OBITUARIES
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...
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...
