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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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Claude Salter
Mar 23, 2021
Claude Nathaniel (Nathan) Salter, age 90, passed away Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 27 at Pine Forest Cemetery, Climax, Georgia. The Revs. Conrad Salter and Tommy McNair will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. In accordance with State of Georgia guidelines...
Ruth Morales
Mar 22, 2021
Mrs. Ruth Nelly Morales, age 58, of Whigham, Georgia passed away Monday, March 22, 2021, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. A memorial service honoring Mrs. Morales will be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 27, at Cristo Te Ama, 1693 MLK Drive, Bainbridge, Georgia. Rev. Arnaldo Gonzalez will officiate.
Ellen Elam
Mar 21, 2021
Ellen Cook Elam, 87, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, March 21, 2021. The graveside funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Whites Bridge Cemetery with Pastor Larry Harrell officiating. Bobby Mills, Rick Landeen, Matthew Phillips, Gene Dunlap, David Davis, and Chris Beaty will serve as active pallbearers. Due to the ongoing concerns...
Edgar Weathersby
Mar 20, 2021
Edgar Butch Weathersby, 76, of Lee County, GA, died March 20, 2021 at The Fellowship Home at Brookside in Valdosta, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Monday at 1:00 PM at Leesburg Cemetery. Rev. Andrew Kornegay will officiate. Interment will follow in Leesburg Cemetery which is across the street from Lee County High School on Highway 32 East. Mr....
Melinda Santucci
Mar 18, 2021
Melinda Toliver Santucci, 57, of Lake Seminole, passed away Thursday, March 18, 2021. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Rev. Josh Boyette officiating. Jack Toliver, Jr., Cecil Griner, Jr., Will Wimberly, Jack Bass, Philip Hatcher, and Drew Fucich will serve as active pallbearers. Due to the...
Irma Barber
Mar 16, 2021
Irma Johnson Barber, 88, of Faceville, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 19, 2021 at Sylvania Cemetery with Dr. Ernie Jones and Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the recommended safe social distancing...
Martha Hodges
Mar 14, 2021
Martha Wofford Hodges, of Brinson, GA, passed away Sunday, March 14th at the age of 92. Born in Gainesville, GA on August 31, 1928, she grew up in Athens, GA and was a graduate of the University of Georgia. She spent many years as a teacher in the Decatur County School System, where she took great pleasure in working toward...
Otheda Raney
Mar 14, 2021
Otheda Griffin Raney, 96, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2021. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Chris Humprhies officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the...
W. Otto
Mar 12, 2021
Dean Otto, 78, of Lake Seminole, formerly of Findlay, OH, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021. The family held a private memorial service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to City Mission of Findlay, OH, 510 West Main Cross, Findlay, OH 45840. Wiley Dean Otto was born February 22, 1943 in...
Tony Avery
Mar 8, 2021
Tony Ray Avery, 64, of Jakin, GA, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021. The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 12, 2021 at Harvey Family Cemetery with Rev. Nate Lehman and Rev. Kirk Loyless officiating. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending are asked to maintain the recommended safe social...
Dawn Warren
Mar 8, 2021
Dawn Marie Warren, age 45, passed away Monday. March 8, 2021, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. Arrangements for Ms. Warren are incomplete.
Geneva Sykes
Mar 8, 2021
Mrs. Geneva Bell Anderson Sykes, age 83, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2021, at Bainbridge Health and Rehab. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Eldorendo Holiness Church, 964 Babcock Road, Miller County, Georgia. Pastor Rawleigh Furney, Rev. Clinton Fields, and Rev. Billy Adams will officiate. Interment to follow in the church cemetery. J. R. Singleton,...
Luciano Rodriguez
Mar 8, 2021
Mr. Luciano Rodriguez, age 77 of Cairo, Georgia, passed away Monday, March 8, in Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. A service in honor of Mr. Rodriguez will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 14, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia.
John Willis
Mar 8, 2021
John A. Willis, 64, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2021 at Fellowship Baptist Church with Rev. Marty Anderson and Rev. Chris Humphries officiating. A private interment will be held at Davis Family Cemetery with full masonic rites. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding...
Berna Faillace
Mar 7, 2021
Berna Faillace was born December 8, 1937 to the late Walter and Beulah Hayes. She has a half sister, Katrina. Berna was joined in marriage to the late Karl Faillace and leaves to cherish her memory her loving daughters, Karla Hicks, Robbin Murrell, and Jan Bonneau. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren, whom she...
Patricia Hinson
Mar 7, 2021
Patricia Ann Hurst Hinson, 73, passed away Sunday, March 7, 2021, in the company of her family at Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 2:00 p.m., at Eastside Baptist Church, Cairo, Georgia. Interment will follow at Midway Cemetery. Rev. Andrew Donaldson will officiate. Pallbearers are: Lanon Clayton, Jimmy Clifton, Kyle Hurst, Rodney...
Clara Palmer
Mar 5, 2021
Mrs. Clara M. Palmer, 90 of Panama City, FL passed on peacefully on March 5, 2021, with her family by her side. Clara was born on October 26, 1930 in Bainbridge, GA. She met the love of her life, Paul Palmer on September 5, 1943. They were childhood sweethearts when he was 15 and she was 12. The minute he...
Billy Jackson
Mar 2, 2021
Billy Martin Jackson, 84, of Beaumont, died Tuesday, March 2, 2021, at Christus Southeast Texas-St. Elizabeth, Beaumont. Billy was born July 15, 1936 in Attapulgus, Georgia, to James William Jackson and Georgia Josephine Parham Jackson. He was the seventh child born to Jimmy and Josephine. Three more came after him. His father worked for a company that mined Fuller's Earth,...
Justin Bedwell
Mar 1, 2021
Captain Justin Williams Bedwell, 48, of Bainbridge, GA, end of watch Monday, March 1, 2021. At the request of Decatur County Sheriff's Office, the funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at Centennial Field with Rev. Stephen Webb and Rev. John Thomas officiating. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, those attending...
Timothy Herendeen
Feb 28, 2021
Mr. Timothy James Herendeen, age 58, passed away early Sunday, February 28, 2021, at Capital Regional Medical Center, Tallahassee, Florida. Family and friends are invited to gather for a time of viewing and visitation, 5:00-7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 3, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home in Bainbridge, Georgia. In accordance with State of Georgia guidelines concerning the COVID-19...
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