Local obituaries for May & Smith Funeral Directors

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...