Obituaries

Recent Obituaries from Americus, GA 

Lee  Jack Turner

Lee Jack Turner

Mar 18, 2009

Mr. Jack Turner, age 71, died Wednesday morning March 18, 2009 at Sumter Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday March 20 at Rehoboth Baptist Church with Dr. Reed Crumbliss and Rev. James Beckett officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Asked to serve as pallbearers are Al Willis, Woody Hinton, Ken Athon, Bob...

Ann Reeves

Ann Reeves

Mar 13, 2009

Ann Horton Reeves Ann Horton Reeves of Atlanta, Georgia, formerly of Americus went to be with her Lord and reunion with family and friends Friday, March 13, 2009. She was born May 14, 1916 in Floyd County, Georgia to the late Rolan George Horton and Eva Terrell Horton. She is preceded in death by Edd Reeves her husband of...

George  Powell Mason

George Powell Mason

Mar 2, 2009

Mr. George P. Mason, age 62, of Quinlan, Texas (formerly of Americus) died Monday, March 2, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, March 4 in the chapel of Greg Hancock Funeral Chapel with a private burial to follow at a later date. A native of Cobb County, Mr. Mason was born September 12, 1946,...

Morris Hayes

Morris Hayes

Feb 19, 2009

Mr. Morris Hayes, age 88, of Americus died at his residence, Thursday February 19, 2009. A native of Crisp County, Mr. Hayes was born March 23, 1920, a son of the late Johnny Hayes and Gordie Ann Lambeth Hayes. He was the youngest of nine children. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, February 24, in the...

Annie  Mae Cook

Annie Mae Cook

Feb 2, 2009

Mrs. Annie Mae Cook, age 92, died Monday morning, February 2, 2009 at Sumter Regional Hospital. A native of Marion County, Alabama, Mrs. Cook was born January 14, 1917, a daughter of the late Sam Lacey and Jennie Bell Mitchell Lacey. She was a homemaker and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at 11:00...

Harriett Delores Fine Faircloth

Harriett Delores Fine Faircloth

Feb 2, 2009

Ms. Harriett Delores Fine Faircloth, age 66, of 314 Ga. Hwy. 49 South, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. A native of Greenwood, S.C., Ms. Faircloth was born October 13, 1942, daughter of the late Irving Fine, Sr. and Willie Alice Crowder Fine. Ms. Fine was a retired bus driver of fourteen years...

Emogene  Price Jennings

Emogene Price Jennings

Jan 22, 2009

Mrs. Emogene Price Jennings, age 71, died Thursday January 22, 2009 at her residence. The body has been cremated and a graveside memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm, Saturday, January 24 in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jim Smith officiating. A native of Colquitt County, Mrs. Jennings was born December 25, 1937, daughter of the late Floyd...

Vivian  Settles Williams

Vivian Settles Williams

Jan 20, 2009

Mrs. Vivian Settles Williams, age 85, of 2124 Hwy 280 West, Plains, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at Sumter Regional Hospital. A native of Randolph County, Mrs. Williams was born October 9, 1923 daughter of the late Ollie Ernest Settles and Maude Barrentine Settles. She was a retired social worker with the State of Georgia and a member of...

Richard  Harold Zabadah,  Sr.

Richard Harold Zabadah, Sr.

Jan 14, 2009

Mr. Richard Dick Zabadah, Sr., age 81, died Wednesday, January 14, 2008 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. A native of Stark County, Ohio, Mr. Zabadah was born September 28, 1927, son of the late Paul Zabadah and Anna Borda Zabadah. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and Merchant Marines and was of the...

Judge Griffin Boyette Bell

Judge Griffin Boyette Bell

Jan 5, 2009

Judge Griffin B. Bell, age 90, died Monday morning January 5, 2009 at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the family residence,108 Wood Valley Road. Cemetery: Oak Grove Cemetery Visitation: Friends may call at the family residence,108 Wood Valley Road...

Betty  J. Booth

Betty J. Booth

Jan 4, 2009

Mrs. Betty J. Booth, age 74, died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at her residence. A native of Worth County, Mrs. Booth was born May 22, 1934, daughter of the late John D. Jones and Mattie Stone Jones. She was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Booth, Sr. and a brother Woodrow Jones. Mrs. Booth was retired from...

