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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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Mary Boutwell
Aug 30, 2017
Mary Lou Heard Boutwell, 85, of Climax, GA, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 1, 2017 at New Home No. 2 Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Conrad Salter and Rev. Jimmy Hooks officiating. Interment will follow at New Home No. 2 Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery with the...
Carolyn Barbree
Aug 30, 2017
Mrs. Carolyn Brinson Barbree, 87, passed away Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at Pheobe Putney Memorial Hospital.Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel in Bainbridge, Georgia with interment at Brinson Cemetery in Brinson, Georgia. Dr. William Coker will officiate. Visitation will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, prior to the...
Myrtle Day
Aug 27, 2017
Mrs. Louise Powell Day, age 87, passed away at Seminole Manor Nursing Home in Donalsonville, Georgia. A private, graveside service will be held for Mrs. Day. She will be interred beside her husband in Oak City Cemetery. Myrtle Louise Powell was born October 1, 1929, in Opp, Alabama, to Robert and Annie Lee Powell. Louise married the love of her...
Grace Hatton
Aug 26, 2017
Grace Griner Hatton, 86, of Panama City, Florida, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Worsley officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Frank Hatton, Rod Griner, Cecil Griner, John Eakin, Gene Burke and Harry Rich...
Merita Rowan
Aug 26, 2017
Merita Davis Rowan, 104, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, August 26, 2017, one day before her 105th birthday.The graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Oak City Cemetery with Dr. Heath Kahlbau officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. on Monday, August 28, 2017 at Ivey Funeral...
Elizabeth King
Aug 21, 2017
Mrs. Elizabeth (Beth) Jordan King, age 82, passed away Monday, August 21, 2017, in Tallahassee, Florida. Services for Mrs. King will be held Thursday, August 24, 11:00 a.m., at the Cadwell Chapel of Cox Funeral Home. Mrs. Caron Majors will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. A private interment will be held in Oak City Cemetery....
Randall Moore
Aug 20, 2017
Randall Augustus Moore, 70, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Weaver officiating. Larry Moore, Daniel Fewell, Brad Bates and Alan Weaver are serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online...
Donald Bushore
Aug 20, 2017
Donald Eugene Bushore, 91, passed away on August 20, 2017 after fighting a long battle with COPD. He was surrounded by his family at his home overlooking Lake Seminole in Georgia. Donald was born in Patterson, New Jersey to Helen and Eugene Bushore. He is survived by Steve and Sandra (Sam) Bushore, Michael Bushore; one daughter, Linda Bushore Quinn and...
Linda Brown
Aug 18, 2017
Linda Gail Griffin Brown, 68, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, August 18, 2017.A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 20, 2017, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Memorials in Linda's name may be made to: Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 243 Mt. Zion Church Road, Bainbridge,...
Wanda Brock
Aug 16, 2017
Wanda Wilson Brock, 51, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2017.A celebration of life will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, August 18, 2017 at The Mane Tamer Salon, 812 S. Scott Street, Bainbridge, GA. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at Walker Cemetery in...
Richard Tharpe
Aug 14, 2017
Mr. Richard Melton Tharpe, Sr., age 92, of Attapulgus, Georgia, passed away Monday, August 14, 2017, in Tallahassee, Florida. Services will be held Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 11:00 a.m., at Attapulgus Baptist Church. Pastor Jerry Bishop will officiate. Mr. Tharpe will be buried in Attapulgus Cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Melton Tharpe was born February...
Shirley Bates
Aug 13, 2017
Shirley Phillips Bates, 77, of Climax, GA, passed away Sunday, August 13, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jimmy Weaver officiating. Interment will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery with Brandon Bates, Chase Alexander, Benjamin Bates, Garrett Weaver, Allen Weaver and Terry Phillipsserving as active pallbearers.The...
Hoyt Smallwood
Aug 10, 2017
Hoyt Jackson "Buddy" Smallwood, Jr., age 70, passed away peacefully with his wife Sylvia by his side on August 10, 2017, at his beloved home in St. Johns, Florida. He was born March 12, 1947, in Bainbridge, Georgia, to Ruby Frances Smallwood and the late Hoyt Jackson Smallwood, Sr. After graduating from Georgia Southwestern College with a BS degree in...
Nathan Lowe
Aug 9, 2017
Nathan C. Lowe passed away August 9, 2017 at his home in Vada, Georgia, Decatur County (Mt. Pleasant Community) at the age of 92. Nathan was born on September 24, 1925 and lived his whole life on the farm with his parents. For many years, he was a proud member of Georgia Farm Bureau and a longtime member of the...
Mildred Jenkins
Aug 5, 2017
Mildred H. "Honey" Jenkins, 84, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 6, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. C.O. Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at...
Catherine Christopher
Aug 4, 2017
Mrs. Catherine Anita Brown Christopher, age 62, passed away August 4, 2017, at her home in Donalsonville, Georgia. No public services will be held. Catherine Anita Brown was born November 16, 1954, in Tampa, Florida, to Thomas J. Brown and Hazel V. Hosea Brown. Catherine has been married to Clarence R, Christopher since December 31, 1978. She and Clarence moved...
James Cooper
Aug 4, 2017
James A. "Jim" Cooper, 85, of Climax, GA, passed away Friday, August 4, 2017.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 11, 2017 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. David Pickering officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery with Lee Boutwell, Curtis Davis, David Lilliston, Harry Sullivan, Steve Brock, Alan Davis and...
Penelope Kwilecki
Aug 3, 2017
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Frances Bird
Jul 29, 2017
Mrs. Frances Ward Bird, 73, formerly of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2017.The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 24, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Heath Kahlbau officiating. Interment will follow at Oak City Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register...
Betty Williamson
Jul 28, 2017
Betty Williamson, 71, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. DeWitt Phillips officiating. Interment will be at Oak City Cemetery.The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.Betty...
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