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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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Tonya Sallas

Tonya Sallas

Aug 28, 2011

Tonya Weaver Sallas died suddenly Sunday, August 28, 2011. Services will be held 11:00 a.m., E.S.T., Thursday, September 1, 2011, at Fellowship Baptist Church, 2861 Spring Creek Road, Brinson, Georgia. The Rev. Jim Weaver and Pastor Ralph Sigler will be officiating. Garrett Weaver, Stacy Harlow, McCall Burney, Joey Saunders, Jeff Ball, and Terry Brewer will serve as pallbearers. The family...

Thomas Jones

Thomas Jones

Aug 25, 2011

Thomas A. Jones, 78, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Hammock Springs Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Hammock Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Donalsonville, GA with Joshua Merritt, Chad...

Lily King

Lily King

Aug 24, 2011

Lily Isabella King passed away as she entered this world on August 24, 2011 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. The graveside funeral service was held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 29, 2011 at Brinson Cemetery in Brinson, GA with Pastor Ron Baxley officiating. Survivors include her parents, Jamie and Jennifer Godwin King of Leesburg, GA; her...

Alice Wheeler

Alice Wheeler

Aug 23, 2011

Alice H. Wheeler of Cairo, Georgia, died, Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Her services will be Saturday, August 27, 2011, 3:00 p.m., at Eastside Baptist Church in Cairo. The Rev. Dr. Paul Jones will be officiating. Ms. Wheeler's nephews will serve as pallbearers. A private, family, interment will be held following the service in Cairo Cemetery. The...

Agnew Wright

Agnew Wright

Aug 23, 2011

Agnew Wright, 81, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Hatchett and Rev. Danny VunCannon officiating. The graveside service will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Floral Memory Gardens in Albany, GA with Dr....

Lee Tillman

Lee Tillman

Aug 21, 2011

Lee Tillman, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at Morningside Baptist Church with Dr. Billy Southerland and Rev. Warren Fox officiating. Interment will follow at Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Coolidge, GA at 5:00 p.m. with Rev. Stanley...

Craig Bush

Craig Bush

Aug 18, 2011

Craig Bush, 59, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, August 18, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Donna Sue Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Cemetery with Steve Bush, Tim Bush, Brian Bush, Richard Conoly, Dale Murray, Greg Murray,...

James Brunson

James Brunson

Aug 16, 2011

Mr. James Brunson died Tuesday, August 16, 2011, at his home in Ashford, Alabama. His services will be held 3:00 p.m., Friday, August 19, 2011, at Cox-Ware Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Franklin Wood will officiate. April Huggins, Charles Ingram, Charlie Huntley, James Huggins, Jeremy Brunson, and Ricky Faircloth will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends one hour before...

Wesley Rish

Wesley Rish

Aug 15, 2011

Jack Rish, 76, of Albany, GA, passed away Monday, August 15, 2011 at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery with Minister Wayne Clemons officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Rish was born September...

Frank Mitchell

Frank Mitchell

Aug 12, 2011

Frank E. Mitchell, Jr., 85, of Lake Placid, FL, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011. The celebration of life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at the Michael A. Brochetti Funeral Home with full military honors. The graveside memorial service will be held at Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery in Climax, GA. The family...

John Love

John Love

Aug 12, 2011

John Wayne Love, 62, of Quincy, FL, passed away Friday, August 12, 2011 at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewitt Phillips officiating and will conclude at the chapel. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, August...

Angela Dukes

Angela Dukes

Aug 11, 2011

Angela C. Dukes, 43, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011 at her residence. The memorial service will be private. Angela was born March 3, 1968 in Donalsonville, GA, the daughter of Earl Matthew Jackson and Carolyn Jean Moulton Jackson. She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith. Angela enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her...

A. Brock

A. Brock

Aug 8, 2011

A. E. "Peanut" Brock, 68, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jeff Stapleton officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at Brock Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following...

Marvine Wilson

Marvine Wilson

Aug 4, 2011

Marvine Peacock Wilson, 91, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2011 at Riverside Place. The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 8, 2011 at Hillcrest Cemetery in Quincy, FL with Dr. Austin L. Phillips and Rev. Steve Poppell officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at...

Mussette Lowe

Mussette Lowe

Jul 31, 2011

Mussette Gordy was born in 1926 to Hortense Martin Gordy and George Owen Gordy. She moved with her family to Frostproof, Florida, where she graduated high school in 1943. Shortly after graduating, she moved to Jacksonville, Florida and began her career in banking with the Federal Reserve Bank. When in Jacksonville, she met the love of her life, Fred A....

Alethea Prance

Alethea Prance

Jul 30, 2011

Alethea "Lee" Hatcher Prance, 98, of Tampa, FL and formerly of Brinson, GA, passed away Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Freedom Square Assisted Living in Seminole, FL. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Danny Shepard officiating...

Annie Bonner-Cooper

Annie Bonner-Cooper

Jul 29, 2011

Mrs. Annie Imogene Bonner Cooper died Friday, July 29, 2011, at her home in Recovery, Georgia. A graveside service will be held 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 1, 2011, Roselawn Memory Gardens in Bainbridge, Georgia. Rev. Wayne McDonald will officiate. Annie Imogene Bonner was born June 29, 1926 in Parrish, Alabama, to Sidney Ray and Willie Morris Bonner. She moved to...

James Powell

James Powell

Jul 29, 2011

Mr. James Scott Powell, formerly of Bainbridge, died at Berrien County Hospital in Nashville, Georgia, Friday, July 29, 2011. Services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 2, 2011, graveside at Oak City Cemetery. Rev. Milton Harrison will be officiating. Scott was born March 31, 1961 to James Wilson and Betty Lorraine Spraggins Powell. He is survived by his sister,...

Kenneth Newberry

Kenneth Newberry

Jul 28, 2011

Kenneth D. Newberry, 80, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, July 28, 2011 at Bainbridge Healthcare. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Max Bryant officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the...

Adeline Sholar

Adeline Sholar

Jul 28, 2011

Mrs. Adeline Cone Sholar, of Cairo, Georgia, died Thursday, July 28, 2011, in Thomasville, Georgia. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Eastside Baptist Church in Cairo. Rev. Bobby Harrell, Rev. Jim Weaver, and Rev. Dr. Paul Jones will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Grandsons, Eddie Sholar, Robbie Sholar, Jackie Halstead, Steve Halstead,...

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