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.

Heather Barlow

Heather Barlow

Oct 22, 2014

Heather Worek Barlow, 35, of Climax, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Poppell officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Lee Hitson, Danny Moore, Roy Mathews, Christopher Bryant, James Cristante and James Edenfield serving as...

Frances Young

Frances Young

Oct 18, 2014

Frances Helen Beiter Young, the matriarch of the Beiter Family, went home to be with her heavenly Father, peacefully in her sleep at her home in the Springs of Lady Lake on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the young age of 97. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 25, 2014 at St. Joseph...

Freida Dunlap

Freida Dunlap

Oct 14, 2014

Freida Dunlap , 72, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Memorial Manor. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Donna Sue Roberts officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Online visitors may sign the guest register...

Shirley Wells

Shirley Wells

Oct 13, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Vonceil Helms Wells, age 79, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014, after a brief illness. She was at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Florida. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 18, 2014, at Mother's Home Church Cemetery in Miller County, Georgia. Mr. Chris Johnson will be officiating. Shirley was born in Bainbridge, Georgia...

Henry Baell

Henry Baell

Oct 11, 2014

Henry Clinton "Clint" Baell, Jr., 65, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Memorial Manor. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at Ivey...

Mary Rackowski

Mary Rackowski

Oct 8, 2014

Mary Alice Brooks Rackowski, 79, of Perry, FL and formerly of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 8, 2014. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Marvin Fowler officiating and will conclude in the chapel. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive...

Diane Nielsen

Diane Nielsen

Oct 2, 2014

Diane Cowart Nielsen, 72, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 2, 2014 in Orange Park, FL. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in the chapel at Jacksonville Memory Gardens Funeral Home, 111 Blanding Blvd. Orange Park, FL. Interment will be held 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at Oak City...

Ola Wilder

Ola Wilder

Sep 30, 2014

Ola Wilder, beloved sister and loyal friend, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, September 30, 2014. She passed away at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia, after a prolonged illness. Ola was born January 20, 1944, to Harvey Wilder and Thelma Louise Pollock Wilder, in Riverside Hospital, Bainbridge, Georgia. The baby of three girls, she was born...

Terry Bedwell

Terry Bedwell

Sep 30, 2014

Terry W. Bedwell, 65, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at his residence. The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 3, 2014 at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 from 6:00 until 7:00 PM at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors...

Frances Guarro

Frances Guarro

Sep 30, 2014

Frances Rooks Guarro, 92, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2014, at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 2, 2014 at Faceville Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Interment will follow at Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery at 4:00 p.m. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m....

Phillip Miller

Phillip Miller

Sep 29, 2014

Phillip James Miller, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at his residence. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 3, 2014 at Cool Springs Cemetery with Rev. Andrew Miller officiating. Active pallbearers will be Rusty Day, Colton Day, Nathaniel Miller, Matthew McCormick, Michael McCormick, and Ben Knowles. The family will...

Jack Batts

Jack Batts

Sep 27, 2014

Jack E. Batts, 70, of Lake Seminole, GA, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2014 at Memorial Manor; on what would have been the 46th wedding anniversary of his marriage to his wife who preceded him in death earlier this year. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Bainbridge Church of God with...

Wayne Holt

Wayne Holt

Sep 20, 2014

Wayne Holt, 67, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Sam Sirmons officiating, and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at Colquitt Cemetery with Philip Moore, Jason Holt, Benji Holt, Brett Dobbins, Stacey...

Bert Steen

Bert Steen

Sep 17, 2014

Bert Steen, 67, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at his residence. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at the J.O. Smith Activities Building at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations...

Vera Irvin

Vera Irvin

Sep 16, 2014

Vera Hartley Irvin, 92, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at Bainbridge Health Care. The graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18, 2014 at Travelers Rest Cemetery near Newton, GA. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations...

L. Eidson

L. Eidson

Sep 14, 2014

L. Guy "Buddy" Eidson, Jr., 67, of Faceville, GA, passed away Sunday, September 14, 2014 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jeff Stapleton officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service....

Jessie Cordell-Miller

Jessie Cordell-Miller

Sep 12, 2014

Mrs. Jessie Walls Cordell-Miller, age 98, passed away Friday, September 12, 2014, at her home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Cordell-Miller will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at Corinth Freewill Baptist Church in Iron City, Georgia. Dr. Gwenn Hayes and Rev. Miles Carter will officiate. Interment will follow in Corinth Cemetery. Spence Touchton, Bill Cooper,...

Timothy Owens

Timothy Owens

Sep 7, 2014

Mr. Timothy Wayne Owens, age 52, passed away at his home in Bainbridge. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, September 11, 2014, 11:00 a.m., at Port City Church of God. Timothy Wayne Owens was born December 19, 1961 in Bainbridge, Georgia. He attended Solid Rock Church. Timothy enjoyed fishing and going to the beach camping with his children....

Albert Cordell

Albert Cordell

Sep 6, 2014

Mr. Albert Jessie Cordell, age 75, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014, in Edinburg, Texas. Albert was born July 14, 1939 to Alva J. and Jessie W. Cordell. Mr. Cordell leaves behind his mother, Jessie W. Cordell-Miller of Cairo, Georgia; two daughters, Christa Strickland and husband, Michael of Whigham, Georgia and Pebe Touchton and husband, Spence of Donalsonville, Georgia; three...

Mitchell Willis

Mitchell Willis

Sep 5, 2014

Mitchell J. "Mitch" Willis, 63, passed away Friday, September 5, 2014 at his residence. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia. 117 Donalson Street, Bainbridge, GA 39817 or...

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