OBITUARIES
Susan Thigpen Mcdonald
Apr 24, 2016
Mrs. Susan Thigpen McDonald, age 62, of Harrison, died Sunday, April 24, 2016. A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 27th, at 11:00 a.m. in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Ron Bracewell will officiate. Susan was born in Bibb County and reared in Warner Robins where she graduated from Northside High School. She was a...
Rebecca Diane Parkerson
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Rebecca Diane Parkerson, age 47, of Harrison died Friday April 22, 2016, in an Augusta Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 26, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Zeta Cemetery. Reverend Andy Yates will officiate. Pallbearers will be Michael Olivet, Adam Bowen, Tony Wallace, Jordan...
Martha Lou Josey Woodard
Apr 22, 2016
Mrs. Martha Lou Josey Woodard, age 81, of Riddleville died on Friday, April 22, 2016, at the Extended Care Facility in Sandersville. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, April 25, in the New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery. Reverend Ron Dixon and Reverend M. D. Cabe will officiate. Mrs. Woodard was a native and...
Larry Troutman Tanner
Apr 16, 2016
Mr. Larry Troutman Tanner, age 68, of 280 River Road in Wrightsville died on Saturday, April 16, 2016, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Tanner was a native of Washington County. He was the owner and operator of Georgia Truck Parts. Mr. Tanner was an Army veteran of the Vietnam Conflict. He was a member of the...
Ray Waters
Apr 7, 2016
Mr. Ray Waters, age 85, of Warthen died on Thursday morning, April 7, 2016, at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 9, in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Mr. Waters was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the son of the late Lola Bell Waters Crooms. He was a retired...
Anthony William Davis
Apr 7, 2016
Anthony William Davis, age 25, of Riddleville, died Thursday, April 7, 2016. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 12th, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Friendship Baptist Church in Washington County with military honors. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be Rusty Sanders, Keaton Tapley, Thomas...
Sallie Parker
Apr 7, 2016
Mrs. Sallie Ruth Jones Parker, age 78, of 868 Magnolia Farm Road in Warthen died on Thursday, April 7, 2016, in an Augusta hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, April 10, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Warthen with burial in the Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Tim Powell and Rev. Vernon...
Solen J. Vaden
Apr 6, 2016
Mr. Solen J. Vaden, age 87, of Warthen died on Wednesday, April 6, 2016, in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, April 8, in the Union Baptist Church near Warthen with burial in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Robert Cash will officiate. Pallbearers will be: Chris Peavy, Caleb Vaden, Ryan Vaden,...
Brad Etheridge
Apr 6, 2016
Bradford Kevin “Brad” Etheridge, age 50, of Sandersville, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016. A funeral service will be held on Monday, April 11th at 11:00 a.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Curt Poole will officiate. Brad was born in Washington County. He was formerly employed by...
Brenda C. Vickery
Apr 2, 2016
Mrs. Brenda Cordry Vickery, age 62, of Sandersville, died Saturday, April 2, 2016. Funeral services and viewing for Mrs. Vickery will be private. Donations may be made to Brookhill Wildlife Rehab P.O. Box 894, Sandersville, GA. 31082. Brenda was born in Washington County the daughter of the late Elmer Cordry and the late Vivian May Cordry. She was a...
Frances Hyman
Mar 28, 2016
Mrs. Frances Hattaway Hyman, age 87, of Sparta died on Monday, March 28 in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday March 31 at the Mt. Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery. Reverend Darrell McGinnis will officiate. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Mrs. Hyman was a native and life long...
Kirk Price Mayberry, Sr.
Mar 27, 2016
Mr. Kirk Price Mayberry, Sr., age 94, of Gainesville died on Sunday, March 27, 2016, in Gainesville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 30th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Dr. Joseph Buck IV will officiate. Pallbearers will be Carwin Avant, Buddy...
Deborah Jayne Brown Waters
Mar 27, 2016
Mrs. Deborah Jayne Brown Waters, age 54, of Tennille died on Sunday, March 27, 2016, in the University Hospital in Augusta following an extended illness. A memorial service for Mrs. Waters will be held at 4:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 30th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Mrs. Waters was...
Martina Jones Hodges
Mar 27, 2016
Martina Jones Hodges, age 67, of Oconee, died Sunday, March 27, 2016 in the Washington County Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 30th at 11:00 a.m. at the Antioch Christian Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Reverend Ric Toney and Reverend Tom Howard will officiate. Pallbearers will be Andy...
Edsel Shurling
Mar 18, 2016
Mr. R. Edsel Shurling, age 73, of Blairsville, formerly Tennille, died Friday, March 18, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, March 20th, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Masonic Rites. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Mr. Shurling was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Rubin...
Nadine Howington Thacker
Mar 16, 2016
Mrs. Nadine Howington Thacker, age 71, of Covington, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016. A graveside funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 19th at 4:00 p.m. in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Terry Little will officiate. Mrs. Thacker was born in Sandersville the daughter of the late James L. Howington and the late Estelle Hooks Howington. She...
Eleanor Anne Brooks Bazemore
Mar 15, 2016
Anne Bazemore of Tennille, GA passed away on March 15, 2016 on St. Simons Island, GA, where she had resided the last two years with her daughter Anne Bazemore Whelchel and Son in Law, Tom Whelchel. Mrs. Bazemore was born August 18, 1916 in Savannah, GA to Frances Warner Brooks and Francis Bosheille Brooks. As a child growing up...
Eugene "Gene" T. Etheridge
Mar 14, 2016
Mr. Eugene T. “Gene” Etheridge, age 78, of Warner Robins died Monday, March 14, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 18th at 2:00 p.m. at the Piney Mount United Methodist Church with military honors. Reverend Robert Wood will officiate. Mr. Etheridge was a native of Washington County the son of the late Gary Billy Ethridge...
Bernice Carter Lord
Mar 12, 2016
Mrs. Bernice Carter Lord, age 76, of Sandersville died on Saturday, March 12, 2016, in the Tennille Assisted Living following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, March 15, 2016 in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville with Reverend Jamie Davis officiating. Mrs. Lord was the daughter of the late Leroy Hipp Carter, Sr....
Vivian May Cordry
Mar 10, 2016
Vivian M. Cordry, Sandersville, Georgia went to be with the Lord on March 10, 2016, at her winter residence in Wildwood, Florida under the loving care of her family and staff of Cornerstone Hospice. Mrs. Cordry was born on April 17, 1927 in Thomson, Georgia to her parents F.E. and Ethel (Chapman) May. She worked as a Maternity Nurse...
