OBITUARIES
Rev. Kenneth Kicklighter
Jan 5, 2021
Rev. Kenneth Kicklighter, 89, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton. Rev. Kicklighter was born on November 27, 1931 in Blackshear to the late Thomas Alvin and Willie Mae Peacock Kicklighter. He served his country with honor in the United States Army. Preacher Kicklighter was a retired Baptist minister having served at New...
Terry Lavender
Jan 5, 2021
Terry Lavender, 74, of Conyers passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Emory St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. Terry was born in Sylvester on May 4, 1946 to the late Joseph Enoch and Eunie Mae White Lavender. He was a member of Heritage Hill Baptist Church in Conyers. He was also the retired owner and operator of Terry's Pest Control....
Stan Holloway
Jan 1, 2021
Stan Holloway, 75 of Rebecca passed away Friday, January 1, 2021 at Tift Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rebecca, GA. Mr. Holloway was born December 3, 1945 in Rebecca to the late Robert Allen Holloway and Edith Stanford Holloway. He was retired owner and operator of WBT...
Robert L. Nutt, Jr.
Dec 30, 2020
Robert Lee Nutt, Jr., 66, of Rochelle passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele. Robert was born on April 17, 1954 in Turner County to the late Robert Lee Sr. and Sallie Monteen Pate Nutt. He was a member of Arp Missionary Baptist Church in Irwinville. He enjoyed fishing and loved outdoor cooking. Robert was...
Harold Floyd Edwards
Dec 23, 2020
Harold Floyd Edwards, 90, of Americus passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Magnolia Manor. Harold was born in Colquitt County on January 18, 1930 to the late Horace and Mary Stewart Edwards. Harold served two years in the Army and worked several years with the Federal State Inspection Service. In 1954 he married Lydia Story of Turner County and...
Faye Wynn Law
Dec 17, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Susie Faye Wynn Law, 78, of Albany, will be held at 1:00 PM, Monday, December 21, 2020 in The Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Tuner County, GA. Her Grandson, Hayden Law Newell, will give her eulogy. With her family by her side, Mrs. Law passed away at her home on Thursday, December 17th following an extended...
Sondra Kennedy
Dec 15, 2020
Sondra Kennedy, 39, of Albany passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Sondra was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1981 to Louis Regnier and Jean Martin Chambers. She was a member of the Christian Faith. Sondra was a homemaker and enjoyed art and music. She also collected Rae Dunn Pottery. She is survived...
Barbara Jean Alberson Kane
Dec 15, 2020
Barbara Jean (Alberson) Kane, Graveside Memorial Service, Monday, December 28th at 3:30 PM, Live Oak Cemetery, 1692 Live Oak RD., Ashburn, GA 31714 where she will be joined with her parents. At the time of Barbara's death she resided in Spindale, North Carolina, but was born in Moultrie, GA in August of 1949, and went to be with the Lord...
Ray L. Mercer, Sr.
Dec 4, 2020
Ray L. Mercer, Sr., 86, of Waycross, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Baptist Village in Waycross. Ray was born on February 17, 1934 in Colquitt County to the late Leo Fletcher and Estelle Hammock Mercer. He was a retired radio broadcaster and a member of the Ashburn First Baptist Church. He also served his country with honor in...
Joan Elaine Hedges
Dec 4, 2020
Joan Elaine (Schooler) Hedges, 72, of Ashburn passed away on December 4, 2020 at her home peacefully surrounded by family following a lengthy and brave battle with cancer. Joan was born on November 24, 1948 to the late Jack Harold Schooler and Ila Mae Schooler in McAlester, Oklahoma. She was an avid gardener, gourmet cook, florist, and homemaker. She was...
Willa Jean (Bo Peep) Irvin
Dec 1, 2020
Willa Jean (Bo Peep) Parks Irvin, 85, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at Cypress Pond in Tifton. Bo Peep was born on August 3, 1935 in Sumner to the late Benjamin Arlis and Willie Mae Dorminey Parks. She was a homemaker and a member of Inaha Baptist Church. Nicknamed at a young age as “Bo Peep”, she...
Jimmie J. Goulden
Nov 29, 2020
Jimmie Jeanell Allison Goulden, 88, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Jimmie was born on April 11, 1932 in Walker County, Georgia to the late James and Lydia Ledford Allison. She was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church. Jimmie was also a homemaker and a CNA. She loved her family, especially her...
Russell Carrell Floyd
Nov 26, 2020
Russell Carrell Floyd, 73, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, November 26, 2020 at his residence. Russell was born on December 17, 1946 in Willacoochee to the late Jeff and Cora Jowers Floyd. He was a member of St. Luke Baptist Church in Alapaha, Georgia. Russell was a retired mechanic and manager of the John Deere Service Center in Sycamore....
Jan Johnson Hayes
Nov 26, 2020
Jan Johnson Hayes, 74, of Atlanta, GA passed away on November 26, 2020. She was preceded in death by her brothers, James Lamar Johnson and Michael Bussey Johnson. Jan was a graduate of A.L. Miller High School for Girls in Macon, Ga. Jan was a member of the Phi Mu Sorority and she was still a very active member. She...
2020 Perry Funeral Chapel Memorial Service
Nov 23, 2020
Each year the staff of Perry Funeral Chapel conducts a memorial service to honor the memory of each person who has passed away during the past year. First held in 2016 it is our hope that every person in attendance will find this service special and meaningful. At this year's service we will honor the memory of everyone who has...
Murray Fletcher Irvin
Nov 18, 2020
Murray Fletcher Irvin, 87, of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, November18, 2020 at Cypress Pond in Tifton. Murray was born on June 22, 1933 in Sycamore to the late Murray Rigsby and Emma Sue Fletcher Irvin. He was a farmer and a member of Inaha Baptist Church. Murray won various peanut production awards and was a Georgia Centennial Farm Family Recipient...
Sandra Britt Johnson
Nov 12, 2020
Sandra Britt Johnson, 76, of Ashburn passed away Thursday November 12, 2020 at Tift Regional Hospital. Sandra was born on January 31, 1944 in Turner County to the late M. E. Shehee and Eula Payne Shehee. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. Sandra also worked in food service for the Turner County Board of Education for 32 years....
Elizabeth Whatley Jennings
Nov 12, 2020
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Whatley Jennings, 101, of Gainesville, GA will be held Monday, November 16, 2020 at 1:00 PM in The Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Jennings earned her wings, Thursday, November 12 in Gainesville following an extended illness. There will be no formal visitation. The daughter of the late Lewis Ross and Effie Whelchel...
Thomas K. Moody
Nov 9, 2020
Funeral services for Thomas Kenneth Moody, 82, of Tifton, GA, will be private. Mr. Moody passed away Monday, November 9, at his residence after an extended illness. The son of the late Walter Humphrey Moody and Ruth Nettles Moody, he was born in Brooks County, GA. Mr. Moody coached baseball at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA for 24 years...
Harrell Ireland
Oct 31, 2020
Funeral services for Charles Harrell Ireland, 88, of Arnoldsville, GA will be private. Mr. Ireland passed away Saturday, October 31, at his residence after an extended illness. The son of the late Herbert Greenberry Ireland and Eva Lea Benford Ireland, he was born in Turner County, GA. Mr. Ireland was a retired employee of Harris Press and Shear and...