OBITUARIES
Bobby Marion Goines, Sr
Sep 3, 2015
Mr. Bobby Marion Goines, Sr., age 75, of Warthen, died Thursday, September 03, 2015. A family memorial gathering will be held at a later date. Bobby was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was a former longtime employee of General Motors in Michigan and was the co-owner and operator of B and E Flag Car Transport Service. Bobby was...
Charlie "C.W." Will Brantley, Jr
Sep 3, 2015
Mr. Charlie Will "C. W." Brantley, Jr., age 69, of Sandersville died on Thursday morning September 3, 2015. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, September 7, at the residence, 1518 Lamar's Creek Road in Sandersville with military honors. Mr. Brantley was a native of Washington County, Georgia, the son of the late Charlie Will Brantley,...
William "Bill" E. Garrett Iii
Aug 31, 2015
William E. “Bill” Garrett III, age 66, of Bartow, died Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, September 4th at 2:00 p.m. in the Riddleville Cemetery with Reverends Daniel Porter and Marty Deal officiating. Pallbearers will be Justin Garrett, Austin Garrett, Trey...
Fay Harris Smith
Aug 30, 2015
Mrs. Fay Harris Smith, age 81, of 514 Kinney Street in Sandersville died on Sunday morning, August 30, 2015, following a brief illness. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Smith will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday September 1, 2015, in the West Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Monroe Georgia. Reverend Roy Cates will officiate. Mrs. Smith was a native of...
Richard Vanoy Sellars
Aug 28, 2015
Mr. Richard Vanoy Sellars, age 73, of Deepstep died on Friday August 28, 2015, at his residence following an extended illness. A memorial service for Mr. Sellars will be held on Saturday, September 5 at 11:00 A.M. in the Deepstep United Methodist Church. Reverend Wallace Smith and Reverend Jason McClendon will officiate. Mr. Sellars was a native and lifelong...
Charles Gus Denton Sr.
Aug 25, 2015
Mr. Charles Gus Denton Sr., age 74, of West Church Street, Sandersville, died Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at his residence. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 28th at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Rev. Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be Carl Brooks,...
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...
