OBITUARIES
Betty Hodges Lindsey
Sep 17, 2016
Mrs. Betty Hodges Lindsey, age 89, of Sandersville, died Saturday, September 17, 2016, at Augusta University Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, September 20th at 11:00 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Minister Marlon Lastinger will officiate. Pallbearers will be Chris Lindsey, Adam Lindsey, Michael Lindsey, Chris Jones, Dylan...
Thomas Jay Daniel
Sep 16, 2016
Thomas Jay Daniel, age 53, of Sandersville, died Friday, September 16, 2016. A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 21st at 11:00 a.m. at Sisters Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Gary Mimbs and Reverend Jason Loggins will officiate. Jay was reared in Sandersville and after graduating high school, served in the US Marine Corps. Jay was a...
Margaret Turner Walker
Sep 15, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Turner Walker, age 84, of Warthen, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, at her residence following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 17th at 2:00 p.m. at Union Baptist Church north of Warthen with burial in the Church Cemetery. Reverend Robert Cash and Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ray...
Jerry Phillips
Sep 14, 2016
JONES COUNTY: Jerry Douglas Phillips, 74, of Chapel Hill Circle, died Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at his residence. The family will greet friends from 2:00pm-3:00pm, Sunday, September 18, 2016, at Bridges Funeral Home in Gray. Services will follow at 3:00pm, in the funeral home chapel. Burial will be private. Mr. Phillips was born June 14, 1942, in Washington County...
Mary Ann Brantley Smith
Sep 5, 2016
Mary Ann Brantley Smith, age 53, of Lamar’s Creek Road, Sandersville, died Monday, September 05, 2016, at her residence following an extended illness. A celebration of Mary Ann’s life will be held on Wednesday, September 7th at 2:00 p.m. at Davisboro Baptist Church with every one wearing bright clothing honoring her life. Burial will be in the Washington County Memorial...
Roy Bernard Everett Jr
Sep 2, 2016
Mr. Roy B. Everett Jr., age 84, of Deepstep, died Friday, September, 2, 2016, at his residence following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Monday, September 5th at 11:00 a.m. at the Deepstep United Methodist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Reverend Paul Harris, Reverend Larry Giles and Reverend Jason McClendon will officiate. Pallbearers...
Sidney J. Lambert
Sep 1, 2016
The Reverend Sidney J. Lambert, age 78, of Sparta, peacefully joined his Lord on Thursday, September 1, 2016. A celebration of Sidney’s life, along with fellow saints, will be held at Sandersville United Methodist Church, Sunday, November 6, 2016, during the All Saint’s Day 11:00 morning worship service. Born in Springfield, Ohio on August 2, 1938, Sidney was the...
Claud Cox
Sep 1, 2016
Mr. Claud Edward Cox, age 82, of Ocala, Florida died on Thursday, September 1, 2016, following an extended illness. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, September 11, at Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Burton Dixon will officiate. Mr. Cox was a native of Washington County, Georgia, the son of the late Marion and Louise Cox. He was a...
Blake Shurling
Aug 31, 2016
Blake Kenneth Shurling, age 20, of Tennille, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 3rd at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with Reverend Mike Bankston and Reverend Jimbo Dominey officiating. Burial will be at Piney Mt. United Methodist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Matt Reid, Matthew Turner, Tyler...
Earl Wayne Thigpen
Aug 26, 2016
Mr. Earl Wayne Thigpen, age 83, of Sandersville died on Friday, August 26, 2016 at his residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 29, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Tim Powell will officiate with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Mr. Thigpen was a...
Ruth L Brown
Aug 23, 2016
Mrs. Ruth L. Brown, age 96, of Warthen died on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 26, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Interment for family members will be at the Downs Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Jim Dunn and Reverend Danny Thomas will...
West "Gene" L. Bridges
Aug 23, 2016
Mr. West L. “Gene” Bridges of Tennille died Tuesday, August 23, 2016. A memorial gathering celebrating Gene’s life will be held on Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville. Mr. Bridges was born in Laurens County, the son of the late Herbert L. Bridges and the late Clemmie Lillian Lord...
William J. Wommack, Sr.
Aug 15, 2016
William “Bill” J. Wommack, Sr. Byron, Ga. – William “Bill” J. Wommack, Sr., 90, entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 15, 2016. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in Byron, Georgia at Byron United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends and family one hour prior to the service and...
Sara Taylor Dukes
Aug 11, 2016
Mrs. Sara A. Taylor Dukes, 87 of 1263 Bartow-Dublin Road, Bartow, Ga. 30413, in Washington County, died on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Funeral services will be held at Bartow Baptist Church on Sunday, August 14th, at 3:00 pm. Burial will be in the Bartow City Cemetery. A native of Davisboro, Mrs. Dukes was the daughter of the late William...
James E Blackmon
Aug 10, 2016
Mr. James E. Blackmon, age 83, of Sandersville died on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, in the Extended Care Facility in Sandersville following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, August 13, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in the Walden's United Methodist...
Samuel Prosser
Aug 9, 2016
Mr. Sam Prosser, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 P.M. Saturday, August 13, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Danny Thomas and Reverend Tripp Hodges will officiate. Mr. Prosser was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the son of the late Samuel Elijah Prosser and...
Edwin Luther Veal
Aug 9, 2016
Mr. Edwin Luther Veal, age 89, of Linton Road, Sandersville, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, August 12, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Russell Brown will officiate. Pallbearers will be Chris Brown, Tony Brown, Tim Brown, Pat Brown, Clayton Sheppard, G.L. Frazier, Thomas Frazier,...
Evelyn Paul
Aug 8, 2016
Mrs. Evelyn Hammock Paul, age 94, of Sandersville, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at Greenwood Place in Wrightsville. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 13, at the Harrison Baptist Church Cemetery in Harrison with Elder Kenneth Brantley officiating. Mrs. Paul was a native of Washington County the daughter of the late Henry Arthur...
Zachary Thomas Hart
Aug 4, 2016
Zachary Thomas Hart, age 27, of Tennille, died Thursday, August 4, 2016, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church South of Tennille with burial in the Church Cemetery. Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Pallbearers will be Jonathan Brantley, David Brantley,...
Lynda Hodges
Aug 2, 2016
Lynda Stacey Hodges, age 45, of Sandersville died on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at her residence. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 P.M. Friday, August 5, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Mrs. Hodges was the daughter of the late Herbert Way. She is survived by her husband, Bernard Lamar Hodges III of Tennille;...
