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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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Janice Kruzich

Janice Kruzich

Apr 2, 2024

Janice Annette Kruzich, age 74, passed away on April 2, 2024 at Seminole Manor in Donalsonville, Georgia. Services for Ms. Kruzich will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. Interment will be held in Mt. Gilead Cemetery with her grandsons serving as pallbearers. Rev. DeWitt Phillips will officiate. The...

Jerry Payne

Jerry Payne

Mar 29, 2024

Mr. Jerry Payne, age 74, passed away at Bainbridge Healthcare on March 29, 2024. No services are planned for Mr. Payne at this time. Mr. Payne was born in Athens, Georgia on January 31, 1950 to Willie Calvin Payne and Cora Lee Wiley Payne. He owned his own air conditioning business in the Athens area. He grew up in Athens...

Thomas Phinney

Thomas Phinney

Mar 25, 2024

Mr. Thomas Wesley Cleveland (Sandy) Phinney, Jr., age 79, passed away on March 25, 2024 in Dalton, Georgia. Graveside services for Mr. Phinney will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 29, 2024 in Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia, with Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Thomas Wesley Cleveland (Sandy) Phinney, Jr. was...

Paula White

Paula White

Mar 23, 2024

Paula Kaye White, age 75, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. The time and date of a service to honor Paula will be announced later. Paula Kaye White was born August 18, 1948 in Bainbridge, Georgia, to Warren Alfred White and Ronnella Walden White. Paula was a “people” person. She loved people and...

Edwin Gilstrap

Edwin Gilstrap

Mar 22, 2024

Mr. Edwin Gilstrap, age 67, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, March 22, 2024. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, March 28, at Open Arms Ministries, 300 Colquitt Highway, Bainbridge, Georgia, with Mr. Kevin Dowdy officiating. Edwin Gilstrap was born October 27, 1956 in Bainbridge to Collin Gilstrap and Cathleen Robinson Gilstrap. He...

Annie King

Annie King

Mar 12, 2024

Annie Ethel Knight King, age 79, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. King will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m., at Blackjack Baptist Church. Mr. Charlie Brock, the Rev. Edward Seabrooks, and Rev. Dr. Jack Piland will officiate. Interment will follow in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one...

Homer Tillman

Homer Tillman

Mar 12, 2024

Homer Lee (Bud) Tillman, Jr. passed away on March 12, 2024 at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. Services for Mr. Tillman will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2024 at Pine Gove Baptist Church, 4103 Bay Rockyford Road, Moultrie Georgia. Rev. Stanley Norman will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from...

Vera Froelich

Vera Froelich

Mar 10, 2024

Ms. Vera Froehlich, age 75, passed away at her home on March 10, 2024. Ms. Froelich was born on April 4, 1948 in Wauchula, Florida to her parents John T. Albritton, Sr. and Nellie Walker Albritton, both of whom preceded her in death. She is survived by her children, Dannie Dunkin and Melissa Woodram of Donalsonville and Anthony Dunkin of...

Eula Kelly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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