OBITUARIES
Ashley T. "Dick" Hart
Apr 25, 2019
Funeral Services for Ashley T. “Dick” Hart, Sr., 85, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, May 4, 2019 at The New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church at 1:00 PM. Mr. Hart passed away Thursday, April 25 at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The son of the late George Harris and Laura Johnson...
Rinnard Gravitt
Apr 19, 2019
Rinnard Gravitt, 92, of Ashburn passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at his residence. Rinnard was born on August 19, 1926 in Cummings to the late Toy C. and Annie Mardell Samples Gravitt. He served his country with honor in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church in West Columbia,...
Kenneth J. Karcher
Apr 14, 2019
Kenneth J. Karcher, 82, of Sycamore passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 at his residence. Kenneth was born on March 20, 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas to the late Richard and Anna Theresea Duy Karcher. He was a Lutheran. Kenneth was a member of the HAM radio club in Turner County and worked with 101.5 FM radio station. He also...
Charles Edward Hardy
Apr 12, 2019
Charles Edward Hardy, 83, of Sycamore passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Cook Medical Center in Adel. Charles was born on December 23, 1935 in Turner County to the late Jesse Buren and Cassie Susan Clark Hardy. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church where he served as Minister of Music for many years. He was also...
Shirlene McLeod Lee
Apr 11, 2019
Shirlene Mcleod Lee, 91, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Shirlene was born on May 21, 1927 in Turner County to the late Lonnie and Maggie L. Alberson McLeod. She retired from the Turner County School System where she was a paraprofessional and a bus driver. Shirlene volunteered with Sam Shortline Railroad in...
Dorothy "Dot" Shepherd Llobet
Apr 3, 2019
Dorothy "Dot" Shepherd Llobet, 81, of Ashburn formerly of Miami, Florida and Lake Park, Georgia passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at her residence with her sister, Jane Shepherd Coleman and niece Sunny Pierce by her side. Dorothy, affectionately known as "Dot" to everyone that she knew, was born on July 14, 1937 to the late W. D. and Mary...
"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck
Apr 3, 2019
"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck, 64, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Mike was born on November 1, 1954 to the late Ernest Sr. and Lucy Sanders Truluck Watson. He held numerous jobs around the area including working with his best friend, Hank House. Mike was a military veteran having served in the...
Joe Ireland
Mar 31, 2019
Joe Boyd Ireland, 85, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Joe was born in Turner County on October 16, 1933 to the late Carl Andrew and Orie Lillie Rutledge Ireland. He was a mason with Sycamore Lodge #210 F&AM, a member of the Turner County Young Farmers and a member of Dakota Baptist...
Madlen Lynell Barnes Banks
Mar 25, 2019
Madlen Lynell "Nanny" Barnes Banks, 77, of Sycamore passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at her residence. Madlen was born on January 9, 1942 in Alma, Georgia to the late Clifford Lawrence and Alline Carter Barnes. She was affectionately known as Nanny to everyone and had a deep passion for loving and caring for her family. She was an...
Jimmy Little
Mar 23, 2019
Jimmy Lee Little, 79, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. Jimmy was born on December 5, 1939 in Turner County to the late James Washington and Audrey Carr Little. He faithfully attended First Baptist Church of Ashburn. He retired from the Federal State Inspection Service after 34 years. He...
Dorothy "Mama Dot" Kelly Watson
Mar 17, 2019
Dorothy "Mama Dot" Kelly Watson, 90, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 at her residence. Affectionately known as "Mama Dot" to many in the community, she was born on February 17, 1929 to the late Lake Buford and Essie Lee Cantrell Kelly. She loved God, her family and friends. She was the retired owner of Watson's "Deep Creek"...
George Joseph Sliwa
Mar 13, 2019
George "Joey" Sliwa, Jr., 64, of West Boylston, Massachusetts passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Affectionately known as "Joey", he was born on May 31, 1954 in Tifton to the late George Joseph Sliwa, Sr. and Imogene Wilson Watson. Joey served his country with honor in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam...
Patti Denise Whitt Edwards
Mar 13, 2019
Patti Denise Whitt Edwards, 56, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at her residence. Patti was born on April 9, 1962 in Augusta, Georgia to James and Katie Boone Whitt. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother and grandmother who will be missed by many. She is survived by her husband, Joe Edwards, III of Ashburn; parents, James...
Bernice Presley Goodman
Mar 4, 2019
Bernice M. Goodman, 83, of Cordele passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 in Sumter County. Bernice was born on September 3, 1935 in Crisp County to the late Oscar Glaton and Nora Belle Hancock Presley. She was affectionately known as Jip by her family. She was a Baptist and a retired seamstress. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa Goodman...
Delia Presley Ward Law
Mar 4, 2019
Graveside funeral services for Delia Ward Law, 69, of Cobb, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, March 11, 2019 in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Law passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 at her residence in Cobb. The daughter of the late, Oscar Glaton and Nora Belle Hancock Presley, she was born in Crisp County, GA....
Norman L. Eltringham
Mar 3, 2019
Funeral services for Norman L. Eltringham, 74, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Eltringham passed away Sunday at Tift Regional Medical Center. Interment will be in East Liverpool, Ohio. The son of the late Samuel Shelton and Norma Alwida Hall Eltringham he was born in Steubenville, Ohio. He...
Jim Black
Feb 28, 2019
Funeral services for Jim Black, 70, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Black passed away Thursday at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The son of the late James Richard and Laura Jane Priest Black he was born...
Pauline W. Evers
Feb 20, 2019
Pauline Margarette Evers, 84, of Arabi passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Crisp Regional Hospital. Pauline was born in Turner County on March 30, 1934 to the late James Allen and Rosa Alvertine Musslewhite Wells. She was a member of Omar Heights Baptist Church in Cordele and retired from Nationwide Homes. She is survived by her son, David Royce...
Jay Leatherwood
Feb 19, 2019
Funeral services for Jay Leatherwood, 82, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Bethel Baptist Church. Mr. Leatherwood passed away Tuesday at Tift Regional Medical Center. Private Interment will be in the Chandler Cemetery in Calhoun, GA. The son of the late John Abner and Gaylord McFarland Leatherwood, he was born in Calhoun,...
Virginia Lee Jump
Feb 15, 2019
Virginia Lee Jump, 78, of Ashburn passed away Friday, February 15, 2019 surrounded by her family. Virginia was born on December 8, 1940 in Elijay to the late Emory Preston and Vera Cecile Wooten Moore. She was a homemaker and retired property manager. She was also a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Edsal F....
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