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Mr. John Mack Park, 79, of Cordele died on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Emory University Hospital of Atlanta. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, June 14, 2018 at Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church with interment following in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. Steve Purnell officiated. Mr. Park was born on September…
Carolyn Sue Smith, 74, of Lee County, GA, died May 31, 2018 at Willson Hospice House. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM at Liberty Hill Baptist Church. Rev. David Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. A native of Worth County, GA, Mrs. Smith was born to the late…
Mary Banks Spurlin, age 83, of Lawrenceville, GA passed away Sunday, May 27, 2018. She is survived by children, Daphne and Dan Reilly, Lawrenceville, GA, Charles and Yvette Spurlin, Dacula, GA, Thomas and Kathy Spurlin, Sylvester, GA, Russell and Dana Spurlin, Sylvester, GA, Robert Golden, Clearwater, FL, Melanie Kirkbride, Port Richey, FL; ten grandchildren; five…
Mr. John Culpepper, 88, of Sylvester died Sunday, April 22, 2018 at Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.The funeral service was held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at First Baptist Church interment followed in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. Donnie Duncan and Rev. Earnie Pirkle officiated. Mr. Culpepper was born on September…
Mr. James “Lou” Giddens, Sr., 67, of Poulan died Monday, May 14, 2018 at his residence. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at the Poulan Baptist Church with interment following in the Poulan Cemetery. Rev. Freddy White officiated. Mr. Giddens was born on April 27, 1951 in Worth…
Mrs. Willie Maude Futrill, 95, of Poulan died Monday May 21, 2018 at her residence. The funeral service was held at 3:00 PM on Thursday May 24, 2018 at the Poulan Baptist Church. The Rev. Trey Brown and Rev. Freddy White officiated. Interment followed in the Poulan Cemetery. Mrs. Futrill was born on May 22,1922…
David George “Dave” Jeffords III died in Macon on Monday, May 21, 2018. He was 68. Dave was born in Sylvester, Georgia, to the late Mary Cromley and David George Jeffords, Jr., and grew up there, graduating in 1967 from Worth County High School. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens, receiving his B.B.A….
Mrs. Idola Gunn Huff McCawley, 93, of Sylvester died Monday, May 21, 2018 at her residence. A memorial service was held at 10:00 AM on Friday, May 25, 2018 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charlie Brown officiating. Mrs. McCawley was born on May 7, 1925 in Worth County to the late Walter…
Worthen Clytte Youngblood, 91, of the Red Rock Community in Worth County, went peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior on May 18, 2018 while surrounded by his family at his home. The Celebration of Life service was held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, May 20, at the Salem Baptist Church in Worth County. …
Mrs. Dorothy Young Brooks, 88, of Worth County died Saturday, May 19, 2018 at her residence. The funeral service was held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Banks Funeral Home with interment following in the Paulk’s Chapel Cemetery. Rev. Mike Carter and Rev. Donnie Wright officiated. Mrs. Brooks was born on October…