OBITUARIES
Dorothy "Dot" Lumpkin
Mar 21, 2020
Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” L. Lumpkin, 79, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, March 21, 2020 at Pruitt Health Care following an extended illness. Private graveside services will be held. As this nation is facing the current health crisis, it has been requested that everyone honor the guidelines set by the Center For Disease Control and the GA State Health Dept....
Harriet Lavonda Brown McNair
Mar 15, 2020
Harriet Lavonda Brown McNair, 86, of Valdosta, formerly of Ashburn, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020 at her residence surrounded by her four children. Harriet was born on January 22, 1934 in Haines City, Florida to the late Charles Russell and Lelia Arcie Yeomans Brown. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was a long time resident of...
Dr. William Morris (Bill) Williams
Mar 9, 2020
Dr. William Morris (Bill) Williams, age 80, died Monday, March 9, in a local hospital. Dr. Williams was born November 23, 1939 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to Daphine Morris and Henry Grady Williams. In 1958, he graduated from Turner County High School where he was named “Most Likely to Succeed” and was an accomplished athlete and captain of the football team....
Billy D. Lewis
Mar 5, 2020
Billy D. Lewis, 77, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Billy was born on November 20, 1942 in Crisp County to the late Samuel Jackson Lewis and Christine McKinney Lewis Avery. He retired from Universal Forest Products where he was a supervisor. He was also a member of the Tift Avenue Church of...
Mary Ruth Davis
Mar 1, 2020
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ruth Davis, 91, of Ashburn will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Turner County. Mrs. Davis passed away, Sunday in Tifton following a brief illness. The daughter of the late William and Mollie Cody Wooten, she was born in...
John T. Kovac
Feb 24, 2020
John T. Kovac, 90, formerly of Ashburn, GA, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020 in Jupiter, Florida at the Jupiter Pavilion Hospice Center. John was born on June 23, 1929 in Meadville, PA, to the late Steven and Helen O’Keefe Kovac. Mr. Kovac moved his wife and 4 children from Michigan to Ashburn, GA in the summer of 1969. He...
Jewell Hasty
Feb 12, 2020
Services for Mrs. Jewell Evans Hasty, 88, of Macon, GA will be held Saturday, February 22, 2020 at 2:00 PM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Hasty passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 in Macon following an extended illness. The daughter of the late William Marvin and Ruby Little Evans, she was born in Turner County. She was a Baptist and...
Sharon Thompson Lord
Feb 9, 2020
Sharon Thompson Lord, 52, of Fitzgerald passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at her residence. Sharon was born on February 9, 1968 in Tifton to Samuel S. Thompson, Jr. and the late Coleta Loper Thompson. She was a third grade teacher at Turner County Elementary School in Ashburn. Teaching was Mrs. Lord's passion. She cared deeply for each child she...
Paul Lord
Feb 9, 2020
Paul Lord, 54, of Fitzgerald passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at his residence. Paul was born on September 26, 1965 in Decatur to the late Elder Raybon and Jean Barlow Lord. He worked for TriEst Ag Group. He is survived by his daughters, Christin (Clint) Holley of Tifton, Rachel (Ron) Elizondo of Tifton and Sky Lord of Tampa, Florida;...
Donald Padgett
Feb 2, 2020
Memorial services for Mr. Donald Leon Padgett, 89, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 8, 2020 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Padgett passed away Sunday at his residence following an extended illness. The son of the late Homer and Sylvia Padgett, he was born in Turner County and was retired from the City Of Ashburn...
Judy Reinhardt
Jan 30, 2020
Judith Ann Faulkner Reinhardt, 70, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 at her residence. Judith was born on April 23, 1949 to the late Charles William and Emily Roberta Martin Faulkner. She was a retired teacher having worked for the Turner County Board of Education. She was also a member of the Ashburn First United Methodist Church. Judy...
Becky Crissman
Jan 29, 2020
Funeral services for Rebecca “Becky” Elaine Crissman, 43 of Cordele will be held Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn. Becky passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Interment will be at Red Oak Cemetery in Worth County. The daughter of the late Grady and Karen Mathis of Cordele. She was born in Savannah on...
Michael Jay Tull
Jan 21, 2020
Michael Jay Tull, 39, of Warner Robins, GA departed this life January 21, 2020. Born September 15, 1980 in Hutchinson, KS to Francis I. Tull (Jack) and Sandra D. Tull. Preceded in death by His Father Francis I. Tull; Grandparents Jake and Viola Ginn of Ashburn, GA; John and Elva Tull of Tulsa, OK; Uncle David Tull, Aunt Pat Malloy...
Benny W. Denham
Jan 18, 2020
Celebration of Life for Benny Warren Denham, 89, of Sycamore, GA will be held Monday, January 20, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, Sycamore, GA. Mr. Denham passed away Saturday, January 18, 2020 after a brief illness. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashburn, GA. The son of the late James Olin Denham, Sr. and Mary Christine...
Ruth Ann Jordan
Jan 13, 2020
Funeral services for Ruth Ann Shivers Jordan, 62, of Ashburn, GA will be held Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Ashburn First Methodist Church, Ashburn, GA. Mrs. Jordan passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 after a brief illness. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ashburn, GA. The daughter of the late Billy Jack Shivers and Joanne Frances...
Verna Louise Farmer Cameron
Jan 9, 2020
Verna Louise Farmer Cameron, 95, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, January 9, 2020 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Verna was born on June 8, 1924 in Turner County to the late John Cleveland and Viola Gray Farmer. She was a member of Living Waters Fellowship and retired from Jaco Pants Factory. She is survived by her daughter, Christine (Carl) Mauldin...
Marjorie Hardy Brooks
Jan 7, 2020
Funeral Services for Marjorie Hardy Brooks, 88, of Conway, AR will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Perry Funeral Chapel with burial to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Brooks died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020 at her residence. The family will receive friends Saturday from 1:30 p.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Mrs. Brooks was born...
Linton S. Smith, Sr.
Jan 7, 2020
Linton S. Smith, Sr., 92, of Winder passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Winder Health and Rehabilitation. Linton was born on November 23, 1927 in Tifton. He was a Dye Sharpener for the U. S. Envelope Company. Linton enjoyed being outdoors and in his younger years he loved to fish and hunt. He was also a member of the...
Ruth Beard Youngblood
Jan 5, 2020
Funeral services for Ruth Beard Youngblood, 97, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019 at the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Mrs. Youngblood passed away Sunday in Americus following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The daughter of the late George Dewey and Mozella Poore Beard she was...
George Otto Doss, Jr.
Jan 3, 2020
Mr. George Otto Doss, Jr., 92, of Thomasville, GA passed away Friday, January 3, 2020 at The Woodleaf Senior Care in Thomasville. Mr. Doss will be interred in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The son of the late George Otto Doss Sr. and Ramona Van Buskirk Doss, he was born in Ashburn where he lived for many years. Mr. Doss...
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