Kenneth Thompson
Mar 12, 2021
Kenneth Thompson, age 63, of Pineview, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021, at his residence.He was a farmer who loved his family and cows, and was a member of Union Baptist Church. Kenneth was born May 16, 1957, in Hawkinsville, to the late Sam Thompson and Audrey Massey Thompson.He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Donnie, Recial, and...
John D. Owens,
Mar 11, 2021
John D. Owens, Jr., of Pineview, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2021, in the Pruitt Healthcare Center, Fitzgerald, Georgia.He graduated from Abbeville High School in 1962, and attended ABAC and the University of Wyoming.He was a teacher and coach at Fitzgerald High School.He also coached baseball and basketball in Wilcox and Dodge Counties, and scouted for the Pittsburgh Pirates.He dedicated...
Tharpe A. Rhodes
Mar 9, 2021
Tharpe A. Rhodes, age 94, of Pineview, passed away Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in the Georgia War Veterans Home, Milledgeville.He was a retired insurance agent with the Wilcox County Farm Bureau, a member of Friendship Baptist Church where he was a song leader for over 50 years, and former Sunday School Director.He was also a veteran of WWII and the...
Ronny Loyd Stubbs
Mar 5, 2021
Ronny Loyd Stubbs, age 70, of Rochelle, Georgia, passed away Friday, March 5, 2021, at his residence.He was a civil service employee with Robins Air Force Base in electronics, and attended Rebecca Baptist Church.He loved his family, especially his grandchildren. Ronny was born October 30, 1950, in Fitzgerald, to the late Jesse Loyd Stubbs and Faustine Wilkerson Stubbs.He was also...
Peggy D. Martin
Feb 26, 2021
Peggy D. Martin, age 76, of Pitts, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021, in the Presbyterian Home, Quitman, Georgia.She was a homemaker, who loved quilting, cross-stitching, and crafting, gardening and mowing grass.She also loved to travel and was an avid Atlanta Braves and Georgia Bulldogs fan, and adored her grandchildren. Peggy was born November 12, 1944, in (Pineview) Finleyson, Georgia...
Myra G. Statham
Feb 11, 2021
Myra G. Statham, age 61, of Cordele, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2021, in South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta.She was a Red Cross volunteer for 20 years, and also volunteered for the Sam’s Short Line Railroad for 5 years.Myra was a homemaker and a member of Wenona Baptist Church. She was born April 16, 1959, in Cordele, Georgia, to the...
Carl Webb Gillespie
Feb 9, 2021
Carl Webb Gillespie, age 88, of Abbeville, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021, in the Tift Regional Hospital.He was a member and deacon of the Abbeville First Baptist Church, where he also sang in the choir, and was a member of the Men’s Sunday School Class. He was an Emergency Medical Technician with the Wilcox County E.M.S. He was a...
Linda D. Keen
Feb 6, 2021
Linda D. Keen, age 76, of Abbeville, Georgia, passed away February 6, 2021, in the Macon Medical Center.She was born to the late George Robert Davis, Sr., and Nora Lee McKie Davis on February 21, 1944. A retired Empire Forrest Products and Vopak employee, she worked as an administrative assistant for nearly 30 years.She was a member of Siloam Baptist...
Debra Charlene Platt
Feb 5, 2021
Debra Charlene Platt, age 67 of Rochelle, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 at her residence.A private service will be held at a later date. Mrs. Platt was born on February 10, 1953 in McIntosh, Florida.She was daughter of the late Charles H. McCann. She was a homemaker.She was preceded in death by her father-Charles H. McCann and a granddaughter,...
Robert L. Simmons
Jan 31, 2021
Robert L. Simmons, age 81 of Vienna, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2021 in the Crisp Regional Hospital.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, February the 4th in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.Reverend Jeremy Barrett and Reverend Robert Robinson will officiate. Mr. Simmons was born on January 29, 1940 in Pitts, Ga.He was son of the late Raymond Louie...
