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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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Lyell Annis

Lyell Annis

May 4, 2018

ANNIS, Lyell Bradford, after a long and courageous health battle, he went Home to be with His Lord on Friday, May 4, 2018. He was faithfully attended by his wife for many years at home, and subsequently by LifePath Hospice staff and Fairway Oaks Center (Opis) for the past 18 months. He was predeceased by his parents, Ruth and Edward...

Coy Dodson

Coy Dodson

May 4, 2018

Coy E. Dodson, 67, of Vada, GA, passed away Friday, May 4, 2018.A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to New Home Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, C/O Wayne Scott, 1034 Salem Church Road, Climax, GA...

Teri Oswald

Teri Oswald

May 2, 2018

Teri Oswald, 57, of Havana, FL, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at First Baptist Church in Quincy, FL with Rev. Justin Wester and Rev. Jeff Jackson officiating. A private interment will be held at Oak City Cemetery with Buddy Wester, Don Shirilla, Garrett Franklin, David Delbrugge,...

Tommy White

Tommy White

Apr 30, 2018

Tommy White, 72, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, April 30, 2018.The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ryan Carnes and Greg White officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may...

George Herring

George Herring

Apr 27, 2018

George H. Herring, Jr., 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018 at his home.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Heath Kahlbau officiating. Interment will follow at Beulah Thomas Baptist Church Cemetery with Hehle Cole, Tommy Dollar, Dick Youmans, Bud Brown, Ed Patterson and...

Laverne Bellville

Laverne Bellville

Apr 24, 2018

Laverne Day Bellville, 84, of Birmingham, AL, formerly of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 27, 2018, at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Robert Farrow officiating. Interment will be at Roselawn Memory Gardens. Scott Berry, Philip Calagaz, Dennis Day, Terry Day, Andre Magueur, Stanley Keaton, Greg Wiggins,...

Ruth Day

Ruth Day

Apr 24, 2018

Ruth A. Day, 90, of Brinson, GA, passed away Tuesday, April 24,2018.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Shelvie Summerlin officiating. Interment will be at Calvary Assembly of God Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register...

Paul Piland

Paul Piland

Apr 22, 2018

Paul Daniel Piland, 68, peacefully passed away at home on Sunday, April 22, 2018, while surrounded by his loving family. Born in Bainbridge, Georgia on October 1, 1949, he was a son of the late Willie Eugene Piland and the late Susan Marie Strickland Piland. Also preceding him in death are his brothers, Billy Piland, Buster Piland and Rodney Daniels;...

Kim Earnest

Kim Earnest

Apr 21, 2018

Kim Wood Earnest, 51, of Donalsonville, GA, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at Calvary Assembly of God Church with Rev. Ted Miller and Rev. James Scarbrough officiating. A private interment will be at Calvary Assembly of God Church Cemetery with John Sykes, Brian Patridge, Scott Marshall,...

Eloise Curles

Eloise Curles

Apr 20, 2018

Eloise Marshall Curles passed away on Friday, April 20, 2018 at Bainbridge Health Care in Bainbridge, Georgia at the age of 90.  She was born in Ty Ty, Georgia on November 19, 1927 and grew up in South Georgia through the Great Depression.  This, along with her Scots-Irish ancestry, fostered her lifelong trait of frugality.  She was the last of...

Regina Hornsby

Regina Hornsby

Apr 19, 2018

Regina "Gina" Cumbie Hornsby, 43, of Climax, GA, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2018.The graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 27, 2018 at New Home Free Will Baptist Church No. 2 Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorial donations may be...

Mavis Greene

Mavis Greene

Apr 18, 2018

Mavis Yates Greene, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 20, 2018 at Morningside Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy Dean and Pastor Scott Messer officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Phil Yates, Joe Yates, Brian Dodson, Kevin Dodson, W.C. Yates and Jason Bryan...

Oscar Davis

Oscar Davis

Apr 15, 2018

Oscar "Buddy" Davis, III, 70, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Scott Lord and Mr. Kevin Ford officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery with Charlie Brock, Bryan Davis, Brandon Davis, Slade Alday, Don Gambrell, John...

Sarah Johnson

Sarah Johnson

Apr 12, 2018

Sarah C. Johnson, 83, of Faceville, GA, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. EST on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Johns and Rev. Donnie Browning officiating. Interment will follow at Sylvania Cemetery with David Johnson, Mark Barber, Scott Howell, Sid Murray, Sean Neel, Ronnie Spooner,...

William Green

William Green

Apr 12, 2018

William Randall Green, 70, of Bainbridge, GA, formerly of Moultrie, GA, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 16, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ron McCaskill officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 1:45 p.m. on Monday,...

Phyllis Mccabe

Phyllis Mccabe

Apr 9, 2018

Phyllis Grollman McCabe, 79, of Las Vegas, NV, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018.A private memorial service will be held at a later date.Memorial donations may be made to: Bainbridge-Decatur County Humane Society, 1250 Cox Avenue, Bainbridge, GA 39819 or the charity of your choice.Phyllis was born June 27, 1938 to Joe & Rosalie Grollman. She was a 1956 graduate...

Charlene Bishop

Charlene Bishop

Apr 8, 2018

On April 8, 2018, at age 93, Charlene Johnson Bishop went to be with the Lord who she loved so dearly. She was born August 14, 1924, in Carthage, Mississippi to Andrew Jackson Johnson and Tina Traylor Johnson. She left college after two years to marry her love, Charles Grady Bishop. They settled in Georgia where she lived until her...

John Franklin

John Franklin

Apr 6, 2018

John E. Franklin, 66, of Climax, GA, passed away Friday, April 6, 2018.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Steve Poppell officiating. Interment will follow at Beulah Thomas Baptist Church Cemetery with Jerry Brewer, Dennis Dollar, Joe Barlow, Larry Elkins, Tony Cruz and Donnie Peak serving...

Peter Kniskern

Peter Kniskern

Apr 4, 2018

Peter Jon Kniskern of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, age 73, died on April 4, 2018 at the Peter Becker Community Rehabilitation Facility in Harleysville, Pennsylvania.  He had been in declining health over the last several years. Peter was born in 1944 in Holyoke, Massachusetts, the son of Verne Burton and Edna Maki Kniskern.  Most of his childhood was spent in Charleston, Illinois...

Mary Hall

Mary Hall

Apr 4, 2018

Mary Joyce Tinker Hall, 82, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at her residence.No services are scheduled. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.Mary Joyce was born September 26, 1935 in Bainbridge, GA, the daughter of Oscar Tinker and Josephine Smith Tinker. She was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, a homemaker, and was of...

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