Grace Smith
Mar 4, 2020
Grace Smith, age 87 of Abbeville, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in the Crossview Care Center.A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 7th in the family plot in the Cedar Creek Cemetery.Visitation will be after the service at the cemetery.Jerry Rhodes will officiate. Mrs. Smith was born on November 23, 1932 in Chauncey, Ga.She was...
Frederick Lamar Carswell
Feb 26, 2020
Columbus, GA.-Frederick Lamar Carswell, Jr. age 58 of Columbus, Georgia passed away on Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Columbus Hospice House after struggling with the aftermath of a severe stroke.He was born in Americus, Georgia on February 5, 1962, son of Frederick Lamar Carswell and Emilie Stone Carswell. He is survived by his parents Frederick and Emilie, his brother...
Huck Greene
Feb 20, 2020
Huck Greene, age 61 of Pitts, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 22nd in the Pleasant View Baptist Church.Reverend Jimmy Black will officiate.Interment will be in the family plot in the Pleasant View Cemetery. Mr. Greene was born on January 7, 1959 in Macon, Ga.He was son of...
Lee N. Clements
Feb 20, 2020
Lee N. Clements, age 76 of Abbeville, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his residence.Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, February 24th in the Hughes & Wright Chapel in Cordele.Visitation will be one hour from 1-2 PM in the chapel before the service.Rev. Joel Owens and Rev. Mike Cook will officiate.Interment will be in the Zion...
Derita Ivelyn Freeman
Feb 6, 2020
Derita Ivelyn Freeman of Abbeville, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020 at her residence.She was born on April 19, 1969 in Tifton, Ga.She was daughter of the late Ronald Tanner and Ann Hearn Tanner.She was a caterer. Survivors include:husband-Jayson Freeman of Phoenix, Arizona, son-Evan Freeman of Abbeville, brother and sister-in-law-Casey and Cindy Tanner of Abbeville, Uncle-Johnny Hearn of Abbeville and...
Pauline Helms Lovett
Feb 5, 2020
Pauline Helms Lovett passed away at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Georgia on February 05, 2020 Born to Henry and Eugenia Sewell Helms on January 22, 1928, in Wilcox County Georgia, Pauline was raised in the Wilcox County area with her three siblings. Pauline married her husband Delma Lovett on February 12, 1944. Together they built a loving home for...
Samuel J. Clements
Feb 1, 2020
Samuel J. Clements, age 86, of Rochelle (Owensboro Community), passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020, in Crisp Regional Hospital, Cordele, Georgia.He was a retired truck driver for W.A. Reeves Trucking Co., an Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict, and was a Baptist by faith. Mr. Clements was born December 2, 1933, in Rochelle, to the late Charles and Lyda Vaughn...
Jewell C. Hollingsworth
Jan 23, 2020
Jewell Clark Hollingsworth, age 84 of Abbeville, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2020 in the Taylor Regional Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 26h in the Rochelle United Methodist Church.Pastor Eric Sizemore, Reverend Joey Boney and Pastor Richard Compton will officiate.Chuck Hollingsworth will present a eulogy.Visitation will be one hour before the service from 2-3 PM...
Clara Grace James
Jan 19, 2020
Clara Grace James, infant daughter of Russ and Brittany James of Fitzgerald, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020 in the Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton.Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday, January 23rd in the Luke Cemetery in Ben Hill County. Clara Grace is survived by her grandparents-Tracy Gibbs and Melissa Parks and Rusty and Lisa...
Wendell Pierre Fisher
Jan 19, 2020
Mr. Wendell Pierre Fisher, 93, of Abbeville passed away Sunday, January 19, 2020, at Northside Villa, Rochelle.The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 22nd in the M. G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier and Son Funeral Home.Visitation will be from 1-2 PM in the chapel before the service.Rev. David Fisher will officiate.Interment will be private. Mr....
Joseph L. "Joe" Rustin
Jan 17, 2020
Surrounded by his family, Joe, age 80 of Abbeville, passed away peacefully at his home on January 17, 2020.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 20, 2020 at Siloam Baptist Church.Reverend Tommy Baker, Reverend Joey Boney and Reverend David Fisher will officiate.Visitation will be from 12:30-2:00 PM prior to the service in the church.Interment will be in...
Martha L. Powell
Jan 16, 2020
Martha L. Powell, age 75, went to be with Jesus on January 16, 2020, while surrounded by family and friends at her 887 Powell Road Residence. She graduated from Wilcox County High School and attended almost 2 years of college. She was par professional for the Wilcox County School System for 41 years until she retired in 2018. She was...
Maurine Murphy Dorsey
Jan 12, 2020
MaurineMurphy Dorsey of Sandy Springs, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 12, 2020, following many years of fighting increasing debility from Post-Polio Syndrome. Maurine was born August 16, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. She worked in accounting and finance before becoming a full-time mother to her three boys, the pride of her life. Maurine was spirited, strong-willed, and loved to...
M. David Brown
Jan 7, 2020
M. David Brown, Jr., age 68 of Rochelle (Owensboro Community), passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 in the Medical Center Navicent Health.A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 10th in the family plot in the Morningside Cemetery. Pastor Richard Compton and Pastor Phil West will officiate. Mr. Brown was born on November 25, 1951 in Fitzgerald,...
Ronnie E. Brumbley
Jan 5, 2020
Ronnie E. Brumbley age 70 of Cordele, passed away Sunday, January 5, 2020 in the Crisp Regional Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 8th in the Cannonville Baptist Church.Reverend Chuck Taylor and Reverend Joel Owens will officiate.Visitation will be one hour before the service from 10-11 AM in the church.Interment will be in the family plot...
Eloise "Wee" Fullington Agerton
Jan 3, 2020
Eloise "Wee" Fullington Agerton, age 100, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, in Northside Villa Personal Care Center, Rochelle.She was a retired district sales manager for Avon, the oldest member of First Baptist Church of Rochelle, a member of the Ruth Sunday School Class, and the Golden Voices Choir. "Wee" was born August 18, 1919, in Vienna, Georgia, to the...
Sadie W. Mcclain
Jan 1, 2020
Sadie W. McClain age 87 of Pitts, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at her residence..Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, January 3rd in the Union Baptist Church.Reverend Larry Banks and Reverend Joel Owens will officiate. Mike Farrow will present a eulogy. Interment will be in the family plot in the Union Cemetery.Visitation will be one hour...
Helen G. Pope
Dec 28, 2019
Helen G. Pope, age 96 of Abbeville, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 in Glen-Eagle Health Care in Abbeville.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 31st in the Cannonville Baptist Church.Reverend Joel Owens will officiate.Interment will be in the family plot in the Cannonville Cemetery. Mrs. Pope was born on November 9, 1923 in Pavo, Florida.She was...
Robert C. Coker
Dec 25, 2019
Robert C. Coker, Jr. age 68 of Quitman, Ga., formerly of Pitts, passed away at Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida.A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM in the M. G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier and Son Funeral Home.Interment will be private at a later date.Pastor Eddie Wilcox will officiate. Mr....
Ruby P. Tippins
Dec 25, 2019
Ruby P. Tippins, 85 of Rochelle, died Wednesday, December 25, 2019 in the Tift Regional Medical Center. She was born in Bryson City, North Carolina on November 28, 1934.She was the daughter of the late Sarah Evelyn Bailey and William Henry Phillips. Ruby was the wife of the late beloved George Glen Tippins who predeceased her in April of 1993....
