OBITUARIES
Cora Lee Suggs Howard
Sep 22, 2016
Funeral services for Cora Lee Suggs Howard of Fitzgerald, Ga. will be held Thursday, September 29th at 3:00 p.m. at the Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn, conducted by the Reverend Michael Lamb of the Church of Christ in Fitzgerald. Interment will be private at a later date. Mrs. Howard died Thursday in the Pruitt Nursing Home in Fitzgerald following an...
Talmadge Farmer
Sep 12, 2016
Funeral services for Talmadge Farmer, 83, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 15 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Mr. Farmer passed away Monday at this residence following an extended illness. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. The son of the late Roy Milton and Pauline Bruton Farmer, Sr., he was born in Turner...
Wallace Beard
Aug 24, 2016
Wallace Beard, 87, of Sycamore, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born on November 24, 1928 to the late Edward Henry and Ena Belle Hasty Beard, he was a retired farmer. Mr. Beard was a member of Bethel Baptist Church where he served on the cemetery committee for many years. He...
Glenn Loran Bass
Aug 22, 2016
Glenn Loran Bass, 59 of Hampton, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 at his home. He was born in Sylvester, GA. to the late Sara Bass and Loran West. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his grandparents, Tom and Martha Cravey; and stepfather Donald Bass. Glenn was a loving husband, nephew and cousin. He graduated...
Arthur "Artie" Edward Eld
Aug 20, 2016
Arthur "Artie" Edward Eld, Jr., 81, of Ashburn, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. Born on October 6, 1934 in Summerville, Massachusetts to the late Arthur Edward, Jr. and Ruth Purcell Eld, he was a member of Journey Church in Tifton. He was a former council member for the City of...
Guy Nolin
Aug 18, 2016
The funeral services for Guy Nolin of Ashburn, Ga. will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 21, 2016 at First Baptist Church, Ashburn, GA. Interment will be held 11:00 A.M.(CDT), Monday, August 22, 2016 at Woodlawn Memory Gardens in Ozark, AL. Mr. Nolin passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016, after an extended illness. The son of the late Eldredge...
Ouidafa Conner Smith
Aug 13, 2016
The funeral services for Ouidafa Conner Smith, 88, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held at ll:00 A.M., Monday, August 15, 2016 at High Hill Baptist Church in Turner County, Georgia. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Turner County, Ga. Mrs. Smith passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016, after an extended illness. The daughter of the late Albert...
Janet Hobby Cooper
Aug 11, 2016
Janet Hobby Cooper, 84, passed away on August 11, 2016, surrounded by her family. Funeral services are scheduled at Harmony Baptist Church, Ashburn, GA, on August 13, 2016, with Rev. Jerry Cooper officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:30 AM-11:30 AM prior to the service at Harmony. Mrs. Cooper was born in Turner County, GA to the late...
Preston Couch
Jul 15, 2016
The funeral services for Jimmy Preston Couch, 54, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held at ll: 00 A.M., Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Dakota Baptist Church in Turner County, Georgia. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Turner County, Ga. Mr. Couch passed away Friday, July 15, 2016 after an extended illness. The son of the late Norman P....
Eugene G. Pirkle
Jul 12, 2016
Eugene G. Pirkle, 95, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. Born in Hall County, Georgia to the late Grover Washington and Bessie Nora Jones Pirkle he was a retired farmer and cattleman. He was also a member of Bethel Baptist Church since 1937. He was the Director of the Turner Association...
Hazel Adkison McElmurray
Jul 10, 2016
Hazel Adkison McElmurray, 81, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at Golden Living Center in Tifton following an extended illness. Born on November 3, 1934 to the late Elbert Jesse and Alice Lee Swain Adkison, she was a homemaker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Mike McElmurray of Rochelle; daughters,...
Donald Ray Overturf
Jul 2, 2016
Donald Ray Overturf, 82, of Sycamore passed away Saturday, July 2, 2016 at his residence. Born on September 25, 1933 to the late William Henry and Mayme May Copas Overturf he was a self-employed painter and a member of the Baptist faith. He also served his country with honor in the United States Army. He is survived by his wife,...
Jimmy Bullington
Jun 20, 2016
Funeral services for Jimmy Bullington, 52, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, June 23, 2016 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Bullington passed away Monday at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Rebecca, GA. The son of the late John Thomas and Dorothy Ann Hunt Bullington,...
Grace Raines Evans
Jun 9, 2016
Funeral services for Grace Raines Evans, 91, of Ashburn will be held 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will be private at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Evans passed away Thursday at Heritage Health Care following an extended illness. The daughter of the late Lem L. and Alma Joe Newell Raines, she was born...
Billy Walker Baggett
Jun 3, 2016
Memorial services for Billy Walker Baggett, 83 of Ashburn, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Sycamore Baptist Church. Mr. Baggett passed away Friday, June 03, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. The son of the late Olaf and Grace Walker Baggett, he was born in Fairfield, AL and was a retired self...
Britt Baxter
Jun 2, 2016
Funeral Services for Britt Baxter, 42, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 10, 2016, at Ashburn First United Methodist Church in Ashburn. Interment will follow, Saturday, June 11, 2016, at 2:00 P.M., at Westover Memorial Park in Augusta, GA. Britt finished his work on this earth following a brief illness on June 2, 2016, in...
Charles Robert Huff
May 31, 2016
Charles Robert Huff of Ashburn, Georgia, passed away suddenly Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida. Born in Union Point, Georgia on October 9, 1946, he was the son of the late Henry and Beatrice Huff. He graduated from Oglethorpe County High School in 1964, attended Young Harris College and served in the United States Navy...
Daisy Lane Tison
May 29, 2016
Funeral Services for Daisy Lane Tison, 97, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Turner County. Mrs. Tison passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016 after an extended illness. The daughter of the late William Wallace and Emma Sarah Gorday Lane,...
Brenda Gail Robertson Perry
May 23, 2016
Brenda Gail Robertson Perry, 66, of Ashburn passed away Monday, May 23, 2016 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn after an extended illness. Born on April 19, 1950 to the late John Poole and Sarah Zell Sargent Robertson, she was a member of the Ashburn First Baptist Church where she taught pre-school Sunday School for many years. Brenda received her Bachelor's...
Wanda Goode
May 7, 2016
Funeral services for Wanda Jean Fansler Goode, 87, of Deland, FL will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn, GA. Private interment will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, GA. Mrs. Goode passed away Saturday, May 7, 2016 after an extended illness with Alheimizers disease. The daughter of the late Syrus Fansler...