OBITUARIES
Vera Guy Hobby
Jan 6, 2018
Funeral services for Mrs. Vera Guy Hobby, 92, of Ashburn, GA, will be held Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Ashburn 1st United Methodist Church, 406 N. Main Street, Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Hobby passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Tift Regional Hospital. Interment will be private. Mrs. Hobby was the daughter of the late Charles Clarence Guy...
Fred Boland, Jr.
Jan 6, 2018
Funeral services for Mr. Fred Boland, Jr., 73, of Ashburn, GA, will be held Monday, January 8, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn, GA. Mr. Boland passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Tift Regional Hospital. Interment will be private and will follow in Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Boland was the son of the late Fred Boland, Sr....
Collie Anderson Burdett
Dec 30, 2017
Funeral services for Mr. Collie Anderson Burdett, 98, of Sycamore, GA will be held at 2:30 PM, Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Burdett passed away Saturday at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The son of the late Collie Anderson and Maybell Beard Burdett, Sr., he was...
Leon M. Bryan
Dec 27, 2017
Mr. Leon M. Bryan, 88, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2017 in Tifton following an extended illness. Private services will be held at his request. The son of the late William M. and Mary Reddin Holcombe Bryan he was born in Turner County. He was a retired manager of Advertising and Public Relations with Kaiser Cement Co. He...
Celia Lavender Hammock
Dec 19, 2017
Funeral services for Celia Lavender Hammock, 60, of Ashburn will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, December 22, 2017 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Hammock passed away Tuesday in Macon following injuries received in an auto accident. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Hammock was born in Worth County, GA. She was the daughter...
Eugene Gravitt
Dec 16, 2017
Funeral services for Mr. Eugene Gravitt, 79, of Ashburn, GA will be held Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at 2:00 PM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Gravitt passed away Saturday in Crisp County following an extended illness. Interment will private. The son of the late Dewey Cicero and Elah Pate Gravitt, he was born in Turner County and was retired from...
Lester Roy Pitts, Jr.
Dec 10, 2017
Lester Roy Pitts, Jr., 67, of Sycamore passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Born on January 25, 1950, he was the son of the late Lester Roy, Sr. and Eula Belle Nelson Pitts. He was adopted at a young age by Jeff Pitts, the only father he knew. He was retired and a native...
Helen Sego Posey
Dec 6, 2017
Helen Sego Posey, 84, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Born on September 24, 1933, she was the daughter of the late James Earnest, Sr. and Sue Houston Sego. Mrs. Posey was a member of Sycamore Baptist Church for over 50 years. She was retired from the Turner County Board of Education....
Pamela Wynn Speight
Nov 24, 2017
Pamela Wynn Speight, 49, of Sycamore passed away Friday, November 24, 2017. She was born on April 4, 1968 to Larry Wayne and Vivian Karen Shealy Wynn. She was a retired teacher and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Jody Speight of Sycamore; parents, Wayne and Karen S. Wynn of Sycamore; son, Reece Speight...
Julian C. Elliott, Jr.
Nov 22, 2017
Julian C. Elliott, Jr., 71, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Born on January 17, 1946 to the late Julian C., Sr. and Frances Sumner Elliott, he was a member of New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church. He was a Mason with Sycamore Lodge #210 and was also a Shriner with the Hasan...
Elsie Hobby
Nov 12, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie V Hobby, 93 of Rebecca, will be held at 2:00pm, Friday, November 17, 2017 at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be at Perry Funeral Chapel Thursday Evening from 6pm-7pm. Mrs. Hobby passed away, Sunday at home. Mrs. Hobby was preceded in death by her husband Albert. Survivors include 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren and 3 great...
Samuel Glynn Hendrix
Nov 12, 2017
Samuel Glynn "Hammer" Hendrix, 60, of Arabi, formerly of Millington, Michigan, passed away Sunday November 12, 2017 at Crisp Regional Hospital. He had a passion for playing pool and fishing. He also loved to ride backroads. He served his country and was honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps. He is survived by his old lady of 18 years,...
Aubrey Gene Hasty, Sr.
Nov 8, 2017
Funeral services for Mr. Aubrey Gene Hasty, Sr., 79, of Ashburn, GA, will be held Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn, GA. Mr. Hasty passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at home. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hasty was the son of the late Joseph Edward Hasty and Verlyn Lawhorn...
Bertie Lee Cleghorn Kendrick
Nov 8, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie Lee Cleghorn Kendrick, 94, of Sycamore, GA will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 10, 2017 at Bethel Baptist Church, Sycamore, GA. Interment will follow at Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Kendrick passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Phoebe Worth Memorial Hospital, Sylvester, GA. Mrs. Kendrick was the daughter of the late Rufus Collie Cleghorn...
Stella Lamb Phelps
Nov 4, 2017
Stella Louise Lamb Phelps, 76, of Fitzgerald passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care after an extended illness. Mrs. Phelps was the daughter of the late Willey Alton Lamb and Louise Smith Lamb. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband Joseph Wayne Phelps. She was a member of the Church of Christ....
Lloyd Scoggins
Nov 1, 2017
Lloyd Scoggins, 85 of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Tift Regional Hospital. Born on October 1, 1932 in Turner County to the late Howard Odell and Vada Estelle Freeman Scoggins he was a retired self-employed mechanic and citrus grove owner. Affectionately known as "The Tractor Man" he served in the United States Army where he was stationed...
John "Johnny" L. Wilson
Oct 19, 2017
John "Johnny" L. Wilson, Jr., 60, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, October 19, 2017 at his residence after an extended illness surrounded by his immediate family. He was born on July 23, 1957 to the late John L. Sr. and Jessie Louise Little Wilson. John served his country with honor in the United States Army. He retired from the Tift...
Annie Ruth Williamson Ivey
Oct 15, 2017
Annie Ruth Williamson Ivey, 88, of Rebecca passed away Sunday, October 15, 2017 at her residence. Born on December 29, 1928 in Ben Hill County to the late Samuel David, Sr. and Clora Viola Hogan Williamson, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Ivey was a faithful member of Rebecca Baptist Church where she held the longest membership. She had served as...
Thomas Elize Williams, JR
Oct 5, 2017
Thomas Elize Williams, Jr. (Tommy), affectionately called “Jitterbug”, 77, of Sycamore, Georgia passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at the Legacy Village, Tifton, Georgia where he had resided since March of 2017. The funeral service will be held at Perry Funeral Chapel on Saturday, October 7, 2017, at 10:30 AM. Interment will be private at Lakeview Cemetery in...
Edith Sophia Billson Stilwell
Sep 29, 2017
Edith Sophia Billson Stilwell, 88, of Ashburn passed away Friday, September 29, 2017 Tifton Health and Rehabilitation. Edith was born on June 29, 1929 to the late Howard and Edith Freiburg Stilwell in Huntington, New York. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She devoted her life to being a homemaker for her family. She is survived by her son,...