OBITUARIES

Betty Spires

Betty Spires

Aug 17, 2007

Funeral services for Betty Helms Spires, 73, of Ashburn, GA will be held 3:00 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Bay Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Crisp Co., GA. Mrs. Spires passed away Friday at her residence following a lengthy illness.

The daughter of the late Robert and Katie Jewel...

Joel "Joe" Gravitt

Joel "Joe" Gravitt

Aug 13, 2007

Funeral services for Mr. Joel “Joe” Gravitt, 52, of Arabi, GA. will be at 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 16, 2007 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Gravitt passed away Monday at an Albany, GA hospital following a brief illness.

Mr. Gravitt was born in Turner Co., GA to the late Paulos Levi Gravitt...

B. E.  Walker

B. E. Walker

Aug 5, 2007

Funeral services for Mr. B. E. Walker, 76, of Ashburn, GA. will be held 11:00 Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in the Ashburn First United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Walker passed away Sunday at his residence following a brief illness.

The son of the late Willie Benjamin and Mamie Heath Walker he was born...

Margaret Garner Faircloth

Margaret Garner Faircloth

Jul 29, 2007

Memorial Services for Margaret Garner Faircloth, age 82, of Tifton will be held Monday, July 30, 2007, at 3:00 P. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Mrs. Faircloth died Sunday at Tift Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Faircloth was born in of Turner County. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Walter Garner, Sr. who...

Roy Alton Lamb

Roy Alton Lamb

Jul 25, 2007

Funeral Services for Roy Alton Lamb, age 61, of Rebecca will be held Saturday at 6:00 P. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel burial will be at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga. Mr. Lamb died July 25, 2007 at his residence.

Mr. Lamb was a native of Wilcox County, Ga. the son of the late Wiley Alton Lamb and Louise Smith...

Exa Owen Donahoo

Exa Owen Donahoo

Jul 6, 2007

Exa Owen Donahoo, 94, of Sycamore, Ga., died Friday, July 6, 2007 at Ashburn Health Care following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 2:30 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in Prospect Cemetery. The family received friends from 7:00-9:00 P.M. at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn.

The daughter of...

Ruthie Mae Nelson Whiddon

Ruthie Mae Nelson Whiddon

Jul 4, 2007

Funeral services for Ruthie Mae Nelson Whiddon, age 75, 1308 Cofer Road, Ashburn will be held Friday, July 6, 2007 at 10:00 A.M. at the Harmony Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Whiddon died Wednesday at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Whiddon was born in Worth County, Georgia and was the daughter of...

Louis M. Bobo

Louis M. Bobo

Jun 27, 2007

Funeral services for Mr. Louis M. Bobo, 90, of Sycamore, GA. will be held, Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 4:00 PM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Bobo passed away Wednesday at Tift Health Care following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.

The son of the late Adolphus Judson and Anna Della Grigsby Bobo he was...

George Lanier, Jr.

George Lanier, Jr.

Jun 16, 2007

Funeral services for George Lanier, Jr., 72, of Vienna, GA. will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in The Pitts Church of God in Pitts, GA. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA. Mr. Lanier passed away Saturday in Dooly Co., GA. from injuries received in an auto accident.

The son of the...

LaRue  Myers

LaRue Myers

Jun 13, 2007

Funeral Services for LaRue Willingham Myers, age 80, of 5430 Denham Road, Sycamore will be held Friday, June 15, 2007, at 11:00 A. M. at the Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Myers died Wednesday at Tift Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Mrs. Myers was a native of Bacon County, Ga....

William Frank Dean

William Frank Dean

Jun 11, 2007

Graveside funeral services for Mr. William Frank Dean, 92 of Cordele will be held at 11:00, Wednesday, June 13, 2007 in the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Dean passed away Monday in Cordele following an extended illness.

The son of the late Edward L. and Lucy Shepherd Dean he was born in Irwin Co., Ga. and was a retired dairy...

Annie P Denham

Annie P Denham

Jun 2, 2007

Funeral Services for Annie P. (Mrs. M. N.) Denham, age 87, will be held Monday June 4, 2007 at 11:00 A. M. at the Bethel Baptist Church, Sycamore with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Denham died Saturday at Ashburn Health Care after a long illness.

Mrs. Denham was a native and lifelong resident of Turner County the...

Jamie Black

Jamie Black

May 28, 2007

Funeral services for Jamie Black, 35, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 31, 2007, at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Black passed away Monday at his residence following a sudden illness.

Mr. Black was the son of James Leon and Peggy Jean Barry Black, Sr. and was born...

Emily Perry

Emily Perry

May 14, 2007

Funeral services for Emily Butler Perry, 93 of Ashburn, GA. will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, May 19, 2007 in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Perry passed away at her home Monday following an extended illness.

The daughter of the late Jordan H. and Maude B. Butler, she was born in...

Elnita Morris

Elnita Morris

May 8, 2007

Funeral services for Mrs. Elnita Morris, 89, of Ashburn, Georgia will be held Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:00 AM in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Morris passed away Tuesday at Tift Regional Hospital following an extended illness.

The daughter of the late Otis and Bonnie Beatrice Harris Hobby,...

Jimmy Johnson

Jimmy Johnson

May 5, 2007

James "Jimmy" Lamar Johnson passed away May 5, 2007 as a result of a tragic house fire at his home in Unadilla, Georgia. Mr. Johnson was born in Albany, Georgia, was a life-long resident of central Georgia. He attended Joseph Clisby Elementary School and Lanier High School for Boys in Macon, graduating from Young Harris Academy in Young Harris, Georgia...

Lilli Thompson

Lilli Thompson

Apr 28, 2007

Memorial services for Lilli Greene Thompson, 81, of Ashburn will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, May 5, 2007 at Perry Funeral Chapel. “Miss Lilli”, as she was so affectionally known, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2007 at her residence following a brief illness. At her request her body was donated to the Medical College of Georgia for medical research...

Wally M. Wilson

Wally M. Wilson

Apr 24, 2007

Graveside funeral services for Mr. Wally Wilson, 56, of Deerfield Beach, FL. will be at 2:00 PM, Saturday, April 28, 2007 in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Rebecca, GA. Mr. Wilson passed away at his residence Tuesday following a brief illness.

Mr. Wilson was the son of the late George Benjamin and Sarah Frances Ivey Wilson, Sr. and...

Billy J. Shivers

Billy J. Shivers

Apr 17, 2007

Funeral services for Billy J. Shivers, 77, 315 East College Ave., Ashburn will be held Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ashburn First United Methodist Church with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Shivers died Tuesday at his residence following an extended illness.

Shivers was born in Turner County and was the son of...

Tiny Manus

Tiny Manus

Apr 17, 2007

Funeral services for Tiny C. Manus, 84, of Ashburn will be held Friday, April 20, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Manus died Tuesday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.

Mrs. Manus was born in Crisp County, Georgia and was the daughter of the...