OBITUARIES
Warren Lee Boatright
Feb 26, 2015
Mr. Warren Lee Boatright, age 58, of 149 Brooks Spring Road in Sandersville died on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 2nd, in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery near Sandersville. Mr. Boatright was a native of Washington County, the son of the...
Wilmer Louie Josey
Feb 26, 2015
Mr. Wilmer Louie Josey, age 90, of Davisboro died on Thursday, February 26, 2015, in the Heritage Inn of Sandersville following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 28th, in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery near Riddleville. The Reverend M. D. Cabe will officiate. Mr. Josey was a native and lifelong...
Julia Rose Young Hartley
Feb 25, 2015
Mrs. Julia Rose Young Hartley, age 90, of Tennille died on Wednesday night, February 25, 2015, in the Extended Care Facility in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 1st, in the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church near Tennille with burial in the Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery. The Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Mrs. Hartley...
William G. Josey, Jr.
Feb 22, 2015
Mr. William G. Josey Jr., age 66, of Riddleville, died Sunday, February 22, 2015 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 25th at 2:00 p.m. at the Riddleville Baptist Church with burial in the Tanner Family Cemetery located on Tanner Road. Reverends Daniel Porter and Wade Dawson will...
Thurston Melvin Veal
Feb 21, 2015
Mr. Thurston Melvin Veal, age 92, of Tennille, died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at the Tennille Retirement Home. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, February 24th, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Church of Nazarene with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens. Reverends Danny Thomas, Lamar Brantley and Gary Mimbs will officiate. Pallbearers will be Jason...
Gerald "Pat" Feagin Stewart
Feb 20, 2015
Gerald Feagin “Pat” Stewart, age 89, of Howard Creek Florida, formerly of Washington County, Georgia, died February 20, 2015 in Howard Creek, Florida. A memorial service was held at 9 AM on February 28, 2015 at the Howard Creek Community Center. Interment will be in Dozier Cemetery , Dozier, Alabama at a later date. Mr. Stewart was born December...
Frances Brantley Hamby
Feb 16, 2015
Frances Brantley Hamby, 89, formerly of Hapeville, died Monday, February 16, 2015. Frances was a retired Underwriter for Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company, with 36 years of service, and was, until recently, an active member of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Atlanta. She is survived by her children, David & Deborah Hamby, Linda & Wade Harris, Gordon &...
Georgia Ann Little Davis
Feb 12, 2015
Mrs. Georgia Ann Little Davis, age 70, of Tennille, died Thursday, February 12, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February the 16th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Tennille United Methodist Church with burial in the Zeta Cemetery. Reverends Randall Smith and Mark Jones III will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Mimbs, Ron Deem, John Duggan, Eugene...
Pearl Porter Elton
Feb 11, 2015
Mrs. Pearl Porter Elton, age 81, of North Harris Street in Sandersville, died Wednesday, February 11, 2015. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 15TH, at 3:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Reverends Scott McDade and Mark Jones III will officiate. Mrs. Elton was a native of Vancouver Washington, the daughter of the...
Grace Joiner Garrett
Feb 9, 2015
Mrs. Grace Joiner Garrett, age 89, of Goose Creek, South Carolina died on Monday, February 9, 2015 in Goose Creek. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 14th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverends Rodney Gattie and Roy Smith will officiate with burial in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Garrett...
James Robert "Bobby" Jones
Feb 9, 2015
Mr. James Robert "Bobby" Jones, Sr., age 82, of 386 South Riddle Road in Riddleville died Monday evening, February 9, 2015 in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 13th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. Reverend M. D. Cabe and Reverend Daniel Porter will officiate with burial in...
Rebecca Smith Hodges
Feb 9, 2015
Mrs. Rebecca Smith Hodges, age 95, of Oconee, died Monday, February 9, 2015, at the Washington County Extended Care Facility. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 11TH, at 11:00 a.m. at the Antioch Christian Church in Oconee with burial in the Church Cemetery. The Reverend Tom Howard will officiate. Mrs. Hodges’ grandsons and grandsons-in-law will serve...
Virgil Eugene Cowart
Feb 8, 2015
Mr. Virgil Eugene Cowart, age 86, of Lewis’ Lake, died Sunday, February 08, 2015 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 11TH, at 2:00 p.m. at the Josey Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Vina Mae Josey officiating. Mr. Cowart was born Emanuel County the son...
Alice Faye Watts Yates
Feb 8, 2015
Mrs. Alice Faye Watts Yates, age 65, of Gordon died Sunday, February 8, 2015, in the Coliseum Hospital in Macon. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, February 12th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be Brandon Wayne Yates, Gavin Cliff, Trevor Palmer, Ray...
Ben F. Walters Iii
Feb 3, 2015
Mr. Ben F. Walters III, age 56, of Milledgeville, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 7th at 11:00 a.m. at the Northridge Christian Church in Milledgeville with Reverend Craig Portwood officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home...
Bruce Cummings
Feb 2, 2015
Townsend Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. 215 West Jackson Street Dublin, GA 31040 478-272-3311 Bruce Cummings, age 73 of Rentz, passed away on Monday, February 2, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Warthen Methodist Church Cemetery in Washington Co. Rev. Jimmy Thigpen will officiate. Mr. Cummings was preceded in death by a...
Kenneth Michael Hatcher, Sr.
Feb 1, 2015
Mr. Kenneth Michael Hatcher, Sr., age 50, of Milledgeville died on Sunday, February 01, 2015. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, February 12th, in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Mr. Hatcher was the son of the late J. Don Hatcher. Survivors are his mother, Margaret Virginia Freeman Ivey; his...
Frances Eubanks Cooper
Jan 30, 2015
Mrs. Frances Eubanks Cooper, age 88, of Oconee, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at the Oconee Nursing Home following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 2nd at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Bay Springs Cemetery in Oconee. Reverends Emory Anderson and Ralph Lumley will...
Mary Elizabeth Waller Weller
Jan 26, 2015
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Waller Weller, age 91, of Sandersville died Monday morning, January 26, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, January 29th, in the Mt.Gilead Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the Mt. Gilead Church Cemetery. Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Pallbearers will be Clint Hall, Tristan Smith, Daniel Hall, David Brantley,...
Barbara Lyon Wood
Jan 26, 2015
Mrs. Barbara Lyon Wood, age 86, formerly of Woodland Drive in Sandersville, died Monday, January 26, 2015 at Wrightsville Manor following an extended illness. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 29TH, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Davisboro City Cemetery. Reverends Marlon Lastinger and Lee Lacey will...
