OBITUARIES
Edna Robinson Purser
Feb 10, 2016
Mrs. Edna Robinson Purser, age 89, of Sandersville died on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, in the Heritage Inn of Sandersville. Funeral services for Mrs. Purser will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, February 13, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Mrs....
James Wallace Hinslea
Feb 3, 2016
Mr. James Wallace Hinslea, age 71, of Tennille, died Wednesday, February 03, 2016, at the Veterans Hospital in Dublin following an extended illness. A memorial service celebrating Jim’s life will be held on Friday, February 5th at 5:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. His family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until the...
Thena Hutchings Miller
Feb 1, 2016
Mrs. Thena Hutchings Miller, age 97, of Deepstep, died Monday, February 1, 2016 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 5th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Deepstep United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Reverends, Jason McClendon, Willis Moore and Griffin Thompson will officiate. Pallbearers will be Jason...
Robert Allen Tucker
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. Robert Allen Tucker, age 55, of Tennille died on Sunday, January 31, 2016, in a Macon hospital following an extended illness. A memorial service for Mr. Tucker will be announced at a later time. Mr. Tucker was a native of Washington County, the son of the late John Cotis Tucker. He was a retired electrician with Davis Electrical...
Joseph Harris Kennedy Iii
Feb 1, 2016
Mr. Joseph Harris Kennedy III, age 69, of Tennille died on Monday February 1 in the Veterans Hospital in Dublin following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, February 3, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial to follow in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Danny Thomas...
Thomas Lamar Blue
Jan 23, 2016
Mr. Thomas Lamar Blue, age 88, of Davisboro died Saturday, January 23, 2016, in the Jefferson County Hospital in Louisville. Funeral services for Mr. Blue will be held at 2:00 P. M. Tuesday, January 26, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Reverend Larry Glover will officiate....
Kathryn Mae Sindelar Guidry
Jan 22, 2016
Mrs. Kathryn Mae Sindelar Guidry, age 91, of Sandersville died on Friday, January 22, 2016, at her residence following an extended illness. A memorial service for Mrs. Guidry will be held at a later date. Mrs. Guidry was a native of Douglas County, Nebraska, the daughter of the late Joseph Sindelar and the late Edna Lynn Propst Sindelar. She...
Debra Johnson Bledsoe
Jan 18, 2016
Ms. Debra Johnson Bledsoe, age 61, of Fort Valley, died Monday, January 18, 2016. A graveside memorial service will be held in Zeta Cemetery at a date and time to be announced later. Debbie was born in Laurens County the daughter of the late Rudolph V. Johnson and the late Nancy Ward Johnson. She was a homemaker and she...
Walter C. Mcmillan Jr.
Jan 17, 2016
Judge Walter C. McMillan, Jr., age 86, of Sandersville, died Sunday, January 17, 2016. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, January 20th at 11:00 a.m. at the Sandersville United Methodist Church with the Reverend Sidney Lambert and the Reverend Gary Mimbs officiating. Judge McMillan was the son of the late Walter C. McMillan, Sr. and the late...
Clarie Beasley Meeks
Jan 17, 2016
Mrs. Clarie Beasley Meeks, age 83, of Deepstep died on Sunday, January 17, 2016, in the Heritage Inn in Sandersville following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, January 20, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Poplar Springs Christian Church Cemetery. Reverend Tripp Hodges and Reverend...
Verlon Eugene Mcneely
Jan 17, 2016
Mr. Verlon Eugene McNeely, 78, of Kite passed away Sunday morning, January 17, 2016, at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta following an extended illness. Mr. McNeely was born January 16, 1938 in Riddleville, Ga. to the late Sam McNeely and Martha Johnson McNeely. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Gary McNeely, and Vernon McNeely; sister, Betty Miller;...
David C. Jones
Jan 17, 2016
Mr. David C. Jones, age 63, of Bartow, died Sunday, January 17, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 21st, at the Sandersville United Methodist Church with Reverend Sidney Lambert and Reverend Mike Jones officiating. Mr. Jones was born in Louisville the son of the late J. R. Jones and the late Sue...
Bessie Crabb Smith
Jan 2, 2016
Mrs. Bessie Crabb Smith, age 101, of Tennille, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 5th at 2:00 p.m. at the First Church of the Nazarene in Sandersville with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverends Gary Mimbs and Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers...
Bobbie Roberts Brantley
Dec 31, 2015
Mrs. Bobbie Roberts Brantley, age 71, of Metter, formerly of West Church Street in Sandersville, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Ogeechee Hospice in Statesboro. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 3rd at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Dr. Frank Hutcheson, Rev....
Machelle Phillips Smith
Dec 29, 2015
Mrs. Machelle Phillips Smith, age 42, of Sandersville died on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, in a Dublin hospital following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 2, in the Temple of Praise in Sandersville. Burial will be private. Reverend Wallace Smith will officiate. Mrs. Smith was a lifelong resident of Washington County,...
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...
