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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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Hazel Maxwell
Oct 2, 2019
Hazel Elizabeth (Libby) Walsingham Maxwell, age 72, of Cairo, Georgia, passed away early Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at Archbold Hospital, Thomasville, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Maxwell will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, October 5, 2019, Eastside Baptist Church, Cairo, Georgia. The Rev. Andrew Donaldson will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour...
William Mccranie
Sep 30, 2019
William K. "Bud" McCranie, 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Johns officiating. Interment will be at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the...
Samuel Horton
Sep 28, 2019
Samuel Patrick "Sam" Horton, 62, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019. 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 Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society, 1250 Cox Avenue, Bainbridge, GA 39819. Samuel Patrick Horton was born June 13, 1957 in Quincy,...
Taylor Gainous
Sep 26, 2019
Taylor Jeanette Gainous, age 23, passed away Thursday, September 26, 2019, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Taylor will be held at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, October 2, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Mr. William Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 2:00 pm. Taylor Jeanette Gainous...
Eleanor Nixdorf
Sep 23, 2019
Mrs. Eleanor Turf Nixdorf, age 86, passed away Monday, September 23, 2019, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Georgia. Mrs. Nixdorf leaves her husband, Kenneth Anthony Nixdorf of Eldorendo, Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 6:00 pm, Sunday, October 6, 2019, at the Bainbridge First Church of the Nazarene. Rev. David Grubbs will officiate.
Maryann Mcknight
Sep 21, 2019
Maryann Brackin Sasser McKnight, 76, of Bainbridge, GA, formerly of Dothan, AL, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. (CST) on Monday, September 30, 2019 at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Dothan, AL. The family will receive friends prior to the service, from 1:30 until 2:00 p.m. (CST). Online visitors may sign the...
Deborah Haire
Sep 20, 2019
Mrs. Deborah Kay Carson Haire, age 64, passed away in the early morning hours of Friday, September 20, 2019. A memorial service will be held in her honor at 6:00 pm, Monday, September 23, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Deborah Kay Carson was born August 29, 1955, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, to Harold Hamilton Carson and...
Sara Cole
Sep 20, 2019
Sara Pharr "Sue" Cole, 92, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, September 20, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2019 at First United Methodist Church of Bainbridge with Rev. Stephen Webb and Rev. Melissa Traver officiating. The family will receive visitors after the service. She will be interred in the columbarium garden...
Wayne Sirmons
Sep 17, 2019
Funeral services for Wayne L. Sirmons, 69, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in the chapel of Hughes & Wright Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be at Sunnyside Cemetery.Mr. Sirmons was born in Cordele to the late Judge Morgan Sirmons and Dorris Evelyn Ellis Sirmons and died Tuesday, Sept....
Melvin Colvin
Sep 15, 2019
Melvin James Colvin, 69, of Bainbridge, GA, formerly of Gadsden County, FL, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Willis officiating. Interment will be at Cool Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from immediately following the service. Online...
William Snyder
Sep 11, 2019
Dr. William H. Snyder, 79, of Panama City Beach, FL went to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 11, 2019. He was born June 28, 1940 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Snyder had an educational background and was Professor of Mathematics Emeritus 1974-2009 at Bainbridge College. He obtained his master's degree from Louisiana State University, and doctorate (PhD) at Florida State...
Gladys Murrah
Sep 11, 2019
Mrs. Gladys Gilbert Murrah, 95, of Columbus, GA passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2019. A private memorial service will be scheduled for a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to: The Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601. ( www.alz.org ) Gladys Gilbert Murrah was...
Kevin Bonneau
Sep 9, 2019
Mr. Kevin Wray Bonneau, age 68, passed away Monday, September 9, 2019, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 14, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Elder Darrian Williams will officiate. Kevin Bonneau was born in Pontiac, Michigan, August 27, 1951. His parents, Wallace Charles Bonneau and Waneta...
Daisy Haire
Sep 9, 2019
Daisy Holley Haire, 72, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, September 9, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ronald Black officiating. Private interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Todd Dean, Kyle Funderburke, David Funderburke, Preston Strickland, Tyler Inlow and Steve Williams serving...
Harmon Curry
Sep 8, 2019
Harmon Hugh Curry, Sr., aged 86, of Climax, Georgia passed away on Sunday, September 8th, 2019 in Tallahassee, Florida, of natural causes. Known as Hugh, the last of his generation was born on August 25th, 1933 in Tallahassee to Joel Peacock Curry and Laura Virginia Fairbanks Curry. He graduated from Whigham High School in 1953 and was drafted into the...
Travis Williams
Sep 7, 2019
Mr. Travis M Williams, Jr., 53, of Statesville, NC and formerly of Ruby, SC passed away Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC at 9:37pm. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Beulah Thomas Baptist Church. Travis was born August 9, 1966, a son of the late Travis...
Tommy Shores
Sep 3, 2019
Mr. Tommy Roger Shores, age 72, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at his home in Brinson, Georgia. Services for Mr. Shores will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 7, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Interment will follow in Brinson Cemetery. Rev. Ellis Hardwick and Rev. James Walden will officiate. Steve Shores, Darryl Odom, Michael Odom,...
George Winburn
Sep 2, 2019
George Colon Winburn, 88, of Bainbridge, GA, formerly of Gainesville, FL, passed away Monday, September 2, 2019. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Gainesville, FL. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to: Grace Hospice Foundation, 655 Brawley School Road, Suite 200, Mooresville, NC 28117. George Colon...
Jim Johnson
Sep 1, 2019
Jim Lavelle Johnson passed away from natural causes on September 1, 2019, at his home in Decatur County. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 14, 2019 at Southwind Plantation with Rev. Stanley Phillips officiating. Graveside services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13, 2019 at Spring Creek Baptist Church...
Doris Grimsley
Aug 30, 2019
Doris Jean Phillips Grimsley passed away on Friday, August 30, 2019 surrounded by her family. Doris was born on August 20, 1927 at the home of her parents, Ruby and Bob Phillips, in Bainbridge, GA. Growing up, Doris was an active member of First Baptist Church. She attended Bainbridge High School where she participated in Tri-Hi-Y, the Glee Club and...
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