OBITUARIES

"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

Peggy King  Shivers

Peggy King Shivers

Feb 5, 2019

Peggy King Shivers, 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Mary Alice King and was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Horn and her brothers, John Wallace King, William King, Jack King, Tom King and Delma King. Peggy was a devoted wife...

Karen Akin Wynn

Karen Akin Wynn

Feb 3, 2019

Karen Akin Wynn, 68, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Karen was born on June 24, 1950 in Tifton to the late Arthur V. Akin and Marguerite Jeannette Ross Akin. She retired from the Turner County Board of Education where she was a teacher for many years. She was also a member of...

Sybil Kelley Hill

Sybil Kelley Hill

Jan 30, 2019

Sybil Kelley Hill, 92, of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Tift Regional Hospital. Sybil was born on March 11, 1926 in Turner County to the late Thomas Jefferson and Clemmie J. Bowen Kelley. She was a former member of the Sycamore Garden Club and a graduate of Massey Business College. She was also a member of the...

Marie Fletcher

Marie Fletcher

Jan 30, 2019

Joyce Marie Luke Fletcher, 88, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Senior Care Center in Brunswick. She was born on December 31, 1930 in Turner County to the late Olan G. and Lilly Mae Nelson Luke. Mrs. Fletcher was a member of First Baptist Church in Waycross, a homemaker and a retired factory worker. She loved her...

Joni Bozeman

Joni Bozeman

Jan 30, 2019

Joni Bozeman, 59, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at her residence. Joni was born in Worth County to the late Robert Lester Bozeman and Martha Lou Fletcher. She loved to crochet and enjoyed scrapbooking. She loved shopping, especially Christmas shopping. Joni devoted her time to the people of Turner County by volunteering for many activities including the...

Cecil Lee Nolan

Cecil Lee Nolan

Jan 26, 2019

Cecil Lee Nolan, 71, of Jacksonville, North Carolina died Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Harris Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, North Carolina with Rev. Drew Parker and Rev. Harold Swinson officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday,...