Local obituaries for May & Smith Funeral Directors

Oct 24, 2018

Mrs. Alice Marie Lewis Waters, age 80, of Warthen, died on Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at Heritage Inn following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, October 27, 2018, in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Weston Williford will officiate.

Mrs. Waters was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the...

Oct 23, 2018

Nancy Cockman Brown died on October 23, 2018 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was born in Greensboro on October 27, 1930 to the late Flora Sessoms Cockman andWilbur Marley Cockman.  She worked for Burlington Industries for seventeen years in both the New York and Greensboro offices, where she was the executive secretary for Chief Executive Officers Spencer Love and...

Oct 22, 2018

Miss Cynthia Allyson Maffett, age 54, of Sandersville died on Monday, October 22, 2018 at Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 28, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Sandersville, with burial in Washington County Memorial Gardens.  Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate.

Miss Maffett was a native and life-long...

Oct 17, 2018

Mr. Richard Lloyd Clanahan, age 91, of Sandersville, died on Thursday, October 17, 2018 at University Hospital in Augusta hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services for Mr. Clanahan will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, October 21 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Sandersville.  Brother Jamie Carrington will officiate.

Mr. Clanahan was a native...

Oct 13, 2018

Mrs. Cyndi Haywood Garner, age 59, of Club Forest Drive, Tennille, died Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Washington County Regional Medical Center.  A funeral service to celebrate Cyndi’s life will be held on Tuesday, October 16 th at 2:00 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene with burial in Zeta Cemetery.  Reverend Gary Mimbs and Reverend Danny Thomas will...

Oct 11, 2018

Mrs. Grace Little Prince, age 68, of Sandersville, died on Thursday, October 11, 2018 in a Gainesville hospital following a brief illness.  A memorial service for Mrs. Prince will be held a t 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 14 in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville.  Reverend Andy Carter will officiate.  Burial will be private.

Mrs....

Oct 3, 2018

Mr. Eddie James Brown, age 92,  passed away on October 3, 2018 at Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home, Augusta , Georgia. Mr. Brown was the brother of the late Mrs. Corine Parker of Tennille.  His local relatives are Alton and Joan Swint.  He was the member of Bolton Street Baptist Church in Savannah. A service will be held at...

Oct 3, 2018

Mrs.. Faye Smith Davis, age 70, of Kathleen, Georgia died on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in Serenity hospice following an extended illness.  A memorial service for Mrs. Davis will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 7 in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville.  Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate.  Burial will be private.

Mrs. Davis was...

Oct 2, 2018

Mr. Charles Henry Jordan, age 69 of Sandersville, Ga, died on Tuesday October 2, 2018.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Sandersville.  Reverend Lee Lacey, Reverend Cecil Cook and Reverand Dr. Stan Littleton will officiate. Charles was a lifelong native of Sandersville, Georgia, who proudly stated he was an "8th Generation...

Sep 29, 2018

Mrs. Marjorie Ann Tutt, age 89, of Wrightsville passed away on September 29, 2018.  Mrs. Tutt was born on a farm north of Friend, Nebraska on March 23, 1929 to the late Orville Leland Cogswell and the late Edith Lulu Wolford Cogswell.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 33 years, Leonard,...

Sep 29, 2018

Mr. Danny Sam Johnson, age 58, of Tennille, died on Saturday, September 29, 2018 in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness.  Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be held at 11 A.M. on  Tuesday, October 2 in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville.  Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate.  Burial will be private in Washington County Memorial Gardens...

Sep 28, 2018

Mrs. Jaynie Amerson Braswell - Serrano, age 80, of Kennesaw passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018 after a long battle with dementia. A memorial service for Mrs. Braswell-Serrano will be held at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville, Saturday, October 6th at 3:00 p.m. Reverend Brant Kennedy will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour...

Sep 20, 2018

Mary Ann Alexander Strickland, age 75, of Tennille, died Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Sandersville following a lengthy battle with dementia.  She was a resident at Heritage Inn Sandersville for the past five years.

Mary Ann was a Washington County native, the daughter of the late William Forrest Alexander and the late...

Sep 19, 2018

Mrs. Shirley McMillan Segars, age 84, of Martinez, formerly of Washington County, died on September 19, 2018 at the residence of her daughter in Martinez. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A. M. Saturday, September 22 in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville.  Private burial for family at Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery.  Reverend Dewey Henderson...

Sep 13, 2018

Mrs. Angela Renee Hales Bridges, age 55, of Sandersville died on September 13, 2018 at her residence.  A memorial service will be held on Monday, September 17 at 11:00 A.M. in  May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville.  Reverend Bobby Williford will officiate.  The family will receive friends at May and Smith Funeral Home  from 10:00...

Sep 13, 2018

Elder Rufus Currell Brantley, age 94 of Stockbridge, died Thursday, September 13, 2018. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, September 16, 2018 at 4 p.m. at Rock Springs Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Jerry Hunt and Elder Herbert Newsome officiating; family will receive friends from 3 until 4 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Family will receive...

Sep 12, 2018

Mrs. Ann Yarley Williams, age 85, of Sandersville, died Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at Washington County Extended Care Facility.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 15 th at 11:00 a.m. at Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery.  Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Frank Young, John Wilson, Emmitt Hall,...

Sep 9, 2018

Mrs. Mary Waller Davis, age 83, of Sandersville, died Sunday, September 9, 2018. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 12 th at 4:00 p.m. in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery.  Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Ben Davis, Benji Hodges, John Michael Hargrove Jr., Gary Mobley,...

Sep 2, 2018

Mr. Rickie Harold Black, age 59, of Sandersville, died Sunday, September 2, 2018 in a Pittsburg PA. Hospital following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 8 th at 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Brownwood Cemetery.  Reverend Roy Smith and Mr. Michael Salter will officiate.  Pallbearers will...

Aug 29, 2018

Mr. Frank Fredrick Flanders, age 98, of Richmond Street, Sandersville, died Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at The Waterford at Oakwood Assisted Living Center in Oakwood, Georgia following an extended illness.  A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 31 st at 4:00 p.m. at Sandersville United Methodist Church with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Dr. Stan...