Local obituaries for May & Smith Funeral Directors

Jan 2, 2024

Mr. Jerry Christopher Byrd, age 49, of Milledgeville died on January 2, 2024, Navicent Health Baldwin Hospital following an extended illness.  A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.on Sunday, January 7, 2024. at Kendall Heights Church of God.

Mr. Byrd was the son of the late Jerry Bevian Byrd.  He was a former employee of...

Jan 2, 2024

Robbie J. Williams of Tennille, Georgia passed away on January 2, 2024, at the age of 86. Robbie was born June 4, 1937, in Dahlonega, Georgia to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carlton Williams. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mercer University in 1959. She then completed training as a medical technologist at Grady Hospital in Atlanta before...

Dec 31, 2023

Mrs. Sylvia Mae Bennett, age 91 of Macon, formerly of Augusta, died on December 31, 2023. Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Friday, January 5 in the Westover Cemetery in Augusta, Georgia.  Pastor Weston Williford will officiate.

Mrs. Bennett was a native of Washington County but had lived in Augusta for many years prior...

Dec 29, 2023

Mr. Taylor Withrow, age 43 of Tennille, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 29, 2023, at his residence. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Davisboro Baptist Church with Elder Kenneth Brantley and Reverend Larry Glover officiating. Interment will follow in Davisboro City Cemetery. The family will...

Dec 26, 2023

Mr. Wayne Sessions Sheppard, age 90, of Oconee, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2023, following an extended illness.  A graveside funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, December 29, 2023, 2:00 p.m. in Zeta Cemetery, Tennille.  Reverend Dennis Burgess will officiate.  Mr. Sheppard's family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery.

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Dec 24, 2023

Ms. Virginia “Jenny” Greenwood, age 80, of Kinney Street, Sandersville, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 24, 2023.   A funeral service celebrating her life will be held on Friday, December 29th at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel.  Dr. Frank Hutcheson will officiate.  A private burial will be held in Brownwood Cemetery.   Jenny’s family will...

Dec 23, 2023

Graveside services for Thurman Lucian “T.L.” Pope, Jr., age 76, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 26, 2023, in Westview Cemetery with Rev. Andy Yates officiating.

Mr. Pope was born on January 1, 1947, in Wrightsville, Georgia and was a member of Brown Memorial Baptist Church. He retired from Imerys Clays Inc. He was preceded...

Dec 18, 2023

Terri Lynn Veal Tanner, age 54, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 30th at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Linton, Georgia.

Mrs. Tanner was born in Sandersville, Georgia on August 3, 1969. She was a graduate of Washington County High School, She served in the United States Army....

Dec 17, 2023

Susan Thompson Ross, age 64, of Davisboro, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023 following a brief illness.  Susan's family will receive friends as her residence on Old Davisboro Road, Davisboro, on Tuesday December 19th from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.

Susan was born in Swainsboro and reared in Bartow, the daughter of the late Hugh Dorsey Thompson...

Dec 16, 2023

Mr. Gary Taft Mercer, age 72, of Sandersville, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023 following an extended illness.  A funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Wednesday, December 20th at 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville with military honors. The Mercer family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of service.  ...

Dec 16, 2023

Mrs. Jeanette Kitchens Taylor, age 79, of Harmony Church Road, Sandersville, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at her residence following an extended illness. A graveside service to celebrate her life will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in Bay Springs Cemetery, in Oconee. Jerrod Courbat, Joey Kitchens, Jimmy Purser, and Chris Lanthrip will...

Dec 13, 2023

Mrs. Eileen Catlin Dyer, age 84 of Tanley Street, Sandersville, Georgia, formerly of Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, passed away at her residence on December 13, 2023. A funeral and burial will take place in Rochester, Michigan.

Mrs. Dyer was born in Milford, Michigan on February 22, 1939, the daughter of the late Chester Catlin and the late...

Dec 12, 2023

Aimee Marie Anderson, age 61, of Sandersville, formerly of Jonesbourgh, TN., passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 after a courageous battle with cancer.  A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, December 16th at 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville with burial in Brownwood Cemetery.   The...

Dec 11, 2023

Mrs. Deborah Floyd Nutt, age 72, of Tennille Georgia, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023.  A graveside funeral service celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, December 14th at 1:00 p.m. in Sherwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Jonesboro Georgia.  Reverend Winfred Nutt will officiate.  Her family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m....

Dec 10, 2023

Mr. Brandon Vance Perkins, age 48, of Sandersville died at his residence on December 10, 2023.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.

He was born in Bibb County, Georgia and had lived in Sandersville for some years.  Brandon enjoyed reading especially about Indians and the Civil War.  He was an avid Georgia Bulldogs,...

Dec 8, 2023

Nola Mae Channell Ennis, 91, of Tennille died peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, December 8, 2023 at Washington Regional Medical Center.

Nola Mae, the fourth of ten children, was born on a farm in Tennille and raised with a hard work ethic and a love for the land. She met her husband Charles in Atlanta...

Dec 6, 2023

Mr. Jimmy Crooms, age 76, of McDaniel Drive in Sandersville, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at his residence.  A graveside memorial service celebrating his life will be held on Wednesday, December 13th at 11:00 a.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.   Reverend Bobby Williford will officiate.

Jimmy was born in Milledgeville, the son...

Dec 6, 2023

Mr. Chester Dwight “Ike” Boyd, age 71 of Tennille, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel, with family offering remarks of remembrance. Interment will follow the service in Washington County...

Dec 5, 2023

Mr. Jack H. Shurling, of Old Savannah Road, Tennille, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, following an extended illness.  A funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, December 8th at 2:00 p.m. at Piney Mount United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery, with masonic rites. Reverend Gary Griffin and Reverend Mike Bankston...

Dec 2, 2023

Mr. Burell Calvin Rogers, age 84, of Wadley, Georgia, passed away at his residence, with his daughter and son by his side, Saturday, December 2, 2023.

Burell was born on April 4, 1939, in Orlando, Florida, to the late Owen C. and Lillie Gibson Rogers, as the second oldest of six children.  He started working...