OBITUARIES
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...
Frances Avant Holmes
Nov 13, 2015
Mrs. Frances Avant Holmes, age 89, of Sandersville, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Spanish Oaks Retreat in Savannah, her recent home. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, November 15th at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate. Pallbearers will be Thomas Green, Jon...
Joan Kingery Mcnally
Nov 13, 2015
Mrs.. Joan Kingery McNally , age 92, of Sandersville died on Friday morning November 13 in the Extended Care Facility in Sandersville following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday November 17 in the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with burial in the Ramah Church Cemetery near Gordon. Rev. Lee Lacey will officiate. Mrs.....
Melvin Lewis Yarbrough
Nov 11, 2015
Mr. Melvin Lewis Yarbrough, age 53, of Sandersville, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015. A graveside funeral service will be held on Monday, November 16th at 2:00 p.m. at the Piney Mount United Methodist Church Cemetery with Reverend Danny Thomas officiating. Melvin was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He worked in wood production, most recently working for...
Geneva Johnson Bussell
Nov 7, 2015
Mrs. Geneva Johnson Bussell, age 88, of Tennille, GA passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2015 under the care of Tennille Retirement Home and Pruitt Hospice of Swainsboro, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 10, in the May Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville, GA. Elder Kenneth Brantley and the Reverend Devita Bussell...
James Cordy Francis, Jr.
Nov 6, 2015
James Cordy “Jimmy” Francis, Jr., age 75, died Friday, November 6th, 2015. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, November 09th at 2:00 PM at the Davisboro United Methodist Church with internment in the Davisboro City Cemetery next to his parents and grandparents. Pallbearers are Larry Jordan, Scotty McCoy, Carl Moye, Frank Moye, Wayne Norris, and Billy Pate. Honorary...
Betty Jean Lanthrip Williford
Oct 27, 2015
Mrs. Betty Jean Lanthrip Williford, age 57, of Sandersville died on Tuesday October 27 at her residence following a brief illness. Mrs. Williford was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the daughter of the late Marlie J. Lanthrip, Sr.,and the late Mattie Lizzie Sellars Lanthrip. She was predeceased by her son, Jeffery Lee Bridges and her siblings,...
Lewis Marcus West, Sr.
Oct 22, 2015
Mr. Lewis Marcus West, Sr., age 92, of Sandersville died on Thursday, October 22, 2015. Funeral services for Mr. West will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, October 24, in the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Lee Lacey and Minister Marlon Lastinger will officiate. Pallbearers will be Charles Jordan, Billy Garner, Adrian...
Daphne Johnston Whitaker
Oct 22, 2015
Mrs. Daphne Johnston Whitaker, age 100, of Sandersville died on Thursday, October 22, 2015. Funeral services for Mrs. Whitaker will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 25, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend Roy Smith will officiate with burial in the West View Cemetery in Wrightsville. Mrs. Whitaker was a native and...
Thomas Leverett Davis
Oct 20, 2015
Mr. Thomas Leverett Davis, age 64, of Warthen died on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, October 24 at the Warthen United Methodist Church Cemetery in Warthen. Reverend Marlon Lastinger will officiate. Pallbearers will be James Lockhart, Bill Garner, Pierce Blitch, Glen Walker, L. H. Carter and Cliff Sheppard. Mr. Davis...
Mary Yates Brantley
Oct 20, 2015
Mrs. Mary Yates Brantley, age 101, died on Tuesday morning, October 20, 2015, in the Oconee Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 22, in the May & Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Rutherford Cemetery. Reverend Emory Anderson will officiate. Mrs. Brantley was a native and lifelong resident...
Alan Delon Weaver
Oct 17, 2015
Mr. Alan Delon Weaver, age 51, of Tennille, Georgia formerly of Dallas, Georgia, died Saturday, October 17, 2015. A local visitation will be held on Monday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville and also a visitation will be held on Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Benson...
Jimmy Lord
Oct 14, 2015
Mr. Jimmy Lord, age 79, Lee Street in Sandersville, died Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, October 18th at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Lee Lacey, Reverend Mack Jackson, Elder Kenneth Brantley and Reverend Andy...
Colleen Farrington Price
Oct 12, 2015
Colleen Farrington Price Born August 5, 1936. She died peacefully, October 12, 2015 while in Hospice Care in Jupiter, Florida. Mrs. Price was born in New Mexico, raised in Augusta, Georgia and had lived in Sandersville, Georgia, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Savannah, Georgia and spent many early years in New York City. She is survived by her daughter, Diane Lane;...
Dr. Forrest Beam, Jr.
Oct 11, 2015
Dr. Forrest Beam died peacefully at home on Sunday October 11, 2015, just four days shy of his 92 birthday. Born in Sandersville, GA, he was the oldest of the children of Forrest Beam and Maude Reeves Beam. His sister, Helen Beam Hurt, and two brothers, Charles S. Beam and Dan Malone Beam predeceased him. His wife, Dorinda Lovell...