Martha  D. Martin

Martha D. Martin

Jan 4, 2009

Martha Davison Martin, 91, of 198 Knowles Landing Drive, Hertford, N.C., and formerly of Americus, died Sunday, January 4, 2009 in Brian Center Health & Rehab. Mrs. Martin was born in Crawford County, Ga, and was the daughter of the late James A. and Eva Johnson Davison. The retired office manager for the Americus District of Life of Georgia...

Jonathan Andrew “Andy” Jackson

Jonathan Andrew “Andy” Jackson

Dec 18, 2008

Mr. Jonathan Andrew Andy Jackson, age 27, of Ellaville, died late Tuesday afternoon in Macon County. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm, Thursday, December 18, 2008 at Smithville City Cemetery in Smithville with Rev. Steve Giglio officiating. Asked to serve as honorary pallbearers are Cole Williams, Chad Hett, Josh Cannon, Scott Storey, Hershel Turner, Jon Michael...

Ruth Claire Williamson Law

Ruth Claire Williamson Law

Nov 17, 2008

Mrs. Ruth Claire Law, age 90, of 117 Robin Hill Road, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at her residence. A native of Hampton, S.C., Mrs. Law was born March 2, 1918, daughter of the late William Overton and Mable Claire Williamson. Mrs. Law was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas B. Law, Sr., a sister, Gladys Burch and...

Sara Zaida Mae Ivey Poupard

Sara Zaida Mae Ivey Poupard

Nov 16, 2008

Mrs. Zaida Poupard, age 73, died Sunday, November 16, 2008 at her home near Leslie. A native of Jefferson County, Mrs. Poupard was born April 11, 1935, daughter of the late George Samuel Ivey and Sallie Rebecca Turner Ivey. She was a homemaker and Methodist by faith. Mrs. Poupard was preceded in death by a half-sister, Annie Louise Ivey...

Charlie  Mack Brown

Charlie Mack Brown

Nov 8, 2008

Mr. Charlie Mack Brown, age 60, of 122 2nd Road, Leesburg, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mr. Brown was a native of Colquitt County, born October 29, 1948, a son of the late Henry Lewis Brown, Jr. and Ernestine Lowery Scarbrough who survives him. He was a veteran of the U.S.Army having...

Thomas  Kevin Lloyd,  Sr.

Thomas Kevin Lloyd, Sr.

Oct 24, 2008

Mr. Thomas Kevin Lloyd, Sr., age 57, of 1911 Radiance Avenue, died Friday, October 24, 2008. A native of Amityville, New York, born April 21, 1951, son of the late Thomas Mackin Lloyd and Jean Dorothy Lipiac Lloyd, Mr. Lloyd was a graduate of Georgia Southwestern University and South Georgia Technical College. He served in the United States Marine...

Fay  Daphene Hines

Fay Daphene Hines

Sep 17, 2008

Mrs. Fay Daphene Hines, age 88, of 115 Browns Mill Pond Road, Leslie, died at her residence on Wednesday afternoon, September 17, 2008.\r\n Mrs. Hines was a native of Dougherty County, GA, born March 15, 1920, the daughter of the late Raymond E. and Foy Teresa Averitte. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Americus.\r\n Funeral...

Nieves  Manuel Garcia

Nieves Manuel Garcia

Sep 14, 2008

Mr. Nieves Manuel Garcia, age 75, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center. Mr. Garcia was born in Houston, Texas, August 5, 1933, a son of the late Jose Garcia and Santor Peus Perez Garcia. He was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church. Mr. Garcia was preceded in death by his wife, Olivia Rivera...

Paige  Devon Hogsed

Paige Devon Hogsed

Aug 26, 2008

Ms. Paige Devon Hogsed, age 26, of 1664 Upper River Road, died late Tuesday night, August 26, 2008 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Ms. Hogsed was born December 2, 1981. She was a 2000 graduate of Southland Academy and a 2006 graduate of Georgia Southwestern State University with a BA degree in Business and Human Resources. Ms....

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