OBITUARIES
George Joseph Sliwa
Mar 13, 2019
George "Joey" Sliwa, Jr., 64, of West Boylston, Massachusetts passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany. Affectionately known as "Joey", he was born on May 31, 1954 in Tifton to the late George Joseph Sliwa, Sr. and Imogene Wilson Watson. Joey served his country with honor in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam...
Bernice Presley Goodman
Mar 4, 2019
Bernice M. Goodman, 83, of Cordele passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 in Sumter County. Bernice was born on September 3, 1935 in Crisp County to the late Oscar Glaton and Nora Belle Hancock Presley. She was affectionately known as Jip by her family. She was a Baptist and a retired seamstress. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa Goodman...
Delia Presley Ward Law
Mar 4, 2019
Graveside funeral services for Delia Ward Law, 69, of Cobb, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, March 11, 2019 in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. Mrs. Law passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 at her residence in Cobb. The daughter of the late, Oscar Glaton and Nora Belle Hancock Presley, she was born in Crisp County, GA....
Norman L. Eltringham
Mar 3, 2019
Funeral services for Norman L. Eltringham, 74, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 7, 2019 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Eltringham passed away Sunday at Tift Regional Medical Center. Interment will be in East Liverpool, Ohio. The son of the late Samuel Shelton and Norma Alwida Hall Eltringham he was born in Steubenville, Ohio. He...
Jim Black
Feb 28, 2019
Funeral services for Jim Black, 70, of Ashburn, GA will be held Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mr. Black passed away Thursday at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will be in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn. The son of the late James Richard and Laura Jane Priest Black he was born...
Pauline W. Evers
Feb 20, 2019
Pauline Margarette Evers, 84, of Arabi passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at Crisp Regional Hospital. Pauline was born in Turner County on March 30, 1934 to the late James Allen and Rosa Alvertine Musslewhite Wells. She was a member of Omar Heights Baptist Church in Cordele and retired from Nationwide Homes. She is survived by her son, David Royce...
Jay Leatherwood
Feb 19, 2019
Funeral services for Jay Leatherwood, 82, of Ashburn, GA will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Bethel Baptist Church. Mr. Leatherwood passed away Tuesday at Tift Regional Medical Center. Private Interment will be in the Chandler Cemetery in Calhoun, GA. The son of the late John Abner and Gaylord McFarland Leatherwood, he was born in Calhoun,...
Virginia Lee Jump
Feb 15, 2019
Virginia Lee Jump, 78, of Ashburn passed away Friday, February 15, 2019 surrounded by her family. Virginia was born on December 8, 1940 in Elijay to the late Emory Preston and Vera Cecile Wooten Moore. She was a homemaker and retired property manager. She was also a member of Harmony Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Edsal F....
Peggy King Shivers
Feb 5, 2019
Peggy King Shivers, 85, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Mary Alice King and was preceded in death by her sister, Betty Horn and her brothers, John Wallace King, William King, Jack King, Tom King and Delma King. Peggy was a devoted wife...
Karen Akin Wynn
Feb 3, 2019
Karen Akin Wynn, 68, of Ashburn passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Karen was born on June 24, 1950 in Tifton to the late Arthur V. Akin and Marguerite Jeannette Ross Akin. She retired from the Turner County Board of Education where she was a teacher for many years. She was also a member of...
Sybil Kelley Hill
Jan 30, 2019
Sybil Kelley Hill, 92, of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Tift Regional Hospital. Sybil was born on March 11, 1926 in Turner County to the late Thomas Jefferson and Clemmie J. Bowen Kelley. She was a former member of the Sycamore Garden Club and a graduate of Massey Business College. She was also a member of the...
Marie Fletcher
Jan 30, 2019
Joyce Marie Luke Fletcher, 88, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Senior Care Center in Brunswick. She was born on December 31, 1930 in Turner County to the late Olan G. and Lilly Mae Nelson Luke. Mrs. Fletcher was a member of First Baptist Church in Waycross, a homemaker and a retired factory worker. She loved her...
Joni Bozeman
Jan 30, 2019
Joni Bozeman, 59, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at her residence. Joni was born in Worth County to the late Robert Lester Bozeman and Martha Lou Fletcher. She loved to crochet and enjoyed scrapbooking. She loved shopping, especially Christmas shopping. Joni devoted her time to the people of Turner County by volunteering for many activities including the...
Cecil Lee Nolan
Jan 26, 2019
Cecil Lee Nolan, 71, of Jacksonville, North Carolina died Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Harris Creek Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, North Carolina with Rev. Drew Parker and Rev. Harold Swinson officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday,...
Wendell Waller
Jan 23, 2019
Wendell Waller, 79, passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at his daughter's home in Sycamore. Wendell was born in Valdosta on August 11, 1939 to the late Edison Cleo and Thelma Huff Waller. He was a retired pastor and a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Wendell was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He is survived by his wife,...
Betty R. Whitaker
Jan 23, 2019
Betty R. Whitaker of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at TIft Regional Hospital. She is survived by her son, Smiley Rackley and her daughter, Connie Taft both of Sycamore. Funeral services will be private.
Grace Lathem Poole
Jan 18, 2019
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Grace Lathem Poole, 92, of Ashburn will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, February 21, 2019 at Rocky Mount Baptist Church in Turner County with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Poole entered into heaven peacefully Friday following an extended illness. The daughter of the late, Jessie James and Susie Jane White Lathem,...
Ruth Coleman
Jan 17, 2019
Funeral services for Ruth Coleman, 82, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held, Wednesday, January 23, 20l9 at 11:00 A. M. at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn, Ga. Mrs. Coleman passed away Thursday, January 17, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Ga. Interment will follow at the Arabi Cemetery in Arabi, Ga. The daughter of the late Henry J....
Bro. Wynton Lee
Jan 16, 2019
Bro. Wynton Lee, 89, of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at his son's home in Florida. Bro. Wynton was born on October 12, 1929 in Turner County to the late Jessie Washington and Mary Jo Davis Lee. He was a Senior Woodsman for Champion International Paper Company. He was also still an active minister. Bro. Wynton served as...
Patricia Ann (Patsy) Reinhardt McCorvey
Jan 16, 2019
Funeral services for Patricia Ann (Patsy) Reinhardt McCorvey, 84, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held, Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 2:00 P.M. in the First Baptist Church of Ashburn. Mrs. McCorvey passed away Wednesday after an extended illness at Tift Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Interment will be private at Rose Hill Cemetery. The daughter of the...
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