Local obituaries for May & Smith Funeral Directors

Feb 1, 2017

Mr. Franklin Rembert Brown, age 83, of Davisboro, died Wednesday, February 01, 2017. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 3, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Davisboro Baptist Church with burial in Sisters Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Joe Springer and Reverend Larry Glover will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Daniel Cobb, John Prosser, David Dollar, Russ...

Jan 30, 2017

Mr. Aubrey Allison Robertson, Jr., age 68, of Wrightsville, died on Monday, January 30, 2017, at Serenity Hospice in Dublin following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday February 2 at Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church near Tennille with burial in Mt. Gilead Church cemetery.  Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Mr. Robertson was a...

Jan 30, 2017

Mrs. Sybil B. Brown, age 82, of Tennille, died Monday, January 30, 2017, following an extended illness.   A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 1st at 2:00 p.m. at Washington County Memorial Gardens.  Reverend Roy Smith will officiate.

Mrs. Brown was a native of Green County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Henry Ira...

Jan 27, 2017

Mrs. Sara Shurling Amerson, age 90, of Lawrenceville, died Friday, January 27, 2017.  A funeral service will be held on Monday, January 30, 2017, at 12 noon in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille.  Reverend Mike Bankston and Mr. Jack Shurling will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Christopher Smith, Ryan Smith, Eric...

Jan 24, 2017

Mr. Kenneth “Kenny” Allen Neal, age 57, of Augusta, died on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, January 26, 2017, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Zeta Cemetery. Reverend Donnie Baker will officiate.

Mr. Neal was a...

Jan 17, 2017

Ellen Tyson Penrod, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, January 17, 2017. A celebration of her life will be held Friday, January 20, 2017 at 3:00pm in the Chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home with Rev. Lance Merritt officiating. Burial will be private in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 2:00pm...

Jan 13, 2017

Mr. Kenneth Emory Irwin, age 61, of Atlanta, died January 13, 2017, following an extended illness. A graveside memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 12 noon at Piney Mount United Methodist Church Cemetery in Washington County. Reverend Mike Bankston will officiate. Mr. Irwin was born in Stuttgart Germany, the son of the late Emory...

Jan 11, 2017

Mr. Ronny D. Kendall, age 79, of Harrison, died January 11, 2017.  A graveside memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. at Harrison Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Ronny was a native of Washington County, the son of the late Jessie Douglas Kendall and the late Anita Grace Holmes Warren....

Jan 5, 2017

Mr. Wilmer Gene Jackson, Sr. age 81, of Riddleville died on Thursday, January 5, 2017, in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, January 9 at New Bethel Baptist Church near Riddleville with burial in the New Bethel Church Cemetery.  Reverend M. D. Cabe, Reverend Marty Deal and Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers...

Jan 2, 2017

Mrs. Sarah Roy Sheppard Moye, age 80, of Atlanta, died Tuesday, January 2, 2017.  A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 5 th at 11:30 a.m. at Davisboro United Methodist Church with burial to follow in the Davisboro City Cemetery.  The Reverend Ron Dixon and the Reverend John Wesley Moye will officiate.  Pallbearers will be Michael Moye,...

Dec 31, 2016

Mrs. Betty Jean Wood, age 66, of Tennille, died Saturday night in an Augusta hospital following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Ridgeland Heights Baptist Church in Sandersville, with burial in Poplar Springs Christian Church Cemetery.  Reverend L. T. Logue and Reverend Nathan Adams will officiate. Pallbearers will be...

Dec 31, 2016

Services for Lina Barron Faulk, age 84, of Rentz, will be held at 2:00 PM , Wednesday, January 4, 2017,...

Dec 29, 2016

Mrs. Mary Brantley Nobles, age 87, of Tennille died on Thursday morning, December 29, 2016, in the Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, January 1, 2017, at Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery.  Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate.  Pallbearers will be grandsons and great grandsons.

Mrs. Nobles...

Dec 27, 2016

Mr. Thomas E. Garner, beloved husband of Mrs. Tammy Garner, entered into rest on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. A celebration of life will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, December 30, 2016 in the Damascus Baptist Church, Appling, with Pastor David Stockton officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday before the service at 5:30 p.m. at the church....

Dec 24, 2016

Mr. Frank Mack “F.M.” Marshall, Jr., age 76, of Ridgeland Drive, Sandersville, died Saturday, December 24, 2016.  A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 28 th , at 2:00 p.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Washington County Memorial Gardens.   Reverend Roy Smith will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Mike Blatt,...

Dec 16, 2016

Mr. Hartwell Milton Hood, Jr., age 79, of Sandersville, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 16, 2016 in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at the Sandersville United Methodist Church with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville.  Reverend Dr. Stan Littleton, pastor of Sandersville United...

Dec 15, 2016

Mr. George Charles Jones, 78, of Douglasville, Georgia passed away on December 15, 2016. Mr. Jones was born in Glenville, Georgia to Josh & Janie Ruth Jones. A veteran of the United States Army, Mr. Jones went on to a career as a land surveyor, retiring from Robert Armstrong Surveying. In his spare time, Mr. Jones was an avid...

Dec 13, 2016

Mrs. Cindy Johnson Glover, age 54, of Tennille, died Tuesday, December 13, 2016. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December, 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Praising Him Ministries Church in Wrens with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Richard Stavley, Reverend Larry Glover and Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be Wayne Dixon, Dustin Levine,...

Dec 11, 2016

Mr. Elvis Edison McCoy, age 60, of Warthen, Georgia died on Sunday morning December 11, 2016 in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness. Memorial services for Mr. McCoy will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 14th at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Todd Shearin and Reverend Tim Powell will officiate. Mr. McCoy...

Dec 11, 2016

Mr. Garry Enos Sims, age 44, of Sandersville died on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 15 at Ridgeland Heights Baptist Church in Sandersville with burial in Poplar Springs Church Cemetery. Reverend L.T. Logue and Reverend Nathan Adams will officiate. Mr. Sims was...