OBITUARIES
Hubert May, Jr
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...
Jessie Faye Lister
Aug 12, 2020
Ms. Jessie Faye Durden Lister, age 67, of Gray died on Wednesday August 12, 2020 at Coliseum Hospital in Macon. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 16, 2020 in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Pastor Weston Williford will officiate.
Ms. Lister was a native of Washington County, the daughter of the late Jesse...
Charles E Weaver
Aug 8, 2020
Mr. Charles E. “Charlie” Weaver, age 79, of News Bridge Road, Harrison, died Saturday, August 8, 2020 at Washington County Regional Medical Center. A private family only funeral service will be held on Wednesday, August 12 th in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Chad Waller will officiate.
Mr. Weaver was born in Atlanta and reared...
Johnnie Dean Page Jr
Aug 3, 2020
Johnnie Dean Page, Jr. died peacefully in his home in Decatur, Georgia on August 3 rd , 2020. He was 94 years old. A family only funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 8 th in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with military honors. A graveside committal will be held at New Family Cemetery near Harrison. Reverend...
Charlotte Faye Ward
Jul 31, 2020
Mrs. Charlotte Faye Ward, age 78, of Sandersville passed away Friday, July 31, 2020 following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Washington County Memorial Gardens. Clint Hancock and Joshua Ward will officiate.
Mrs. Ward was born...
Bridgette Hermann Warren
Jul 31, 2020
Mrs. Brigitte Hermann Warren, age 75, of Tennille died on Friday, July 31, 2020 in a Dublin hospital following an extended illness. A memorial service for Mrs. Warren will be held at a later date.
Mrs. Warren was a native of Breslau, Germany, the daughter of the late Hans Hermann and the late Heldegard Hermann. She was...
Patricia Sales Bryant
Jul 30, 2020
God dispatched his Heavenly Angels at 2:00 a.m. on the morning of July 30, 2020 to usher home the beautiful soul of the Beloved Mrs. Patricia Sales Fluker Bryant at Augusta Medical Center in Augusta, GA, after a courageous battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She was graciously favored by God to celebrate her 70th birthday on January 17, 2020....
David Robert Usry
Jul 30, 2020
Mr. David Robert Usry, age 63, of Sandersville, died Thursday, July 30, 2020 at University Hospital. A funeral service celebrating David’s life will be held on Saturday, August 1 st at 10:00 a.m. at the Washington County High School football stadium following social distancing practices. Reverend Gregg Usry and Reverend Dewey Henderson will officiate.
David was born...
Swain Ervin Wyatt
Jul 30, 2020
Mr. Swain Ervin Wyatt, age 84, of Tennille, died on Thursday, July 30, 2020 at his residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 2 at Tennille Baptist Church following social distance practices. Reverend Brian Welch and Reverend Andy Yates will officiate. Burial will be private. A live stream of the funeral...
Bonnie Swint Smith
Jul 25, 2020
Ms. Bonnie Swint Smith, age 76, of Hill Lane, Sandersville, died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 28 th at 11:00 a.m. in Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Rev. Tripp Hodges will officiate.
Ms. Smith was born and raised in Baldwin County, the daughter of the...
Douglas Sandford Combes
Jul 25, 2020
On July 25 th , 2020, Douglas Sanford Combes stepped out of the fire and into Heaven with a new body. He was born in Macon, Ga. And graduated from Willingham High School in Macon. He served faithfully and honorably in the United States Army and went on to become an industrial electrician and a member of the International...
Mary Ellen Powell Davis
Jul 22, 2020
Mrs. Mary Ellen Powell Davis, age 85, of Sandersville, died Wednesday, July 22, 2020. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 30 th at 11:00 a.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home chapel with Reverend M.D. Cabe officiating. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Davis was born in...
Martha Dukes Norris
Jul 22, 2020
Mrs. Martha Dukes Norris, age 90, of Wadley passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 following an extended illness. A family only funeral service will be held at Bethesda Primitive Baptist Church in Wadley with burial in the Church Cemetery. Elder Kenneth Brantley, Elder Lee Price and Elder Shannon Whipp will officiate. Pallbearers will be grandsons and great grandsons, Robert...
Barbara Cooke Weaver
Jul 22, 2020
Barbara Cooke Weaver, age 68, of Powder Springs, Georgia passed away at her residence on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 31, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville, with burial in Brownwood Cemetery, also in Sandersville. Reverend Stan Littleton will officiate.
Bobbie, as she was...
Wynell York Brantley
Jul 22, 2020
Wynell York Brantley, age 70, of Tennille died on Wednesday morning July 22 following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday July 24 in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Johnson County. Rev. Hugh Baxter will officiate. Pallbearers will be Josh Williams, Dillon...
Mack Irwin Rogers
Jul 20, 2020
Mr. Mack Irwin Rogers, age 84, of Sandersville, died Monday, July 20, 2020. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 23 rd at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Brownwood Cemetery with military honors. Reverend Calvin Hatcher and Mr. Russell Brown will officiate. Pallbearers will be Mike Rogers, Mack Rogers, Shane Lord,...
Jo Anne Marshall
Jul 19, 2020
Mrs. Jo Anne Marshall of Moultrie, Georgia, formerly of Sandersville, passed away Sunday, July 19 at Pruitt Magnolia Manor Nursing Home. She was two weeks shy of her 80 th birthday. She was predeceased by her husband of 56 years, F. M. Marshall, her daughter Dawn, her parents and her aunts.
Jo Anne’s parents were Miriam Bedgood...
Harriet Gilbert Jones
Jul 19, 2020
Mrs. Harriet Gilbert Jones, age 62, of Tennille, died on Sunday, July 19,2020 following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 23 at 11:00 A. M. at the Hitchcock Barn on Old Savannah Road. Burial will be private. Reverend Craige Foskey will officiate.
Mrs. Jones was a native of Jacksonville, Florida, but had...
Daniel Leon Jones
Jul 16, 2020
Daniel Leon Jones, 66, of Warthen, GA peacefully exited this life on Thursday, July 16, 2020, after an extended illness. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 18, 2020 at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery following social distance practices. Reverend Tim Powell will officiate.
Danny was born in Sandersville, GA on June 17, 1954,...
John Franklin Barker, Jr.
Jul 16, 2020
Mr. John Franklin Barker, Jr., age 68, of Sandersville, died at his residence on Thursday, July 16, 2020 following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, July 19 at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Burial will be private. Reverend Andy Yates will officiate.
Mr. Barker was a native and...
