OBITUARIES
Patsye Cooke Lord
Aug 14, 2012
Mrs. Patsye Cooke Lord, age 70, of 7190 Linton Road, Sandersville, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at her residence following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 17th, at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with interment in the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverends Lee Lacey, Bruce Hardy, and Marlon Lastinger will officiate. Pallbearers...
J. W. Rhodes, Sr.
Aug 13, 2012
Mr. J.W. Rhodes, Sr., age 87, of Tennille, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Sandersville. A graveside memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 16th at 11:00am at the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Rev. M.D. Cabe and Rev. Danny Thomas will officiate. Mr. Rhodes was born in Jefferson County the son of...
Carolyn Thomas Helton
Aug 10, 2012
Mrs. Carolyn Thomas Helton, age 89, of Washington Ave., in Sandersville, died Friday, August 10, 2012 at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held on Sunday, August 12th at 3:00pm at the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Mrs. Helton was born in Jefferson County the daughter of the late Clarence Williams Thomas...
Carmen Diaz
Aug 9, 2012
Ms. Carmen Diaz, age 98, of Tennille, died Thursday, August 09, 2012 at the Tennille Retirement Home. A family memorial gathering will be held on Saturday, August 11th from 4 to 6pm at the May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville. Ms. Diaz was born in Key West FL, the daughter of the late Julian Diaz, Sr. and the...
Nonie Corbett Veal
Jul 31, 2012
Mrs. Nonie Rebecca Corbett Veal, age 61, of Harrison Street in Sandersville, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, following an extended illness. A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, August 3rd at 11:00am at the Brownwood Cemetery with Rev. Marlon Lastinger and Rev. Scott Watkins officiating. Nonie was born in Washington County the daughter of the late Edwin...
Thelma Raymond Jackson
Jul 29, 2012
Mrs. Thelma Kathryn Raymond Essig Jackson, age 98, of Sandersville, died Sunday, July 29, 2012, at her residence. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 3rd at 2:00pm at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Bill Moody will officiate. Pallbearers will be her grandsons Albert “Al”...
Emory Dean Wicker
Jul 19, 2012
Mr. Emory Dean Wicker, age 67, of Gwendolyn Street in Sandersville, died Thursday, July 19, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, July 22nd at 3:00pm at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Rev. Lee Lacey and Rev. Wyman Hodges will officiate. Pallbearers will be Dan Barker, Andy Still, Jamie...
Horace Bee Avant, Jr.
Jun 29, 2012
Mr. Horace Bee Avant, Jr., age 75, McDaniel Drive in Sandersville, died Friday, June 29, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 2nd at 10:00 am at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Ministers Marlon Lastinger, John Forrester and Robert Cash will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ben Avant, Thomas Avant, Keaton Tapley,...
Wilmot Benjamin "Buddy" Ouzts, Jr.
Jun 27, 2012
Mr. Wilmot Benjamin Ouzts, Jr. “Buddy”, age 92, of North Main Street in Tennille, died Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June the 30th, at 11:00am at the Tennille United Methodist Church with burial in Zeta Cemetery. The Rev. Jeff Cook will officiate....
Forest Lee Brantley
Jun 24, 2012
Mr. Forest Lee Brantley, age 96, of Sandersville, died Sunday, June 24, 2012 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 26th at 3:00pm at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Williford and the Rev. Fred Morrison officiating. Graveside committal services will be private. Mr. Brantley...
Margaret Holmes Smith
Jun 20, 2012
Margaret Holmes Smith, age 62, died Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility in Sandersville, following an extended illness. Mrs. Smith was born in Sandersville on December 14, 1949 to the late George Holmes Sr. and DeVera Stanley Holmes and remained a lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a former employee of Helton Mobile-...
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Powell Veal
Jun 2, 2012
Mrs. Jacquelyn Powell Veal “Jackie”, age 79, of Sandersville, died Saturday, June 2, 2012. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 5th at 11:00am at the Sisters Baptist Church with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery. Rev. Burt Parker and Rev. Dwight Irons will officiate. Pallbearers will be Bob Davis, Bob Wilson, Joe Sanders, Chris Powell, Terry Torrez and...
Gerald Kenneth Clausen
May 28, 2012
Mr. Gerald Kenneth Clausen, age 67, of Sandersville, entered into rest on Monday, May 28th, 2012 at his home surrounded by his wife, Kay Tanner Clausen, son, David Edward Clausen, daughter, Susan Kathryn Clausen, and family. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, May 31st at 1:00pm at the Sandersville United Methodist Church with the Rev. Joe Buck...
James Mcgregor Mccook
May 25, 2012
Mr. James McGregor McCook, age 78, of 2406 Shoals Road in Sparta died Friday morning May 25 in the Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Monday May 28 in the Bethel Baptist Church near Sparta with burial in the Culverton Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Lewis will...
Eileen Novotny Neal
May 22, 2012
Mrs. Eileen Novotny Neal, age 87, of Harrison Georgia, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home following an extended illness. A graveside memorial committal service will be held at a later date in Newton Falls Ohio. Mrs. Neal was a native of Newton Falls Ohio, the daughter of the late Andrew Novotny and the late...
Eugene Breedlove Veal
May 19, 2012
Eugene Breedlove Veal “Gene” (June 15, 1929 - May 19, 2012) 82 years of Bogart, GA in Oconee County died on May 19, 2012. Funeral services will be Monday, May 21, 2012 at 1:00 pm the chapel of Lord and Stephens, WEST, Bogart, GA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11:00 am until service time....
Agnes Toulson Burgamy
May 18, 2012
Mrs. Agnes Toulson Burgamy, age 83, of Sparta, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 21st at 3:00pm at the Bethel Baptist Church in Hancock County with burial in the Sparta City Cemetery. Rev. Paul Lewis and Rev. Bobby Hattaway will officiate. Pallbearers will be Mrs....
Grace Leverett Davis
May 14, 2012
Mrs. Grace Leverett Davis, age 88, of 7475 Highway 15 North in Warthen died Monday, May 14, 2012, at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday May 17 in the Warthen United Methodist Church in Warthen, with burial in the Warthen United Methodist Church Cemetery. Her grandchildren and Rev. Don Black...
Gary Dale Andrews
May 12, 2012
Rev. Gary Dale Andrews, age 60, of 205 South Smith Street in Sandersville died Saturday May 12 in the Washington County Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 7:00 P.M. Thursday May 17 in the Prayer Garden of the First Christian Church of Sandersville. The Rev. Marlon Lastinger will officiate. Gary “Dale” Andrews was born April...
Johnny Edward Swindell, Iii
May 12, 2012
Mr. Johnny Edward Swindell III, age 62, of 1030 Glover Road in Riddleville died Saturday May 12 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday May 15 in the New Hope United Methodist Church with burial in the New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Ron Dixon will officiate. Pallbearers will be Josh Burkhalter,...
