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Recent Obituaries
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Bainbridge, GA area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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Edwin Boyd
Aug 23, 2024
Mr. Edwin Claude Boyd, Sr., age 84, passed away at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia on Friday, August 23, 2024. Services for Mr. Boyd will be held Tuesday, August 27, 11:00 a.m., at Mt. Gilead Freewill Baptist Church, Spring Creek Road, Brinson, Georgia. Pastor Lynn Massey and Pastor Chad Cooper will officiate. The interment will follow in Bethany Baptist Church...
Ronnie Ritter, Jr.
Aug 22, 2024
Mr. Ronald Allen (Ronnie) Ritter, Jr., age 45, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Georgia. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, August 24, 2:00 p.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Dr. Gerald Trotman will officiate. Ronald Allen (Ronnie) Ritter, Jr. was born February 17, 1979 in Donalsonville, Georgia to...
David Williams
Aug 22, 2024
Mr. George David Williams, age 68, passed away Thursday, August 22, 2024, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mr. Williams will be held at 2:00 p.m., on Monday, August 26, 2024 at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. David Grubbs will officiate. Jackson Kendrick, Quinton Horne, Mike Hall, George...
Melinda Brown
Aug 18, 2024
Melinda Paige Brown, age 40, of Chattahoochee, Florida, passed away on August 18, 2024 at Capitol Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee, Florida. A Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, August 27, 2024, 6:00 p.m., at the Calvary Baptist Church, 5924 Blue Star Highway, Chattahoochee, Florida 32324. Melinda was born on August 5, 1984. She is the daughter of Tony...
Abbie Tomlinson
Aug 18, 2024
Abbie Gail Hatton Tomlinson, age 67, passed away Sunday, August 18, 2024, at her home in Ochlocknee, Georgia. Gail was born November 24, 1956 in Bainbridge, Georgia to Herman Hatton and Abbie Ree Molt Hatton. Her parents have preceded her in death. In 2002 she married Keith Tomlinson. Gail drove a bus for the Decatur County School System and worked...
Carl Bennett
Aug 10, 2024
Mr. Carl Christopher Bennett, age 64, passed away Saturday, August 10, 2024, surrounded by his family in Bainbridge, Georgia. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Cornerstone Pentecostal Church, 115 Jennifer Drive, Bainbridge, GA.. The gathering will be outside, under the large oak tree. The Rev. Edward Seabrooks will officiate. Carl...
Dr. William Conger
Aug 9, 2024
Dr. William Reece (Bill) Conger, age 77, of Gulf Shores, Alabama passed away on August 9, 2024 at Sacred-Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Services for Dr. Conger will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 10:00 am in the Oak City Cemetery. Bill was born in Atlanta, Georgia and moved to Columbus, Georgia in 1950. He attended Wynnton Elementary...
Kerry Keel
Aug 7, 2024
Mr. Kerry W. Keel, age 72, passed away August 7, 2024 at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. A service to honor Mr. Keel will be held in Daleville, Alabama where he lived for many years. Kerry W. Keel was born January 3, 1952 in Hampton, Virginia to Thomas Kell and Elizabeth Meeks Keel. His parents have preceded him in death....
Braylen Chason
Aug 7, 2024
Braylen Matthew Chason was born asleep on August 7, 2024 at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Braylen will be held on Monday, August 12, 2024 at 11:00 a.m., in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. Braylen will be interred in the Eldorendo...
Edna Brock
Aug 6, 2024
Edna Eugenia Salter Brock, age 91, passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2024, in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Brock will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 9, at Black Jack Baptist Church, 2747 Old Whigham Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817. The Rev. Jimmy Adamson and Rev. Conrad Salter will officiate. Charles Brock, Jr., Kent Brock, David Brock, Chris Moore, Jeremy...
Gerald Franklin
Aug 5, 2024
Mr. Gerald Franklin, age 72, of Bainbridge, Georgia. passed away very suddenly on Monday, August 5, 2024. A celebration of his life will be held at 7:00 pm, Friday, August 16, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Family and friends are invited to come and visit beginning at 6:30 pm. Gerald was born October 30, 1951 to James...
James Dickerson
Aug 4, 2024
Mr. James Dickerson, age 67, passed away Sunday. August 4, 2024, at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. No public service will be held. James Dickerson was born August 9, 1956 in Mississippi to Walter Dickerson and Lou Essie Pouns Dickerson who preceded him in death. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corp and was a factory worker in...
Lewis Rogers
Aug 1, 2024
Mr. Lewis L. Rogers, Jr., age 81, of Cobb, Georgia, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2024, at his son's home in Kathleen, Georgia. Services for Mr. Rogers will be held 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 7, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Ivey Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia. The Rev. Bob Knight will officiate. Ray Rogers, J. P. Palmer, Hunter Nelms,...
Betty Hawthorne
Aug 1, 2024
Betty Hawthorne, age 79, of Whigham, Georgia passed away Thursday, August 1, 2024, at her home in Whigham. Services for Mrs. Hawthorne will be held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, August 4, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Pastor James Knight will officiate. Betty Helms Hawthorne was born September 10, 1944 in Miller County, Georgia to Kenneth Thelma Helms...
Hyon Barber
Jul 31, 2024
Hyon Ju Barber of Bainbridge, Georgia, age 75, passed away July 31, 2024 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Services for Mrs. Barber will be held at 5:00 pm, Saturday, August 3, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Rev. Marty Brock will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 4:00...
Margie Mulford-Scolpini
Jul 29, 2024
Margie Laverne Mulford-Scolpini, 98, passed away in her sleep on July 29, 2024 in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. She was born on September 13, 1925 in Camilla, Georgia, the daughter of Walter and Louveil Salter-Mulford. Memorial services for Mrs. Scolpini will be held on September 13, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Margie was...
Rev. Dr. Albert Reese
Jul 28, 2024
Dr. Albert L. Reese Jr. passed away on July 28, 2024, after an extended illness. Dr. Reese will be privately interred on July 31, 2024 in Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service for Dr. Reese will be held at 11:00 am. on September 6, 2024 at First Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge with Rev. Stephen Webb and Rev....
Lucile Hopson Boyd
Jul 27, 2024
Evelyn Lucile Hopson Boyd, age 95, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 27, 2024. Services for Mrs. Boyd will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, July 30, Fellowship Baptist Church, 2861 Spring Creek Road, Brinson, Georgia. Pastor Marty Anderson will officiate. The family will receive friends before the service beginning at 10:00. The...
Sean Storr
Jul 26, 2024
Sean Storr, age 49, of Marietta, Georgia passed away unexpectedly on July 26, 2024 in Seminole County. Sean was born in Tampa, Florida on June 27, 1975 to Leonard Glenn Storr and Gaynor Phillips Storr. He was a salesman for Nolan Transportation Group. Mr. Storr is survived by his father, Leonard Storr and his brother, Andrew Storr both of Marietta....
Billy Thomas
Jul 23, 2024
Billy Oral Thomas, age 63, of Bainbridge, Georgia passed away on July 23, 2024 at his home. Billy was born on October 20, 1960 in Bainbridge to Beecher Thomas and Ouida Epps Thomas. No services are planned for Mr. Thomas. Mr. Thomas is survived by his brother, Phillip Thomas of Bainbridge. Online condolences may be made at www.coxiveyfuneralhome.com. Cox-Ivey Funeral...
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