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.
Eula Kelly
Mar 9, 2024
Mrs. Eula Ellen Addison Cox Kelly, age 92, passed away at her home on March 9, 2024. Services for Mrs. Kelly will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Harrell officiating. Interment will follow in Attapulgus City Cemetery. Jazz McMillan, Chance Cook, Ty Musgrove, J. W....
Emmett Kelly
Mar 7, 2024
Mr. Emmett “Sonny” Kelly, Jr., age 85, of Climax, Georgia passed away on March 7th, 2024. Services for Mr. Kelly will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 14, 2024, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home with the Rev. DeWitt Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Frank Kay, Billy Brown, Matthew Combs,...
John Mccown
Mar 7, 2024
Mr. John William McCown Sr, 87, of Attapulgus, GA passed away in his home on March 7th, 2024. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 12th, at Oakridge Cemetery, 394 N.W. Meeting Avenue, in Madison, Florida. Mr. McCown was a graduate of the Georgia Military Academy (now Woodward) in College Park, Georgia and earned his BS...
Debra Riddle
Feb 29, 2024
Debra Kay Glover Riddle, age 69, of Bainbridge, passed away on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Georgia. No formal services are scheduled at this time. Debra was born November 18, 1954 in Bainbridge, Georgia to Roy Kedric Glover and Jeanne Louise Cowart Glover. Debby, as she was known to those close to her, grew up...
Raleigh Tillman
Feb 27, 2024
CW2 (Ret.) Raleigh Max Tillman, Sr. passed away February 26, 2024, in Tallahassee, Florida. Services for Mr. Tillman will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 2, 2024, at Pine Grove Baptist Church, 4103 Bay Rockyford Road, Moultrie, Georgia 31768. The Rev. Stanley Norman will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with full military honors and Masonic rites....
Enid Borders
Feb 27, 2024
**** Due to inclement weather, the service at Attapulgus Cemetery has been moved to the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Enid Jackson Borders, age 86, of Panama City Beach Florida passed away on February 27, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents James William Jackson and Josephine Parham Jackson, her brothers James, Mason, Royce, Billy, and Carl...
James Mitchell
Feb 25, 2024
Mr. James Otto Mitchell,Sr. Mr. James Otto Mitchell, Sr., age 81, passed away on February 25, 2024 in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service for Mr. Mitchell will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Bainbridge. James Otto Mitchell was born on March 25, 1942 in Greenville, South Carolina to Otto Mitchell and...
Archie Dodson
Feb 22, 2024
Mr. Archie Jerome Dodson, age 85, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Tallahassee, Florida. Services for Mr. Dodson will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 24, 2024, graveside at the Beulah Thomas Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. David Grubbs will officiate. Michael Crawley, Wade Kelley, Eric Duke, Glenn Dodson, Davis Dodson, and Dan Solomon will serve as pallbearers....
Mae Elver
Feb 22, 2024
Mrs. Mae Nell Bell Elver, age 89, passed away at her home in Cairo, Georgia on February 22, 2024. Services for Mrs. Elver will be held on Saturday, February 24, 3:00 p.m. at Midway Baptist Church in Cairo, Georgia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Elver was born on October...
David Watts
Feb 19, 2024
Mr. David O’Neal Watts, age 85, of Cairo, Georgia, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024. Funeral services for Mr. Watts will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 23, 2024, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Chris Allen will officiate the services. David was born on September 20, 1938 in Thomasville, Georgia to parents Otis...
Jacques Friesen
Feb 18, 2024
Jacques Michael Friesen, age 60, passed away on February 18, 2024 at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. The family will hold a memorial service at a later date. Mr. Friesen was born to John William Friesen and Anita Chanell Barber on February 12, 1964 in Moultrie, Georgia. Jacques was married to Linda Diane Cowan. Jacques was raised in Bainbridge, Georgia...
Roy Howard
Feb 16, 2024
Mr. Roy W. Howard, age 78, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Friday, February 16, 2024. Services for Mr. Howard will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The Rev. Ronald (Bubba) Black, Jr. will officiate. The interment will follow in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Lee Howard, Brandon Howard, Chris Bowen, Robert...
Ellis Cook
Feb 11, 2024
Mr. Ellis Vernon Cook, age 81, passed away very suddenly on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mr. Cook will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Friday, February 16, at Eastside Baptist Church, 404 5th Street N.E., Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Todd Gainous and the Rev. Matt Vickers will officiate. The interment will follow...
Clarence Kaufman
Feb 5, 2024
Clarence Robert Kaufman, Sr. Clarence Robert Kaufman, Sr., age 51, passed away on February 5, 2024 at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. The family will hold a private service at a later date. Robert was born on December 27, 1972 to his parents, Clarence Stephen Kaufman and Judy Collins Kaufman. He was self-employed in the scrap metal business. He grew...
Marteel Mitchell
Feb 3, 2024
Marteel King Mitchell, age 83, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away at her home on February 3, 2024. She is fondly remembered by her family including daughters Sarah Vanessa Mitchell and Ester Michelle Mitchell, both of McDonough, Georgia; son, Chester King and wife Linda of Lithonia, Georgia.; sister, Irelene Robinson Williams and husband Andrew of Riviera Beach, Florida.; granddaughter, Autumn King...
Jasper Carter
Feb 1, 2024
Mr. Jasper N. (J.N.) Carter, age 94, passed away February 1, 2024 surrounded by his family at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mr. Carter will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 10, at Eastside Baptist Church in Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Matt Vickers, Rev. Todd Gainous, and Rev. Jimmy Ausburn will officiate. The family will receive friends...
Janice Harrell
Feb 1, 2024
Mrs. Janice Diane Turner Harrell, age 64, passed away on February 1, 2024. Services for Mrs. Harrell will be held on Saturday, February 10, 2024, 11:00 a.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Ivey Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 5:00 - 7:00, Friday, February 9, 2024 at the funeral home. She will be interred privately in Spring Creek Baptist...
Gloria Talbert
Feb 1, 2024
Gloria M. Talbert, age 83, passed away February 1, 2024, at her son's home in Thomasville, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Talbert will be held 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 4, graveside at Woodlawn Cemetery in Whigham, Georgia. Father Justin Hogg will officiate. Gloria M. Nix was born December 22, 1940 in Decatur County, Georgia, to Norwood Nix and Fannie Phillips Nix....
Leon Brown
Jan 29, 2024
Leon Jackson (Jackie) Brown, age 82, passed away on January 29, 2024 at the Jackson County Hospital in Marianna, Florida. A memorial service will be held on February 14, 2024 at 10:00 at Grace Community Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia. Mr. Brown was born on April 21,1941 in Decatur County to the late Obie and Annie Lee Crum Brown. He ...
Jeanne Pollard
Jan 27, 2024
Ethel Eugenia “Jeanne” Pollard, age 80, died after a brief illness on January 27, 2024, in Altamonte Springs, Florida. Jeanne was born to Elga Dot Hatcher and Joshua Heard Poole, Jr. on July 10, 1943, in Mobile, Alabama where she grew up and attended Murphy High School, graduating in 1962. A few years later, she married William Henry Pollard, Jr.,...
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