OBITUARIES

James Franklin Elliott

James Franklin Elliott

Sep 27, 2009

Funeral services for Mr. James Franklin Elliott, 80, of Sycamore, Georgia will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Elliott died Sunday at his residence following an extended illness. Burial will follow in Lakeview Cemetery, Sycamore, Ga.

Mr. Elliott was born in Worth County, Georgia and was the son of the late Richard...

Audrey Mae Stewart Strock

Audrey Mae Stewart Strock

Sep 26, 2009

Memorial services for Audrey Mae Stewart Strock, 62, of Santee, South Carolina will be held Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn with Rev. Chris Hall officiating. Mrs. Strock died at her residence, Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mrs. Strock was born in Hampton, Virginia, the daughter of the late Andrew Stewart, Sr. and the...

Everett Prestley

Everett Prestley

Sep 21, 2009

Funeral Services for Retired Sgt. Everett G. Prestley, Sr. age 78 of 4431 Mehaffey Street, Columbus, GA will be held Friday at 3:00 P. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel, 301 McLendon St., Ashburn, GA with burial to follow in the Arabi Cemetery, Arabi, GA with full military honors. Mr. Prestley died Monday September 21, 2009 at his residence after a...

Charles Walls

Charles Walls

Sep 17, 2009

Memorial services for Charles Hoyt Walls, 70, of Ashburn, GA will be held Sunday, September 20, 2009 in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Ashburn at 2:00 PM in Ashburn. Mr. Walls passed away Thursday at Tift Regional Hospital after a brief illness. Interment will be private at a later date in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

The son...

Drama Pirkle

Drama Pirkle

Sep 8, 2009

Funeral services for Drama McMillan Pirkle, 92, of Sycamore will be held Friday, September 11, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Pirkle died Tuesday at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Pirkle was born in Willacoochee, Ga. and was the daughter of the late Jeff and Annis Arnold...

Mary Ellie  Spradley

Mary Ellie Spradley

Aug 25, 2009

Funeral Services for Mary Ellie Wright Spradley, age 87, of 1030 Stanford Road, Ashburn will be held Thursday at 2:30 P. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Spradley died August 25, 2009 at her residence after a long illness.

Mrs. Spradley was a native of Tift County, Georgia the daughter of...

Judson Luther Hobby

Judson Luther Hobby

Aug 15, 2009

Funeral services for Judson Luther Hobby, 92, of Ashburn, GA. will be held Saturday, August 22, 2009 at 10:00 AM at the First Baptist Church, Ashburn, GA. Mr. Hobby passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 due to complications that began when a 100-year-old pecan tree fell on him during a summer storm in August, 2008. Interment will follow in the...

Ina Mae Phagan Lamb

Ina Mae Phagan Lamb

Aug 8, 2009

Funeral services for Ina Mae Phagan Lamb, 93, of Ashburn, GA will be held Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 11:00 AM at The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Rebecca, GA. Mrs. Lamb passed away Friday at Heritage Health Care in Ashburn following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The daughter of the late Harrison M. and...

Carolyn Eloise Lunsford

Carolyn Eloise Lunsford

Aug 8, 2009

Carolyn Eloise Lunsford, 80, a resident of Wetumpka, AL, passed away Friday, August 7, 2009 after a brief illness. Local funeral services will be Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm at Goodhope Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Hill and Rev. Ron Clay officiating. Visitation will be held Saturday, August 8, 2009 from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Gassett...

Jessie Leion Smith

Jessie Leion Smith

Aug 4, 2009

Funeral Services for Jessie Leion Smith, age 85, of 339 Clements Chapel Rd. Ashburn will be held Thursday at 2:00 P. M. at the Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Smith died Tuesday August 4, 2009 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Smith was a native and life long resident of Turner County...

Lois Myers

Lois Myers

Aug 1, 2009

Funeral services for Mrs. Mae Lois Braddy Myers, 72, of Sycamore, GA. will be held Tuesday at 1:00 PM in the Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Mrs. Myers passed away Saturday, August 1, 2009 at her residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Sycamore.

The daughter of the late Wilson Franklin and...

George B. McCotter

George B. McCotter

Jul 24, 2009

George B. McCotter, born in Denver, CO, on June 20, 1947, died July 18, 2009, in Ashburn, GA, following a short illness. He graduated from East High in Denver, CO, and attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. He is survived by Leslie Swygert, his spouse of 25 years, of Ashburn, GA; a brother, Jim, of Denver, CO; a sister,...

Sara Bass

Sara Bass

Jul 20, 2009

Funeral services for Sara Cravey Bass, 81, of Ashburn, GA will be held, 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Clements Chapel Methodist Church in Turner Co., GA. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bass passed away Monday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

The daughter of the late Thomas Watson and Martha Ford...

Eugene "Cubby" Goff, Jr.

Eugene "Cubby" Goff, Jr.

Jul 12, 2009

Funeral services for Eugene “Cubby” Goff, Jr., 78, of Ashburn, GA will be held Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 11:00 AM at the New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church in Turner Co. Mr. Goff passed away Sunday in Albany following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

The son of the late Eugene and Rosa...

Mary  Tindall

Mary Tindall

Jul 3, 2009

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Annie Bankston Tindall, 97, of Ashburn, GA. will be held, 11:00 AM, Monday, July 6, 2009 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Mrs. Tindall passed away Friday at Tift Regional Hospital following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

The daughter of the late John Henry Alexander Bankston and...

Hilrey Averitt Hanner

Hilrey Averitt Hanner

Jun 26, 2009

Funeral Services for Hilrey Averitt Hanner, age 83, of Ashburn will be held Monday at 10:00 A. M. at the Ashburn First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Hanner died Friday June 26, 2009 at his residence after a long illness.

Mr. Hanner was a native of Marion County, Georgia the son of the...

Ruth Carolyn Lloyd Browning

Ruth Carolyn Lloyd Browning

Jun 16, 2009

Funeral services for Ruth Carolyn Lloyd Browning, 73, of Fitzgerald, GA will be held Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM at Perry Funeral Chapel, Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Browning passed away Tuesday in Fitzgerald following an extended illness. Interment will be in the Snowridge Cemetery in Ashburn.

The daughter of the late John Henry and Margaret Evelyn Hamilton Lloyd, Sr.,...

Jewel Watson Phillips

Jewel Watson Phillips

Jun 15, 2009

Funeral services for Mrs. Jewel Watson Phillips, 90, of Ashburn, GA. will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Phillips passed away Monday at Tift Health Care following extended illness.

A native of Worth Co., GA., she was the daughter of the late Slaughter and...

Humphrey L. "Larry" McCard

Humphrey L. "Larry" McCard

Jun 12, 2009

Funeral services for Mr. Humphrey L. “Larry” McCard, Jr., 66, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Sunday, June 14, 2009 in the New Hope Baptist Church in Turner Co. Mr. McCard passed away Friday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.

The son of the...

Helen Andrews

Helen Andrews

Jun 7, 2009

Funeral services for Helen Smith Andrews, 68, of Ashburn, GA. will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Live Oak Cemetery. Mrs. Andrews passed away Sunday at Tift Regional Hospital following a brief illness.

The daughter of the late James Hermon and Shirley Alberson Smith, she was...