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.
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Lenna Bennett
Oct 24, 2012
Mrs. Lenna L. Roby Bennett, age 82, of Bainbridge, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at Grady General Hospital in Cairo. A memorial service will be held at the Kingdom Hall, 2798 Dothan Road, Bainbridge, Georgia. The day and time for that service will be announced later. Lenna L. Bennett was born October 19, 1930. She was married to Hugh...
Herchel Williams
Oct 23, 2012
Herchel Alwyn Williams, 44, passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, FL, after a long battle with brain cancer. The memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Pensacola, FL. A graveside memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 27,...
Willie Whigham
Oct 21, 2012
Mrs. Willie Merle Whigham, age 67, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Thomasville, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Whigham will be held Saturday, October 27, 2012, 2:00 p.m., graveside, at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Rev. Milton Harrison will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, October 26, at Cox Funeral Home in Bainbridge....
Clara Howard
Oct 21, 2012
Clara Frances Hough Howard, 96, of Athens, GA, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens, GA. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23,...
Grady Josey
Oct 20, 2012
Mr. Grady Josey of Bainbridge, Georgia and Panama City, Florida, passed away on October 20, 2012 at his daughter's home in Panama City with family at his side. He was 98. Mr Josey was born in Decatur County, Georgia on July 1, 1914 and lived his entire working life in Decatur and Seminole Counties. Grady worked twenty plus years for...
Pearl Bell
Oct 20, 2012
Pearl Davis Bell, 91, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Thad Marshall officiating. Interment will follow at Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Kenneth McCorkel, Jr., James H. Bell, John H. Bell, Jr.,...
June Lane
Oct 18, 2012
June Mock Lane, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012 at Riverside Place in Bainbridge, GA. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Paul Medley and Pastor John Woodrum officiating, and will conclude at the chapel. Active pallbearers will be Lance Birdsong, Lee...
Deffie Simpson-Drexler
Oct 18, 2012
Ms. Deffie Ann Simpson Drexler, age 52, passed away Thursday, October 18, 2012, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 20, 2012, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dr. DeWitt Phillips and Pastor Tom Borland will officiate. Deffie Simpson was born October 2, 1960 in Bainbridge, Georgia, to Norman and...
Mary Anchors
Oct 16, 2012
Mary L. Anchors, age 82, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at her home in Bainbridge. The family will receive friends for a time of memorial and reflection, 6:00-8:00 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2012, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Mary Lucille Carter was born May 23, 1930 in Valdosta, Georgia, to Dorsey Lee Carter and Evelyn Willis Carter. Lucy graduated...
John Franklin
Oct 13, 2012
Major (Ret.) John Franklin Knight, III, U.S.A.F.,age 73, died Saturday, October 13, 2012, at his home in Bainbridge. He was embraced by his wife, Carol. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Southwest Georgia Hospice Chaplain David Cook will be officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens, with full military...
Jessie Jarvey
Oct 11, 2012
Jessie "Lou" Jarvey, 70, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012 at her residence. The memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at Bainbridge First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will be at West Bainbridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors...
Mattie Hester-Day
Oct 10, 2012
Mrs. Mattie Lee Hester Day, age 79, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. Services for Mrs. Day will be held Saturday, October 13, 2012, at 3:30 p.m., at New Home Freewill Baptist Church #2, in Decatur County, Georgia. Rev. Nathan Fowler will officiate. Interment will follow in New Home Cemetery. Danny Harrell, Rory Nesmith, Shawn...
Charles Hartzog
Oct 9, 2012
Charles "Chuck" Hartzog, 57, of Brinson, GA, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at Noland Hospital in Dothan, AL. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 12, 2012 at Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Roy Matthews officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 11, 2012 at...
Carrie Nisbet
Oct 7, 2012
Carrie Elizabeth Freeman Nisbet, 96, of Bainbridge, GA, entered into rest Sunday, October 7, 2012 at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the...
Annie Allen
Oct 6, 2012
Annie Louise (Lou) Rice Allen, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, October 6, 2012 at Plantation Manor in Thomasville, GA. The memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at Faceville Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Interment will be at Cool Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service...
Harry Boyd
Oct 2, 2012
Mr. Harry Allen Boyd, 65, of Donalsonville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, October 2, 2012. A memorial service will be held graveside, at Colquitt City Cemetery, 6:00 p.m., Friday, October 5, 2012. Harry Allen Boyd was born March 29, 1947, in Bainbridge, Georgia, to John Pat Boyd and Helen Grace Tipton Boyd. Mr. Boyd lived in this area all his life....
Troy Kight
Sep 30, 2012
Troy Gene Kight, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, and formerly of Starkville, MS, passed away Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Woodrum and Mr. Charles Whittaker officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online...
Barry Shelton
Sep 27, 2012
Barry Scott Shelton, 58, passed from this world on the afternoon of Thursday September the 27th 2012. He was born in Colquitt, GA on July the 8th 1954, the son of Harry and Hazel Shelton. He attended school in Miller County and graduated from Tallulah Falls School in 1972. His innate talent for connecting with people led him to a...
Merle Bearden
Sep 27, 2012
Merle Katherine Chason Bearden, age 86, passed away Thursday, September 27, 2012, at Grady General Hospital in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Bearden will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 30, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Cairo. Dr. Joe Allen will be officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Jeremy Bearden, Jay Worthy, Justin Bearden, Kevin Bearden, Carson...
Bonnie Shoemaker
Sep 25, 2012
Mrs. Bonnie Jean Whigham Shoemaker passed away early Tuesday morning, September 25, 2012, in Tallahassee, Florida. Services for Mrs. Shoemaker will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Union Springs Baptist Church in Whigham, Georgia. Rev. Steve Poppell will be officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Bryan Shoemaker, Lee Shoemaker, Jimmy Glover, Dennis Poppell, Tommy...
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