Handley, 69, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton. Nell was born on October 18, 1952 in Ashburn to the late John Terrell and Eula Othel Howell Ward. She was a seamstress and a homemaker. Nell enjoyed going to yard sales, shopping, watching movies and fishing. She also enjoyed canning various...
Karen D. Black
Feb 27, 2022
Karen Black, 60, of Pearson passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her residence. Karen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 1, 1961 to Buck Charles Morris and the late Mary Ann Smith Morris. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. Karen enjoyed trips to the mountains and her wish was to travel the country with her...
Alice June Jones
Feb 27, 2022
Alice June Jones, 83, of Ashburn passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehab in Cordele. June was born in Cordele on July 28, 1938 to the late J. W. and Ada Smith Phillips. She was devoted to her job as an agent at Jenkins Insurance and retired from there after many great years of...
Maurine B. Williams
Feb 26, 2022
Maurine Williams, 96, of Sycamore passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Maurine was born in Turner County on September 20, 1925 to the late Ed and Ena Belle Hasty Beard. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and a homemaker. Maurine enjoyed sewing and loved to read. She enjoyed spending time with her family...
Faye Smith West
Feb 18, 2022
Mrs. Faye Smith West of Ashburn, GA passed away early Friday morning, February 18, 2022, at home surrounded by her loving family. Services to honor her life will be held Monday, February 21, at 2:00 p.m., at Bethel Baptist Church. Interment will follow the service at Rose Hill Cemtery. The family will receive friends the hour prior to the service....
Susan Barfield Hobby
Feb 17, 2022
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Susan Barfield Hobby, age 84, died on February 17, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia after an extended illness. She was born on October 22, 1937 on the family farm in the Dakota area of Turner County Georgia, near the small town of Ashburn. Her parents were Beatrice Annette Nipper Barfield and Benjamin Franklin Barfield. As a...
Wayne Wynn
Feb 15, 2022
Wayne Wynn, 76, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at his residence. Wayne was born in Irwin County on March 21, 1945 to the late Venton Charles, Sr. and Effie Mae Nelson Wynn. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Wayne was a self-employed farmer. He was a hard-worker who enjoyed woodworking, especially building birdhouses. In...
Sam Goode
Feb 12, 2022
Graveside services for Sam Goode, Jr. 95, of Mansfield, MO (previously lived in DeLand, FL) will be held, Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, GA. Mr. Goode passed away February 12, 2022 at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, MO after a brief illness. The son of Sam Goode, Sr. and Anna Belle Bryan Goode, he was...
Pat Gibbs
Feb 12, 2022
Patricia Irvin Gibbs, affectionately known as Pat, passed away on February 12, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born on July 19, 1944, in Newton, Georgia to the late Milledge and Sarah Rhodes Irvin. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ashburn and the Happy Sunday School Class. She was married to the...
Tommy Pirkle
Feb 10, 2022
Thomas (Tommy) Charles Pirkle, 74, of Sycamore was born in Turner County on August 30, 1947. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lillon Odom Pearce, and father, Walter Edwin Pirkle, as well as a brother, Glenn Pirkle and brother-in-law, Marion Payne. He was a graduate of Turner County High School, Class of 1965 and was a retired licensed...
Lois Zorn
Feb 9, 2022
Lois Y. Zorn, 92, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Affectionately known as Granny, Lois was born in Doles, Georgia on January 16, 1930 to the late Eugene T. and Addie May Akridge Youngblood. Her mom passed away early after her birth. Her dad remarried Jewell Hardy Youngblood and they raised her together....
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