Local obituaries for May & Smith Funeral Directors

Oct 7, 2020

Mrs. Linda Boatright Butler, age 74, of Sandersville, died Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility following an extended illness.   A graveside funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 10 th at 11:00 a.m. in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Her husband, Bill Butler, will officiate.

Mrs. Butler was born and reared in...

Oct 6, 2020

Brian Benjamin Dent, age 50, of Tennille, died Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at his residence.  A funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, October 9 th at 11:00 a.m. at the Hitchcock Barn on Old Savannah Road with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Andy Yates will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Jammy McCoy, Darrel Dunn,...

Oct 3, 2020

Mr. Lamar Brooks Hawkins known by family and friends as Festus, died Saturday, October 3, 2020. He was 81 years of age.  A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 6 th at 11:00 a.m. in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille.   Reverend Andy Yates will officiate.  Deacons of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church will serve as honorary pallbearers. The...

Oct 1, 2020

Mr. Van B. Dollar Jr., age 64 of Duluth, died Thursday, October 1, 202 at Piedmont Hospital following an extended illness.  A graveside memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 4 th at 2:00 p.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Danny Thomas and Reverend Dewey Henderson will officiate.

Van was born and reared in Sandersville,...

Sep 29, 2020

Mr. Frank Odell Lindsey, Jr., age 74, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, September 29, 2020 in an Augusta Hospital following an extended illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, October 2 nd at 11:00 a.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Roy Smith will officiate.

Mr. Lindsey was a native and lifelong resident of Washington...

Sep 14, 2020

Dr. Glenn Jackson Bridges, Jr. of Tennille, Georgia passed away on September 14, 2020, at the age of 85. Glenn was born October 27,1934, in Augusta Georgia to Dr. Glenn Jackson Bridges, an Atlanta urologist, and Margaret Raymond Bridges, a teacher and education activist.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia in 1956, where...

Sep 14, 2020

Josh Sheram, age 19, of Sandersville, died Monday, September 14, 2020 at his residence in Statesboro.  A memorial service celebrating Josh’ s life will be held on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. at the Hitchcock Barn on Old Savannah Road south of Tennille. Eric Channell, Larry Giles, Nathan Hodges and Chad Waller along with family and friends...

Sep 8, 2020

Mrs. Annie Hines Anderson, age 98, formerly of Royal Lane in Sandersville, died peacefully at her sons’ home on Lake Sinclair Tuesday, September 8, 2020.  A graveside funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 12 th at 2:00 p.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Danny Thomas and Reverend Lamar Brantley will officiate.

Mrs. Anderson was...

Sep 8, 2020

Mrs. Bessie Chapman Summerlin, age 95, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Heritage Inn Nursing Home.  A graveside funeral service will be held on Sunday, September 13 th at 2:00 p.m. in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille.  Her grandson, Scott Chapman will officiate her service.  Grandsons and great grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Mrs. Summerlin was...

Sep 6, 2020

Mr. Charles R. “Nick” Nicholson, age 84, of Sandersville died at home surrounded by his family on Sunday, September 6, 2020 following an extended illness. A private family graveside funeral service will be held with the Reverend Lowery Brantley officiating.

Mr. Nicholson was born in Chester, Dodge County, Georgia, the son of the late Ernest Greene Nicholson,...

Sep 4, 2020

Mary Louise Davison, age 84, died Friday, September 4, 2020. Mary was born on October 20, 1935.

Mary is survived by sons James Albert Davison (Heidi) and Jerry Davison (Cheryl); daughters Elaine Freeman (Richard) and Annette Beckwith; brothers Ermon Richmond and Jim Richmond; sister Dorothy Heath; grandchildren Hannah, Brenna, Micah, Julian, John, Erik, Whitney, and William; 8...

Sep 4, 2020

Mrs. Debbie Lee Jackson, age 65, of Riddleville died on Friday,  September 4, 2020 at Washington County Regional Medical Center.  A memorial service for Mrs. Jackson will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, September 18th at  New Bethel Baptist Church with social distancing measures in place. Reverend Marty Deal and Reverend Jimmy Godfrey will officiate. Mrs. Jackson was a...

Sep 2, 2020

Betty Bray Moehrbach, born in Lovette, Georgia on January 6, 1933, died at 6:30 p.m. on September 2, 2020, at Northside Cherokee Hospital in Canton, Georgia. A graveside memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 2:00p.m. in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville, Georgia.

Betty was predeceased by her mother, Reba Ashley Jackson Newsome, father,...

Aug 28, 2020

Mrs. Rosalyn Brittney Callaway, age 36, of Sparta passed away on Friday, August 28, 2020 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.  A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 31, 2020 at 11:00a.m. in Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery.  Reverend Jerry Bradley will officiate.

Brittney was a 2002 graduate of Washington County High School and a 2010 graduate...

Aug 27, 2020

Mrs. Peggy Bowen Sheppard, age 76, of Wrightsville, died on Thursday, August 27, 2020 in a Macon hospital following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements will be private.

Mrs. Sheppard was a native of Washington County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Edgar Bowen and the late Helen Bowen Armstrong. She was preceded in death by a sister,...

Aug 24, 2020

Mr. Warren Gilmore Jones, age 83, of Sandersville died on Monday, August 24, 2020 in Dublin following an extended illness.

A memorial service for Mr. Jones will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday August 29 at 1290 Twin Rivers Road, Greensboro, Georgia 30642.  Reverend Tony Mimbs will officiate.

Mr. Jones was a native of Washington...

Aug 24, 2020

Mrs. Edith Bussell Meade, age 84, of Hartwell, Georgia, formerly of Sandersville, died on Monday, August 24, 2020 in Hartwell.  A memorial service will be announced later.

Mrs. Meade was a native of Washington County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Henry Warthen Bussell and the late Evie Irene Brantley Bussell.  She was a retired medical technician....

Aug 23, 2020

Mrs. Deryl Hodges Sheppard, age 86, of Oconee, Georgia died on August 23, 2020 at Washington County Extended Care Facility, after a lengthy illness. There will be an immediate family only graveside funeral service held at Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Tom Howard will officiate.

Mrs. Sheppard was born in Washington County, Georgia on September 29, 1933....

Aug 18, 2020

Andrew Lee Brantley, age 73, of Oconee, departed this life to begin a new life on August 18, 2020.  A family only funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 27 th at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel.  The public is invited to attend the graveside committal service also on Thursday, 12 noon at Bay Springs Cemetery in...

Aug 16, 2020

Mr. Hubert May, Jr. passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, August 16, 2020. A family only private service will be held on Wednesday, August 19 at Warthen Methodist Church.  Friends are welcome to attend the interment in Warthen Methodist Church Cemetery at approximately 11:30 A.M.  Reverend Don Black and Reverend Darell Young will...