OBITUARIES
Virginia Alberson
Mar 27, 2017
Funeral services for Virginia E. Alberson, 81, will be held in the Bethel Baptist Church at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 29. Mrs. Alberson passed away Monday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Interment will follow in the New part of the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The daughter of the late Emmette and Iona Jones Ellerbee, she was...
Maurice "Pumkin" McLeod
Mar 18, 2017
Maurice "Pumkin" McLeod, 82, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at his residence. He was born on February 9, 1935 in Live Oak, Florida to the late Fred and Cordelle Robinson McLeod. Mr. McLeod was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and served his country in the United States Air Force. He is survived by his sons, Andre...
Lexia Newberne White
Mar 16, 2017
Lexia Newberne White, 95 passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Pruitt Health care in Ashburn, Georgia where she has been a resident since November, 2016. She was born on September 7, 1921 to the late Allison Emory and Anna Eubanks Newberne. She graduated from Ashburn High School in 1943. She was a retired secretary having worked at Grant's...
Tharia Goff Hamon
Mar 15, 2017
Tharia Goff Hamon, 86, of Athens, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at High Shoals Health and Rehabilitation in Bishop, Georgia following an extended illness. Born on October 18, 1930 to the late Richmond Hobson and Floy Beulah Ireland Goff, she was a self-employed beautician. Mrs. Hamon was also a member of Putney Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Beverly Jeanne Morton
Mar 5, 2017
Beverly Jeanne Morton, 71, of Sycamore passed away Sunday, March 5, 2017 at her residence. Born on August 28, 1945 in Hialeah, Florida to the late Edward Arthur and Jeanne Beverly Drumheller Burke she was a MA with Humana. She attended Sycamore Baptist Church. Mrs. Morton was a loving mother grandmother and a loving best friend. She enjoyed collecting and...
Elah Gravitt
Feb 26, 2017
Elah Gravitt, 96, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehabilitation. Born on September 12, 1920 to the late Boyd and Ola Pate, she was a retired seamstress having worked for Cohen's Factory. After her retirement she was the owner and operator of Gravitt's Florist and the Turner County Nursery. She was very hard-working...
Ethelene Pirkle Haselton
Feb 24, 2017
Ethelene Pirkle Haselton, 89, of Burlington, North Carolina, passed away Friday, February 24, 2017. Born on August 12, 1927 to the late Grover Washington and Bessie Nora Jones Pirkle. Ethelene was a faithful follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. She served the Lord for many years as a Baptist pastor's wife. She was an elementary school teacher for many years....
Kim Farmer
Feb 20, 2017
Kim Farmer, 59, of Ashburn, passed away Monday, February 20, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Born on July 29, 1957 to the late David Talmadge Farmer and Dorothy Ward Farmer he was a member of the Baptist Faith and worked as a Pecan Farmer at Ellis Brothers Pecan in Vienna. Kim was an avid NASCAR and Georgia Bulldog fan....
Sarah Childs Farmer
Feb 13, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Childs Farmer, 87, of Sycamore, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Farmer passed away Monday following an extended illness. Interment will be in Prospect Cemetery, Sycamore, GA. The daughter of the late Felix Wallace and Dula Stewart Childs, she was a homemaker and retired from...
Mildred Pate Alberson
Feb 10, 2017
Mildred Pate Alberson, 91, of Ashburn, passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Pruitt Health Care in Sylvester. Born in Turner County on November 7, 1925 to the late Walter Jefferson and Margaret Elizabeth Hobby Pate, she was a homemaker and a seamstress and the widow of Loyce Alberson. She was also a member of Morningside Baptist Church in Ashburn....
Charles "Crow" Pitts
Feb 10, 2017
Charles "Crow" Pitts, 66, of Ashburn passed away Friday, February 10, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center. The son of the late John Dan and Nell Horton Pitts, he was born on June 10, 1950 in Ashburn. He was a battery builder at Delphi Remi Company in Fitzgerald. Affectionately known as "Crow" he enjoyed fishing, bowling and watching football. Above...
George M. "Papa George" Johnston
Feb 8, 2017
George M. "Papa George" Johnston, 94, of Ashburn, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Born on February 7, 1923 to the late John Fielder and Lois Rachel Armentrout Johnston, he was a life-long member of the Ashburn First United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army and...
Dorothy Wilson Fowler
Feb 4, 2017
Funeral Services for Dorothy Wilson Fowler, 83, of Sycamore, GA will be held 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn, GA. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Fowler passed away Saturday, February 4, 2017. The daughter of the late Robert William and Martha Ann Minshew Wilson and widow of the late John David Fowler,...
Randy Giddens
Feb 1, 2017
Funeral Services for Randy Giddens, 65, of Ashburn, GA will be held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 4, 2017 at New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church in Turner County, GA. Interment will follow at New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Giddens passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 after an extended illness. The son of the late William “Bill” Williford...
Patricia Prestley
Jan 30, 2017
Patricia Ann Truluck Prestley, 81, of Columbus passed away Monday, January 30, 2017 at MidTown Medical Center after an extended illness. Born on January 21, 1936 to the late Pless Lenward Truluck and Jewel Watson Truluck. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Prestley was a retired beautician and homemaker. Mrs. Prestley was loved by all who knew her. She...
J. C. Harris, Sr.
Jan 29, 2017
J. C. Harris, Sr., 80, of Sycamore passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Born on November 28, 1936 to the late John Nathan and Effie Lee Massey Harris, he was a member of the House of Prayer in Ashburn. Mr. Harris retired from the City of Ashburn Police Department and was...
Minda McGraw Ireland
Jan 28, 2017
The funeral services for Minda McGraw Ireland, 83, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 10:00, Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Ashburn First Baptist Church. Mrs. Ireland passed away, Saturday, January 28, 2017, after an extended illness. The daughter of the late Ernest Pate and Myrtis Eunice Johnson McGraw, she was born in Ashburn, GA on September 27, 1933. Mrs....
Mark Sconyers
Jan 28, 2017
Mark Sconyers, 57, of Ashburn, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins. Born on June 3, 1959 to the late Millard Luke and Jean Grace Sconyers. He was a Aircraft Repair Technician at Robins Air Force Base. Mark was a member of the Baptist faith and loved drag racing and restoring antique cars...
Tom J. Smith
Jan 26, 2017
Tom J. Smith, 86, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, January 26, 2016 at his residence. Born on December 27, 1930 to the late Lummie Leonard Smith, he was a retired carpenter having worked for Player Incorporated. He was also a member of Bethel Baptist Church and loved watching western movies and woodworking. Mr. Smith was also a veteran of the...
Bobbie Yearty Smith
Jan 25, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Bobbie Yearty Smith, 78, of Doerun, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Mrs. Smith passed away Wednesday at her residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The daughter of the late William H. and Sallie Florence Farmer...
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