OBITUARIES
Lillis Beasley Lavender
Aug 20, 2021
Lillis Beasley Lavender, 93, of Ashburn passed away Friday, August 20, 2021 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Lillis was born on September 30, 1927 in Turner County to the late Henry Grady and Pinky Jane Fountain Beasley. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Lillis loved to fish and enjoyed cooking for her family. During her time at...
Norman R. Lorenzen
Aug 19, 2021
Norman R. Lorenzen, 86, of Rebecca passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021 at his residence. Norman was born in Dixon, Nebraska on February 2, 1935 to the late Alvin H. and Mary Emma Fouss Lorenzen. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Dakota. He was also a supervisor for Peco Manufacturing in Portland, Oregon. He served...
Marvin R. Davis
Aug 13, 2021
Marvin R. Davis, 69, of Ashburn passed away Friday, August 13, 2021 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Marvin was born on January 5, 1952 in Sacramento, California to the late Marvin and Doris Reynolds Davis. He worked as an agriculture teacher and farmer. He was also a member of Harmony Baptist Church. He is survived by his daughters, Lindsay...
George H. Brown
Aug 3, 2021
George Harris Brown passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at home after an extended illness. Services will be held Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele, GA at 10:00 a.m. He was the son of the late Edward Harris Brown and Melba Patsy Roberts Brown. He was born December 27, 1960 in Ashburn, GA. Mr. Brown was a retired...
Patricia Adkison
Jul 8, 2021
A memorial service for Patricia J. Adkison will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Adkison passed away last year. The family was unable to have a public service then because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They invite all family and friends to come join them in a public celebration of Mrs. Adkison's life...
William Hawkins
Jun 27, 2021
William Milton “Billy” Hawkins passed away Sunday, June 27, 2021 at Pruitt Health Care Home. Private memorial service will be held at a later date. He was the son of the late Milton Joseph Hawkins and Ovell Keasler Hawkins. He was born December 24, 1931 in Chattooga County, GA. Mr. Hawkins had various jobs during his lifetime. He was a...
Linda Gail Shirah
Jun 17, 2021
Linda Gail Shirah, 71, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, June 17, 2021. Linda was born on September 20, 1949 in Ashburn to the late Eddie Carl Ward and Lucile Desma Walls Ward. She was a retired secretary at Belflower's in Sycamore and formerly worked at Holland and Holland, Turner County Probate Court, and First Federal Savings and Loans. She was...
Earl Lee Hill
Jun 1, 2021
Earl Lee Hill (Man), 77, of Ashburn passed away Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at Tift Regional Hospital. Earl was born on August 25, 1943 in Perry, Florida to the late Bryant Green and Cleo Meeks Hill. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He was a member of Moose Lodge 1162 and enjoyed fishing....
Edgar F. Perry
May 26, 2021
Edgar Fry Perry, 69, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at Tift Regional Hospital. Edgar was born in Sylvester on May 17, 1952 to the late Charles V. and Emily Butler Perry. He was a member of the Ashburn First Baptist Church. As a young man, Edgar aspired to be a police officer. He joined the Tifton Police...
Betty Harris
May 9, 2021
Betty Fiveash Harris, age 95, passed away on May 9, 2021 at Parkside Post Acute Rehabilitation Center in Snellville, Georgia. Born March 17, 1926 in Ashburn, Georgia to Eileen and Newton Fiveash, she was the youngest of seven children, all of whom predeceased her. She is survived by a daughter and her spouse, Jo Anne and Hugh Rowland; three grandchildren...
Susan K. Odom
May 2, 2021
Susan K. Odom, 64, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, May 2, 2021 at her residence. Susan was born on September 27, 1956 in Ft. Campbell, Kentucky to the late Charles Bennett and Ilah Joy O'Neal Rawls. She was a member of Amboy Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening and bicycling. Susan was a Registered Nurse for over forty years. As a...
Alvin Howard
Apr 25, 2021
Alvin Lawson Howard, 90, of Rebecca passed away Sunday, April 25, 2021 in Turner County. Alvin was born in Turner County on July 23, 1930 to the late Thomas Ira and Clyde L. Sheperd Howard. He was a member of the Baptist Faith and attended Rebecca Baptist Church. He was also a 1947 graduate of Rebecca High School. Alvin served...
Jonathan Luke Pirkle
Apr 25, 2021
Jonathon Luke Pirkle was born on January 14, 1993, in Kingsport, Tennessee, and left this world on April 25, 2021. His dad was military so he lived several places in his lifetime: North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Washington, and finally to Georgia for the past 2 ½ years of his life. He enjoyed learning some things about farm life with his...
Audrey Markolf Stuart
Apr 18, 2021
Audrey Stuart, age 84, died on Sunday, April 18, 2021 at St. Catherine Laboure Manor in Jacksonville, Florida. She was born in New York to Adele and Norman Markoff and was a half-sister to Walter Ivan. She was married for 53 years to the love of her life, Alfred Stuart, to her, and only her, Ali. Audrey was preceded in...
Jen Hasty Reed
Apr 15, 2021
Mrs. Jen Hasty Reed, 79, of Ashburn, GA passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021 at her residence following an extended illness. Services will be private. There will be no visitation. The daughter of the late Howard Lee Hasty and Corinne Youngblood Hasty, she was born in Ashburn. She was retired from Orgill Corp in Tifton and a homemaker. She was...
Eulas Timothy Brown
Apr 13, 2021
Eulas Timothy Brown Timothy is the son of Christopher C. and Deborah R. Brown of Sycamore. He was single and 38 years old. Surviving him are his younger brothers Henry Thomas and Shema David (Brittani ), as well as many Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Timothy passed away quietly in his sleep. Mr. Brown was in the Hospitality Business in South...
Steve W. Tanner
Apr 12, 2021
Graveside services for Steve W. Tanner, 63, will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, April 16, 2021 at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Annex, Sycamore, GA. Mr. Tanner passed away Monday, April 12, 2021 at Cypress Pond Personal Care Home. He was the son of the late Carl Willard Tanner and Edna Cochran Tanner of Epworth, GA. Mr. Tanner was the...
Mary Geoghagan
Apr 9, 2021
Mrs. Mary Geoghagan, 76, of Ashburn, GA earned her wings on Friday, April 9, 2021 at her residence following, an extended illness. The daughter of the late Cecil Winn and Grace Archer Usher, she was born in Savannah, GA. A homemaker, she was a faithful member of The Ashburn First United Methodist Church and the Methodist Women’s Circle. Survivors include...
Jerrold Robert Whitt
Apr 8, 2021
Jerrold Robert Whitt, 67, of Rebecca, GA passed away, Thursday, April 8, 2021 of brain cancer and complications with Parkinson’ disease and dementia. Born on June 18, 1953 in Lakeland, FL to Frederick and Betty Whitt. He graduated from Bartow High School in 1971. While at Bartow High School he was a member of the track team where he held...
Hortense Ireland Burdett
Apr 5, 2021
Hortense Ireland Burdett passed away on April 5, 2021, at the age of 99. She was born May 20, 1921. She was preceded in death by her husband of 78 years, Collie Anderson Burdett, Jr. She was the first daughter of Carl A. Ireland and Orie Rutlege Ireland (both deceased). She was a loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great...
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