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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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Jewell Powell
Apr 4, 2016
Jewell Addison Powell, 98, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glen Elmore officiating. Interment will be at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service.Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.Mrs...
Norman Earnest
Apr 4, 2016
Mr. Norman "Lawrence" Earnest, age 79, of Fayetteville, passed away Monday, April 4, 2016. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ava Tully Earnest; his parents, John Bowen and Inez Merkinson Earnest; brothers, Ralph Earnest, Henry Earnest, Dockie Earnest, Rev. Curtis Earnest and his sister, Allene Allday. He is survived by his wife, Sandra Earnest of Fayetteville; son, Dewayne...
Anne Maxwell
Apr 2, 2016
Anne Maxwell, 86, of Iron City, GA, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mrs. Maxwell was born May 12, 1929 in Cuthbert, GA, the daughter of Clarence Greene and Effie Grubbs...
Anna Burke
Apr 1, 2016
Anna Rosa Kidd Burke, 84, of Iron City, GA, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016 at Seminole Manor Nursing Home.The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 3 2016 at Corinth Free Will Baptist Church in Iron City, GA with Rev. James Miller officiating. Interment will follow at Corinth Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with Keith...
Barbara Inman
Apr 1, 2016
Barbara Pettis Inman, 78, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016.The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 4, 2016 at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. John Lown officiating. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.Barbara was born September 5,...
Charles Bailey
Mar 30, 2016
Charles F. Bailey, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at First Baptist Church in Bainbridge with Rev. Stanley Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Charles "Bo" Bailey, Brockett Vola, Spencer Smith, Kyle Staples, Van Bailey, and Jason Priest serving...
Pauline Cooper
Mar 29, 2016
Pauline Cooper, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 01, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be at New Enterprise Church Cemetery in Iron City, GA. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel. Online visitors may sign...
Robert Thomas
Mar 28, 2016
Robert W. Thomas, 73, of Climax, GA, formerly of Cairo, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Hurley officiating. A private interment will be at Cedar Grove Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign...
Ruth Grisham
Mar 28, 2016
Ruth Hardie Grisham, 87, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016.The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Ronnie Starley and Curt Hardie officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may...
Gloria Shepard
Mar 26, 2016
Gloria Mitchell Shepard, 75, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Brian Hatchett officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com...
Elisabeth Kirkconnell
Mar 26, 2016
Mrs. Elisabeth Seeger Kirkconnell, age 81, passed away early Saturday, March 26, 2016, at Cross Landing Nursing Center in Monticello, Florida. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2016, 1:30 p.m., at Recovery United Methodist Church. The Rev. Donna Sue Roberts will officiate. Elisabeth Seeger was born December 7, 1934 in Darmstadt, Germany. She and her family...
Anita Sexton
Mar 24, 2016
Mrs. Anita Eline Knight Sexton, age 57, passed away, suddenly, on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2016, at the Independent Street Church of God. Rev. Dan Tomberlin and Rev. Ryan Carnes will officiate. Interment will follow in New Home Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Vada, Georgia. David Eakin, Jr., C. J....
William Kelly
Mar 22, 2016
William J. Kelly, 76, of Brinson, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at his residence.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Walden and Rev. Ron "Bubba" Black officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Steven Smith and William's grandchildren serving as...
Martha Brown
Mar 21, 2016
Martha Haire Brown, age 92, passed away on March 21, 2016 in Lexington, SC. She was born on September 22, 1923 in Amsterdam, GA to Ollie Drake Haire and Dallas Edmund Haire. They moved to Bainbridge, GA where she was raised. Martha attended Valdosta State College in Valdosta, GA. When World War II was declared, she got a job at...
William Keaton
Mar 21, 2016
William Elton Keaton, 69, of Lee County, Ga, died Monday, March 21, 2016 at the Le Conte Medical Center in Sevierville, TN. The son of the late William Earl Keaton and Flonnie Day Keaton, Elton was born Oct. 9, 1946 in Bainbridge, Ga. He graduated from Bainbridge High School, class of 1964 and attended Bainbridge Junior College. Following his discharge...
Jean Ward
Mar 19, 2016
Jean E. Ward, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. James Scarborough officiating. Interment will be at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Calvary Baptist Church. Online visitors may...
Charles Lane
Mar 17, 2016
Charles Brown Lane, 59, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Calvin Arnold and Rev. Stanley Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Charlie Livingston, Jeff Barber, Jeff Crews, Donald Barber, Karl Ingram, Terrelle Smith,...
Betty Williams
Mar 17, 2016
Betty Jean Floyd Williams, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lindsey Gay officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends Friday, March 18, 2016 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Online visitors may sign the...
Ronald Hooks
Mar 16, 2016
Mr. Ronald E. Hooks, age 61, of Panama City, Florida, passed away in Bainbridge, Georgia, Wednesday evening, March 16, 2016, surrounded by his family. Services will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2016, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. A private, family interment will follow in Blackjack Cemetery. Rev. Dewitt Phillips will officiate. Ronald E. Hooks...
Gloria Lamm
Mar 16, 2016
Gloria J. Lamm, 68, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016.No services are planned at this time.
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