OBITUARIES

Louise Powell

Louise Powell

Jun 4, 2009

Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Powell, 80, of Ashburn, GA. will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 6, 2009 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Powell passed away Thursday at Heritage Health Care.

The daughter of the late Reddan and Effie Brown Quinn she was born in Evans Co., GA. A member...

Buel Abram Myers

Buel Abram Myers

Jun 3, 2009

Funeral services for Mr. Buel Abram Myers, 80, of Sycamore, GA. will be held 10:30 AM, Friday, June 5, 2009 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Turner Co. Mr. Myers passed away Wednesday at Tift Regional Hospital following a brief illness. The son of the late Abram M. and Isa Mae Marchant...

Elbert Lee Bean

Elbert Lee Bean

Jun 2, 2009

Funeral Services for Elbert Lee Bean, age 77, of 3190 Wardlow Road, Ashburn, GA will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday June 6, 2009, at the Ashburn First Baptist Church, Ashburn, GA. Additional services will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, June 9, at Bridges Creek Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Baptist Hill Cemetery, near Caulfield, Mo....

Grace McMurrian Labin

Grace McMurrian Labin

May 26, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Grace McMurrian Labin, 88, of Ashburn will be held Saturday, May 30, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Labin died Tuesday at Tift Regional Hospital in Tifton following an extended illness.

Mrs. Labin was born in Turner County, Ga. and was the daughter of the late M.M. & Mandy Baker McMurrian....

Tommy Ward

Tommy Ward

May 25, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Tommy Ward, 63, of Ashburn will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, Ga. Mr. Ward died Monday at his residence following an extended illness.

Mr. Ward was born in Turner County, Ga. and was the son of the late Eddie Carl & Lucille Walls Ward. He was...

Gregory Peterson

Gregory Peterson

May 22, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Gregory Peterson, 44, of Ashburn, GA will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, May 22, 2009 in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

A native of Fitzgerald, GA. Mr. Peterson was the son of the late George William and Lula Belle Garner Peterson and was a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of The Morningside Baptist Church...

Johnny Ray Sumner, Sr.

Johnny Ray Sumner, Sr.

May 22, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Johnny Ray Sumner, Sr., 52, of Fitzgerald, Ga. will be held at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mr. Sumner died Friday in Crescent Ridge Nursing Home in Eastman, Ga. following an extended illness.

Mr. Sumner was born in Turner County, Ga. and was the son of the late...

Evelyn Parham West

Evelyn Parham West

May 16, 2009

Funeral services for Evelyn Parham West, 83, of Warwick, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 20, 2009 in the Warwick Baptist Church, Warwick. Interment will be private. Mrs. West passed away Saturday at her residence following an extended illness.

A native of Turner Co., she was the daughter of the late Buford Murray and Olive Ruth Raker...

Valeria Cravey Smith

Valeria Cravey Smith

May 16, 2009

Funeral services for Valeria Cravey Smith, 87, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:00 P.M. at the Inaha Baptist church with burial to follow in the Inaha Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died Saturday in Tift Health Care following an extended illness.

Mrs. Smith was born in Tift County, Ga. and was the daughter of the late...

Zelda Ward Fender

Zelda Ward Fender

May 9, 2009

Funeral services for Zelda Ward Fender, 55, of Ashburn will be held Monday, May 11, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at Trinity Baptist Church with burial to follow in the New Prospect Church Cemetery. Mrs. Fender died Saturday at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany following an extended illness.

Mrs. Fender was born in Ashburn and had resided all of her life...

Johnnie K. Reynolds

Johnnie K. Reynolds

Apr 23, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Johnnie K. Reynolds, 80, of Sycamore will be held Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. in Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashburn, Ga. Mrs. Reynolds died Thursday at Heritage Health Care following an extended illness.

Mrs. Reynolds was born in Port Arthur, Texas and was the daughter of the late Ernest A. and Martha N. Kubitz. She...

Marguerite Wisham Gleaton

Marguerite Wisham Gleaton

Apr 19, 2009

Funeral services for Marguerite Wisham Gleaton, 90, of Ft, Gaines, Ga. will be held Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 11:00 A.M. at the Ashburn First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Gleaton died Sunday in Ft. Gains following an extended illness.

Mrs. Gleaton was born in Turner County and was the daughter of...

Doris Laverne Suggs

Doris Laverne Suggs

Apr 14, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Doris Laverne Suggs, 85, of Fitzgerald, Ga. will be held Friday, April 17, 2009 at 3:00 P.M. at Red Oak Cemetery in Worth County, Ga. Miss Suggs died Tuesday in Fitzgerald Nursing Home following an extended illness.

Miss Suggs was born in Doles, Worth County, Ga. and was the daughter of the late Jarrett Hosea &...

Forrest E. "Gib" Gibson

Forrest E. "Gib" Gibson

Apr 14, 2009

Funeral services for Forrest E. ‘Gib’ Gibson, 90, of 516 Terrell Road, Ashburn, Ga. will be held Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at the Harmony Baptist Church with Pastors Jerry Cooper, Larry Dean and Danny Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Harmony Cemetery. Mr. Gibson died Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at his residence following an extended illness....

Florence  Mangham

Florence Mangham

Apr 12, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Florence T. Mangham, 76, of Sycamore, GA. will be at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Mangham passed away Sunday at her residence after a sudden illness.

Mrs. Mangham was born in Irwin Co., GA. and was a member of the Baptist Faith. She was the widow...

Margaret Cravey

Margaret Cravey

Mar 14, 2009

Margaret McCarter Cravey, 89, died March 14, 2009, just as bluebells begin to emerge. Born in Lawrenceville, IL, Jan 28, 1920, to Harry and Altha Parker McCarter, she valued strong family ties, cooperation, equality, justice, and forgiveness. Her life was governed by the Golden Rule. When WWII brought GI’s to George Field, Margaret met Gerald T. Cravey, a handsome soldier...

Mildred Wilson Kilcrease

Mildred Wilson Kilcrease

Mar 12, 2009

Funeral services for Mildred Wilson Kilcrease, 91, of Ashburn will be held Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Kilcrease died Thursday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Kilcrease was born in Turner County and was the daughter of...

Harold  Shivers

Harold Shivers

Mar 12, 2009

Funeral services for Mr. Harold Shivers, 64, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Mr. Shivers passed away Thursday in Macon, GA following a brief illness. Interment will follow in the Live Oak Cemetery in Turner Co. GA.

The son of the late J. Zeekes and Ira Delena...

Rosemary Reinhardt Bickley

Rosemary Reinhardt Bickley

Mar 1, 2009

Graveside funeral services for Rosemary Reinhardt Bickley, 86, of Murfreesboro, TN, formerly of Nashville, TN will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, March 6, 2009 in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, Georgia. Mrs. Bickley died Sunday, March 1, 2009 in Adams Place Assisted Living in Murfreesboro, TN following an extended illness.

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

Thomas A. Cameron

Thomas A. Cameron

Feb 26, 2009

Funeral services for Thomas A. Cameron, 63, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held Monday, March 2, 2009 at 11:00 A.M. at the Sycamore Baptist Church with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Ashburn, Ga. Mr. Cameron died Thursday in Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. following a brief illness.

Mr. Cameron was born in Turner County, Ga. and was the...