OBITUARIES
Patricia Chapman Garner
May 24, 2023
Mrs. Patricia Chapman Garner, age 73 of Sandersville, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at Sandersville First Baptist Church, with burial following in Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Andy Carter and Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Gloria Ann Brantley
May 23, 2023
Gloria Ann Brantley, a faithful Jehovah’s Witness, died at her home on Tuesday, May, 23, 2023 at the age of 86. Services to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sandersville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. A graveside committal service will also be held on Saturday, May 27 at 4:00...
Bobby Clarence Kent
May 20, 2023
Mr. Bobby Clarence Kent, age 82 of Sparta, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2023. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Pierce Memorial United Methodist Church in Sparta with burial following in Sparta City Cemetery. Reverend Darrell McGinnis will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be Sid Cox, Gary Haynes,...
Anne B Mason
May 14, 2023
Mrs. Ann B. Mason, 89, of Swainsboro passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023, at Greenwood Place in Wrightsville following an extended illness.
Mrs. Mason was born December 7, 1933 in Waycross to the late Albert Bargeron and Ethel Turner Bargeron. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Don Mason; brother, Guy Bargeron. Mrs. Mason loved...
Jean Anderson Doolittle
May 10, 2023
Mrs. Jean Anderson Doolittle, age 90, of Oconee passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at her residence. A graveside service to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, May 13 th at 11:00 a.m. in Bay Springs Cemetery in Oconee. Reverend Danny Thomas and Reverend Randall Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Wes Mcateer
May 8, 2023
Mr. Claude Wesley McAteer, III, age 52, of Hogansville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, May 8, 2023. Wes was born on January 26, 1971 in Cobb County, Georgia, the son of Mellie Hunt Parrish and the late Claude Wesley McAteer, Jr.
Louise Lindsey Cooper
May 7, 2023
Ms. Louise Lindsey Cooper, age 84, of Oconee, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at Wrightsville Manor Nursing home following an extended illness. A graveside committal service will be held on Thursday, May 11 th at 2:00 p.m. in the Oconee Church of God Cemetery. Reverend Gary Yonce will officiate.
Ms. Copper was...
Mack Alan Boatright Sr.
May 2, 2023
Mr. Mack Alan Boatright, Sr., age 74, of Channell Road, Tennille, passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in an Augusta Hospital. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, May 5 th at 11:00 a.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Zeta...
William Greenwood
Apr 30, 2023
Mr. William Newman Greenwood, age 81, of Kissimmee Florida, passed away peacefully, Sunday, April 30, 2023 at Advent Health Lake Wells Hospital following an extended illness. A graveside funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, May 5 th at 2:00 p.m. in Brownwood Cemetery, Sandersville Georgia. His family will greet friends also on Friday from...
Gloria A Josey
Apr 29, 2023
Gloria Ann Greenway Josey, age 90, of Highway 24 East in Sandersville, passed away on April 29, 2023, surrounded by her family. A graveside service to celebrate her life will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville with Mrs....
Kenneth Mitchell Register
Apr 26, 2023
Kenneth Mitchell Register, age 67, Greenwood, S.C., formerly of Sandersville, passed away Tuesday, April 26, 2023. A graveside memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, May 19 th at 2:00 p.m. in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Rev. Richard Staveley will officiate.
Ken was reared in Washington County the son...
James A. Mcafee
Apr 24, 2023
Mr. James A. McAfee, age 88, formerly of Hwy 15 South, Tennille, passed away Monday, April 24, 2023, at Heritage Inn following an extended illness. A graveside funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Wednesday, April 26 th at 2:00 p.m. in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Mr. Carl Forrester will officiate. Erik Orr, A.J. Orr, Benjie Joiner, Steve...
Linda Chandler Echols
Apr 19, 2023
Mrs. Linda Chandler Echols, 82, of Thomson, Georgia entered into rest on April 19, at Heritage Nursing Home in Sandersville, Georgia. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles Echols. Mrs. Echols was a native of Baldwin County, Georgia but had lived in McDuffie County since 1977. She was...
Max Hubert Sneed
Apr 18, 2023
Mr. Max Hubert “Sam” Sneed, age 68 of Holmes Cannery Road in Sandersville, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Comfort Creek Nursing Home in Wadley following an extended illness. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, April 21, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel at May and Smith Funeral Directors. Pastor...
Karen Ann Gibbs
Apr 17, 2023
Ms. Karen Ann Gibbs, age 66, of Holmes Cannery Road, Sandersville, passed away peacefully at her home, April 17, 2023 surrounded by her family. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, April 20 th at 1:00 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church on Hwy. 57, Wrightsville. Reverend Brant Kennedy and Reverend John Walker will officiate. Karen's...
Mary Alice Jordan
Apr 11, 2023
On the 11th day of April, 2023, in the quiet hours of a springtime Tuesday afternoon in the comfort of her homeplace in Sandersville, Georgia, Mary Alice Brim Jordan left the earth she loved and walked upon for one-hundred and two incredible years, for the joys of heaven! She joins her beloved husband, Newton Marion Jordan,...
Kelly Sue Simpson Pernell
Apr 11, 2023
Kelly Sue Simpson Pernell, age 59, of Kite, passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in an Augusta Hospital following a short illness. A graveside funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Saturday, April 15 th at 11:00 a.m. in the Riddleville Cemetery. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate.
Kelly Sue was reared in Riddleville and...
Deborah Robinson
Apr 7, 2023
Mrs. Deborah Robinson, age 59 of Deepstep, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023, at Augusta University Medical Center following an extended illness. A graveside service to celebrate her life will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. in Washington County Memorial Gardens with Reverend Danny Thomas officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April...
Robert Wesley Garrett
Apr 7, 2023
Robert Wesley Garrett, age 47, of Davisboro, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2023. A public visitation will be held on Monday, April 10 th from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville. A family only graveside service will be held on Tuesday with Mr. Richard Jackson and Reverend Stacy Williford officiating.The family may...
James Britt Hudson
Apr 6, 2023
Mr. James “Britt” Hudson, age 68 of Sandersville passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Savannah Memorial Medical Center. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel, with burial to follow at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Drone Hudson and...
