OBITUARIES
Leah Nicole "Waller" Miller
Aug 24, 2015
Leah Nicole "Waller" Miller On the morning of August 24, 2015 Leah passed away at Waccamaw Community Hospital after a 6 year battle with breast cancer. Leah spent her last moments on this earth surrounded by her family and friends singing and worshiping her Lord and Savior. She was 41 years old. Leah was born on August 6, 1974...
Allen Benion Hooks
Aug 24, 2015
Mr. Allen Benion Hooks, age 80, of Fifth Street in Tennille died Monday evening August 24 at his residence following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Hooks will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday August 26 in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Lamar Brantley will officiate. Mr. Hooks was a native and lifelong resident of Washington...
Amanda "Mandy" B. Brown
Aug 18, 2015
Amanda B. “Mandy” Brown, age 35, of Warthen, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 22nd at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverends, Jimmy Brown and Bobby Hamilton will officiate. Mandy was born in Macon and was a current...
Daniel Albert Davis, Jr
Aug 10, 2015
Mr. Daniel Albert Davis, Jr., age 38, of Sandersville died Monday August 10 in Statesboro from injuries sustained in a trucking accident. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, August 14th in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery near Sandersville. Reverend William Moody will officiate....
James "Benny" Avant, Sr
Aug 10, 2015
Mr. James Benion “Benny” Avant Sr., age 60, of Walden Road in Sandersville, died Monday, August 10, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, August 12th at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens. Reverends, Lee Lacey, Dan McPherson, and Bruce Hardy will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Reverend Dr. James Arthur Johnson
Aug 8, 2015
The Reverend Dr. James Arthur Johnson, age 67, of Tennille, died Saturday, August 8, 2015 at his residence. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, August 12th at 2:00 p.m. at the Grace Episcopal Church in Sandersville followed by a committal service at the Washington County Memorial Gardens with military honors. The Reverend Carlton Shuford will officiate. The...
Celesta Ann Garner Miller
Aug 3, 2015
Mrs. Celesta Ann Garner Miller, age 69, of Bartow, Georgia died at her residence on Monday evening August 3, 2015, following a brief illness. A celebration of her life will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday August 6 in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Edward Salter...
Dee Anne Bray Joiner
Jul 23, 2015
Mrs. Dee Anne Bray Joiner, age 76, of Cumming, died Thursday, July 23, 2015 at her residence. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 25th at 4:00 p.m. at the Bethel United Methodist Church in Johnson County with burial in the Westview Cemetery in Wrightsville. Pallbearers will be Breck Johnston, Lee Cates, Tom Hutcheson, Bray Hutcheson, Nathan...
Kathryn "Katie" Elizabeth Steele Bentley Guthrie
Jul 15, 2015
Kathryn Elizabeth Steele Bentley Guthrie, “Katie”, age 24, of Deepstep, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 18th at 2:00 p.m. at the Deepstep United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the memorial service in the Church Social Hall. Reverend Jason McClendon and Reverend Larry Giles will officiate. Katie was...
Vernon Edsel Crapps
Jul 11, 2015
Mr. Vernon Edsel Crapps, age 70, of Sandersville died on Saturday morning July 11, 2015, in the Georgia Regents Hospital in Augusta following a brief illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday July 14th in the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Sandersville. Mr. Crapps was a native of Leesville, South Carolina, the son...
Jesse Ralph Carter
Jul 9, 2015
Mr. Jesse Ralph Carter, 98, of Waycross died early Thursday morning, July 9th, 2015, at his daughter’s residence in Tennille, Georgia after an extended illness. He was born in Odum, Georgia to the late Jesse Carter and Della Whitehead Carter. Mr. Carter had made Waycross his home for the majority of his life. He served during World War II...
Dr. Charles Freeman, Md
Jul 1, 2015
Charles Freeman, Jr., MD passed away on July 1st, 2015, just shy of his ninetieth birthday. He was born on July 26th, 1925, in Sparta, Georgia to Charles and Ruth Butts Friedman. He attended Emory at Oxford College, leaving in 1944 for the University of Georgia School of Medicine in Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from medical school in 1949...
Dr. Hiram Jackson
Jun 30, 2015
Dr. Hiram M. Jackson, 89, of Milledgeville, GA., passed away on June 30, 2015. He was born February 12, 1926, in Juliette, Ga. He grew up and graduated from high school in Eastman, GA. He then spent two years at Emory University taking pre-dental studies where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. In 1948, he graduated...
Donald O. Elton
Jun 28, 2015
Master Sargent Donald O. Elton, retired, of North Harris Street in Sandersville, died Sunday, June 28, 2015 at his residence. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, July 1st at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Military Honors. Mr. Elton’s son-in-law Walt Watson will officiate. Mr. Elton was born in Oconee the son...
John Phillip "Phil" Jackson
Jun 27, 2015
Mr. John Phillip Jackson, “Phil”, age 61, of Tennille, died Saturday, June 27. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 19 2:00 p.m. at The Grace Pavilion, 380 Sam Freeman Road, Hoschton, GA 30548. Phil was born in Monroe, Georgia the son of the late Bob Jackson and the late Dolly Duncan Jackson. He spent his career...
Jeffrey Thomas Blue
Jun 27, 2015
Jeffrey Thomas “Jeff” Blue, age 58, of Sandersville, died Saturday, June 27, 2015. A graveside funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 30th at 11:00 a.m. at the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Danny Thomas and Reverend Larry Glover will officiate. Jeff was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He formerly worked in maintenance for...
Jerry Gus Felos
Jun 18, 2015
Jerry Gus Felos, age 89, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015. He was born on January 25, 1926, in Jacksonville, Florida, to Gust and Georgia Felos. Jerry graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1947. He served his country with honor in World War II and the Korean War. After the wars, Jerry and his brother, Sam,...
Fred Keith Webster, Jr.
Jun 17, 2015
Mr. Fred Keith Webster, Jr., age 94, of Sparta, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, June 17th, 2015 in the Athens Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 20, in The Sparta Baptist Church with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Brian Hill will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Linda Pierce Morgan
Jun 11, 2015
Ms. Linda Pierce Morgan, age 65, of Warthen, died Thursday June 12, 2015. A family memorial service will be held at a later date. Ms. Morgan was a native of Roanoke Rapids, NC the daughter of the late Clyde Pierce and the late Mary Meadows Pierce. She was a homemaker. Survivors are her children, Melissa Chambers Corley and her...
Marianne Ridgway Griffith
Jun 11, 2015
Mrs. Marianne Ridgway Griffith, age 76, of Eatonton, died Thursday, June 11, 2015, following a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 14th at 2:00 p.m. in the Great Hall of the First United Methodist Church in Eatonton with Reverend Dave Hinson officiating. The family will receive friends following the memorial service...
