OBITUARIES
Joe McNair
Nov 18, 2022
Joe McNair, 83, of Tifton, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at his residence.
Joe was born in Tift County on November 25, 1938 and was the son of the late Rupert Alvin and Julia North McNair. He owned and operated Jenkins Insurance and Real Estate until he retired in 2003. He was a past Potentate of Hason Temple...
April Cheri Fender Tedders
Nov 16, 2022
April Cheri Fender Tedders, 49, of Rebecca, Georgia passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center..
April was born on December 27, 1972 to the late Julian and Zelda Ward Fender. She loved traveling everywhere and dearly loved her family and grandchildren. April always enjoyed life and having a good time.
She is survived by...
LaNelle Dahnke Clements
Nov 13, 2022
LaNelle Dahnke Clements, 85, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 at her residence.
LaNelle, affectionately known as Mimi to her family, was born in Hamlin, Texas on April 19, 1937 to the late James Fred and Hazel Norvelle Flenniken Dahnke. LaNelle was a loving and compassionate mother, grandmother and great-grandmother; a caring and generous friend to many,...
Yong Cha "Jackie" Swymer
Nov 8, 2022
Yong Cha “Jackie” Swymer, 83, of Ashburn passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at Evergreen Assisted Living in Albany.
Jackie was born in South Korea on October 16, 1939. She was a beautician and was the owner of Jackie’s Beauty Salon for over 30 years. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. Jackie enjoyed working in her yard...
Merilyn Kay Snow Collins
Nov 4, 2022
Merilyn Kay Snow Collins, 72, of Rebecca, GA passed away Friday, November 4, 2022 at her residence.
Merilyn was born on November 13, 1949 in Fitzgerald to the late Edward James, Sr. and Mildred Louise Brown Snow. A life-time citizen of Turner County, she worked as a program assistant with the Turner County 4 H Program for many years....
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Sue Walker Hill Grantham
Oct 31, 2022
Jacquelyn “Jackie” Sue Walker Hill Grantham, 73, of Ashburn passed away Monday, October 31, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center Hospital in Tifton with her family by her side.
Jackie was born on November 14, 1948 to the late Jack and Dannie Nelson Walker. She graduated high school in 1966. Jackie was an avid reader and always enjoyed cooking,...
Sybil Christian Gandy
Oct 25, 2022
Sybil Gandy of Ashburn, Georgia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at PruittHealth-Ashburn. She was born Sybil Nannette Christian on April 20, 1927 to John Y and Lilly Mae Metcalf Christian of Sycamore. She was a 1944 graduate of Sycamore High School. Following high school, she spent time in Atlanta working for the telephone company until the...
Mary Lou Brooker Ivanisin DelSignore
Oct 19, 2022
Mary Lou Brooker Ivanisin DelSignore, 88, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022, at her residence in Rebecca, GA.
Mary Lou was born in Pittsburgh, PA on September 22, 1934 to the late Henry and Mildred Logeman Brooker. She was employed as a bus driver for many years with North Hills School System in Pittsburgh.
She is survived by...
Allen Smith
Oct 15, 2022
Allen Michael Smith, 66, passed away Friday, October 15, 2022, at his residence in Bonifay, FL surrounded by his family.
Allen was born in Turner County, GA on October 26, 1955, to the late Dave and Lunelle Coker Smith. He was a forestry ranger with the Turner County Forestry Commission for 13 years before becoming an undercover officer, SWAT...
Edison Walstein Waller
Oct 7, 2022
Edison Walstein Waller, 88, of Sycamore passed away Friday, October 7, 2022, at his residence.
Walstein was born on September 15, 1934, in Turner County to the late Cleo and Thelma Huff Waller. He was a minister for many years, having served in numerous churches in Alabama and Georgia. He retired from the ministry after serving for 68 years....
Emmitt Monroe Britt
Oct 5, 2022
Emmitt M. Britt, 91, of Franklin, GA passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 in Franklin.
Emmitt was born on September 1, 1931 in Ashburn, GA to the late Ozzie Emmitt and Florie Murphy Britt. After serving in the Army, Emmitt moved to Lakeland, FL and worked in the food business. He owned and operated Britt’s Service Station in...
Mary Lou McDonnell
Oct 1, 2022
Mary Lou McDonnell, 90, entered eternal rest on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Moultrie. She was born to the late William Derse’ and Madge Armstrong Derse’ in Detroit, Michigan on May 14, 1932.
Preceded in death by her husband, Owens Hamilton McDonnell, one son James Gerald McLucas, and one grandson, Russell James Fay.
Together Mary...
Leroy Saylor
Oct 1, 2022
Lee Roy (Leroy) Saylor, 86, of Tifton passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn.
Leroy was born on January 16, 1936 in Worth County, GA to the late Gordon Lee and Alma Albritton Saylor. He was retired from the Coastal Plains Experiment Station where he was a maintenance foreman. Leroy was an avid topnotched coon...
Jackie Ezkiel Coats
Sep 25, 2022
Jackie Ezkiel Coats, 68, of Sycamore, GA passed away Sunday, September 25, 2022 at his home.
Jackie was born on December 10, 1953 to the late Owens Ezkiel Coats and Susie Mae Brooks Truelove Coats Pitts in Worth County. He retired from Albany Marine Logistics Base and worked many years at Tifton Aluminum. While working at Tifton Aluminum he...
Michael Lynn Beard
Sep 11, 2022
Michael Lynn Beard, 68, of Sycamore, GA passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA.
Mike was born on November 1, 1953 to the late John L. Beard and Pauline (Wood) Beard. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, and after serving his country, he worked as a mechanic at Ewing Buick...
Clara Joyce McNair
Sep 3, 2022
Clara Joyce McNair, 86, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele with her family by her side.
Joyce was born in Cordele on April 11, 1936, to the late John and Clara Musslewhite. She retired from Turner County Schools as a lunchroom employee in 2013. She also worked at Hobby’s Department Store...
Wanda Durden
Sep 3, 2022
Betty Wanda Cooper Durden, 83, of Palm Bay, FL, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2022 at Palm Bay Memorial Care in Palm Bay, FL.
Wanda was born in Turner County, GA on December 8, 1938, to the late William Richard and Bonnie Lucille (Edge) Cooper. She was a homemaker and had also worked for Barnes Electric in Ashburn, GA....
Gary Wayne Lanneau
Aug 29, 2022
Gary Wayne Lanneau, 79, of Ashburn passed away Monday, August 29, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center.
Gary Wayne was born on June 19, 1943 in Macon, Georgia to the late William Edward and Ester Peacock Lanneau. A lifelong resident of Ashburn, a veteran of the United States Air Force and longtime Farm Bureau Agency Manager for Turner County, Gary...
Shirley Brock
Aug 19, 2022
Shirley Ann Pate Brock, 85, met her Savior face to face Friday, August 19, 2022.
Shirley was born in Arabi, Georgia, on November 21, 1936, to the late Perry Parkerson Pate and Betsy Jane Pate in Arabi, Georgia, who named her after Shirley Temple. She grew up in the Haw Pond Community and was very proud of her time in...
Wayne Calvin Harrell
Aug 17, 2022
Wayne Calvin Harrell, a 72-year-old Sycamore man who spent his life serving God and others, passed away Wednesday morning, August 17, 2022 surrounded by the love of family and friends.
Born to Galia (Jones) and James Harrell in Tifton, Georgia on October 3, 1949, Wayne lived his entire life in Turner County. Perhaps a surprise to those who got...
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