Obituaries

Sep 2, 2019

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mr. Edward Austin Taylor, 78, of Ellaville passed away on Monday, September 2, 2019 at Montezuma Health Care in Montezuma, GA.  Graveside services will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM in the Ellaville Cemetery.  Rev. Richard Taylor and Bro. Troy Fripp will officiate.

            Mr. Taylor was born August 4, 1941 in Miami,...

Aug 26, 2019

Aug 24, 2019

Mr. John “Johnny” Cato Murray, III, of Ellaville passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019.  Funeral services will be held at Ellaville United Methodist Church on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:00 AM with Rev. Haynes Martin and Bro. Troy Fripp will officiate. Burial will follow in Ellaville Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Josh Theus, Stephen Fripp, CJ Yarbrough, Wes Shaddix,...

Aug 2, 2019

Mr. Ernest LeRoy Hicks, 47, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019.  A celebration of life will be held at 1211 Les Smith Road, Ellaville, GA on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at 6:00 PM. 

Mr. Hicks was born August 8, 1971 to Earnest Hicks and Diane Raulerson Reed.  He was a graduate of Tri-County High School and was employed by...

Jul 31, 2019

Mrs. Dorothy “Dot” Brewer Hambrick, 95, of Ellaville, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at her residence.  Funeral services will be held at Ellaville Baptist Church on Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Joel Smith, Rev. Mark Poole and Rev. Brett Hambrick officiating. The family will greet friends at the church beginning at 10:00 AM...

Jul 27, 2019

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Ms. Allene Napier Griffith, 84, of Schley County, GA, passed away early Saturday morning, July 27, 2019.  A private memorial service will be held at a later date

     Ms. Griffith was born March 20, 1935 in Hazard, KY to the late Erwin Napier and Dallie Cole Napier. She retired from the Miller Brewing Company. 

     Survivors...

Jul 26, 2019

Posted for A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home

 

Ann McMickle Battle was born to a farm family in Schley County near Ellaville in 1928, growing up with two older sisters and a younger brother. In 1947, she married a WWII veteran returning to Ellaville, Charles T. (Buddy) Battle and embarked on a wonderful 70 years of marriage. Dancing was...

Jul 24, 2019

Jul 23, 2019

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Judy H. Coleman, 75, of Oglethorpe, GA, passed away on Tuesday, July 23, 2019 at Canterbury Health Care Facility in Phenix City, AL.  Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Watson-Giddens Funeral Home on Friday, July 26, 2019 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Roy Peterson officiating.  Burial will follow at 2:00 PM at Mt....

Jul 21, 2019

Mrs. Juanita Ledford, 74, of Waverly Hall, GA, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Oakview Nursing Home in Waverly Hall, GA.

Mrs. Ledford was born May 23, 1945, in Baldwin County, GA, to William Wesley and Eula Mae Anthony Teat, Sr. She was Baptist by faith and was raised by Sam and Florence Teat. Mrs. Ledford worked for...

Jul 12, 2019

Mr. Clarence R. “C. R.”  McCorkle, 87, of Buena Vista, GA, died on Friday, July 12, 2019, at his residence.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at New Providence Baptist Church with Elder Dennis Johnson and Rev. David Chapman officiating. Burial will follow the service in New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will...

Jul 6, 2019

Mr. Charles "Willie" Wilton Hughes, 81, of Oglethorpe, GA, passed away at his residence on July 6, 2019.  

A memorial visitation will be held at Watson-Giddens Funeral Home on Monday, July 8, 2019 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.

Mr. Hughes was born on September 24, 1937 in Whiteville, North Carolina to the late Homer Ernest Hughes and Pauline Wells Hughes....

Jul 3, 2019

Mrs. Marion Pike Conley, 75, of Americus, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.  Services will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Conley was born July 11, 1943 to the late Russell Marion Pike and Janet Alford Pike in Grossepointe, MI.  She was a member of First United Methodist Church in Americus. Mrs. Conley was a...

Jun 24, 2019

Sandra Moore McAllister, age 78, passed away in her home at Lake Martin, Alabama, surrounded by her family on Sunday, June 24, 2019.

She was born February 28, 1941 in Americus, Georgia to Elmer and Ruth Caldwell Moore. She married Paul McAllister of Buena Vista, Georgia in October of 1964. Together, they had four children: Valerie, Steven, Randy and Michael. She...

Jun 24, 2019

Mr. Steve Hendricks, age 53, of Thomaston, died Monday, June 24, 2019 at his residence.

Mr. Hendricks was born on August 9, 1965 in Houston TX, to Louie Frank Hendricks and Peggy Saunders Cilano.  He worked for T-Mobile for ten years.  Mr. Hendricks served his country in the US Navy during the Gulf War and was a member of Mountain...

Jun 16, 2019

Jun 14, 2019

Mrs. Patsy Lee Peek Rooks, 79, of Americus, GA, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.  Funeral services will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Hugh Harbort and Rev. Andrew Stucker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet...

Jun 7, 2019

Mr. Jeremy Carlton Robinson, 44, of Box Springs, GA, passed away at his residence on Friday, June 7, 2019. Funeral services will be private.

Mr. Robinson was born in Columbus, GA, on June 27, 1975, to Donald Lee Carlton and Barbara Rogers Robinson. He was employed in construction with Robinson Paving Company. A member of Brown Springs Church of God,...

May 29, 2019

Mr. James Robert Icard, 68, of Buena Vista, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 in Laurel Hill, FL.  Memorial services will be held on Monday, June 3, 2019 at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Watson-Tante Funeral Home with Rev. David Chapman officiating.

Mr. Icard was born in Marion County on August 31, 1950 to the late L.J....

May 27, 2019

Mrs. Annette Schley Christian, 87, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2019, at Columbus Specialty Hospital in Columbus, GA. A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00am on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at Buena Vista Cemetery with Rev. Robert McDaniel officiating.

Mrs. Christian was born January 8, 1932, in Chattahoochee County, GA, to Fred Kirkley...