OBITUARIES
Robert Sidney Stokely, Sr.
Nov 9, 2013
Mr. Robert Sidney Stokely, Sr., age 92, of Highway 102 in Warthen died Saturday, November 9th, in the Heritage Inn in Sandersville. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 11th, in the Pine Hill United Methodist Church near Warthen with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Don Black and Reverend Danny Thomas will...
Elizabeth Cantey Allen Smith
Nov 6, 2013
Elizabeth Cantey Allen Smith died at her residence in Tennille on November 6, 2013. Mrs. Smith is survived by her four sons, Charles Vestus Smith, Jr., Edwin Allen Smith, William Burton Smith, Thomas Holder Smith and three grandchildren. Mrs. Smith was predeceased by her husband, Charles Vestus Smith, Sr. and her parents Dr. Edwin Whitaker Allen, Sr. and Catherine...
Robert E. "Bob" Wommack
Nov 5, 2013
Mr. Robert E. "Bob" Wommack, age 82, of Eatonton passed away on November 5, 2013 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 9th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Riddleville Cemetery. The Reverend Sam Allen will officiate. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Jason Wommack, Michael...
Lavin Hodges Hutchings
Nov 4, 2013
Mrs. Lavin Hodges Hutchings, age 80, of Deepstep died Monday, November 4, 2013, in an Augusta hospital following a brief illness. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, November 7th, in the Deepstep United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Reverend Rick Holt will officiate. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Mrs. Hutchings was a native and lifelong resident...
Margie Taylor
Nov 1, 2013
Margie Taylor, age 81, of Statham, GA, passed away Friday, November 1, 2013. She was a member of Statham First Baptist Church and The Order of the Eastern Star 316 in Statham. Margie was preceded in death by her husband, James “Dee” Holliman Taylor; her parents, Harrison and Rose Wheeler Savage; four brothers, Milton, Dorsey, Gaston, and Ralph Savage;...
Wallace G. Yates
Oct 31, 2013
Mr. Wallace G. Yates, age 65, of Tennille, died Thursday, October 31, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 3rd, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverends Fred Morrison, Andy Yates and Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be George Wiggins, Keith Blount, Farris...
Betty Bass Thackrey
Oct 28, 2013
Betty Bass Thackrey, 80, of Valdosta died Monday, October 28, 2013 at Langdale Hospice House after a lengthy illness. She was born on February 10, 1933 in Sandersville, Georgia to the late George Marion Meeks and Irene Jenny Brown Meeks and had lived in Valdosta since 1961. Mrs. Thackrey was a member of the Northside Baptist Church and a...
Terryle Lord Cullens
Oct 27, 2013
Ms. Terryle Lynn Lord Cullens, known as "Nanny", age 53 of Tennille died Sunday morning, October 27, 2013 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, October 29th, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. The family will...
Warren Edwin Garner
Oct 24, 2013
Warren Edwin Garner, 91, of Clemson, passed away Thursday, October 24, 2013 at National Healthcare of Anderson. Mr. Garner was born in Warthen, GA, a son of the late James Stephens and Narcissus Cummings Garner. He attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, GA and the University of Georgia in Athens, where he received his BS and MS degrees...
Gary Tillman Mcneely
Oct 23, 2013
Mr. Gary Tillman McNeely, age 69, of Waynesboro, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, October 26th, at 3:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Riddleville Cemetery. Reverend Larry Glover will officiate. Pallbearers will be Ken Anderson, Scotty Askew, Danny Friese, Rob McKinnie, William Josey...
Myrle W. Joiner
Oct 20, 2013
Mrs. Myrle W. Joiner, age 87, of Wrightsville-Riddleville Rd. in Harrison, died Sunday, October 20, 2013 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 2:00 p.m. at the Beulah Baptist Church with burial in the Pleasant Plains Church Cemetery. Reverend Brant Kennedy and Reverend Michael Bailey will officiate. Mrs. Joiner’s...
Hazel Bedgood Metts
Oct 17, 2013
Mrs. Hazel Bedgood Metts, age 98, of Sandersville, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, in the Extended Care Facility of Washington County Regional Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M., Sunday, October 20, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville. The Rev. Jimmy Cason will officiate with burial in the...
Ruth Smart Jones
Oct 16, 2013
Mrs. Ruth Smart Jones, age 90, of Tennille, died Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at the Washington County Extended Care Facility. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 18th, at 2:00 p.m. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. The Reverend Griffin Thompson will officiate. Mrs. Jones was a native...
Betty Whitaker
Oct 1, 2013
Ms. Betty Whitaker, age 79, of Coco Beach Florida died October 1, 2013. A graveside memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, October 19th, in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Ms. Whitaker was a native of Tennille, the daughter of the late Sam Whitaker and the late Mamie Wilcher Whitaker. She was retired associate of General...
Vick Jones
Sep 28, 2013
Mr. Addison Vickers “Vick” Jones III, age 67, of Yank Brown Road in Sandersville died Saturday, September 28, 2013. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, October 1st, in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Griffin Thompson and Reverend Dewey Henderson will officiate. Mr. Jones was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He...
Louie Richard Oliver
Sep 28, 2013
Mr. Louie Richard Oliver, age 74, of Covington, Georgia died Saturday, September 28, 2013, at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, October 3rd, at the Tabernacle United Methodist Church near Sandersville. The Reverend Roy Smith will officiate. Mr. Oliver was a native of Alamo, Georgia, the son of the late Reuben Oliver...
Joanne Marchman
Sep 23, 2013
Miss Joanne Marchman, age 66, of Warthen, died Monday, September 23, 2013, at the Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Sandersville. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, September 26th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Brownwood Cemetery. Reverends Danny Thomas and Tim Powell will officiate. Miss Marchman was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County the daughter of the...
Russel Earl Lister
Sep 19, 2013
Mr. Russel Earl Lister, age 56, of Sandersville died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Washington County Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 23rd, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Zeta Cemetery in Tennille. Reverend Fred Garrett and Reverend L. T. Logue will officiate. Pallbearers will...
Louise Fowler Chambers
Sep 19, 2013
Mrs. Louise Fowler Chambers, age 78, of Chambers Brook Spring Road, Sandersville, died Thursday, September 19, 2013, at the Washington County Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, September 22nd, at 3:00 P.M. at the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the Washington County Memorial Gardens. Rev. Jimmy Harris...
Raymond Sampson Smith, Jr.
Sep 18, 2013
Mr. Raymond Sampson Smith, Jr., age 71, of 2862 Woodhollow Lane in Jonesboro died Wednesday night, September 18, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 21st, in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel in Sandersville with burial in the Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. The Reverend Larry Glover will officiate. Pallbearers will...
