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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.

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William Bius

William Bius

Jan 10, 2019

William Leon Bius, 86, of Doerun, died Thursday, January 10, 2019 at Regency Hospital in Macon. Funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2019 at 3:00 pm in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Voyles officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Church Cemetery in Worth County. Born on September 12, 1932, in Doerun., he was...

Judy Jeffords

Judy Jeffords

Jan 9, 2019

Judy Jeffords, 77, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Stephen Webb and Rev. Mike Brown officiating.  Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign...

Brenda Sykes

Brenda Sykes

Jan 9, 2019

Mrs. Brenda Loretta Armstrong Sykes, age 68, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. Service for Mrs. Sykes will be held at 3:00 pm., Thursday, January 10, at the Eldorendo Holiness Church. The Rev. Rawleigh Furney will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sykes is survived by her husband, William (Billy) Sykes,...

Mildred Smith

Mildred Smith

Jan 9, 2019

Mildred V. Smith, 87, of Eldorendo, GA, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2019. The graveside funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Eldorendo Baptist Church Cemetery with Pastor Jerry Harrell officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mildred Virginia Roland...

Vernon Smith

Vernon Smith

Jan 6, 2019

Vernon D. Smith, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019. The memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Grubbs officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register...

James White

James White

Jan 6, 2019

Mr. James (Jim) William White, age 88, passed away January 6, 2019, at his home in Cairo, Georgia. Services for Mr. White will be at 3:00 pm, Friday, January 11, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Cairo. The Rev. Chris Allen will officiate. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning...

Charles Green

Charles Green

Jan 3, 2019

Charles William Green, 70, of Attapulgus, GA, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Attapulgus Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Bishop and Rev. Conrad Salter officiating.  Interment will be at Attapulgus Baptist Church Cemetery with the Men of Attapulgus Baptist Church serving as honorary pallbearers. The...

C. Thompson

C. Thompson

Jan 3, 2019

Rev. C. O. Thompson, 74, of Donalsonville, GA, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 6, 2019, 2019 at Open Arms Ministries with Kevin Dowdy, Rev. Steve Comer and Rev. Randy Comer officiating.  Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery with Rev. Thompson's sons-in-law and grandchildren serving as active...

Esther Humphrey

Esther Humphrey

Jan 3, 2019

Esther Humphrey, 90, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2019 at Morningside Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Dean officiating.  Interment will follow at Roselawn Memory Gardens with Chris Miller, Brian Rogers, Kevin Rogers, Charles Hart and Wayne Boyett serving as active pallbearers. The family...

Bernice Montford

Bernice Montford

Jan 3, 2019

Bernice Evelin Howell Montford, 96, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Thursday, January 3, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. DeWitt Phillips officiating.  Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Gadsden County, FL with Walter Landrum, Fred Black, Ray Brock, Dick Ivey, Wallace Cato...

Phillip Kelly

Phillip Kelly

Jan 2, 2019

Mr. Phillip Frederick Jacob Kelly, age 82, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mr. Kelly will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 5, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The interment will be private at Mt. Olive Church Cemetery. Phillip Frederick Jacob Kelly was born December 8, 1936,...

Robert Howard

Robert Howard

Dec 29, 2018

Mr. Robert (Bob) Dirk Howard, age 59, of Brinson, Georgia, passed away very suddenly Saturday, December 29, 2018. A memorial service will be held in his honor at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. The Rev. DeWitt Phillips and the Rev. Dr. Gerald Trotman, Jr. will officiate. Robert (Bob) Dirk Howard was...

Virginia Curry

Virginia Curry

Dec 23, 2018

Virginia Strickland Curry, aged 79, of Climax, Georgia passed away suddenly on Sunday, December 23rd, 2018, in Bainbridge, Georgia, of natural causes. Virginia Strickland was born on July 21st, 1939 in Chipley, Florida to Oal Lynwood Strickland and Isa Mildred Griner Strickland. She graduated as the Salutatorian of the West Bainbridge High School Class 1957. On August 8th, 1958 she...

Bruce Kirbo

Bruce Kirbo

Dec 22, 2018

Bruce Wheat Kirbo February 5, 1930 - December 22, 2018 Bruce Wheat Kirbo, 88, was born February 5, 1930 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Ben Kirbo and Ethel West Kirbo. He passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018, after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's. Family members were by his side. A graduate of Bainbridge High School, the University of Georgia...

Linda Musgrove

Linda Musgrove

Dec 16, 2018

Linda Prevost Musgrove, 73, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 21, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Brown officiating.  Interment will follow at Kelley Cemetery with David Moye, Greg Burch, Jackie Fleetwood, Benny Weathersby, Walter Landrum, Ted Soderberg and Mark Barnette serving...

Bonnie Flanery

Bonnie Flanery

Dec 16, 2018

Ms. Bonnie Lee Sellars Flanery, age 81, of Cairo, Georgia, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2018, in Thomasville, Georgia. As per Bonnie's request, there will be no public service. Bonnie Lee Sellars was born December 23, 1936, in Cairo, Georgia, to Jimmie E. Sellars and Maggie Lee Strickland Sellars. Bonnie lived in Youngstown, Ohio most of her adult life. She...

Lougene Tidwell

Lougene Tidwell

Dec 13, 2018

Lougene Shelton Tidwell, 82, of Roswell, GA, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Ford officiating.  Interment will be at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery with Keith Griffin, Craig Griffin, Charles Wayne Griffin, Jordan Griffin, Hank Metcalf, Stuart Griffin...

Linda Dubay

Linda Dubay

Dec 12, 2018

Linda S. Dubay, 75, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Tommie Howell and Rev. Stephen Webb officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com ....

Bobby Blevins

Bobby Blevins

Dec 12, 2018

Bobby Dale Blevins, 67, of Brinson, GA, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 16, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Josh Boyett officiating.  Interment will be at Oak Hill Cemetery in Quitman, GA with Travis Blevins, Kenny Sandlin, Teddy Smith, Robert Love, Arthur Love and Wayne...

Betty Mcguire

Betty Mcguire

Dec 8, 2018

Mrs. Betty Ann Fulghum McGuire, age 86, passed away Saturday December 8, 2018, at Bainbridge Healthcare in Bainbridge, Georgia. Mrs. Betty requested no formal services be held. She will be buried,beside her husband, M. C. McGuire, in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia. Betty Ann Fulghum was born October 10, 1932, in Cairo, Georgia, to George Fulghum and Gladys Mathis Fulghum Pyles....

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