OBITUARIES
Nell Handley
Mar 2, 2022
Nell Handley, 69, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton. Nell was born on October 18, 1952 in Ashburn to the late John Terrell and Eula Othel Howell Ward. She was a seamstress and a homemaker. Nell enjoyed going to yard sales, shopping, watching movies and fishing. She also enjoyed canning various...
Alice June Jones
Feb 27, 2022
Alice June Jones, 83, of Ashburn passed away on Sunday, February 27, 2022 at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehab in Cordele. June was born in Cordele on July 28, 1938 to the late J. W. and Ada Smith Phillips. She was devoted to her job as an agent at Jenkins Insurance and retired from there after many great years of...
Karen D. Black
Feb 27, 2022
Karen Black, 60, of Pearson passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at her residence. Karen was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 1, 1961 to Buck Charles Morris and the late Mary Ann Smith Morris. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. Karen enjoyed trips to the mountains and her wish was to travel the country with her...
Maurine B. Williams
Feb 26, 2022
Maurine Williams, 96, of Sycamore passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Maurine was born in Turner County on September 20, 1925 to the late Ed and Ena Belle Hasty Beard. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church and a homemaker. Maurine enjoyed sewing and loved to read. She enjoyed spending time with her family...
Faye Smith West
Feb 18, 2022
Mrs. Faye Smith West of Ashburn, GA passed away early Friday morning, February 18, 2022, at home surrounded by her loving family. Services to honor her life will be held Monday, February 21, at 2:00 p.m., at Bethel Baptist Church. Interment will follow the service at Rose Hill Cemtery. The family will receive friends the hour prior to the service....
Susan Barfield Hobby
Feb 17, 2022
Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Susan Barfield Hobby, age 84, died on February 17, 2022 in Savannah, Georgia after an extended illness. She was born on October 22, 1937 on the family farm in the Dakota area of Turner County Georgia, near the small town of Ashburn. Her parents were Beatrice Annette Nipper Barfield and Benjamin Franklin Barfield. As a...
Wayne Wynn
Feb 15, 2022
Wayne Wynn, 76, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at his residence. Wayne was born in Irwin County on March 21, 1945 to the late Venton Charles, Sr. and Effie Mae Nelson Wynn. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Wayne was a self-employed farmer. He was a hard-worker who enjoyed woodworking, especially building birdhouses. In...
Pat Gibbs
Feb 12, 2022
Patricia Irvin Gibbs, affectionately known as Pat, passed away on February 12, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Pat was born on July 19, 1944, in Newton, Georgia to the late Milledge and Sarah Rhodes Irvin. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Ashburn and the Happy Sunday School Class. She was married to the...
Sam Goode
Feb 12, 2022
Graveside services for Sam Goode, Jr. 95, of Mansfield, MO (previously lived in DeLand, FL) will be held, Saturday, February 19, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Tifton, GA. Mr. Goode passed away February 12, 2022 at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, MO after a brief illness. The son of Sam Goode, Sr. and Anna Belle Bryan Goode, he was...
Tommy Pirkle
Feb 10, 2022
Thomas (Tommy) Charles Pirkle, 74, of Sycamore was born in Turner County on August 30, 1947. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lillon Odom Pearce, and father, Walter Edwin Pirkle, as well as a brother, Glenn Pirkle and brother-in-law, Marion Payne. He was a graduate of Turner County High School, Class of 1965 and was a retired licensed...
Lois Zorn
Feb 9, 2022
Lois Y. Zorn, 92, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Affectionately known as Granny, Lois was born in Doles, Georgia on January 16, 1930 to the late Eugene T. and Addie May Akridge Youngblood. Her mom passed away early after her birth. Her dad remarried Jewell Hardy Youngblood and they raised her together....
Wayne Baxter
Feb 6, 2022
Wayne Gordon Baxter, 76, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022 at Crisp Regional Hospital in Cordele. Affectionately known as Mr. B, Wayne was born on March 28, 1945 to the late William Ellington and Annie Lola Lamb Baxter. He was a member of the Ashburn First United Methodist Church where he was the John L. Evans Sunday...
Huelen Hammock
Jan 26, 2022
Huelen Ira Hammock, 85, of Tifton, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Southern Oaks Personal Care Home in Tifton. Huelen was born on April 12, 1936 in Soperton, Georgia to the late Ira "Bo" and Laura Marie Hester Hammock. He was a member of Vanceville Congregational Christian Church. He was also retired from the R. C. Cola Company and...
Lola Barfield
Jan 22, 2022
Lola Barfield, 91, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Lola was born on March 2, 1930 in Dooly County to the late John and Mattie Essie Lockerman. She worked at Jacos Pants Factory and Blackwell Florist for many years. She was a member of the Baptist Faith. Lola loved spending her time...
Maybelle Pirkle Cross
Jan 18, 2022
Maybelle Pirkle Cross, age 88, of Jackson, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. She was born August 23, 1933 to the late Grover and Bessie Jones Pirkle. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John, and her son, Mark and her siblings, Junie Howard, Estus Pirkle, Florence Bowen, Edwin Pirkle, Geneva Roberts, Grace Hoyt, Gene Pirkle,...
Tony McCard
Jan 10, 2022
Tony McCard, 63, of Ashburn passed away Monday, January 10, 2022 at Tift Regional Hospital. Tony was born on December 22, 1958 in Turner County to the late Robert F. McCard, Sr. and Shirley Geeslin McCard. He was retired from Tift Regional Hospital having worked in Materials Management. Tony was a diehard Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Braves fan. He was...
Elmer Eugene DeMoss
Dec 27, 2021
Elmer Eugene DeMoss, 75, passed away December 27, 2021, at home in Ashburn (Coverdale), GA after battling cancer and COPD. He was born Aug 28, 1946, at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Ft. Madison, Iowa. The son of Elmer “Glen” DeMoss and Nora “Grace” Woodsmall (Hartwig) He married Cheryl Roth on Dec 23, 1966, at the First Christian Church, Keokuk,...
Cheryl Patricia Pate Payne
Dec 23, 2021
Cheryl Patricia Pate Payne, 72, of Sycamore, GA passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn, GA. Patricia was born on July 30, 1949 in Turner County, Georgia to the late Larken and Lucy Maddux Pate. She was a homemaker for many years. Patricia enjoyed reading. She loved her family, especially her grandchildren, and enjoyed time with...
Herbert Troy Hobbs
Dec 22, 2021
Herbert Troy Hobbs, 89, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at his residence. Troy was born in Worth County on November 30, 1932 to the late William Walker and Clyde Evans Hobbs. He retired from Georgia Power after 32 years and also served as local manager for 23 of those years. He lived in Ashburn for over 50...
Joanne Nelson
Dec 18, 2021
Joanne Nelson, 79, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, December 18, 2021 at Jeff Davis Hospital in Hazelhurst. Joanne was born in Colquitt County on December 22, 1941 to the late John Cleveland and Carolyn Craft Donahoo. She was a florist and enjoyed her work. She was known for selling flower arrangements even after her retirement. She loved her grandkids and...
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