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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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Amy Barber

Amy Barber

Jul 20, 2024

Amy Wheeler Barber, age 46, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2024, at Donalsonville Hospital in Donalsonville, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Barber will be held at 11:00 am, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at Bethany Baptist Church, 216 Bethany Church Road, Brinson, Georgia. Pastor Avery Hutto will officiate. The interment will follow in Bethany Church Cemetery. Jason Glass, Aubrey Hand, Mark Lashley,...

Margie Lee

Margie Lee

Jul 17, 2024

Margie Galloway Lee, age 73, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be held, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 11:00 am, at the First Presbyterian Church of Bainbridge, Georgia with Dr. Gerald Little and Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. The family will receive friends before the service, beginning at 10:00 am. Margie Galloway was born March 1, 1951...

Judy Holt

Judy Holt

Jul 15, 2024

Judy Ann Holt, age 80, passed away July 15, 2024, in Bainbridge, Georgia. Judy was born March 10, 1944 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Robert K. Conklin and Edna May Ledbetter Conklin. Judy lived the majority of her life in DuQuoin, Illinois, Judy dedicated her life to her children and her grandchildren. There was always a house full of children,...

Betty Olds

Betty Olds

Jul 15, 2024

Betty Mayenell (Nell) Daughtry Olds, age 87, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away on July 15, 2024. Services for Mrs. Olds will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. in Roselawn Memory Gardens in Bainbridge with Rev. Dewitt Phillips officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 19 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the Cadwell...

Gary Cato

Gary Cato

Jul 13, 2024

Gary Lee Cato, age 68, passed away on July 13, 2024, in Bainbridge, Georgia. He was born January 28, 1956, to the late Earl and Lorene Cato. Gary grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia and was a graduate of Milton High School. He earned an associate degree in Electronics Technology from Bainbridge State College. He worked as an extrusion mechanic at...

Pamela Cross

Pamela Cross

Jul 10, 2024

Pamela Jane Cross, age 67, of Vada, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 in Albany, Georgia. Pam was born on November 18, 1956, the eldest daughter of Alton Cross and Betty Jane Davis Cross. She was a 1974 graduate of Bainbridge Christian Academy and attended Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. Pam graduated from Georgia Southwestern College in Americus, Georgia,...

Hazel Strode

Hazel Strode

Jul 9, 2024

Hazel Althea Strode, age 82, passed away July 9, 2024 at her home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Strode will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 13, at the Cairo Church of God. Pastor DeWayne Atkinson and Pastor Michael Pillow will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 10:00. Hazel was born...

Dorothy Rupe

Dorothy Rupe

Jul 7, 2024

Dorothy Irene Rupe, age 79, of Brinson, Georgia, passed away in the Donalsonville Hospital on July 7, 2024. Per her request, no formal services will be held. Dorothy Irene Addison Rupe was born on March 25, 1945 to her parents, Collie and Irene Addison. She was married to her husband, Eugene Rupe, who predeceased her. Dorothy attended Bethany Baptist Church...

Newana Williams

Newana Williams

Jul 6, 2024

Newana Chesser Williams, age 90, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away on July 6, 2024 in Bainbridge. Services for Ms. Williams will be held on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Newana Chesser Williams was born in Foley, Florida...

Dorothy Gleaton

Dorothy Gleaton

Jul 2, 2024

Dorothy (Dot) Gleaton, age 90, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Gleaton will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 5, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Pastor Isaiah del Pilar will officiate. The family will greet friends at the end of the service. Mrs. Gleaton will be buried...

Sharon Brunson

Sharon Brunson

Jun 30, 2024

Sharon Brunson, age 72, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2024, in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Brunson will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 6, 2024 in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The Rev. George Masciarelli will officiate. Mrs. Brunson will be interred in Brinson Cemetery. Sharon Stockton was born in Bainbridge, Georgia on September 2,...

Matthew Gay

Matthew Gay

Jun 28, 2024

Matthew Lee Gay, age 45, passed away on Friday, June 28,2024, at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, Ga. A Memorial Service will be held in his honor on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at Cadwell Chapel of Cox -Ivey Funeral Home. Matt was loved by so many. He never met a stranger, and if you were fortunate enough to...

Sandra Gauthier

Sandra Gauthier

Jun 27, 2024

Mrs. Sandra Lane Gauthier, age 60, of Bainbridge, Georgia passed away on June 27, 2024 in Thomasville, Georgia. Graveside services for Mrs. Gauthier will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 11:00 am at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. James Gauthier officiating. Sandra Lane Gauthier was born on September 3, 1963 to her parents, Elton Lane and Elizabeth Whittle...

Rose White

Rose White

Jun 23, 2024

Rose Wimberely White, age 58, passed away on June 23, 2024 in Brinson, Georgia. Services for Ms. White will be held on Friday, June 28, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 2:00 p.m. Rose Wimberely White was born on March 6,...

Reba Rehberg

Reba Rehberg

Jun 19, 2024

Reba Bell Hester Rehberg died 19 June 2024 at age 92 years. She was born 18 February 1932 in Climax, Georgia, a daughter of Alfred Earl and Alma Pearl (Allen) Hester. She was the paternal granddaughter of Alfred Nathaniel and Annie Laura (Bell) Hester and the maternal granddaughter of Jesse Norman and Alma Pearl (Cooper) Allen. A memorial service will...

Harvey Chason

Harvey Chason

Jun 19, 2024

Mr. Harvey Clifford "Bubba" Chason, age 64, of Albany, Georgia passed away on June 19, 2024 at his home in Albany, Georgia, Services for Mr. Chason will be held on Monday, June 24 at 11:00 a.m.in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home with Pastor Jamie Baggett officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning...

Patricia Dancer

Patricia Dancer

Jun 19, 2024

Patricia Ann Baxley Dancer, age 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 in Tallahassee, FL. Patricia was born and raised in Seminole County, GA by Roy and Bernice Baxley. She graduated from Seminole County High School in 1963 and had a long career in banking. Patricia truly lived life to the fullest through simple pleasures such as reading...

Donna Whittaker

Donna Whittaker

Jun 9, 2024

Donna Stewart Whittaker, age 73, of Brinson, Georgia, passed away peacefully at her home on June 9, 2024 surrounded by her loving family. No services are planned at this time. Donna Stewart Whittaker was born on August 24, 1950 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Jessie Johns and Frances Parish Johns Goforth. Donna was a quiet, kind-hearted lady who never spoke...

Richard Brunson

Richard Brunson

Jun 7, 2024

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Richard “Ricky” Paul Brunson, 57, of Quitman, Georgia formerly of Damascus, Georgia on June 7, 2024 at South Georgia Medical Center. Ricky was a graduate of Southwest Georgia Academy and Valdosta State University. His first love was his black Mustang Cobra GT and drag racing. He was devoted to...

Edwin Bailey

Edwin Bailey

May 31, 2024

Mr. Edwin Charles Bailey, age 58, passed away on Friday, May 31, 2024. Services for Mr. Bailey will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Edwin Charles Bailey was born July 15, 1965 in Bainbridge, Georgia to Charles Bailey and Annie Bell Lawrence Bailey. His parents have...

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