OBITUARIES

Viola Wise

Viola Wise

Apr 4, 2011

Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Johnson Wise, 88, of Rebecca, GA will be held Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn. Mrs. Wise passed away Monday at Tift Regional Hospital following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

The daughter of the late Franklin Henry and Lula Mae Bennett Johnson, she...

Bobby Holland

Bobby Holland

Apr 3, 2011

Funeral services for Bobby Holland, 82, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. at the Ashburn First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, Ga. Mr. Holland died Sunday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

Mr. Holland was born in Turner County, Georgia, the son of...

John Lewis  Harrell

John Lewis Harrell

Mar 31, 2011

Funeral services for John Lewis Harrell, 75 , Rebecca, Ga. will be held Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Rebecca, Ga. with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Harrell died Thursday at his residence following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Harrell was born in Ben Hill County, Ga. and was the...

Dorothy Allen

Dorothy Allen

Mar 21, 2011

Funeral service for Dorothy Fowler Allen , age 94, will be held Thursday at 11:00 A. M. at the Ashburn First United Methodist Church with burial to follow at 3:00 P. M. at the Bertha Dozier Cemetery, Montezuma, GA . Mrs. Allen died Monday March 21, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

Mrs. Allen was...

Evelyn Barker

Evelyn Barker

Feb 25, 2011

Homegoing services for Evelyn Bagwell Barker, 85, of Ashburn, GA will be held Sunday, February 27, 2011, at 3:00 PM in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Mrs. Barker passed away Friday at Tift Regional Hospital following a sudden illness. Interment will follow in The Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

Mrs. Barker was born in Gainesville, GA and had lived in...

Clara Shivers

Clara Shivers

Feb 21, 2011

Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Clara C. Shivers, 91, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in The Live Oak Cemetery. Mrs. Shivers passed away Monday at Heritage Health Care following an extended illness.

The daughter of the late James David and Iva Edna Newton Courtoy she was born in Turner County, GA. As...

Louise Sumner

Louise Sumner

Feb 17, 2011

Funeral services for Louise Wood Sumner, 74, of Poulan, Ga. will be held Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the New Hope Baptist Church in Turner County, Ga. with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sumner died Thursday at Sylvester Health Care following an extended illness.

Mrs. Sumner was born in Turner County, Georgia and was...

Carole Dunlap

Carole Dunlap

Feb 13, 2011

Memorial services for Judy Carole Dunlap, 53, of Frisco, Texas will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at Perry Funeral Chapel. Ms. Dunlap died February 13, 2011 at her residence following a brief illness.

Ms. Dunlap was born in Worth County, Georgia was the daughter of James E. and Jean Folsom Dunlap of Ashburn, Ga. She was...

Betty Alexander

Betty Alexander

Feb 12, 2011

Turner County lost one of its most respected and loved citizens with the death of Betty Irene Knowles Alexander, 88, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2011 at the home of her daughter in Little River, SC.

Graveside funeral services will be at 3:00 PM, Tuesday, Feb. 15 in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The Rev. Allan Miller, Rev. Mark Knowles and The...

Charles Corey

Charles Corey

Feb 10, 2011

Graveside funeral services for Charles Corey, 80, of Ashburn will be held Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. in Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Ga. Mr. Corey died Thursday at Heritage Health Care in Ashburn following an extended illness.

Mr. Corey was born in Crisp County, Georgia and was the son of William B. and Carrie Mae Taylor Corey. He...

Lettie Lenora Newsom Jolly

Lettie Lenora Newsom Jolly

Feb 7, 2011

Funeral services for Lettie Lenora Newsom Jolly, 83, of Ashburn will be held Wednesday, February 9, 2011 11:00 A.M. at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Jolly died Monday in Fitzgerald Nursing Home, Fitzgerald, Ga. following an extended illness.

Mrs. Jolly was born in Turner County, Georgia and was the daughter...

Melvin G. Giddens

Melvin G. Giddens

Feb 3, 2011

Funeral services for Melvin G. Giddens, 46, of Ashburn will be held Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Giddens died Thursday at his residence after an extended illness.

Mr. Giddens was born in Daytona Beach, Florida and was the son of the late...

Ivilyn Baker Johnston

Ivilyn Baker Johnston

Feb 2, 2011

Funeral services for Ivilyn Baker Johnston, 92, of Ashburn will be held Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 3:00 P.M. at the Harmony Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Johnston died Wednesday at her residence following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Johnston was born in Clay County, Alabama and was the daughter of the late Herbert A....

Clara Ruth Reynolds

Clara Ruth Reynolds

Jan 30, 2011

Memorial services for Clara Ruth Reynolds, 83, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 2:00 PM at The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Ashburn. Ms. Reynolds passed away Sunday at Heritage Health Care after an extended illness. Interment will be private at Red Oak Cemetery in Worth Co., GA.

The daughter of the late George...

Hazel Bertha Searcy

Hazel Bertha Searcy

Jan 29, 2011

Funeral services for Hazel Bertha Clements Searcy, 99, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held Monday, January 31, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at the Sycamore Methodist Church with burial to follow in Prospect Cemetery, Sycamore, Ga. Mrs. Searcy died Saturday at Tift Health Care following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Searcy was born in Turner County, Georgia and was the daughter of...

Lawrence William "Bill"  Day, Jr.

Lawrence William "Bill" Day, Jr.

Jan 29, 2011

Funeral services for Mr. Lawrence William “Bill” Day, Jr., 71, of Rebecca, GA will be held, 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 5, 2011 in The St. Williams Catholic Church in Fitzgerald, GA. Mr. Day passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

The son...

Helen Johns  Fitzgerald

Helen Johns Fitzgerald

Jan 26, 2011

Funeral services for Helen Johns Fitzgerald, 86, of Ashburn will be held 2:00 PM, Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Fitzgerald passed away Wednesday following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Pine City Cemetery in Wilcox Co., GA.

The daughter of the late Lem Albert Johns and Flossie Farmer Johns Crozier she was born in...

Jo Ann Metcalf

Jo Ann Metcalf

Jan 22, 2011

Funeral Services for Jo Ann Metcalf, age 60, of Sycamore will be held Monday at the Bethel Baptist Church at 3:00 P. M. with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Jo Ann died Saturday, January 22, 2011, at her residence after a sudden illness.

Jo Ann was born in Ocilla, Ga. the daughter of the late Luther Thomas Metcalf...

Wendell Wildes

Wendell Wildes

Jan 20, 2011

A funeral is planned for 11:00 A.M. Saturday, January 22, at Holly Creek Baptist Church in Chatsworth, Ga. A grave side service is planned for 1:30 P.M. Sunday at Tift Memorial Gardens in Tifton, Ga. followed by a 3:30 P.M. memorial service at the Turner County Civic Center in Ashburn, Ga. All who knew Coach Wildes are welcome to join...

Frances McLeod

Frances McLeod

Jan 16, 2011

Funeral Services for Frances McLeod, age 79 of Ashburn will be held Wednesday at 2:00 P. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McLeod died Sunday, January 16, 2011, at her residence after a long illness.

Mrs. McLeod was a native of Jasper, FL the daughter of the late John & Erie...