Betty L. Welch
Mar 11, 2022
Betty L. Welch, age 75, of Americus, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, in the Phobe Sumter Medical Center, Americus. She was a self-employed business owner, and a member of the First Baptist Church, Nocatee, FL. Betty was born July 5, 1946, in Abbeville, Georgia, to the late John Laster and Laverne Harpe Laster. She is also preceded in death...
Donald O. Keene
Mar 8, 2022
Donald O. Keene, age 76, of Rochelle, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at his residence. He was a retired civil service employee with Robins Air Force Base, an Army veteran, and had retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Donald was a Baptist by faith. He was born January 18, 1946, in Abbeville, Georgia, to the late Clyde Keene...
Lee Collier
Mar 5, 2022
Lee Collier, age 62, of Abbeville, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, in the Atrium Navicent Medical Center, Macon, Georgia. He was a self-employed mechanic, and was an avid fisherman. Lee was born November 27, 1959, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late Leroy Collier and Mildred Wilkerson Collier. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ann Collier;...
Johnney Bobb
Mar 2, 2022
Johnney Bobb, age 66, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in the Taylor Regional Hospital. He was a resident at the Crossview Health Care Center, Pineview, Georgia. A graveside service will be held on Monday, March 7th, at 11:00 a.m. in the Pineview Cemetery. Frazier & Son Funeral and Cremation Services is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our...
Geneva C. "Gen" Morgan
Feb 27, 2022
Mrs. Geneva C. "Gen" Morgan, of Abbeville, passed away Sunday February 27, 2022, at her residence. She was the youngest of eight children, born July 18, 1927, into a Christian home, in Madison, Mississippi, to the late John Reuben Clark and Olive Geneva Higginbotham Clark. She grew up on the J.R. Clark Dairy Farm that sold bottled milk, where she...
Thomas Edwin "Frog" Lane
Feb 25, 2022
Thomas Edwin "Frog" Lane, age 66, passed away Friday, February 25, 2022. He was born March 2, 1955. His father is Jack E. Lane, and his mother is the late Mary C. Ramsey who passed away in 2021. "Frog" enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his grandchildren, and going fishing. Survivors include his father, Jack E. Lane and step-mother...
Willis L. Taylor
Feb 19, 2022
Obituary for Willis L. "W.L." Taylor Willis L. “W.L.” Taylor, age 88, of Abbeville, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, February 21st, at 3:00 p.m. in the M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier & Son Funeral Home, with Rev. Larry Dean officiating. Visitation will be from 2:00 - 3:00 pm prior...
Lonnie E. Rhodes
Feb 19, 2022
Obituary for Lonnie E. Rhodes Lonnie E. Rhodes, 92, of Warner Robins, Georgia passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2022. Born in Dooly County, he was the oldest son of Lester Paul Rhodes and Annie Sangster Rhodes. He grew up in Dooly and Wilcox counties where he farmed with his father and brother and served as a partner in the...
Myrtle C. Britt
Feb 15, 2022
Obituary for Myrtle "Myrt" C. Britt Myrtle C. Britt, age 88, of Pitts, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in the Tift Regional Hospital, Tifton, Georgia. She was a retired secretary with the Wilcox County School System, and a member of the Pitts Baptist Church. “Myrt” loved to read, loved her family, especially her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren. She was...
Joicelyn Rhodes
Feb 9, 2022
Obituary for Joicelyn Rhodes Joicelyn Collins Rhodes, age 95, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in Allen, Texas. She was born September 2, 1926, in Wilcox County, the last of six children born to the late James Louis and Sallie Dillard Collins. She attended school in Wilcox County where she graduated with honors. She married Sammie J. Rhodes, the love...
Linda Lee Fletcher Selph
Feb 9, 2022
Obituary for Linda Lee Fletcher Selph Linda Lee Fletcher Selph, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in the Taylor Regional Hospital, Hawkinsville, Georgia. Linda loved people, animals, and flowers. She enjoyed crocheting, making jewelry and other crafts, and was a very talented painter, painting many wall murals. She also loved working at the Rochelle Home and Garden Center with the...
Dennis Anthony Moore
Feb 1, 2022
Obituary for Dennis Anthony Moore Dennis Anthony Moore, age 72, of Rochelle, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022, in the Tift Regional Hospital, Tifton, Georgia. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Rochelle, where he had served as a teacher and deacon. Dennis enjoyed singing and praising the Lord. Earlier in life he worked on the family...
Kim Warren Smith
Jan 30, 2022
Kim Warren Smith, age 52, of Rochelle, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022, at her residence.She was a homemaker and a member of Pope City Baptist Church. Kim was born June 13, 1969, in East Point, Georgia.Her father was the late Roger Warren and her mother is Brenda Greene.She is also survived by her husband, Jason Smith; her son, Jace...
Elizabeth Phillips
Jan 28, 2022
Elizabeth Ann Phillips, age 79, of Pitts, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022, in the Blackshear Retirement Villa, Cordele, Georgia.She was a lifelong resident of Wilcox County and loved to garden.She was a retired seamstress with the Cordele Uniform Co. and a member of Union Baptist Church, and the Ladies Sunday School Class. Elizabeth was born April 3, 1942, in...
Cecil "Salty" Rutherford
Jan 18, 2022
Cecil “Salty” Rutherford, age 82, of Warner Robins, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2022, in the Houston Medical Center.He worked at Robins Air Force Base in Avionics, and was a Navy Veteran. Mr. Rutherford was born November 14, 1939, in Rochelle, Georgia, to the late James Rutherford and Pansy Lamb Rutherford.He was also preceded in death by a brother, James...
Linda Ruth Keene
Jan 14, 2022
Linda Ruth Keene, age 77, of Rochelle, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, at her residence.She was homemaker, a member of the Garden Club, and loved gardening, visiting the mountains, refurbishing antiques, and studying her family history.She was a Baptist by faith. Linda was born November 6, 1944, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to the late George W. McWhorter and Lucille McCall...
Johnny H. Park
Jan 11, 2022
Johnny H. Park, age 62, of Abbeville, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022, at his residence.He was a retired manager for Sunbelt Energy in Sylvester, and had worked for Marvin Horne Propane, Star Gas and Wilcox Gas Companies. Johnny was born April 22, 1959, in Montezuma, Georgia, to the late Harold S. Park and Alyce Davis Park.He was also preceded...
Effie Lou Gordon
Jan 9, 2022
Effie Lou Gordon, 88, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022 at Shady Pines Estates, Abbeville, GA.Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, January 11, 2022 in the Morningside Cemetery.The family will receive friends after the service.Due to COVID-19, masks are highly recommended and social distancing maintained. Memorial gifts may be given to the Rochelle United Methodist Church, P.O....
Mildred Irene Keene
Jan 9, 2022
Mildred Irene Keene, age 86, of Rochelle, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2022, in the Summerhouse Senior Living Center, in Slidell, LA.She was a nurse’s aide and a homemaker. Mrs. Keene was born December 9, 1935, in Cook County, to the late Dan Terry and Ruby Mise Terry. She is survived by her husband, Derral Keene; her daughter; Melba Keene...
