Obituaries

Jul 28, 2016

Mr. Raymond Leonard Folsom, Jr., 74, passed away on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at Magnolia Manor of Marion County.  Graveside services will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 10:00 AM in Louvale City Cemetery, Louvale, GA with Rev. Jerry Akin officiating. 

Mr. Folsom was born on May 11, 1942 to the late Raymond Leonard Folsom, Sr. and Clara...

Jul 5, 2016

     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Carol Ilene Martin, age 73, of Ellaville, GA died late Tuesday evening, July 5, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.  Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Unity Christian Fellowship.  Rev. Clifford Braxton will officiate. 

      Mrs. Martin was born July 14, 1942 in Birmingham, AL...

Jun 30, 2016

Jun 25, 2016

Mrs. Minnie Albena “Bena” McGrother, 74, passed away on June 25, 2016 at Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, GA.  Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM at New Providence Baptist Church with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  The family will greet friends at the funeral home on Sunday...

Jun 11, 2016

ELLAVILLE, GA – Mrs. Sandra K. Rand, 69, of Ellaville, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at her residence. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, June 13, 2016 in the Ebenezer Church Cemetery.  Rev. Robert Orr will officiate.

     Mrs. Rand was born September 12, 1946 to the late Dale Elmer and Elizabeth Cummings.  She...

Jun 4, 2016

Jun 1, 2016

Mr. Jeffie Preston Isom, 86, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Magnolia Manor of Marion County in Buena Vista, GA.

A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, June 3, 2016, at 11:00am in the New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating. The family will greet friends at the graveside...

May 30, 2016

Arthur David Evans Sr., a resident of Mauk, Georgia, affectionately known to family and friends as “grand pap” or “grand pap Evans” went home to our Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 84 on  Monday May 30th, 2016.

Arthur was the 4th child of Brant Evans and Sarah Engle born December 31st, 1931 at New Castle, Pennsylvania. His siblings...

May 16, 2016

Aaron Boyce Hanner, 88, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2016, at Gentiva Hospice in Columbus, GA.

Funeral services will be held at 11am on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Buena Vista First Baptist Church with Rev. Mark Chandler officiating.  Burial will follow the service at Buena Vista Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday,...

May 6, 2016

     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Lorraine S. Sierra, age 62, of 487 Andersonville Road, Ellaville, GA died Friday; May 6, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.  A memorial service will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 1:00 PM at her residence.

      Mrs. Sierra was born April 15, 1954 the daughter of Frank and Sylvia Sarmiento. ...

May 5, 2016

     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Ms. Joanna Owens Lawhorn, age 76, of Ellaville, GA died Thursday; May 5, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.  Funeral Services will be held at 2:00PM, Saturday, May 7, 2016 in the chapel of Watson-Giddens Funeral Home with burial to follow in Ebenezer Cemetery.  Rev. Joel Smith will officiate.

      Ms. Lawhorn...

May 5, 2016

Mrs. Petra Rainey Jones, 55, of Box Springs, GA, passed away Thursday, May 05, 2016, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, May 7, 2016, in the Chapel of Watson-Tante Funeral Home with Rev. Eric Sizemore officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 am to11:00 am prior to...

Apr 27, 2016

     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Catherine Ruth Fuller, 86, of Jackson, GA, died Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin, GA.  A graveside service will be held at 11:00AM  EST on Friday, April 29, 2016 at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft. Mitchell, AL.  Evangelist Dewie Grimsley will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral...

Apr 22, 2016

Graveside services will be held at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time.  

Apr 22, 2016

     ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Lillie Faye Heath, age 69, of Ellaville, GA, died Thursday, April 22, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.  Funeral services will be held Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM at County Line United Methodist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.  Rev. Mark Kinservik will officiate.  Visitation will...

Apr 18, 2016

Mr. Aldon “Al” Rex Niver, affectionately known as “Camp”, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2016, at his residence.  The family will receive friends at Watson-Tante Funeral Home on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, from 6:00 to 8:00pm.  The funeral service will be held at Thomas Poteet Funeral Home in Augusta, GA, in their chapel.

Mr. Niver was born in Newberry, MI,...

Apr 17, 2016

Master Eli Gunner Wilson, infant son of Bryan and Candice Chapman Wilson, went to be with our Lord on Sunday, April 17, 2016.  A graveside funeral service will be held on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 11:00am in the New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. David Chapman and Rabbi Brian Hawkins will officiate.

Survivors in addition to his parents are...

Apr 14, 2016

Apr 7, 2016

Mrs. Theresa Ann Peacock, 92, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Columbus Hospice in Columbus, GA.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, April 10, 2016, at Brantley United Methodist Church with Rev. Bruce Vaughn  officiating.

Mrs. Peacock was born August 9, 1923, in Lackawanna, NY to Andrew and Eva Sarick....

Apr 5, 2016

Mrs. Margaret Geraldine Phillips Ellis, 81, of Ellaville, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM, Thursday, April 7, 2016 in the Ellaville Cemetery.   Rev. Joel Smith will officiate. Pallbearers will be Damion Ellis, Matt Ellis, Luke Ellis, Colby Ellis, Jack Clark & Andrew Ellis.

      Mrs. Ellis...