OBITUARIES
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...
William Clinton Smith, Jr
Jun 8, 2015
Mr. William Clinton Smith, Jr. , age 36, of Tennille died on Monday morning, June 8, 2015, in the Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, June 10, in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Jeff Cook and Reverend Randall Smith will...
Frances Elizabeth Gunby Hodges
Jun 6, 2015
Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Gunby Hodges, age 93, of 107 Crestwood Drive, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 06, 2015 at the home of her daughter. Born in Thomson, Georgia she was the widow of Carl Youngblood “CY” Hodges and a daughter of the late Cliff Gunby, Sr. and Ella Story Gunby. Funeral services to honor the life of Mrs....
Francine Welch Wicker
Jun 2, 2015
Mrs. Francine Welch Wicker, age 80, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 4th at 3:00 p.m. at the White Oak Church with burial in the church cemetery. Reverends Dewey Henderson, Bobby Williford and Jimmy Harris will officiate. Pallbearers will...
Lonnie Lamar Yates
Jun 1, 2015
Mr. Lonnie Lamar Yates, age 36 of Sandersville died on Monday, June 1, 2015. Funeral services for Mr. Yates will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 6th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Rutherford Cemetery near Oconee. Reverend Andy Yates and Reverend Lamar Godfrey will officiate. Mr. Yates was a...
Randolph "Randy" F. Langford, Jr
May 31, 2015
Mr. Randolph F. Langford Jr., “Randy”, age 71, of Milledgeville, died Sunday, May 31, 2015, at the Oconee Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, June 3rd, at 11:00 a.m. in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville with military honors. Reverend Ken Walker will officiate. Randy was born on October 28,...
