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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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Mary Goodwin

Mary Goodwin

Feb 16, 2022

(BAINBRIDGE, GA) Mary Ann Goodwin, 73, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at her residence following an extended illness.  Memorial services will be held Friday, February 18th at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Ivey Funeral Home with Pastor James Scarborough officiating. Mrs. Goodwin, a native of Bainbridge, GA, was born on Thursday, February 3rd,1949 to the late William Henry...

Annette Smithson

Annette Smithson

Feb 15, 2022

Annette Lynn Smithson, age 87, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Smithson will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, February 24 at Christian Faith Church. Pastor Ron Kirkland and Rev. Lynn Massey will officiate. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour before the service,...

Bobby Strickland

Bobby Strickland

Feb 13, 2022

Services for Mr. Bobby Daniel Strickland will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Beulah Thomas Baptist Church. Dr. Jerry Little will officiate. The service will conclude at Beulah Thomas Church Cemetery with full military honors. On Sunday February 13, 2022, Bobby Daniel Strickland answered the call from his Heavenly Father to come home. Bob was born...

Barbara Hendricks

Barbara Hendricks

Feb 13, 2022

Barbara Ann Hendricks, age 85, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at her home in Cairo, Georgia, surrounded by her family. Services for Mrs. Hendricks will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 16, at Eastside Baptist Church in Cairo. Rev. Robbie Jenkins and Rev. Mark Hendricks will officiate. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn...

Royce Rhodes

Royce Rhodes

Feb 12, 2022

Mr. Royce Dylan (Gibby) Rhodes, age 28, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022, at his home in Brinson, Georgia. A memorial service to honor Dylan will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, February 18, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Pastor Anthony Mims will officiate. Royce Dylan Rhodes was born September 3, 1993, in Columbus, Georgia to Mitchell...

Roma Cumbie

Roma Cumbie

Feb 11, 2022

Roma Avery Cumbie, age 89, passed away in Vada, Georgia early on Friday, February 11, 2022, surrounded by her family. Out of an abundance of love and caution due to the COVID-19 pandemic the family has decided to hold a private graveside service. Mrs. Cumbie will be interred beside her husband in New Home Freewill Baptist Church #2 Cemetery. Pastor...

Juanita Ortiz

Juanita Ortiz

Feb 10, 2022

Juanita R. Ortiz, age 64, passed away Thursday, February 10, 2022, surrounded by her family. Services for Mrs. Ortiz will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Pastor Jorge L. Moreno Ortiz will officiate. Interment will follow in Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday at the...

Bennie Wester

Bennie Wester

Feb 8, 2022

Bennie Lee Wester, 90, of Satsuma, FL passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at his residence. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Scarborough officiating.  Interment will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors...

Carl Sapp

Carl Sapp

Feb 5, 2022

Mr. Carl Adron Sapp, 79, passed away at his home following an extended illness with his family. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, February 10, 2022, at Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Reverend Phillip Kirkland of Donalsonville Church of God will officiate. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked...

Susan Dahl

Susan Dahl

Feb 4, 2022

Susan Ann Baker Dahl, 64, passed away on Friday, February 4, 2022. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Ivey Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Salem Seminole Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM before the service. The Reverend Bobby Smith will officiate.  ...

Patricia Jones

Patricia Jones

Feb 2, 2022

Patricia Ann Jones, 78, passed peacefully February 2, 2022. She was born June 9, 1943 in Bessemer, AL to Hershel and Helen Greenlee.  After high school, where she enjoyed being a majorette, she began her career with Delta Airlines.  While at Delta, she met Randolph "Randy" Allen Jones, Jr. from Bainbridge, Georgia.  They were married on June 20, 1970.  They...

Roberta Reynolds

Roberta Reynolds

Feb 1, 2022

Roberta Sykes Reynolds, age 65, passed way Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Bainbridge Health and Rehab in Bainbridge, Georgia. A private service will be held. Roberta will be buried beside her mother in Eldorendo Holiness Church Cemetery. Rev. Rawleigh Furney will officiate. Roberta Sykes was born January 20, 1957, in Southport, Florida. Her parents, William Roman Sykes and Geneva Bell...

Jose Armendariz

Jose Armendariz

Jan 29, 2022

ENGLISH JOSÉ LUIS ARMENDÁRIZ August 7, 1962 - January 29, 2022 José Luis Armendáriz, 59, resident of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022. José Luis Armendáriz was born in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico on August 7, 1962, the son of Camilo Armendáriz and Isabel Vega Armendáriz. On January 12, 1998, he married Leonor Huerta Armendáriz. Survivors include wife...

Lisa Dean

Lisa Dean

Jan 29, 2022

Lisa Young Dean, age 64, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, January 29th, 2022. The Memorial Service will be held at 2:30 pm on Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel.  Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the recommended safe social distancing of six feet and/or wear protective masks...

Dorothy Brock

Dorothy Brock

Jan 26, 2022

Dorothy Sherrer Brock, 73, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2022. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Bro. Greg Ford officiating.  Interment will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Philip Moore, Danny Moore, Tommy Moore, Brad Lott, Chris Watson, and Harry Rich,...

Matthew Spooner

Matthew Spooner

Jan 24, 2022

Mr. Matthew Lee Spooner, age 58, of Bainbridge, Georgia passed to his eternal home on January 24, 2022. Matthew was born July 16, 1963, in Bainbridge. He was a former Corrections Officer and a certified mechanic with INL. Later he worked as a mechanic for Seminole Sanitation, a job he loved. Matthew enjoyed his time volunteering for the Bikefest Charity...

James Blenker

James Blenker

Jan 23, 2022

James J Blenker, 86, long-time resident of Scotia NY, born and raised in Buffalo NY, passed away on Sunday January 23rd 2022 in Thomasville, GA. with his family by his side. Jim graduated with a Bachelors Degree in History and a Master in Social Work, both from the State University of New York at Albany, where he worked as a...

J. Smith

J. Smith

Jan 19, 2022

Julian Allen Smith, age 69, of Bainbridge, Georgia, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2022. The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Dean officiating. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the recommended safe social distancing of six...

Melba Byrd

Melba Byrd

Jan 17, 2022

A celebration of the life of Melba Kyser Lasseter Byrd will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 21, at First Baptist Church in Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Chris Allen will officiate. The family invites those that attend to join them in the Fellowship Hall after the service. Melba Kyser Byrd passed away peacefully on January 17, 2022. She was...

Ronald Miller

Ronald Miller

Jan 15, 2022

Mr. Ronald G. Miller, age 71, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2022, at Archbold Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. The family will hold a memorial service, to be scheduled later. Ronald G. Miller was born November 25, 1950, in Jonesboro, Georgia. His parents, Ervin Miller and Opal Barronton Miller, have preceded him in death. Ronald was a “jack-of -all trades”. He...

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