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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.

Steven Morrison

Steven Morrison

Feb 26, 2023

Mr. Steven Ray Morrison, age 53, passed away Sunday, February 26, 2023, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida surrounded by his family. Services for Mr. Morrison will be held at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, March 2, at New Fountainhead Church, 179 Old Pelham Road, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817. The Rev. Allen Griffin will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Baptist...

Freddie Welch

Freddie Welch

Feb 25, 2023

Freddie Earl Welch, age 76, of Boston, Georgia, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023. The family held a private funeral service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Freddie was born December 12, 1946 in Blakely, Georgia the son of Lannie Oakley Welch and Eunice Earl Welch. He was a homebody. He loved his chihuahua, Trish, who...

Luis Bautista-Mendoza

Luis Bautista-Mendoza

Feb 25, 2023

Luis Alberto Bautista - Mendoza8 de septiembre de 1989 - 25 de febrero de 2023 Luis Alberto Bautista- Mendoza, de 33 años, de Bainbridge, Georgia, falleció el sábado 25 de febrero de 2023. El Rosario se llevará a cabo a las 4:30 pm el jueves 2 de marzo de 2023 en Ivey Funeral Home Chapel oficiando el Padre Tomas Beroch....

Annette Thomas

Annette Thomas

Feb 24, 2023

Annette Poitevint Thomas, age 88, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, February 24, 2023.  Services for Mrs. Thomas will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home.  Rev. Joe Poitevint, Jr. will officiate.   The interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens.  The family will receive friends one hour before the service,...

Virginia Griffin.

Virginia Griffin.

Feb 19, 2023

Virginia Viola (Sissy) Ritter Griffin, age 65, passed away Sunday, February 19, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia surrounded by family. Services for Sissy will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, February 23, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Dr. Gerald Trotman will officiate. The family will have a private burial at Calvary Assembly of God. Friends will...

Linnie Martin

Linnie Martin

Feb 16, 2023

Linnie E. Boyett Martin, age 85, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2023, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Martin will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, February 20, at Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev. Terry Holt will officiate. An interment will be held at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The grandsons of Mrs. Martin will serve as pallbearers. The...

Gordon Faircloth

Gordon Faircloth

Feb 11, 2023

Mr. Gordon B. Albert Faircloth, age 77, passed away early on Saturday, February 11, 2023, surrounded by his family at his home in Climax, Georgia. Services for Mr. Faircloth will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, February 13, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. Ryan Zearing will officiate. The grandsons of Mr. Faircloth will serve as...

James Davis

James Davis

Feb 10, 2023

James Ronald (Jim) Davis passed away February 10, 2023 at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, Georgia. Jim was born August 4, 1938 to the late William Latell and Mildred Thomason Davis. He is survived by his wife Juniel "Tiny" Davis, his son Matthew Harrell "Matt" Davis, his sister Beverly Dale, and brothers Larry (Sue), Joe (Barbara), Doug (Michelle),...

Robert Donalson

Robert Donalson

Feb 7, 2023

Robert DonalsonNovember 11, 1931 - February 7, 2023 Robert "Big" Donalson, age 91, of Blue Ridge, Georgia, formerly of Bainbridge, Georgia passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2023, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Greg Ford officiating. A private interment will be at...

Roberto Guzman

Roberto Guzman

Feb 7, 2023

Roberto Guzman, age 50, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2023. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 12, Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo, Georgia. Pastor Marilyn Pearson-Cox will officiate. Roberto was born November 6, 1972, in Matamoros Tamaulipas, Mexico. His parents, Roberto Guzman, Sr., and Teresita Maria Gomez Guzman have preceded him in death. Roberto loved life...

Rita Haire

Rita Haire

Feb 3, 2023

Rita Faye Albritton Haire, age 64, passed away Friday evening, February 3, 2023, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia surrounded by family. A service to honor Rita will be held at West Bainbridge Family Worship, 12:00 p.m., Saturday, February 11, 2023. Rev. Ronald Black, Jr. (Bubba) and Rev. Michael Albritton will officiate. Rita Faye Albritton was born January 11, 1959,...

Palmer Downing

Palmer Downing

Feb 2, 2023

Palmer Andy DowningApril 27, 1962 - February 2, 2023 Palmer Andy Downing, age 60, of Chancellor, Alabama, passed away Thursday, February 2, 2023 in Miramar Beach, Florida. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 beginning at 2:00 p.m. at Bainbridge Church of God with Rhonda Downing officiating. The family will have a time of visitation from...

Lois Rowan

Lois Rowan

Feb 1, 2023

Lois Winifred Lawhorn Rowan, age 69, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2023, in Valdosta, Georgia. Services for Lois will be held in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home, Bainbridge, Georgia, 12:00 noon, Saturday, February 4. Pastor Christy Bandy will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Lois was born October 25,...

Angeline Vulgamore

Angeline Vulgamore

Jan 29, 2023

Angeline "Ann" VulgamoreApril 11, 1943 - January 29, 2023 Angeline Vulgamore, age 79, of Climax, Georgia, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2023. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, February 2, 2023 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Steve Poppell officiating. A private interment will be at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Paul Vulgamore, Robbie Moran,...

David Pyles

David Pyles

Jan 29, 2023

Mr. David Daniel Pyles, age 69, passed away at his home in Cairo, Georgia, surrounded by his loving family, Sunday, January 29, 2023. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 1, at Rawls Cemetery, 249 Bobwhite Lane, Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. DeWayne Atkinson will officiate. David Daniel Pyles was born February 5, 1953, in Cairo, to...

John Kemper

John Kemper

Jan 25, 2023

Mr. John Henry Kemper, Jr., age 66, passed away on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, in Climax, Georgia surrounded by family. A service to honor John Henry will be held in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home, 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 11. The Rev. Ryan Carnes will officiate. John Henry Kemper, Jr. was born January 27, 1956 in Hammond, Indiana,...

Harry Heaton

Harry Heaton

Jan 25, 2023

Harry Fletcher HeatonOctober 29, 1933 - January 25, 2023 Harry Fletcher Heaton, age 89, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The Graveside Service will be held at 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Oak City Cemetery with Reverend Lynn Roberts officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. A private entombment will follow...

Thomas Malone

Thomas Malone

Jan 22, 2023

Thomas Steele Malone, Jr.July 5, 1924-January 22, 2023 Thomas Steele Malone, Jr. died on January 22, 2023 at the age of 98. He was born to Thomas Steele Malone, Sr. and Kittie Burford Malone on July 5, 1924, in Camden, Alabama. Raised in a loving Christian family, while in his youth, he enjoyed all the benefits provided by growing up...

Henry Johnson

Henry Johnson

Jan 19, 2023

Mr. Henry Oliver Johnson, age 85, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2023, in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service will be held to honor Mr. Johnson at 2:00 pm., Monday, January 23, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. David Grubbs will officiate. Henry Oliver Johnson was born October 25, 1937, in Colquitt, Georgia, to Henry Johnson and...

Mary Deese

Mary Deese

Jan 18, 2023

Mary Mervyn Brock DeeseSeptember 18, 1934 - January 18, 2023 Mary Mervyn Deese, age 88, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023. The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Monday, January 23, 2023 at Sutton Chapel United Methodist Church with Reverend Lynn Roberts officiating. Private interment will be at Sutton Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery....

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