OBITUARIES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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...
Norma Jeane Scott Morris
Jan 11, 2011
Funeral Services for Norma Jeane Scott Morris age 79 of Warner Robins, GA will be held Friday at 2:00 P. M. at the Ashburn First Baptist Church, Ashburn, GA with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Morris died January 11, 2011 at her residence after an extended illness.
Mrs. Morris was a native and long time resident...
Harriet "Happy" McLeod
Jan 4, 2011
Funeral Services for Harriet “Happy” McLeod, 71, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 6, 2011 at Ashburn First United Methodist Church with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. McLeod died Tuesday at her residence following an extended illness.
Mrs. McLeod was born in Topeka, Kansas and was the daughter of the late...
Gail Gibbs Reed
Jan 4, 2011
Memorial services for Gail Gibbs Reed, 65, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at the Amboy Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Ms. Reed died Tuesday in Marietta following a sudden illness.
Ms. Reed was born in Turner County and was the daughter of the late...
Carlton Greer "Bud" Williams
Dec 31, 2010
Funeral services for Carlton Greer “Bud” Williams, 83 of Ashburn will be held Monday, January 3, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at the New Prospect Free Will Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Williams died Friday, December 31, 2010 at his residence following an extended illness.
Mr. Williams was born in Macon County, Georgia and was...
Beatrice M. Overby
Dec 29, 2010
Funeral services for Beatrice M. Overby, 101, of Macon, Ga., formally of Rebecca and Ashburn, Ga. will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, January 2, 2011 at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rebecca, Ga. Mrs. Overby died Wednesday in a Macon Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Mrs. Overby was born in...
William Timothy "Tim" Pearce
Dec 27, 2010
Funeral services for William Timothy “Tim” Pearce, 54, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at 2:00 P. M. at Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in Bethel Cemetery. Mr. Pearce died Monday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness.
Mr. Pearce was born in Tift County, Gerogia and was the son of the...