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Recent Obituaries
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.
Wade Gainous
Mar 30, 2019
Wade Oliver Gainous "Swade" , 55, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away February 8, 2019, surrounded by his loving family. He was born December 9, 1963 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Glenn Clisby Gainous, Sr. and Dorothy Sue Oliver Gainous. Wade was a life-long resident of Jacksonville, Fl. He worked as a landscaper. In his spare time, Wade enjoyed fishing,...
A.C. Hathaway
Mar 29, 2019
A.C. Hathaway, 88, of Ochlocknee, GA, formerly of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Felisha Pierson officiating. A private interment will be held at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Stacey Benton, Kevin Oakland, Hardy Dollar, Mark Cawvey, Christian...
Kentavius Jackson
Mar 28, 2019
Kentavius William Jackson, 20, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019. The family will conduct a graveside memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, C/O Vibrant...
Ben Kirbo
Mar 28, 2019
Ben Kirbo II, 76, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019. The graveside memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Oak City Cemetery with Rusty Simpson and Rev. Matthew Calhoun officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service, from 2:30 to 3:00 p.m., on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at...
Jesse Williams
Mar 28, 2019
Jesse Caleb Williams, 3 months, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2019. Jesse was beautifully and wonderfully made and came into the earth very healthy at full term, but he suffered an anoxic brain injury due to his umbilical cord being wrapped around his neck and cutting off oxygen supply during his birth. Jesse was a miracle in...
Hilda Fenner
Mar 27, 2019
Hilda Scott Fenner, 79, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2019. The graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at West Bainbridge Cemetery with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Her nephews will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register...
April Phillips
Mar 26, 2019
April Dean Phillips, 51, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at Southwest Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Weaver, Rev. Steve Brooks and Rev. Robert Johns officiating. A private interment will be held at Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Chase Dean, Noah Phillips,...
Wallace Pope
Mar 24, 2019
Wallace Humphrey Pope, 81, of Brinson, GA, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2019. The graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Brinson Cemetery with Rev. James Scarborough officiating. Tim Grayson, Justin Pope, Josh Pope, Nathan Gido, Danny Gido and Ashley Pope will serve as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends immediately...
Maggie Powell
Mar 23, 2019
Maggie Horn Powell, 97, of Brinson, GA, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dr. Calvin Arnold and Rev. Marty Brock officiating. Interment will be at White's Bridge Cemetery with Jeff Powell, Duke Harrison, Clay Booker, Ike Powell, Cody Powell,...
Lorene Brown
Mar 21, 2019
Lorene Mathis Brown, age 76, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019, at her home in Donalsonville, Georgia. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 am, Saturday, March 30, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home, Bainbridge, GA. Rev. Slade Alday will officiate. Lorene was born March 8, 1943 in Colquitt, Georgia. Her parents, George Washington Mathis and...
Hubert Dodson
Mar 21, 2019
Hubert C. Dodson, 95, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Dewitt Phillips officiating. A private interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26,...
Constance Hatfield
Mar 16, 2019
Constance "Connie" Murphy Hatfield, 84, a long-time resident of LaPlace and Norco, LA, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2019. Constance Janet Joiner was born July 30, 1934 in Cotton, GA, the daughter of Hershel and Eloise Joiner. She was a graduate of Andrew College in Cuthbert, GA, class of 1953 and Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA, class of 1973...
Hugh Bates
Mar 15, 2019
James "Hugh" Bates, 92, of Milton, Florida, passed away Friday, March 15, 2019. Hugh was born December 22, 1926, in Bainbridge, Georgia. He served his country in the Army for two years. He then started a lifelong career and family legacy as owner of the NAPA Auto Parts store in Milton, Florida. He spent his free time enjoying his family. ...
Nina Napier
Mar 14, 2019
Nina Faye King Napier, 72, a resident of Donalsonville, Georgia, passed away after a long-term illness on March 14, 2019. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Bethany Baptist Church with Rev. Roy Matthews officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Jay Carlton, Robert McGaughey, Michael King, Brian King, Tyler...
Robert Douglas
Mar 14, 2019
Robert (Bob) Emmett Douglas, Jr passed away March 14, 2019 in his home at Lake Arrowhead, Waleska, GA. A service in celebration of his life will be held Saturday, March 23rd at 2:00PM, at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3125 Sewell Mill Road, Marietta GA, where he was a member and an elder. Bob was born in Corsicana TX on December 24,...
Imogene Ingram
Mar 14, 2019
Imogene Carr Britt Ingram, 85, of Brinson, GA, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Carr officiating. Interment will follow at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends...
Myrtle Martin
Mar 13, 2019
Myrtle Murphy Martin, 87, of Albany, GA, formerly of Vada, GA, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Walter Todd officiating. Interment will follow at Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service, from...
William Mills
Mar 9, 2019
William A. Mills, Jr., 73, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Lynn Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Prosperity Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Al Brock, Mark Heard, Jack Bergbower, Tony Kelley, Mickey Martin, Jeremy Edwards,...
Alice Rice
Mar 7, 2019
Alice Valenti Rice, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, formerly of Tampa, FL, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019. A private memorial service will be held at a later date in Tampa, FL. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601. Alice Jane...
Nancy Parsons
Mar 7, 2019
For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18) Nancy, aged 83, was born May 6, 1935 in Bainbridge, GA, the daughter of John Richard Blake Braswell and Susie Beck Mosley Braswell. She died peacefully on March 7, 2019, surrounded by family....
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