OBITUARIES
Larry Gene Muse
Oct 4, 2018
Funeral services for Larry Gene Muse, 76, of Ashburn, Ga. will be held, Saturday, October 6. 20l8 at 4:00 PM at Perry Funeral Chapel, Inc. Mr. Muse passed away Thursday after an extended illness at his home surrounded by his family. Interment will be private. The son of Lonnie Eugene Muse, Jr. and Lonye Claudine Wagnon, he was born in...
Marvin Edward "Eddy" Ingram
Oct 3, 2018
Marvin Edward "Eddy" Ingram, 67, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Eddy was born on September 24, 1951 in Crisp County to the late Harold Ingram and Dorothy Kelly Watson. He was a member of the Baptist Faith. Eddy was a loving father, son and grandfather. He dedicated his life to farming and...
Guy Edgar Hubbard
Sep 28, 2018
Guy Edgar Hubbard, 55, of Ashburn passed away Thursday September 27, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Hubbard was born on December 22, 1962 in Commerce. Mr. Hubbard worked as a media specialist for the University of Georgia Library where he retired. He was a loving husband, son and father. He was preceded in death by his mother, Vernell Maney Hubbard....
David Allen Pitts
Sep 26, 2018
David Allen Pitts, 76, of Sycamore passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at his residence. Allen was born on July 31, 1942 in Tift County to the late David Glen Pitts and Jane North Herndon. He was the owner and operator of Pitts Lawn and Engine and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Diane...
Edna Truelove
Sep 23, 2018
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Truelove, 87, of Ashburn, GA will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, September 27, 2018 at Perry Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Truelove passed away at her residence Sunday following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the New Prospect Cemetery in Turner County. The daughter of the late Jimmy Doyle and Fannie Pearl Apperson McCook, she was...
Charlie V. Massey
Sep 14, 2018
Charlie V. Massey, 77, of Ashburn passed away Friday, September 14, 2018 at his residence. Charlie was born in Turner County on September 26, 1940 to the late Russell Dee and Addie Evelyn Overby Massey. He retired as a manager with the Suwannee Swifty Stores. He was a Shriner with the Hasan Temple of Albany and a Mason with Sycamore...
Calvin G. Brown
Sep 11, 2018
Calvin G. Brown, 88, of Sycamore passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Calvin was born on July 17, 1930 in Turner County to the late Edgar and Annie Athlene Zorn Brown. He was a retired self-employed businessman. Calvin was a faithful member of the Sycamore Methodist Church. He was also a member of...
Frankie Ireland Wiggins
Sep 5, 2018
Frankie Ireland Wiggins, 94, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at her residence. Frankie was born on November 7, 1923 in Turner County to the late Carl Andrew and Orie Lillie Rutledge Ireland. She was a homemaker and a devoted wife to her husband, Henry Richard "H. R." Wiggins who preceded her in death . She was a...
Shirley Vann Wynn
Aug 30, 2018
Funeral services for Shirley Vann Wynn, 67, of Albany, GA will be held Saturday, September 1, 2018 at 3 PM at Bethel Baptist Church in Turner County. Ms. Wynn passed away at the Willson Hospice House on Thursday in Albany, GA following an extended illness. Interment will follow in the church Cemetery. Shirley was the daughter of the late...
Ann Stephens Williford
Aug 8, 2018
Ann Stephens Williford, 82, of Ashburn passed away peacefully August 8, 2018 at her residence. Ann was born in Worth County, Georgia on March 19, 1936 to the late Earnest Alton, Sr. and Annie Sue Mackey Stephens. She worked for Citizens Bank for many years. She was a teller and worked her way to president which is the title she...
Shirley Beard Whiddon
Jul 31, 2018
Shirley Beard Whiddon, 75, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at her residence. Shirley was born in Turner County on December 2, 1942 to the late George Dewey and Mozella Americas Poore Beard. She was a faithful member of Bethel Baptist Church in Sycamore. She was also retired from Colony Bank. She is survived by her children, Theresa...
John Grady Mathis
Jul 25, 2018
John Grady Mathis, 66, of Cordele passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at Crisp Regional Nursing and Rehabilitation. Grady was born on July 29, 1951 to the late David Lamar, Sr. and Betty Jo Sutton Mathis. He was a master carpenter. Grady, along with his dad and brother, Lamar, worked together for many years as Mathis Brothers Construction. Grady was...
Hester Griffin Whiddon
Jul 4, 2018
Hester Griffin Whiddon, 97, of Ashburn passed away Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Tifton. She was born on August 27, 1920 to the late Henry Anderson and Frankie Van Cravey Griffin. Mrs. Whiddon was a homemaker and a faithful member of Ashburn First Baptist Church. She was a member of the Primetimers and the Keenagers. Mrs. Whiddon was a wonderful...
Dr. W Jim Britt
Jul 3, 2018
Funeral services for Dr. W. Jim Britt, 70, of Sycamore, GA will be held 10:00 AM, Friday, July 6, 2018 in The Ashburn First Baptist Church. Dr. Britt entered into Heaven Tuesday at his residence following an extended illness. Interment will be private. The son of the late Willie Clark and Thelma Estelle Roberts Britt was born in Tifton, GA....
Rosa Carolyn Hogan Story
Jun 29, 2018
Rosa Carolyn Hogan Story, 80, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, June 28, 2018 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Affectionately known as Nana, Mrs. Story was born on October 20, 1937 to the late David Thomas and Ora Elizabeth Williams Hogan. She was a member of the Irwinville Sewing Club and volunteered at Tift Regional Medical Center as a Pink Lady....
Margaret Lunelle Coker Smith
Jun 25, 2018
Margaret Lunelle Coker Smith, 89, of Sycamore passed away Monday, June 25, 2018 at Pruitt Healthcare in Ashburn. She was born on March 25, 1929 to the late Carl Newton and Ora Lela Guess Coker. Lunelle was the former manager of a Dry Goods Store and she retired having worked in child care. She was a member of the Prime...
James Edward Howard
Jun 17, 2018
James Edward Howard, 84, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2018 at The Navicent Medical Center In Macon. James was born on November 24, 1933 to the late Addie P. and Minnie Lee Pate Howard. He served his country with honor in the United States Army. He was also a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He is survived by his...
Tommy Coy Evans
Jun 9, 2018
Tommy Coy Evans, 74, of Ashburn passed away peacefully at his home Saturday, June 9, 2018 surrounded by his family. Tommy, affectionately known as the "Peppermint Man" for his love of passing out peppermint candy, was born on October 11, 1943 to the late Zeddie Coy and Grace Raines Evans. He was self-employed having worked in many fields during his...
Cortez Brown Milam
Jun 7, 2018
Cortez Brown Milam, 91, of Sycamore passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018 at Pruitt Health Care of Ashburn. Mrs. Milam was born on June 23, 1926 in Turner County to the late Oliver Jefferson and Mano V. Hale Brown. She was a homemaker and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. She is survived by her brother, Clinton (Mary Emma)...
Inez Newell McSwain
May 20, 2018
Ms. Inez Newell McSwain, 81, of Ashburn passed away at her home following an extended illness. Following her wishes, her services will be private. She will be laid to rest in the Providence Cemetery in Worth County, GA. The daughter of the late Josh and Louvenia Humphrey Newell, she was born in Worth County, GA and was a retired telephone...