OBITUARIES
Linda Smith Phillips
Dec 12, 2013
Mrs. Linda Smith Phillips, age 66, of Sandersville, died Thursday, December 12, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 14th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Union Baptist Church Cemetery near Warthen. The Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Mrs. Phillips was born in Hancock County the daughter of the late Delma Smith and the late Agnes Garner...
Kathryn Smith Wiles
Dec 10, 2013
Mrs. Kathryn Smith Wiles, age 62, of 1850 Jackson Church Road in Tennille died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, December 13th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Mr. Jerry Lanier will officiate. Pallbearers will be...
Jack Douglas Wasden
Dec 7, 2013
Mr. Jack Douglas Wasden, age 81, of 707 Evergreen Drive in Sandersville died on Saturday, December 7, 2013, in the Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 10th, at the May & Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend...
Frank John Arata Iv
Dec 2, 2013
Mr. Frank John Arata IV of Sandersville died on Monday, December 2, 2013 in a Milledgeville hospital following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, December 5th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Mr. Arata was a native of Broward County, Florida, the...
Helen Roberts Brannen
Dec 1, 2013
Mrs. Helen Roberts Brannen, age 96, of Watkinsville died Sunday morning, December 1, 2013, in the Iris Place in Athens. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 4th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Mickey Lynn will officiate. Mrs. Brannen was a...
Wilbur Glen Williford
Nov 29, 2013
Mr. Wilbur Glen Williford, age 57, of Sandersville, died Friday, November 29, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 2nd, at 2:00 p.m. at the White Oak Methodist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery. Reverends Bobby Williford, Stacey Williford and Dewey Henderson will officiate. Pallbearers will be Brice Marshall, Christopher Williford, Douglas Welch, Louis Dalton, Gerald...
Lanny Carl Barron
Nov 28, 2013
Mr. Lanny Carl “Jelly” Barron, age 71, of Sandersville, died Thursday, November 28, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be held on Sunday, December 1st, at 2:00 p.m. at the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend L.T. Logue will officiate. Mr. Barron was a native of Washington County the son of the late Lee Harris Barron and the late Ruth...
Elaine Brantley Fulghum
Nov 26, 2013
Mrs. Elaine Brantley Fulghum, age 68, of Harrison, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 29th, at 11:00 a.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Andy Carter will officiate. Mrs. Fulghum was a Washington County native, the daughter of the late...
Peggy Osborne Durden
Nov 25, 2013
Mrs. Peggy Osborne Durden, age 76, of Sandersville died Monday, November 25, 2013 in the University Hospital in Augusta following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 29th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. The Reverend Fred Garrett will officiate.Pallbearers will...
Talmadge Lee "Teenie" Cook
Nov 25, 2013
Mr. Talmadge Lee “Teenie” Cook, age 78, of Franklin Street in Tennille, died Monday, November 25, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 30th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille with the Reverend Jeff Cook officiating. Mr. Cook was born in Laurens County the son of the late Jesse James Cook and the...
Lois Pool Young
Nov 24, 2013
Mrs. Lois Pool Young, age 94, of 956 Montgomery Road in Tennille died Sunday, November 24, 2013, in the Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, November 27th, in the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Elder Kenneth Brantley will officiate. Pallbearers will be Caleb...
Pauline "Polly" Gladin
Nov 23, 2013
Mary Pauline “Polly” Gladin, age 90, of Tennille died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at her residence. A private graveside memorial service will be conducted at a later date. Mrs. Gladin was a native of Houston County, Georgia, the daughter of the late William R. Jones and the late Eula Maude Clark Jones. She started her working career as a...
Doris Jones Oliver
Nov 19, 2013
Mrs. Doris Jones Oliver, age 75, of Covington, Georgia died Tuesday November 19, 2013 in the Oconee Health Care following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 23rd, in the Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Mrs. Oliver was a native of Washington County, Georgia,...
Sara Margaret Coffey
Nov 18, 2013
Mrs. Sara Margaret Coffey, 70, of Sandersville, GA, entered into rest on Monday, November 18th, 2013. Born in Albertville, AL, January 29, 1943, the daughter of the late Tolly Pledger and Pauline Shucraft Pledger Anthony, she had been a resident of Aiken County, SC, prior to relocating to Sandersville, GA. She was a former employee of the Playhouse Nursery,...
Wilmer Eugene Newsome, Jr.
Nov 14, 2013
Mr. Wilmer Eugene Newsome, Jr., age 81, of Davisboro, died Thursday, November 14, 2013, in Alpharetta. Graveside funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 17th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Washington County Memorial Gardens . Father David Stringer will officiate. Mr. Newsome was born in Washington County the son of the late Wilmer E. Newsome, Sr. and the...
Gary Wayne Cooke
Nov 14, 2013
Mr. Gary Wayne Cooke, age 57, of Dublin, died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Louisville. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November 18th, at 1:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. The Reverend Wayne Evans will officiate. Mr. Cooke was born in...
Lila Smith Brantley
Nov 12, 2013
Mrs. Lila Smith Brantley, age 76, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at her residence. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 15th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Temple of Praise on East Church Street in Sandersville. The Reverend Wallace Smith will officiate. The family will greet friends following the memorial service at the Church. Mrs....
Tony M. Martin
Nov 11, 2013
Mr. Tony M. Martin, age 48, of Tennille, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 14th, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. The Reverend Wallace Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be Terry O’Quinn, Raymond Pounds, Sylvester Sweat, Glenn...
Sarah Shellhouse Singletary
Nov 10, 2013
Ms. Sarah Shellhouse Singletary, age 79, of 112 McDaniel Drive in Sandersville passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013 in an Augusta hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 13th, in the Bethlehem Baptist Church in Warthen. Reverends Tim Powell and Danny Thomas will officiate with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Pallbearers...
Barbara Jean Harvey Forrester
Nov 9, 2013
Barbara Jean Harvey Forrester, 75, was called by Jesus to her heavenly home on November 9, 2013. She was a devoted wife to Cody Forrester for 55 years. The daughter of the late Garland and Jessie Elliott Harvey, she was an active member of Lyman First Baptist Church, the Bethany Sunday School Class of Adult 5 and the Adult...
