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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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Clyde Burdick
Mar 21, 2011
Clyde "Wayne" Burdick, 57, of Donalsonville, GA, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at Donalsonville Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Bruce Hoose officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In...
Shirley Brown
Mar 21, 2011
Shirley Dawson Brown, 71, of Graceville, FL (formerly of Bainbridge, GA), passed away Monday, March 21, 2011 at Signature Healthcare of North Florida in Graceville, FL. Services will be private. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Shirley was born February 27, 1940 in Bainbridge, GA and was a retired waitress. Survivors include her daughters, Kathy Eakin...
Betty Carroll
Mar 19, 2011
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Joyce Carroll will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Cox-Ware Funeral Home. The interment will be at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Betty Joyce Carroll, age 63, died in New Port Richey Fla. She is survived by her son, Ben Harmon Carroll; sisters: Grace Schmitt of Cerrillos, New Mexico, Alice Hurley...
Grover Knight
Mar 18, 2011
Funeral services for Mr.Grover Knight will be held Tuesday March 22, 2011, 3:00 P.M. at Cox-Ware Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at New Home Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery in Vada, Georgia. Bro. Earnest Dupree and Christopher Turner will be officiating. The family will receive friends, Monday, March 21, 2011, from 5:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Cox-Ware Funeral Home Chapel....
Ken Gainous
Mar 16, 2011
Rev. Ken Gainous, 65, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011 at Faceville Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Johns, Mr. Russ Rodgers, and Rev. Gwan Garrison officiating. Interment will follow at Cool Springs Cemetery with Jeff Jeter, David Conoly, Trent Arthur,...
Elsie Hightower
Mar 15, 2011
Mrs. Elsie Hightower passed away March 15, 2011. She was the daughter of John Tyson, Sr. and Callie Mandeville Tyson. Elsie was born in Farmville, N.C. and lived her early life there. She received her secretarial training and worked in that capacity in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. She retired in Bainbridge,Ga. Elsie is survived by several cousins who mourn...
W. Fleming
Mar 15, 2011
W. Calvin Fleming, 58, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 18, 2011 at Attapulgus Baptist Church with Rev. Jack House and Rev. Jerry Bishop officiating. Interment will follow at Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery with James Spears, Donald Boyett, Lex McMillon, David Allen...
Brandon Harper
Mar 14, 2011
Brandon Joe Harper,infant,born March 11, 2011, passed away March 14, 2011 at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Georgia. He is survived by his parents, Chad and Lindsey Harper; sister's, Haley and Natalie Harper; grandparents, Samantha and Jim Bracken, David and Beth Harper, and Kathy and Wade Heard. Graveside Service will be 2:00 PM Thursday, March 17, 2011, at Oak...
Rosemarie Doffek
Mar 14, 2011
Rosemarie C. Doffek, 78, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Monday, March 14, 2011 at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL. Rosemarie selected anatomical donation for medical research and there will be no public memorial service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Rosemarie was born June 2, 1932 in Milwaukee, WI, the daughter of Raymond John...
Clara Scruggs
Mar 10, 2011
Memorial services for Clara Nell Scruggs,96 year-old, will be held on Monday, March 14, 2011, 2:00 P.M. at the First United Methodist Church of Weatherford, Oklahoma. The Rev. Lynn Brack will be officiating. Lockstone Funeral Home in charge of that service. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at Green Shade Cemetery in Fowlstown, Georgia. The Rev. Randy...
Elsie Bullock
Mar 7, 2011
Elsie Blount Bullock, 64, of Pine Mountain, GA, passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at West Georgia Health in LaGrange, GA. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Mike Strickland officiating and will conclude at the chapel. Interment will be held at Cool Springs Cemetery. The...
Annie Detorres-Lenis
Mar 5, 2011
Annie Pearl Phillips DeTorres-Lenis, 81, of Miami, FL, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011. The memorial service and celebration will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Reverend Carlos Miguel DeTorres officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com...
Thomas Dollar
Mar 3, 2011
Thomas Michael "Mike" Dollar, 55, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2011 at West Bainbridge Cemetery with Rev. Tim Harrell officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Online visitors may sign the guest register...
Nancy Merchant
Feb 26, 2011
Caribou, ME - Nancy Marie Merchant, 65, died February 26, 2011 following a brief illness, with her family by her side. She was born on February 21, 1946 in Stockholm, Maine. The daughter of Alphonse and Edwina Peters, Nancy was raised in Presque Isle. In 1962, she married Leon Merchant and moved to Caribou, where together they raised 5 children...
James Harrell
Feb 26, 2011
James R. "Jim" Harrell, 81, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon, GA. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Medley and Rev. Tom Shields officiating. The graveside funeral service with Full Military Honors and Masonic...
W. Brock
Feb 25, 2011
W. Maynard Brock, 54, of Thomasville, GA, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at his residence. The graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Dr. Danny Shepard officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Ivey Funeral...
Amos Jones
Feb 25, 2011
Amos Arnold Jones, 79, of Climax, GA, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Thad Marshall officiating. Interment will follow at Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Jerry Jones, Randall Jones, Sammy Perkins, Donald Dalton, Kyle Guderian,...
Mary Mckay
Feb 24, 2011
Mary Ellen McKay, 79, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Memorial Manor Nursing Home. The memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, 2011 at St. Johns Episcopal Church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to St. Johns Episcopal Church, 516 East Broughton...
Sibyl Rich
Feb 21, 2011
Sibyl Farnan Rich, 70, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, February 21, 2011 at Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Paul Medley officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Roger Edmunds, Raymond Floyd, Neil Floyd, Harry Smith, Rusty Davis and Gerald Floyd...
Vasta Yarbrough
Feb 20, 2011
Vasta Bolton Yarbrough, 89, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Riverside Place. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Randy Mosley officiating and will conclude in the church. Interment will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends immediately following...
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