Obituaries

Mar 19, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Annie Lucile James, age 89, of 354 Bridges Store Road, Ellaville, GA died Monday, March 19, 2012. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 PM Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Springhill Freewill Baptist Church in Marion Co., GA with burial in the church cemetery. Reverend Brian Fuller and Reverend Richard Taylor will officiate. Mrs. James was born...

Mar 16, 2012

ELLAVILLE --- Mr. John Blake Benefield, Jr., age 71, of 429 Andersonville Road Ellaville, GA, died Friday March 16, 2012, at the Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held at Graveside, 11:00AM, Monday, March 19, 2012, in the Ellaville Cemetery. Rev. Lowell Layman and Rev. Bryan Bentley will officiate.Mr. Benefield was born February 9, 1941, in...

Mar 12, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Patricia (Pat) Ann Anderson, age 71, of 531 Andersonville Rd Ellaville, GA died Monday, March 12, 2012. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Thursday, March 15, 2012 in the chapel of Watson-Giddens Funeral Home. Rev. Mark Kinservik, Mr. Sammy Lee and Bro. Troy Fripp will officiate. Mrs. Anderson was born December 14, 1940 in Sumter...

Mar 8, 2012

Mr. Leonard Averett Phillips, age 68, of Ellaville, GA died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at VistaCare Center at Franciscan Woods in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Ellaville United Methodist Church in Ellaville, with burial to follow in the Ellaville Cemetery. Rev. Lowell Layman, Mr. Bobby Owens, and Mr. Neil Snyder will...

Mar 6, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mr. John Paul Gill, age 55, of Ellaville, GA, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at his home. A memorial service will be held at the Ellaville Methodist Church on Saturday, March 10, at 2 PM with Reverend Brooks Partain and Reverend Robert Beckum officiating. The family will receive friends at Watson-Giddens Funeral Home in Ellaville on Friday...

Feb 26, 2012

Carol Rogers Matlock, age 54, of Box Springs, GA, died on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Vista Care Hospice in Columbus, GA.Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Brown Springs Church of God with Reverend Greg Lowery officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral...

Feb 21, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Patricia Ann Tidd, age 48, of 1220 Lacrosse Rd, Ellaville, GA, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Services will be held graveside at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 24, 2012 in the Ellaville Cemetery. Dr. Ben Foxworth, and Rev. David Chapman will officiate. Mrs. Tidd was born October 31, 1963 in Sumter County, GA, the daughter of the...

Feb 19, 2012

Bobby L. Stubbs, 58, of Box Springs, GA, died Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Wellstar Community Hospice in Austell, GA.A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at New Life Baptist Church with Reverend Bryan Fuller officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday...

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Feb 18, 2012

Maurice James Whitley, Sr., age 88, of Mauk, Georgia, died Saturday, February 18, 2012, at Taylor County Health Care in Butler, Georgia.Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at Mauk Baptist Church with Reverend Larry Stegall officiating. Music will be provided by Martha Whitley. Burial will follow at Mauk Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Feb 10, 2012

Ms. Evelyn Parker, age 96, of Americus, GA, previously of Columbus, GA, died Friday, February 10, 2012, at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Services were held at 2:00 PM on Monday, February 13, 2012, at Brantley United Methodist Church in Buena Vista, GA, with burial to follow in the Church Cemetery. Reverend Hugh Deloach officiated.Ms. Parker was born December...

Feb 8, 2012

Master Cody Clark and Master Charlie Clark, infant sons of Frankie and Sarah Clark of Box Springs, GA, were born and died on February 8, 2012 at Gwinnett Medical Center in Atlanta, GA. A graveside funeral service was held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Moore's Chapel Cemetery with Reverend Luke Forsyth officiating.In addition to their parents,...

Feb 4, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mrs. Sara Mott Moore, age 92, of Ellaville, GA died Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Magnolia Manor. Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 in the chapel of Watson-Giddens Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Ellaville City Cemetery. Rev. Joy Wilson and Mrs. Jane Weathersby will officiate. Mrs. Moore was born...

Feb 4, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mr. William Timothy (Tim) Whaley, age 61, of, Buena Vista, GA died Saturday February 4, 2012 at his home. A memorial service will be held Saturday February 11, 2012 at 4:00 PM in the Chapel of Watson-Giddens Funeral Home, Ellaville, GA with Rev. David Chapman, Tommy Barnes, and Ricky Page officiating. Tim was born May 22, 1950...

Feb 1, 2012

Cynthia Sue Bell, 54, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at the Medical Center in Columbus, GA.Her wishes were to be cremated and the family will hold a memorial service at a later date.Ms. Bell was born April 20, 1957, in Flint, Michigan, to Leroy Vernon Helgeson and Edith David Helgeson. She was a member of New Genesis Church in Columbus...

Feb 1, 2012

Joanne D. Rodeheaver, 72, of Buena Vista, GA, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Vista Care Hospice in Columbus, GA.A funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at New Providence Baptist Church with Reverend David Chapman officiating. Serving as pallbearers are Jeffrey Rodeheaver, Craig Aide, Tracy Aide, Jamie Fiscus, Chanse Hudgens, and Adam Melton. The...

Jan 27, 2012

ELLAVILLE, GA --- Mr. William H. (Billy) Meeks, age 57, of Ellaville, GA died Friday evening, January 27, 2012 at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 2:00PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Bryan Bentley, Rev. Clyde Grimsley, Rev. Robert Orr and Rev....

Jan 26, 2012

Otis Lamar Coe, 74, of Ellaville, GA, died Thursday, January 26, 2012, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA.Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Watson-Tante Funeral Home with Reverend Brian Bentley and Reverend Clyde Grimsley officiating. Tonya Preston will provide the music. Burial will follow at Cedar Rock...

Jan 18, 2012

Buena Vista GA-Mima Mauk Pickard Peterson, 95, went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2012. She was born on March 30, 1916 in Buena Vista, GA. She was the youngest of three children born to Aldine Keifer Pickard and Edith McCrary Pickard. When Mima was 3, the family moved to Columbus, GA. Mima was preceded in death by...