OBITUARIES
Jerry B. Byrd
Dec 29, 2015
Jerry B. Byrd, age 62, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, December 31st at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with Reverends Lee Lacey, Scott McDade and Rick Freeman officiating. The family will greet friends in the social hall of the church following the memorial service. Jerry...
Joanne E. Whaley
Dec 29, 2015
Miss Joanne E. Whaley, age 83, of Mayfield, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at the Gibson Health and Rehab in Gibson following an extended illness. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 2nd at 2:00 p.m. at the Horeb Baptist Church in Mayfield. Her family will receive friends prior to and following the memorial service at the...
Daniel "Dano" Felton Odom
Dec 29, 2015
Daniel Felton “Dano” Odom, age 60, of Lizella, formerly of Sandersville, died Tuesday, December 29, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, January 2nd at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens. Reverends Paul Harris and Jason McClendon will officiate. Pallbearers will be Mike Thompson, Curt...
Tommy Clyde Rountree
Dec 26, 2015
Mr. Tommy Clyde Rountree, age 56, of Tennille died on Saturday, December 26, 2015, at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 29 in the First Church of the Nazarene in Sandersville with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Danny Thomas, Reverend Lamar Brantley and Reverend Frank Appel...
Linda Page Bateman
Dec 22, 2015
Mrs. Linda Kay Page Bateman, age 74, of Wrightsville died on Tuesday morning December 22, 2015 at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 27, in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with burial in the Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. Reverend Scott Osborne and Reverend Chad Waller will officiate. Mrs. Bateman...
Marion Chalker Burgamy
Dec 22, 2015
Mrs. Marion Chalker Burgamy, age 98, of Sandersville died on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, in the Extended Care Facility in Sandersville following a brief illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 26, in the Pine Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery near Warthen. Reverend Ron Dixon and Reverend Don Black will officiate. Mrs. Burgamy was...
Billie Ann Sweat
Dec 20, 2015
Mrs. Billie Ann Sweat, age 81, of Sandersville, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, December 23rd at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens. Reverend William C. Moody will officiate. Pallbearers will be John...
Janet Blue Strickland
Dec 17, 2015
Mrs. Janet Blue Strickland, age 63, of Tennille died on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, December 20, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be Wesley Sheppard,...
Harry Carlton Smith
Dec 17, 2015
Mr. Harry C. Smith, age 79, of Warthen died on Thursday morning, December 17, 2015 in the Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 19, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial to follow in the Warthen United Methodist Church Cemetery....
Robert "Bobby" Lee Chambers
Dec 13, 2015
Mr. Robert Lee "Bobby" Chambers, age 84, of Sandersville died on Sunday, December 13, 2015, from complications of lung cancer. Funeral services for Mr. Chambers will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, December 16, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Larry Giles and Reverend Jimmy Harris will officiate with burial in the Washington County...
Grace Womble
Dec 10, 2015
Major (Ret) Grace Womble, age 91, of Warthen died on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at her residence following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, December 14, in the Union Baptist Church near Warthen. Reverend Robert Cash and Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery with military...
Saralynn Foskey Everett
Dec 10, 2015
Mrs. Saralynn Foskey Everett, age 81, of East Church Street in Sandersville, died Thursday, December 10, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 13th at 3:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Dr. Joe Buck IV will officiate. Pallbearers will be Jerry Everett, Stephen...
Elizabeth Dukes
Dec 9, 2015
Mrs. Elizabeth Scarborough Dukes, age 93, of Ridgeland Drive in Sandersville, died Wednesday December 9, 2015, at the Hollander Senior Living Center in Walton County following an extended illness. A celebration of Mrs. Dukes’ life will take place at a later date and will be announced by the May and Smith Funeral Home. Mrs. Dukes was born in Laurens...
Eugene Harold Baxley
Dec 8, 2015
Mr. Eugene Harold Baxley, age 82, of Davisboro died on Tuesday December 8, 2015, in an Augusta hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, December 11, in the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Sandersville. Jerry Lanier and James Braddy will officiate. Pallbearers will be William Dukes, Bryan Dukes, Christopher McBride, Frankie...
Geraldine Glover Brantley
Dec 3, 2015
Geraldine Glover Brantley, age 81, of Sandersville, died Thursday, December 3, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, December, 6th at 2:00 p.m. at the Good Sheppard Church of the Nazarene with burial in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Lamar Brantley will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Brantley, David Brantley, Barry Brantley, Drew Jordan, Brantley...
Odelle Cook Tanner
Nov 28, 2015
Mrs. Odell Cook Tanner, age 96, of Sandersville, died Saturday, November 28, 2015 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 5th at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Reverends Robert Wood and Danny Thomas will officiate. A graveside committal service will be held on Wednesday, December...
Odum Ray Guy
Nov 27, 2015
Mr. Ray Guy, age 66, of Harrison, died Friday, November 27, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, December 1st at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Bobby Williford will officiate. A graveside committal service will be held also on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at the Little Briar Creek Baptist Church Cemetery...
Jeanette Lee Sanford
Nov 25, 2015
Mrs. Jeanette Lee Sanford, age 50, of Griffin, died Wednesday, November 25, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 5th at 2:00 p.m. at the Friendship Baptist Church in Jefferson County. Reverend Tom Harrison will officiate. Mrs. Sanford was born in Washington State and reared in Washington County, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late...
Daniel Gordon Mcpherson
Nov 25, 2015
Daniel Gordon McPherson, age 63 of Carrollton, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015. He was born July 28, 1952 in Bremen, Georgia to the late Lewis McPherson and Martha Emily Gordon McPherson. He graduated from Bremen High School in1971 and from the University of West Georgia in 1975. He received a Masters of Divinity degree from the Southern Seminary...
Tom Willard Miller
Nov 20, 2015
Mr. Tom Willard Miller, age 68, of Sandersville, died on Saturday night, November 20th, 2015 in the Georgia Regents Hospital in Augusta. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 24, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Graveside services will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday in the Pleasant Springs Baptist Church Cemetery at...
