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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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Mary Green

Mary Green

Sep 10, 2023

Ms. Mary Ann Ritter Green, age 75, passed away Sunday, September 10, 2023, in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services will be held Friday, September 15, 11:00 a.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. Dewitt Phillips will officiate. The service will conclude at the chapel. Mary Ann will be privately buried with her family in Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery....

Leonard Dean

Leonard Dean

Sep 7, 2023

Mr. Leonard (Floyd) Dean, age 86, passed away on September 7, 2023, after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Shelva (Jean) White. They shared 65 years of marriage together. He was born in Bainbridge, Georgia to Earl and Inez Floyd Dean on January 9, 1937. Floyd was a graduate of Bainbridge High School. He worked for many years...

Marie Faircloth

Marie Faircloth

Sep 5, 2023

Marie Bernadette FairclothJuly 6, 1945 - September 5, 2023 Marie Bernadette Faircloth, age 78, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2023 surrounded by her family. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, September 8, 2023 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Tomas Beroch officiating.  A private interment will be at Cool Springs Cemetery....

Agnes Brock

Agnes Brock

Sep 2, 2023

Agnes Louise Brock, age 73, of Climax, Georgia, passed away Saturday, September 2, 2023, surrounded by her family. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel.  A private burial will be at Brock Cemetery.  Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Agnes was born September 11,1949...

Gerda Strickland

Gerda Strickland

Sep 1, 2023

Gerda Elfrieda Henkler Strickland, age 84, passed away Friday, September 1, 2023, at her daughter’s home in Climax, Georgia surrounded by her daughter and loved ones. Services for Mrs. Strickland will be held Sunday, September 10, at 2:30 p.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home, Dr. Gerald Little will officiate. Gerda will be buried in Beulah Thomas Cemetery...

Lottie Givens

Lottie Givens

Sep 1, 2023

Lottie Jean Ritter Givens, age 83, passed away on Thursday, August 31, 2023, at her home surrounded by family. Services for Jean will be held Thursday, September 7, 11:00 a.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. Dewitt Phillips will officiate. Interment will follow in Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery. Shane Rowan, David Cobb, Devin Hayes, Jason Harris,...

Johnny Newton

Johnny Newton

Aug 31, 2023

Johnny Strickland Newton, age 78, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2023 at his home surrounded by his family. The Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 3, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Tim Dean officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 2:45 on Sunday, September 3, 2023, immediately...

Boyde Johnson

Boyde Johnson

Aug 30, 2023

Mr. Boyde W. Johnson, age 80, passed away late Wednesday evening at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mr. Johnson will be held at Faceville Baptist Church, 11:00, Monday, September 4. The Rev. David Grubbs will officiate. Burial with military honors will follow in Cool Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends before the service, beginning at 10:00 am....

John Lyons

John Lyons

Aug 22, 2023

John Hubert "Big John" LyonsDecember 16, 1962 - August 22, 2023 John Hubert Lyons, age 60, of Whigham, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2023. The Funeral Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Friday, August 25, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with David Grubbs officiating.  The family will receive friends immediately following the service. A private burial...

Marguriette Taylor

Marguriette Taylor

Aug 20, 2023

Marguriette Taylor. age 93, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at her granddaughter’s home in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, August 25, at Kimbrel Chapel, 2537 Highway 91 North, Colquitt, Georgia. Marguriette Cumbie was born February 10, 1930, in Cairo, Georgia to Willie Ray Cumbie and Lenee Lucille Mills Cumbie. On August 2,...

Janet Forrester

Janet Forrester

Aug 20, 2023

Janet Earley ForresterOctober 23,1934 -  August 20, 2023 Janet Earley Forrester, age 88, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023. The funeral service will be held on Friday, August 25, 2023 beginning at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church, Bainbridge, Georgia with Reverend Melissa Traver officiating.  The family will receive friends immediately following the service. A private...

Delores Cloud

Delores Cloud

Aug 20, 2023

Delores Trawick Cloud, age 85, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia surrounded by her loving family. Services for Mrs. Cloud will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 22, at First Christian Church. Minister Michael McCrickard will officiate. Dewayne Culverson, Terry Day, Paul Maxwell, James Cannon, Melvin Cloud, and Wallace Cato will serve as...

John Maddox

John Maddox

Aug 20, 2023

John Haven MaddoxSeptember 21, 1971 - August 20, 2023 John Haven Maddox, age 51, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023. The family will hold a memorial service on Thursday, August 24, 2023 beginning at 2:00pm at West Street Baptist Church officiated by Gregory Bruce. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . John was born...

Ella Chapman

Ella Chapman

Aug 14, 2023

Ella Coleen Chapman (Pippins), age 44, of Baconton, GA, passed away Monday August 14, 2023, in Albany GA. Ella was born May 3, 1979, in Vicksburg, MS to James Robert Meredith and the late Sammie Lane Johnston Meredith. She was preceded in death by her sister, Cynthia Lane Meredith, her mother, Sammie Lane Johnston Meredith, her stepsister, Pamela Bailey Chason...

Robert Higdon

Robert Higdon

Aug 13, 2023

Robert Henry Higdon, Jr. died on Sunday, August 13, 2023 at his home in Bainbridge surrounded by his family. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. at the Higdon Family Cemetery on the Higdon farm in Calvary, GA with Rev. Stephen L. Webb officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service....

Charlotte Powell

Charlotte Powell

Aug 13, 2023

Charlotte "Rosemary" PowellMay 8, 1948 - August 13, 2023 Charlotte "Rosemary" Powell, age 75, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2023. The Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, August 21, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Allen Griffin officiating.  The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign...

Rosa Donalson

Rosa Donalson

Aug 12, 2023

Rosa Burke DonalsonJuly 31st, 1935 - August 12, 2023 Rosa Burke Donalson, age 88, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, August 12th, 2023. The Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Lynn Massey officiating.  A private interment will be held at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will...

Susan Ouzts

Susan Ouzts

Aug 11, 2023

Susan Elizabeth Rich Ouzts, age 71, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023, at Legacy Village in Thomasville, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Ouzts will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, August 17, at Morningside Baptist Church in Bainbridge, Georgia. The Rev. Jimmy Dean will officiate. Curtis Brown, Holden Burdick, Zack Burdick, Thomas Avery, Kevin Cloud, and Bobby Brown will serve as...

Lugene Sorrell

Lugene Sorrell

Aug 2, 2023

Mrs. Lugene Collins Sorrell passed away from this life on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, surrounded by loving family. Lugene was born in Grady County, GA on February 13, 1934. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Oscar Aaron and Mavis P. Collins and was preceded in death by her husband, William (Bill) N. Sorrell; son, Russell Sorrell; and sister,...

Penny Garcia

Penny Garcia

Aug 2, 2023

Penny Michelle  GarciaMarch 29, 1972 - August 2, 2023 Penny Michelle Garcia, age 51, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. The family will hold a memorial service at Lake Seminole Baptist Church, 2990 Burke Road, Donalsonville, GA on Saturday, August 5, 2023 beginning at 11:00 a.m. with fellowship to follow....

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