OBITUARIES
Irene Hughes Jordan
Oct 14, 2017
Mrs. Irene Hughes Jordan, age 98, of Sandersville, died on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, October 17 in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Sandersville with burial in Pleasant Grove Church Cemetery. Reverend Don Black will officiate. Pallbearers will be Shaun Veal, Mark Allen, Clayton Sheppard, Ken Avant, Ted Thompson and Larry...
Patsy Lee Osinga Cobb
Oct 12, 2017
Mrs. Patsy Lee Osinga Cobb, age 68, of Davisboro, died on Thursday, October 12, 2017, following an extended illness.
Memorial service for Mrs. Cobb will be held on Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 2:00PM at Friendship Baptist Church near Davisboro. Reverend Steve Keener will officiate.
Mrs. Cobb was a native of Racine Wisconsin, the daughter...
Corey Thomas Cowart
Oct 10, 2017
Mr. Corey Thomas Cowart, age 26, of Riddleville, died on Tuesday, October 10, 2017 in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, October 14 at Riddleville Baptist Church with burial in Josey Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Daniel Porter, Mr. Shannon Anderson and Reverend Ron Dixon will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Harold P Usry
Oct 8, 2017
Mr. Harold P. Usry, age 72, of Sandersville, died Sunday, October 8, 2017. A family memorial gathering will be held at a later date.
Mr. Usry was born in Glascock County, the son of the late Jessie Usry and the late Inez Landrum Usry. He was a former longtime resident of Thomson where he worked in purchasing...
Lily Ruth Johnson
Oct 8, 2017
On Sunday, October 8, 2017, Mrs. Lily Ruth Bright Johnson departed this earth from Wrightsville, Georgia, to join her family in heaven following an extended stay in Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home.
Ruth was born July 8, 1927, in Dale County, Alabama, the penultimate child of James Bascom “Buck” Bright and Susan Stella Newton Bright. She was a...
Sarah Haywood Braddy
Oct 7, 2017
Ms. Sarah Haywood Braddy, formerly of Wadley, died Saturday, October 7, 2017 following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, October 11 th at 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville with burial in Wadley City Cemetery in Wadley. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior...
Kay Clark
Oct 6, 2017
Miss Kay Clark, age 66, of Sandersville, died Friday, October 6, 2017 following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, October 10 th at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Sandersville with Reverend Lee Lacey officiating. A graveside committal service will be held also on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Culverton Baptist Church Cemetery...
Jean Ann Watkins
Sep 30, 2017
Miss Jean Ann Watkins, age 84, formerly of Tennille, died Saturday, September 30, 2017. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Miss Watkins was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She formerly worked as a bookkeeper for Golden Plumbing...
Thomas Murray Dukes, Sr.
Sep 28, 2017
Mr. Thomas Murray Dukes, Sr., age 87, of Washington County, died on Thursday, September 28, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, October 1, at Bartow Baptist Church in Bartow with burial in the Bartow City Cemetery. Reverend Ron Dixon and Reverend Paul Harris will officiate. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service...
David Wickersham
Sep 26, 2017
David Leigh Wickersham, 72, who for many years published The Sandersville Progress, Wrightsville Headlight, and other small-town Georgia newspapers, died unexpectedly from complications of yellowjacket bites on September 26, 2017.
A native of Washington, Georgia he was the son of the late Charles Almond Wickersham and Katie Brown Wickersham and brother to the late Charles A. Wickersham,...
David Lynn Harrell
Sep 26, 2017
Mr. David Lynn Harrell, age 64, of Houston, TX, died September, 26, 2017 in a Houston Hospital. A graveside funeral service will be held on Monday, October 2 nd at 11:00 a.m. at New Family Cemetery in Harrison with Reverend Roy Smith officiating.
Mr. Harrell was born in Sandersville on May 7, 1953. He was a longtime...
Margaret Julia Wood
Sep 22, 2017
Margaret Julia Wood, age 82, formerly of Sandersville, Georgia died in Calhoun, Georgia on Friday, September 22, 2017. Julia was born, March 27, 1935 in Sandersville, the daughter of Mildred Julia English and Frank Cooley Wood. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 22 at 2 PM in the chapel of Sandersville United Methodist Church. The family...
Stuart Anthony Pittman
Sep 18, 2017
Mr. Stuart Anthony Pittman, age 62, of Sandersville died Monday, September 18, 2017. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Piney Mount United Methodist Church. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Stuart was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a graduate...
Glenn Williford
Sep 18, 2017
Mr. Glenn Williford, age 67, of Sandersville, died Monday, September 18, 2017. A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 22 nd at 11:00 a.m. in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial at 12:30 p.m. at Mitchell Full Gospel Church Cemetery in Mitchell. Reverend Fred Garrett will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Frank Williford, Elvin...
Jerry Tanner
Sep 14, 2017
Mr. Jerry Tanner, age 67, of Sandersville died on Thursday, September 14, 2017, in Sandersville following an extended illness.
Mr. Tanner was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the son of the late Frank Tanner and the late Eugenia Cochran Tanner. He was a retired maintenance worker for Central State Hospital in Milledgeville.
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Rebecca Oliver Wammock
Sep 12, 2017
Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" Oliver Wammock, age 97, of Harrison died on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 in Bishop, Georgia following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 18 at Bethany Baptist Church with burial in Westview Cemetery in Wrightsville. Reverend Jarrett Burch and Reverend Brant Kennedy will officiate.
Pallbearers will be Chad...
Ollan Brantley, Jr.
Sep 11, 2017
Mr. Ollan Brantley, Jr., age 72, of Sandersville died on Monday, September 11, 2017 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, September 15 in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Buford Tanner and Reverend Bobby Williford will officiate. Pallbearers will be Alan...
Ray N. Lawrence, Sr.
Sep 10, 2017
Mr. Ray Newman Lawrence Sr., age 86, of Sandersville, died Sunday, September 10, 2017. A graveside memorial service will be held on Wednesday, September 13 th at 2:00 p.m. at Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville with Reverend Wade Dawson officiating.
Mr. Lawrence was a native of Washington County, the son of the late Steve P. Lawrence and the...
Sarah Wilkerson Lansdell
Sep 5, 2017
Mrs. Sarah Wilkerson Lansdell, age 97, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 9 th at 2:00 p.m. at her home, Forest Grove, with burial in the family cemetery. Reverend Douglas Ivey will officiate. Pallbearers will be Bill Black, John Thomas Jones III, Jeffrey Cramer, Charles Jordan, Mel Daniel, Stacy...
John Micheal Turner
Sep 3, 2017
Mr. John Micheal Turner, age 49, of Warthen, died on Sunday, September 3, 2017, in an Augusta hospital following a brief illness. Memorial services for Mr. Turner will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 9 in May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home...
