Evelyn J Smith
Apr 2, 2010
Mrs. Evelyn Jennings Smith, age 94, of Americus died April 2, 2010, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. A lifelong resident of Sumter County, Mrs. Smith was born December 3, 1915 the daughter of the late Phillip David and Mamie Thomas Jennings of Plains. She was employed as a nurse at the old City Hospital, Manhatten Shirt Company, Gertrude Davenport...
Charles Warren Massey
Mar 30, 2010
Mr. Charles Warren Massey, age 88, of Americus, died Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at Phoebe Sumter Hospital. A native of Marietta, Ga., Mr. Massey was born August 12, 1921, the son of the late Marcus Patterson and Evor Mae Mitchell Massey. Mr. Massey was retired from CSX railroad, and was an avid gardener, cook and Georgia Bulldog fan. He...
Mary Almon Niblack
Mar 28, 2010
Mary Walker Almon Niblack Mrs. Mary Walker Almon Niblack, age 66, of 105 Lullwater Lane, Americus, died Sunday, March 28, 2010 at her residence. A native of Americus, Mrs. Niblack was born June 23, 1943, the daughter of the late James and Mary Almon. Mrs. Niblack retired in 2005, after 45 years of service as an accounting supervisor from...
Charlie Leon Marchant
Mar 22, 2010
Mr. Charlie Leon Marchant Mr. Charlie Leon Marchant, age 80, of 116 OHara Drive, Americus, died March 22, 2010 at his residence. A native of Colquitt County, Mr. Marchant was born December 31, 1929, the son of Henry Ches and Rosa Lee Williams Marchant. Mr. Marchant began his career as a law enforcement officer in Americus in February 1963...
Alexander Son (Jack) Rowe
Mar 16, 2010
Mr. Alexander Jackson Rowe, age 61, of 162 Pearl Dr., Americus, died March 16, 2010, at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Mr. Rowe, a native of Sumter County was born August 26, 1948 the son of Grantland Gray Rowe and Arrie Melton Rowe. Mr. Rowe was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, Sons of Confederate Veterans and retired...
Remelle G. Wilbanks
Mar 11, 2010
Mrs. Remelle G. Wilbanks, age 71, of 207 Willet Way, Americus, GA died on Thursday evening March 11, 2010, at Pine Hill Nursing Center in Byromville. Mrs. Wilbanks, was born July 18, 1938, in Colquitt, County, GA the daughter of the late Woodrow F. and Mary Lou Galloway. Mrs. Wilbanks, a resident of Sumter County for 51 years, was...
Jacqueline Anderson White
Mar 9, 2010
Jacqueline Anderson White, age 66, of Americus, died March 9, 2010, at her residence. Mrs. White was born May 19, 1943, in Upson County, daughter of the late William A. and Vera Mae Swails Anderson. She was a devoted member of Greater Vision Baptist Church in Americus, where she served as church treasurer for many years. She was preceded...
Falba Lee Price
Feb 25, 2010
Mrs. Falba Lee Price, age 78, of 1002 Anthony Dr., Americus, died February 25, 2010 at her residence. A native of Sumter County, Mrs. Price was born April 29, 1931, the daughter of the late Bryant Allen and Louise Justice Lee. She was a member of Central Baptist Church where she was active in the church and also a...
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;...