OBITUARIES

Kaye Saylor

Kaye Saylor

May 25, 2019

Funeral services for Kaye Saylor, 51, of Sycamore, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, May 29, 2019 First Baptist Church of Chula. Mrs. Saylor passed away, Saturday at her residence following an extended illness. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The daughter of the late James E. “Bunky” Storey and Gloria Faye Clance Storey...

Annette Murray

Annette Murray

May 21, 2019

Funeral Services for Annette Beard Murray, 92, of Ashburn, GA will be held Monday, May 27 at 2:00 PM at the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Mrs. Murray passed away Tuesday in Tifton at Cypress Pond Assisted Living. Interment will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The daughter of the late Paul F. and Arminta Ross Beard, she was...

James Dorsey Lumpkin

James Dorsey Lumpkin

May 19, 2019

Dorsey Lumpkin, 77, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Dorsey was born in Worth County on May 1, 1942 to the late J. D. and Margaret Elizabeth Stewart Lumpkin. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church. He was also a retired Routeman for Pet Dairies and Parmalot Dairies and was presently working...

Troy Alan Harris

Troy Alan Harris

May 18, 2019

Troy Alan Harris, 19, of Sycamore passed away Saturday, May 18, 2019. Troy was born on October 13, 1999 in Tifton to Ralph Clayton Harris and Tammy Jean Harris. He graduated from Turner County High School where he was a member of the Turner County Rebels Baseball Team. He was also a member of the Baptist Faith. Troy was preceded...

Bobby Eugene Sell

Bobby Eugene Sell

May 15, 2019

Bobby Eugene Sell, 83, of Albany passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at Lee County Health and Rehabilitation in Leesburg. Bobby was born on March 14, 1936 to the late Ben B. and Edgar Smith Sell of Ashburn. He retired from civil service after 40 years as a Materiel Handler. He was also a member of Dawson Road Church of...

Geraldine C. Foltz

Geraldine C. Foltz

May 5, 2019

Geraldine “Gerry” Foltz, 84, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, May 5 at Pruitt Health of Ashburn following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be held Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 11:00 AM in the Ashburn First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Foltz was the daughter of George Cox of Colorado and Patty Hughes Cox of Washington, DC. She moved from District...

Donald Selph

Donald Selph

May 2, 2019

Donald Selph, 76, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019 at Willson Hospice House in Albany. Donald was born on December 21, 1942 to the late Hinton Miller and Reba Alene Houston Selph. He retired from Harris Press where he was a shop foreman. He also served his country with honor in the United States Air Force. Donald was...

Ashley T. "Dick" Hart

Ashley T. "Dick" Hart

Apr 25, 2019

Funeral Services for Ashley T. “Dick” Hart, Sr., 85, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, May 4, 2019 at The New Prospect Freewill Baptist Church at 1:00 PM. Mr. Hart passed away Thursday, April 25 at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The son of the late George Harris and Laura Johnson...

Jonathan Farrell Brown

Jonathan Farrell Brown

Apr 25, 2019

Jonathan Farrell Brown, 62, of Sycamore, Mayor and caretaker of Brownsville, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Farrell was born on December 7, 1956 in Ashburn to the late Calvin Grayer Brown and Christine Elizabeth Watson Brown. He was a retired electrician and a member of Sycamore Methodist Church. He was also an Eagle Scout....

Rinnard Gravitt

Rinnard Gravitt

Apr 19, 2019

Rinnard Gravitt, 92, of Ashburn passed away Friday, April 19, 2019 at his residence. Rinnard was born on August 19, 1926 in Cummings to the late Toy C. and Annie Mardell Samples Gravitt. He served his country with honor in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of Mt. Horeb Methodist Church in West Columbia,...

Kenneth J.  Karcher

Kenneth J. Karcher

Apr 14, 2019

Kenneth J. Karcher, 82, of Sycamore passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019 at his residence. Kenneth was born on March 20, 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas to the late Richard and Anna Theresea Duy Karcher. He was a Lutheran. Kenneth was a member of the HAM radio club in Turner County and worked with 101.5 FM radio station. He also...

Charles Edward Hardy

Charles Edward Hardy

Apr 12, 2019

Charles Edward Hardy, 83, of Sycamore passed away Friday, April 12, 2019 at the Cook Medical Center in Adel. Charles was born on December 23, 1935 in Turner County to the late Jesse Buren and Cassie Susan Clark Hardy. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church where he served as Minister of Music for many years. He was also...

Shirlene McLeod Lee

Shirlene McLeod Lee

Apr 11, 2019

Shirlene Mcleod Lee, 91, of Ashburn passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. Shirlene was born on May 21, 1927 in Turner County to the late Lonnie and Maggie L. Alberson McLeod. She retired from the Turner County School System where she was a paraprofessional and a bus driver. Shirlene volunteered with Sam Shortline Railroad in...

Dorothy "Dot" Shepherd Llobet

Dorothy "Dot" Shepherd Llobet

Apr 3, 2019

Dorothy "Dot" Shepherd Llobet, 81, of Ashburn formerly of Miami, Florida and Lake Park, Georgia passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at her residence with her sister, Jane Shepherd Coleman and niece Sunny Pierce by her side. Dorothy, affectionately known as "Dot" to everyone that she knew, was born on July 14, 1937 to the late W. D. and Mary...

"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck

"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck

Apr 3, 2019

"Mike" Peter Marshall Truluck, 64, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Pruitt Health Care in Ashburn. Mike was born on November 1, 1954 to the late Ernest Sr. and Lucy Sanders Truluck Watson. He held numerous jobs around the area including working with his best friend, Hank House. Mike was a military veteran having served in the...

Joe Ireland

Joe Ireland

Mar 31, 2019

Joe Boyd Ireland, 85, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Joe was born in Turner County on October 16, 1933 to the late Carl Andrew and Orie Lillie Rutledge Ireland. He was a mason with Sycamore Lodge #210 F&AM, a member of the Turner County Young Farmers and a member of Dakota Baptist...

Madlen Lynell Barnes Banks

Madlen Lynell Barnes Banks

Mar 25, 2019

Madlen Lynell "Nanny" Barnes Banks, 77, of Sycamore passed away Monday, March 25, 2019 at her residence. Madlen was born on January 9, 1942 in Alma, Georgia to the late Clifford Lawrence and Alline Carter Barnes. She was affectionately known as Nanny to everyone and had a deep passion for loving and caring for her family. She was an...

Jimmy Little

Jimmy Little

Mar 23, 2019

Jimmy Lee Little, 79, of Ashburn passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. Jimmy was born on December 5, 1939 in Turner County to the late James Washington and Audrey Carr Little. He faithfully attended First Baptist Church of Ashburn. He retired from the Federal State Inspection Service after 34 years. He...

Dorothy "Mama Dot" Kelly Watson

Dorothy "Mama Dot" Kelly Watson

Mar 17, 2019

Dorothy "Mama Dot" Kelly Watson, 90, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, March 17, 2019 at her residence. Affectionately known as "Mama Dot" to many in the community, she was born on February 17, 1929 to the late Lake Buford and Essie Lee Cantrell Kelly. She loved God, her family and friends. She was the retired owner of Watson's "Deep Creek"...

Patti Denise Whitt Edwards

Patti Denise Whitt Edwards

Mar 13, 2019

Patti Denise Whitt Edwards, 56, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at her residence. Patti was born on April 9, 1962 in Augusta, Georgia to James and Katie Boone Whitt. She was a loving wife, daughter, mother and grandmother who will be missed by many. She is survived by her husband, Joe Edwards, III of Ashburn; parents, James...

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