Obituaries
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.
Janet Mcsmith
Oct 8, 2015
Janet Brown McSmith, 75, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donna Sue Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Cemetery with Billy Brown, Greg Brown, James Earl Spooner, Doug Marsh, Joe...
Louise Ellis
Oct 6, 2015
Louise Tye Ellis, 88, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at her residence. The graveside service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2015 at Boothill Family Cemetery with Rev. Jamie McMillan officiating. Jeff Parrish, Gene Parrish, Fred Walker, Colby Kennedy, Bradley Wilham, and Josh Godwin will serve as active pallbearers. The family will...
Drane Smith
Oct 4, 2015
Drane Smith, 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2015 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Rick Turner and Rev. Mike Brown officiating, and will conclude at the church. Interment will be at Brinson Cemetery with Chuck Rich, Rick Ragan,...
Brenda Powell
Oct 3, 2015
Brenda Ingram Powell, 61, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2015 in Tallahassee, FL. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Bainbridge Church Of God with Pastor Dan Tomberlin officiating. Interment will follow at West Bainbridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at...
Ida Wheeler
Sep 27, 2015
Ida S. Wheeler, age 91, of Atlanta, Georgia, arrived in Heaven on Sunday, September 27, 2015. Services will be held for Mrs. Wheeler at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 28, 2015, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. A private, family interment will be held at Oak City Cemetery. Ida was the beloved wife of Buck Wheeler. Ida loved the Lord, her family,...
Irene Bramblett
Sep 25, 2015
Irene Bennett Bramblett, 81, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at her residence. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 28, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jorge Quintiana officiating and at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9m 2015 at Apison Baptist Church in Apison, TN. Interment will be at...
J. Mckenzie
Sep 21, 2015
J. Stuart McKenzie, 78, of Macon, GA, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015 at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, GA. A private graveside memorial service will be held at a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown,...
Gary Lashley
Sep 21, 2015
Mr. Gary Paul Lashley, age 58, passed away Monday, September 21, 2015, at Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, Georgia. A memorial service will be held in his honor, at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2015, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ron Kirkland will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 3:00. Paul was...
Shirley Gardner
Sep 19, 2015
Shirley Harris Gardner, 67, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, September 19, 2015 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 21, 2015 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the...
Doris Jones
Sep 17, 2015
Mrs. Doris R. Durden Jones, age 90, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Tallahassee, Florida. Services will be held for Mrs. Jones at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 21, 2015, at Attapulgus Baptist Church in Attapulgus, Georgia. Pastor Jerry Bishop and Rev. Jack House will officiate. Interment will follow in Attapulgus Baptist Cemetery. Jamie Bateman, Josh Bateman, Amanda Greer, Chip...
Claudia Simmons
Sep 15, 2015
Claudia Sue Wright Simmons, 103, of Dothan, AL, formerly of Bainbridge, GA passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Tim Dean officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial...
Kenneth Gantt
Sep 15, 2015
Kenneth D. Gantt, 65, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Bainbridge Healthcare. A graveside service will be held at later date in Easley, SC. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601. Mr. Gantt was...
Virginia Comerford
Sep 7, 2015
Mrs. Virginia (Jenny) Joiner Comerford, age 66, passed away Monday, September 7, 2015, in Bainbridge, Georgia. There will be a private family service later this week. Virginia Myrle Joiner Comerford was born August 25, 1949. Her parents were Curtis Lamar and Emma Jean Joiner. Jenny lived in Jackson County, Florida most of her life. She worked for the State of...
Janie Gay
Sep 6, 2015
Mrs. Janie Ann West Gay, age 70, passed away early Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 7, 2015, at Attapulgus Cemetery in Attapulgus, Georgia. Pastor Jimmy Thomas will be officiating. Janie Ann West Gay was born December 8, 1944, in Camilla. Georgia, to Ira Maston...
Luke Smith
Sep 5, 2015
Luther W. Smith, Jr., 62, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his residence. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 7, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Smith was born August...
Barbara Watts
Aug 30, 2015
Barbara Phillips Watts, 77, of Climax, GA, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Bainbridge Church of God with Rev. Jeremy Horne and Pastor Waylon Day officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Bradley Watts, Brandon Watts, Landon Watts, Russell Worek,...
Matilda Trawick
Aug 29, 2015
Matilda Dodd Trawick, 86, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015. The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, FL with Rev. Pamela McMillian officiating. The graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 3, 2015. at Open Pond Cemetery in Jakin,...
Lee Rackley
Aug 27, 2015
Lee Myron Rackley, 56, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at his residence. The memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel. Memorial donations may be made to Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America at: 416 Lincoln Avenue 2nd Fl., Pittsburgh, PA 15209. Online visitors...
James Law
Aug 27, 2015
Mr. James Edward Law, age 82, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Mr. Law was the son of Ed Law and Ada Warren Law. James served proudly in the United States Army as a paratrooper. He worked for many years as the maintenance foreman/supervisor at Sunnyland Foods. James Law was a man who loved...
Teresa Smith
Aug 27, 2015
Teresa Smith, 69, of the Delwood Community in Mitchell County, GA, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Doug Hall and Dr. Calvin Arnold officiating. Interment will follow at Delwood Baptist Church Cemetery with Sammy Smith, John...
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