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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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James Trice
Dec 15, 2019
James Christopher Trice, February 25, 1969 - December 15, 2019. Chris Trice was gentle, kind, dry witted & a friend in the truest sense of the word. He loved his friends like family and, in return, they loved him back. He was a brother and best friend. He told it to you straight and honestly without "pulling punches" and was...
John Doyle
Dec 13, 2019
John Lafayette Doyle, 87, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leslie Dellenbarger officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers,...
Robert Fite
Dec 13, 2019
Robert Walker "Big Rob" Fite, 50, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Rigoberto Chavez officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu...
Joyce Poitevint
Dec 13, 2019
Joyce Lynn Poitevint, 98, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, December 13, 2019. The graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Chris Humphries officiating. Dutch Guest, Dan Williams, Andrew Lange, Steve Poitevint, Chuck Lynn and John Powell will serve as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends...
Daniel Hall
Dec 11, 2019
Mr. Daniel Stecker Hall, age 82, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. No formal services are planned.
Venneatta Pittman
Dec 11, 2019
Venneatta Eloise Pittman, age 87, died on Wednesday, December 11, 2019, in Bainbridge, Georgia. Eloise is survived by her 3 children, Lee Pittman (Jan), Ann Pittman Phillips and Guy Pittman (Susan), a brother, Johnny Newton (Peggy), and sister-in-law, Phyllis Newton. She was the proud grandmother of 7 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Eloise is preceded in death by her...
James Jeter
Dec 10, 2019
James M. "Jim" Jeter, 78, of Faceville, GA, passed away Tuesday, December 10, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Johns and Dr. Ernie Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Greenshade Cemetery with his grandsons serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends...
Ronnie Lusk
Dec 8, 2019
Mr. Ronnie Leon Lusk, age 76, passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 8, 2019, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Graveside services for Mr. Lusk will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 12, at Oak City Cemetery. The Rev. Steve Poppell will officiate. Ronnie L. Lusk was born September 7, 1943, to Ezra and Esther...
Robert Key
Dec 7, 2019
Robert Scott Key, 56, of Dothan AL, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Brooks and Rev. Ervin Flanders officiating. Interment will be at Salem Seminole Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online...
Betty Elkins
Dec 5, 2019
Betty Widener Elkins, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, 2019 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Jimmy Adamson officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Salvation Army, 600 S. Scott, Bainbridge, GA 39819....
Cecil Dean
Dec 5, 2019
Cecil Dean, 94, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, Florida. Cecil was born May 5th, 1925 to Lena Rebecca Dollar Dean and Donnie David Dean. Cecil served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1951 with a degree in Forestry. He lived in Jacksonville, Florida,...
Frank Sims
Dec 2, 2019
Frank Michael "Mike" Sims, 67, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, December 2, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may...
Wanda Johnson
Nov 25, 2019
Mrs. Wanda Musgrove Johnson, age 78, passed away Monday, November 25, 2019, at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, November 29, 2019, at the Bainbridge First Church of the Nazarene. The Rev. David Grubbs will officiate. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Climax, Georgia. Bryan Johnson, Sammy Shillcutt, Gary Arnold, Buddy Musgrove,...
Darlene Collins
Nov 24, 2019
Darlene Phillips Collins, 58, of Climax, GA, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Kolby Phillips, Nic Weathersby, Chris Akins, David O'Kane, Ashley Akins and Trey Collins serving as...
Martha Todd
Nov 22, 2019
Martha Stephens Todd, 88, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, November 22, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Earl Barron and Rev. Chris Humphries officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . A private graveside service will be held at 10:00...
James Worley
Nov 20, 2019
Mr. James "Kermit" Worley, Sr. of Cairo, Georgia, age 85, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2019. He chose to donate his body to science, no service will be held at this time. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Kermit was born October 16, 1934 to the late Levy and Kathryn Worley. He was an auto...
Charles Burch
Nov 18, 2019
Charles Robert Burch, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2019 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Melissa Traver and Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Ben Fleetwood, John Burch, Marc Fleetwood, Chad White, Steve Reynolds and...
Tracy Dixon
Nov 16, 2019
Tracy A. Dixon, 78, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at Calvary Baptist Church with the Honorable Chip Perry officiating. Billy Howell, James Dunn, Chuck Lewis, Bubba Stone, Randy Poitevint, Tommy Nix and Mike Jones will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will...
David Wilson
Nov 15, 2019
Mr. David Edward Wilson of Bainbridge, age 64, passed away Friday, November 15, 2019, at the home of his son in Cairo, Georgia. Services will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, November 22, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens with military honors. Matthew Meredith, Michael Meredith, Joseph Vann, Tyler Childree,...
James Soden
Nov 14, 2019
Mr. James Leroy Soden, age 86, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. A graveside service was held on Monday, November 18, in Roselawn Memory Gardens. The Rev. Jonathan Craig officiated. James Leroy Soden was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 1, 1933. His parents, Willis Soden and Evelyn Caroline Wilson Soden, have preceded him...
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