Suzanne Baker
Jan 24, 2021
Suzanne Baker, age 61, of Pitts, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2021, at her residence.She was a retired owner and operator of Baker’s Flowers in Rochelle, and was a Methodist by faith. Suzanne was born October 4, 1959, in Cordele, Georgia, to the late Homer and Dot Gloss Jackson.She was also preceded in death by her husband, Donnie Gene Baker....
Mary M. Bruce
Jan 23, 2021
Mary M. Bruce, age 87, of Rochelle, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021, in the Tift Regional Medical Center, Tifton, Georgia.She was a retired seamstress with ITHICA Corp., and a member of the Christian Hill Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Bruce was born November 17, 1933, in Abbeville, to the late James Henry Mitchell and Edna Gibbs Mitchell.She was also...
Lois M. Coker
Jan 18, 2021
Lois M. Coker, age 61 of Abbeville, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at the Pruitt Health Care in Fitzgerald.A private graveside service will be held Wednesday in the Union Cemetery.Jaime Coker will officiate. Mrs. Coker was born on September 18, 1959 in Cordele, Ga.She was daughter of the late Elton Lane and Elizabeth Chastain Lane. She was a homemaker...
Marisa Lamb
Jan 18, 2021
Marisa Lamb, age 62 of Pineview, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at her residence. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 21, 2021 in the Christian Home Cemetery.Reverend Jay Moore will officiate. Mrs. Lamb was born on August 31, 1958 in Hawkinsville, Ga.She was daughter of the late Russell and Betty Clack Dozier.She was a homemaker...
William H. "Bill" Elsberry
Jan 15, 2021
Rev. William H. “Bill” Elsberry, age 90, of Abbeville, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021, in Taylor Regional Hospital, Hawkinsville.He was an ordained Baptist minister, and loved the outdoors, especially fishing. Mr. Bill was born October 3, 1930, in Summerville, Georgia, to the late William Henry “Dick” Elsberry and Stella Harp Elsberry. He was also preceded in death by his...
Christy Coleman
Jan 15, 2021
Christy Coleman, age 46, of Rochelle, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021, at her residence.She was an LPN, and a Baptist by faith. Christy was born November 4, 1974, in Cordele, Georgia, to her parents, Jackie and Barbara McWhorter Coleman of Rochelle.She is also survived by a brother, Johnny Coleman (Stephanie) of Rochelle; her nephews, Jaden Coleman (Michelle) of Rochelle,...
Betty Gordon
Jan 8, 2021
Betty Gordon, age 75 of Rochelle, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021 in the Crisp Regional Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 11th in the M. G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier and Son Funeral Home.Reverend Victor Lyons will officiate.Interment will be private in the Morningside Cemetery. Mrs. Gordon was born on July 26, 195 in...
Evelyn Jeanette Hall
Jan 7, 2021
Evelyn Jeanette Hall, age 71 of Abbeville, passed away January 7, 2021 at her residence.Services will be held on January 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the M. G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier and Son Funeral Home.Visitation will be from 1-2 PM before the service in the chapel.Brandon Hall will officiate. Mrs. Hall was born on April 23, 1949...
Lawrence Whittington
Jan 6, 2021
Lawrence Whittington of Rochelle, formerly of Chauncey, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at his residence in Rochelle.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 10th in the Sand Grove Cemetery in Milan. Dahl McDermitt will officiate. Mr. Whittington was born on November 10, 1952 in McRae.He was son of the late Frank Lawrence Whittington and Elise McCranie...
Wesley Earl White
Jan 2, 2021
Wesley White left this earth to walk with Jesus on Saturday, January 2, 2021.Brother White loved his Jesus and was excited for the eternal Life.He is proceded in death by his wife, the late Darlene White and daughter, Tamara Zimnicki.Wesley is survived by his sons, Kenneth (Sarah) White, Michael (Leisa) White and daughter, Kelly (Gerald) Stephens and a host of...
