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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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Ray Haire

Ray Haire

May 26, 2011

Ray J. Haire, 69, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Hatchett officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Haire...

James Yates

James Yates

May 24, 2011

James Harold Yates, 74, of Brinson, GA, passed away Monday, May 24, 2011 at his residence. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Scott Messer officiating and will conclude at the Chapel. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the...

Dorothy Waters

Dorothy Waters

May 22, 2011

Dorothy L. "Lou" Waters, 81, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Medley officiating and will conclude at the church. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Thomasville, GA. The family will receive...

Sarah Byrd

Sarah Byrd

May 20, 2011

Sarah Miller Byrd, 80, of Tallahassee, FL and formerly of Whigham, GA, passed away Friday, May 20, 2011 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 23, 2011 at Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church near Whigham, GA with Rev. Thomas W. Kennedy officiating. Interment will follow at Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery...

George Sheppard

George Sheppard

May 20, 2011

Mr. George Sheppard died Friday, May 20, 2011, in Cairo, Georgia. Services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 28, 2011, graveside, at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Rev. Gerald Vinson, officiating. George Hayes Shepard was born September 19, 1956 in Cairo, Georgia to Malcolm Hayes and Mary Lee Johnson Sheppard. He was employed at Vinson Plumbing and Electric Company....

Mary Thomas

Mary Thomas

May 17, 2011

Mrs. Mary Louise Thomas died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at Donalsonville Hospital in Donalsonville, Georgia. Mrs. Thomas had recently moved to Donalsonville from Dothan, Alabama. Services will be Thursday, May 19, 2011, 4:00 p.m., at Cox-Ware Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. David Grubbs will be officiating. Interment will follow in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to...

Roxie Chambless

Roxie Chambless

May 15, 2011

Roxie J. Chambless, 55, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Gerald A. Little and Brother Chad Cooper officiating. Interment will follow at Eldorendo Baptist Church Cemetery with Brett Elliot, Marvin Strickland, Barrett Kirbo, Derick...

Herbert Jeffords

Herbert Jeffords

May 15, 2011

Herbert L. "Sonny" Jeffords, Jr., 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, May 15, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating and will conclude at the church. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Patrick...

Doris Joiner

Doris Joiner

May 14, 2011

Doris Eidson Joiner, 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ramon Duvall officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Waneta Bonneau

Waneta Bonneau

May 13, 2011

Waneta M. Bonneau, 95, of Brinson, GA, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 Memorial Manor Nursing Home. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at First Church of the Nazarene with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com...

James Ward

James Ward

May 10, 2011

James B. "Jimmy" Ward, Jr., 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will follow at West Bainbridge Cemetery with Marty Mobley, Robby Rowe, Larry Williams, Mike Crosby, Jack Williams,...

Wallace Hambrick

Wallace Hambrick

May 8, 2011

Wallace Long Hambrick, 74, of Lawrenceville, GA, formerly of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Peachtree Christian Hospice in Duluth, GA following a long battle with cancer. Wallace was a loving father, grandfather, and husband. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home. The graveside funeral...

Alice Sherred

Alice Sherred

May 8, 2011

Mrs. Alice Sherred died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Grady General Hospital. A private family service will be held at a later date. Alice Audrey Barstow was born March 27, 1924 in Union City, Pennsylvania to Leon and Bernice Holland Barstow. She married Ronald Albert Sherred; who preceded her in death. Mrs. Sherred lived in Florida many, many years before...

Henry Laird

Henry Laird

May 7, 2011

Captain Henry Arnold "Larry" Laird, 88, of Attapulgus, GA, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 in Hollywood, FL. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will follow at Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery with Ed White, Loren Johnson, Charles Bennett, Jimmy Collins, Harold...

Audrey Finuff

Audrey Finuff

May 7, 2011

Audrey Lynn Finuff, 2 year old infant daughter of Lamar Finuff and Amanda Culverson Finuff, of Climax, GA, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Shands Pediatric Hospital in Gainesville, FL. The celebration of Audrey's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. DeWitt Phillips and Rev. Brian Hatchett officiating....

James Lillethun

James Lillethun

May 6, 2011

James R. "Jim" Lillethun, Col., USAF, Ret., 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, May 6, 2011 at his residence. The memorial service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2011 in the Langston Garden of Bainbridge Little Theatre. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made...

Betty Ingram

Betty Ingram

May 4, 2011

Mrs. Betty J. Ingram died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 6, 2011, graveside at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Dr. Gwynn Hayes will be officiating. The family is gathering at 3110 Fred Collins Road in Whigham. Friends are welcome to come by and pay their respects. Betty J....

Thomas Maynard

Thomas Maynard

May 2, 2011

Thomas Lanier Maynard, 90, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, May 2, 2011 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church with Dr. Gerald A. Little officiating. The graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Hopeful Baptist...

Mary Mills-Carr

Mary Mills-Carr

May 2, 2011

Mrs. Mary Ruth Spivey Carr died Monday, May 2, 2011, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Services will be 10:00 a.m., graveside, at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Rev. Keith Pearson is officiating. The family will receive friends 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Cox-Ware Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Mary Ruth was born January 23, 1941 in Cairo, Georgia...

Mary Johnson

Mary Johnson

Apr 28, 2011

Mary Ethel Stephens Johnson, 86, of Colquitt, GA, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2011 at her daughter's residence in Enterprise, AL. The family will receive friends from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Colquitt United Methodist Church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m....

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