Inez 'Pinkie' Abbett Smith
Feb 22, 2010
Inez "Pinkie" Abbett Smith, age 88, of 301 West Glessner St., Americus, died February 22, 2010. A native of Jackson's Gap, Alabama, she was born the daughter of the late Albert Robert and Sallie Lou Patten Abbet. Mrs. Smith was a member of First Baptist Church of Americus and an avid bridge player. She was a retired executive housekeeper...
Paula Diane Adams
Feb 22, 2010
Mrs. Paula Diane Dozier Adams, age 56, of 131 Holly Street, Leslie, Georgia, died February 22, 2010. Mrs. Adams, a native of Sumter County, was born the daughter of Edward Dozier and Mary Ann Barfield. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved gardening, fishing and was a true friend to everyone. She was a member of...
Mr. Ensign Washington Riddle, Jr.
Feb 19, 2010
Mr. Ensign Washington Riddle, Jr., age 81, of 952 Highway 280 West, Plains, Georgia, died February 19, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Riddle was born March 21, 1928 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, the son of Ensign Washington Riddle, Sr. and Irma Leslie Summers Riddle. Mr. Riddle was a retired Plumber and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. He served in...
Russell Halliwill
Jan 31, 2010
Mr. Russell Halliwill, age 79, of 557 Young Mill Rd., died January 31, 2010 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Kenneth Don Gay
Jan 30, 2010
Mr. Kenneth Don Gay Mr. Kenneth Don Gay, age 67, of 1819 U S Hwy 280 east died at his residence on January 30, 2010. Mr. Gay was a native of San Luis Obispo, CA, son of the late Kenneth Wendall and Donna Mae Gay. He was a veteran of the U S Marine Corp. serving during the Vietnam...
John T Groover
Jan 15, 2010
John T. Groover, age 81, of Americus died Friday, January 15, 2010. A native of Statesboro, Georgia he was born July 10, 1928, the son of the late George T. and Nancy Perry Groover. Mr. Groover has resided in Americus the past 30 years. Mr. Groover was a retired educator serving as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent in...
Olin Witherington
Jan 12, 2010
Mr. Olin Witherington, age 96, of 958 Felder St., Americus, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A native of Laurens County, Mr. Witherington was born April 23, 1913, the son of R.E. and Lola Witherington. Mr. Witherington came to Americus in 1946 after serving three years in the 199th Field Artillery Battalion during...
Danny Wesley Lamb
Dec 30, 2009
Mr. Danny Lamb, age 62, of 462 Flintside Dr., Cobb, Ga., died December 30, 2009 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Ga. A native of Crisp County, Mr. Lamb was born October 1, 1947, the son of Alfred Wesley and Lunell Watson Lamb. Mr. Lamb was a star basketball player at Crisp County High School and he loved hunting...
Jennette Colbert Jennings
Dec 8, 2009
Jennette Colbert Jennings, age 90, of 522 Hancock Dr., Americus, died early this morning, December 8, 2009, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A native of Sumter County, Mrs. Jennings was born November 13, 1919, the daughter of John Walter and Pauline Kirven Colbert. Mrs. Jennings was a dispatcher at Southerfield airport during WW II, was a singer in the...
Adrian Perryman Mclemore
Nov 30, 2009
Mr. Adrian Perryman McLemore, age 76, of 777 Nursing Home Rd., Marshallville, Ga., died Monday, November 30, 2009. A native of Marietta, Ga., Mr. McLemore was born May 23, 1933, the son of Hilton and Velva McLemore. He was of the Baptist faith. He was an avid clown collector and enjoyed sharing his clowns and being a clown and...
Sara Gene West Faircloth
Nov 30, 2009
Mrs. Sara Gene West Faircloth, age 84, of 148 North Spring Creek Rd., Cobb, Ga., died November 30, 2009 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus. A native of Sumter County, Mrs. Faircloth was born July 24, 1925, the daughter of James Terrell West, Sr. and Ethel Elizabeth Graddick West. Mrs. Faircloth was a lifetime member of DeSoto United...
Mrs. Alice Jean Lord Norris
Nov 29, 2009
Mrs. Alice Jean Lord Norris, age 78, of 1220 Oglethorpe Ave., Americus, died November 29, 2009, at Regency Hospital in Macon. A native of Johnson County, Ga., Mrs. Norris was born April 24, 1931, the daughter of Clayton and Irma Lord. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Americus. She attended the Georgia Teachers College in Statesboro;...
Mrs. Helen Groover Hicks
Nov 20, 2009
Mrs. Helen Groover Hicks, age 82, of Americus, died Friday, November 20, 2009 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. A native of College Park, Ga., Mrs. Hicks was born August 29, 1927, the daughter of the late Calton Wiley Groover and Cora Helen Bryant Groover. Mrs. Hicks was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., a homemaker and a...
Ray B. Ansley, Jr.
Nov 6, 2009
Mr Ray Bruce Ansley, Jr. Mr. Ray Bruce Ansley, Jr., age 79, of 637 Highway 27 East, Americus, died November 6, 2009, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A native of Sumter County, Mr. Ansley was born September 27, 1930, the son of Ray Bruce and Harriett Rylander Ansley. Mr. Ansley was a member of First Baptist Church of Americus...
Buck Hannon Harris, Jr.
Nov 2, 2009
Mr. Buck Hannon Harris, Jr., age 74, of 29 Morris St., Ellaville, Ga., died Monday afternoon, November 2, 2009 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A native of Sumter Co., Mr. Harris was born September 18, 1935, the son of Buck Hannon and Ruth Johnson Harris, Sr. Mr. Harris was retired from Greenfield Metal Products. Graveside services will...
Mrs. Verlin Crook Potter
Oct 28, 2009
Mrs. Verlin Christine Crook Potter, age 92, of 2001 S. Lee St., Americus, died Wednesday afternoon at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. A native of Taylor County, she was born May 25, 1917, the daughter of James Thomas and Katie Lou Aldridge Crook. She was a homemaker, a member of the Leslie Hobby Club and Calvary Baptist Church where she...
Wyndell Howell Clark
Oct 26, 2009
Wyndell Howell Clark Mr. Wyndell Howell Clark, age 89, of 1154 Cobb Cheek Road, DeSoto, GA, died Monday morning at Cordele Health and Rehab in Cordele. Mr. Clark was a native of Pitts GA born September 10, 1920, the son of the late Charles Claude and Inez Howell Clark. Mr. Clark was a Veteran of the U S Army,...
John David Mcilwraith
Oct 17, 2009
Mr. John David McIlwraith, age 65, of 175 Shiloh Rd., Americus, died Saturday evening, October 17, 2009, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. A native of Aurora IL., Mr. McIlwraith was born November 30, 1943 the son of the late Andrew Alexander and Rubye Wilson McIlwraith. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather who was...
Mrs. Nancy Bell Anglea Willis
Oct 4, 2009
Mrs. Nancy Bell Anglea Willis, age 83 of 2001 South Lee Street Americus, died at her residence on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Mrs. Willis was born March 31, 1926 the daughter of the late Alfred Baker and Nellie Aldona Anglea in Nashville TN. She was a member of Lee Street United Methodist Church in Americus GA. Mrs. Willis lived...
William 'Wink' Wingate Taylor
Oct 3, 2009
Mr. William Wink Wingate Taylor, Sr., age 62, of 288 Wolf Creek Dr., Americus, died Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mr. Taylor was born November 19, 1946 in Dooly County, Ga. the son of Howell C. Taylor and Lucile Wingate Sumner. Mr. Taylor graduated from Irwin County High School in Ocilla in 1964...
