OBITUARIES

Linda Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Wayne Baxter

Wayne Baxter

Feb 6, 2022

Wayne Gordon Baxter, 76, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele. Affectionately known as Mr. B, Wayne was born on March 28, 1945 to the late William Ellington and Annie Lola Lamb Baxter. He was a member of the Ashburn First United Methodist Church where he was the John L. Evans Sunday...

Huelen Hammock

Huelen Hammock

Jan 26, 2022

Huelen Ira Hammock, 85, of Tifton, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Southern Oaks Personal Care Home in Tifton. Huelen was born on April 12, 1936 in Soperton, Georgia to the late Ira "Bo" and Laura Marie Hester Hammock. He was a member of Vanceville Congregational Christian Church. He was also retired from the R. C. Cola Company and...

Lola Barfield

Lola Barfield

Jan 22, 2022

Lola Barfield, 91, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Lola was born on March 2, 1930 in Dooly County to the late John and Mattie Essie Lockerman. She worked at Jacos Pants Factory and Blackwell Florist for many years. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. Lola loved spending her time...

Maybelle Pirkle  Cross

Maybelle Pirkle Cross

Jan 18, 2022

Maybelle Pirkle Cross, age 88, of Jackson, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. She was born August 23, 1933 to the late Grover and Bessie Jones Pirkle. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John, and her son, Mark and her siblings, Junie Howard, Estus Pirkle, Florence Bowen, Edwin Pirkle, Geneva Roberts, Grace Hoyt, Gene Pirkle,...

Tony McCard

Tony McCard

Jan 10, 2022

Tony McCard, 63, of Ashburn passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 at Tift Regional Hospital. Tony was born on December 22, 1958 in Turner County to the late Robert F. McCard, Sr. and Shirley Geeslin McCard. He was retired from Tift Regional Hospital having worked in Materials Management. Tony was a diehard Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Braves fan. He was...

Elmer Eugene DeMoss

Elmer Eugene DeMoss

Dec 27, 2021

Elmer Eugene DeMoss, 75, passed away December 27, 2021, at home in Ashburn (Coverdale), GA after battling cancer and COPD. He was born Aug 28, 1946, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Ft. Madison, Iowa. The son of Elmer “Glen” DeMoss and Nora “Grace” Woodsmall (Hartwig) He married Cheryl Roth on Dec 23, 1966, at the First Christian Church, Keokuk,...