OBITUARIES

Ronnie Croft

Ronnie Croft

Mar 16, 2006

Funeral services for Ronnie Croft, age 63, 9592 Tippetville Rd., Vienna, Ga. will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the Tippetville Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Tippetville Cemetery. Mr. Croft died Thursday in Taylor Regional Medical Center in Hawkinsville, Ga. following a sudden illness.

Mr. Croft was born in Colquitt Co., Georgia and...

John Laster Purswell

John Laster Purswell

Mar 13, 2006

Funeral services for Mr. John Laster Purswell, 89, of Rebecca, Ga. will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at the Rebecca Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Rebecca. Mr. Purswell passed away Monday at his residence following an extended illness.

The son of the late Joe and Lizza Ann Melinda Etheridge Purswell he...

Charles Willingham, Sr.

Charles Willingham, Sr.

Mar 6, 2006

Funeral Services for Charles A. Willingham, Sr. age 87, of Ashburn will be held at 11:00 A. M. Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Willingham died Monday, March 6, 2006, at his residence after long illness.

A native of Turner County he was the son of the late Charles A. and Lula...

Christine Wood

Christine Wood

Mar 6, 2006

Christine Wood of Decatur died Monday, March 8, 2006 from complications of a fall and stroke. The youngest of seven children born to Martha Florence Biggers Wood and William David Wood, Christine was raised on a farm in Turner County, Georgia. She was an extraordinary, self-sufficient woman in an era when this was uncommon. Following graduation from Sycamore High School,...

George Gorday

George Gorday

Mar 4, 2006

Funeral services for George T. Gorday, age 62, of Rebecca, Ga. will held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, March 6, 2006 at the Ashburn First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mr. Gorday died Saturday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a sudden illness.

Mr. Gorday was born in Tift County and was the son...

C.E. Moore, Jr.

C.E. Moore, Jr.

Mar 3, 2006

Funeral services for C.E. Moore, Jr. age 89, of Ashburn will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 6, 2006 at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow at Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County, Georgia. Mr. Moore died Friday at Tift Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.

Mr. Moore was born in Live Oak, Florida and was...

Charles Gibbs

Charles Gibbs

Feb 26, 2006

Funeral services for Charles D. Gibbs, age 69, of 325 E. Madison Ave., Ashburn will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2005, at 4:00 P. M. at the Ashburn First Baptist Church with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mr. Gibbs died Sunday at his residence after a brief illness.

Mr. Gibbs was a native and lifelong resident of Turner...

Mary Frances Goff

Mary Frances Goff

Feb 20, 2006

Funeral Services for Mrs. Mary Frances Fortson Goff, 78, of Ashburn, GA will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, February 23, 2006 at the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Goff passed away Monday at Tift Regional Hospital following a lengthy illness.

The daughter of the late William Jasper and Marcus Adele...

James Wiggins

James Wiggins

Feb 19, 2006

Funeral Services for Mr. James H. “Buck” Wiggins, 68, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held 4:30 PM, Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Snowridge Cemetery in Turner Co. Mr. Wiggins passed away Sunday in a Wilcox Co. nursing home following an extended illness.

The son of the late William K. and Essie Mae...

Charlotte Reed

Charlotte Reed

Feb 19, 2006

Funeral services for Charlotte Toney Reed, age 91, of Ashburn will be held Tuesday. February 21, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Reed died Sunday at Tift Regional Medical Center following a short illness.

Mrs. Reed was born in Irwin County, Georgia and had resided most of...

Ester  White

Ester White

Feb 19, 2006

Memorial Services for Esther Nipper White, 96, of Tifton, Ga. will be held at 2:00 P. M., Saturday, February 25, 2006 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness in Ashburn. The remains have been cremated. Mrs. White passed away Sunday at Beverly Health Care in Tifton following an extended illness.

The daughter of the late Lanier Taylor and Mattie Belle...

Edna Armentrout

Edna Armentrout

Feb 16, 2006

Funeral Services for Clara Edna Perry Armentrout, 92, of Manassas, VA., will be held 2:00 PM, Sunday, February 19, 2006 at the gravesite in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Armentrout passed away Thursday in Manassas.

The daughter of the late Roy and Clara Maude Clark Perry she was born in Turner Co., Ga. and had lived in Ashburn...

Julia Smith

Julia Smith

Feb 11, 2006

Funeral Services for Mrs. Julia North McNair Smith, 89, of Tifton will be held Monday, 2:00 PM, February 13, 2006 at the graveside in Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Smith passed away Saturday in Tifton following an extended illness.

The daughter of the late Joel Smith and Lillian Stevens North, she was born in Turner Co. where she had lived for...

Johnny Vega

Johnny Vega

Jan 29, 2006

Funeral Services for Mr. Johnny Juan Angel Vega, Sr., 63, of Ashburn will be held 11:00 AM, Friday, February 3, 2006 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Interment will follow on the family farm, 1744 Alberson Rd. in Turner Co. Mr. Vega passed away Sunday at his residence following an extended illness.

A loving family man and a person willing...

Clifford  Day

Clifford Day

Jan 27, 2006

Funeral services for Clifford Day, age 80, of Ashburn will be held Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 2:30 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in Live Oak Cemetery. Mr. Day died Friday at his residence following a sudden illness.

Mr. Day was born in Irwin County, Georgia and was the son of the late Robert Newton...

Lunell Massey

Lunell Massey

Jan 25, 2006

Funeral Services for Mrs. Lunell Massey, 70 of Sycamore, Ga. will be held 11:00 AM Friday, January 27, 2006 at the Trinity Baptist Church in Ashburn. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM in the Bertha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery in Montezuma, Ga. Mrs. Massey passed away Wednesday at an Albany Hospital following a lengthy illness.

The daughter of the late...

Versie Woodruff

Versie Woodruff

Jan 19, 2006

Funeral services for Versie H. Woodruff, age 93, of Sycamore, Ga. will be held Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Sycamore Baptist Church with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Woodruff died Wednesday in Tift Health Care following an short illness.

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

Norma King

Norma King

Jan 16, 2006

Norma Richardson King, 69, passed away Monday, January 16, 2006 in Williamsburg Community Hospital. Mrs. King was originally from Roanoke, VA. She was a graduate of Asbury College, received a master’s degree from Indiana University, and a doctorate from Interamerican University in Saltilo, Mexico. She spent 7 years teaching school in Argentina. She taught Spanish at East Carolina University...

Douglas Hester

Douglas Hester

Jan 15, 2006

Funeral Services for Douglas Stephen Hester, age 69, of 4465 Stanford Road, Ashburn will be held Tuesday at 3:00 P.M. at the Bethel Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hester died Sunday, January 15, 2006, at Phobe Putney Memorial Hospital after short illness.

Mr. Hester was a native and lifelong resident of Turner County the...

Daisy Joyner

Daisy Joyner

Jan 14, 2006

Funeral Services for Daisy May Joyner, 88, of Rebecca, GA will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Rebecca with interment to follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Joyner passed away Saturday in Monroe, Ga. following an extended illness.

A native of Georgia she was the daughter of the...

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