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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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Lou Phillips
Oct 15, 2015
Lou Ellen Phillips, 80, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Phillips and Rev. Stanley Phillips officiating. Interment will follow at Brinson Cemetery with Craig Phillips, Leon Barwick, Heath Barwick, Steve Phillips,...
Phyllis Morris
Oct 14, 2015
Phyllis Morris, 73, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at her residence. A graveside memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Ron McCaskill officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mrs. Morris...
Irving Cross
Oct 13, 2015
Mr. Irving Joseph Cross, age 71, passed away early on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mr. Cross will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Midway Baptist Church, 2389 Georgia Highway 93 South, Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Johnny Burdick and the Rev. Gordon Cloud will be officiating. Interment will follow...
Mary Stogner
Oct 12, 2015
Mary Esther Griffin Stogner, 78, of Donalsonville, GA, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glen Elmore officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Interment will follow at Calvary Assembly of God Cemetery with...
Christine Freeman
Oct 11, 2015
Christine Shirley Simms Freeman, 74, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at her residence. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorials may be made to the Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society at 1250 Cox Avenue, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Mrs. Freeman was born in...
Dimas Baca-Huerta
Oct 11, 2015
Dimas Baca-Huerta, 78, of Climax, GA, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Dimas was born in Tierra Nueva, Mexico, the son of Luis Vaca and Inocencia Huerta. Survivors include his children, Victoria Baca Sanchez, Ramiro Vaca Sanchez and wife Rocio Baca Mendez, both of Mexico, Ruben Vaca Sanchez and his wife Leticia Garcia of Raleigh, NC,...
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...
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