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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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Sheila Jenkins
Mar 17, 2020
Sheila "Nannie" Downing Jenkins, 65, of Sale City, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The family will hold a memorial service at Corinth Free Will Baptist Church at a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105....
William Betts
Mar 17, 2020
William Ausmus Betts, 94, of Climax, GA, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, at the home of his son, Michael. Due to the ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, a private graveside funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Rev. Steve Poppell and Rev. Gwan Garrison officiating. Online visitors may...
Betty Bowers
Mar 14, 2020
Betty A. Bowers of St. Cloud, Florida, died under the care of Advent Health Hospice in Orlando, Florida, on March 14, 2020. Her ashes will be interred on Saturday, April 22, 2023, 2 p.m., at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, 5008 Vada Road. northeast of Bainbridge, Georgia, between her parents. She was born in Vada, Georgia, on February 26, 1923, to Dr....
Elaine Duke
Mar 11, 2020
Elaine Tipton Duke, age 86, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020, surrounded by her family in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Duke will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2020, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. Russell Carlisle will officiate. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Josh Carlisle, Brad Dearth, Mickey Carlisle, Bill...
Katy Coleman
Mar 10, 2020
Katy Jones Coleman, 96, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jean Watson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Wallace Cato, Palmer Rich, Dr. J. Sydney Cochran, Bob Clifton, Winston Brock, Ricky Cook and...
Anthony Russo
Mar 10, 2020
Mr. Anthony J. (Tony) Russo, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. A funeral mass will be held at 12:00 noon, Saturday, March 14, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Father Godfred Boachie-Yiadom will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 11:00. The interment will...
Janet Brock
Mar 10, 2020
Janet Cochran Brock, 59, of Fayetteville, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Michael McCrickard officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register...
Donald Mayfield
Mar 10, 2020
Donald Edward Mayfield, 64, of Colquitt, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Donald Edward Mayfield was born February 9, 1956 in...
Deborah Shepard
Mar 9, 2020
Deborah "Debbie" Shepard, an extraordinary woman who was driven by the desire to help others. Not a biological mother, but the mother of hundreds. She was a mother to the helpless and hopeless, and made no distinction of person. To Debbie no soul was unredeemable and no person was to be discarded. A Godly role model to many, a woman...
Earl Hutto
Mar 7, 2020
Earl Willis Hutto, 75, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2020 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ron Kirkland officiating. Interment will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Wayne Hutto, Shannon Hutto, Mike Myers, Robert Rollins, Stanley Miller and Mark Miller serving as...
Ernest Kelly
Mar 6, 2020
Ernest "Harold" Kelly, 84, of Athens, formerly of Bainbridge, Ga., passed away March 6, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at First Baptist Church Bainbridge with Rev. Mark McAndrew (grandson) and Rev. Chris Humphries officiating. Honorary Pallbearers include Baraca Sunday School class, the Gideons, and Sowega Sam. Burial will follow at...
Richard Heath
Mar 5, 2020
Mr. Richard Russell Heath, Jr., age 49, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. No formal services will be held.
Jimmy Gilmore
Mar 2, 2020
Mr. Jimmy Lindsey Gilmore, age 84, passed away Monday, March 2, 2020, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. No formal services will be held.
Ricki Laing
Mar 1, 2020
Ricki William Laing, 62, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Southwest Baptist Church with Pastor Stanley Phillips officiating. Jimmy Boyett, Rodney Heard, Scott Harry, Ray Rosenkrantz, Phillip Gaskins, Gage Gaskins and Kevin Singletary will serve as active pallbearers. The family will receive...
Michael Brock
Feb 29, 2020
Michael Timothy Brock, 65, of Whigham, GA, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Ford officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Philip Moore, Danny Moore, Tommy Moore, Brad Lott, Chris Watson and Harry Rich,...
Claire Wright
Feb 28, 2020
Claire Sims Wright, 45, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. A private interment will be held at Oak City Cemetery with Stephen Martin, Rhett Thompson, Rich Wynn, Alex Halimeh, Kyle Odom and Aiden...
J Roland
Feb 27, 2020
Mr. J E Roland, age 85, passed away Thursday, February 27,2020, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mr. Roland will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 1, 2020, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. Scott Messer will officiate. Christopher Roland, Josh Roland, Dutch Pace, Jerrold Owen, Jordan Owen, and Mike Lorenz will serve...
Louise Gee
Feb 27, 2020
Louise Humphries Gee, 91, of The Villages, FL, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. Interment will be at Attapulgus Cemetery. The family will receive immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at...
Clifford Eidson
Feb 26, 2020
Surrounded by the family he loved, Mr. Clifford Dane Eidson, age 63, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service will be held to honor Dane at 11:00 am., Saturday, February 29, at Spring Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Brian Hatchett will officiate. Clifford Dane Eidson was born November 3, 1956 in Bainbridge, Georgia....
Wallace Worsham
Feb 25, 2020
Wallace "Murray" Worsham, 78, of Thomasville, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Saturday, February 29, 2020 at 11:00 am with Helen Kirbo, Leon Pate, Charles Stripling & Neal Hager officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 28, 2020 from 6:00 pm - 8:00...
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