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Mr. James Melvin Pitts, 58, of Tifton, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Friday, December 20, 2019 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Kenny Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in Omega Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday,…
Delores Terry Peek was born in Sumner, Georgia on January 26, 1944 to the late William and Emma Gardner Terry. She was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at her home in Ellenwood. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Jonnie Peek in February 2019 and three siblings,…
Jerry W. McKenzie, 59, of Albany, GA, died December 19, 2019 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services will be held Monday at 11:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church of Albany. Rev. Joshua Bowen will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Jerry was born in Sylvester to the late Jerry and…
Mr. Jeffrey Wade Bowen, 40 of Sylvester, died on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Phoebe Worth Medical Center. The funeral service was held at 11:00 AM on Monday, December 23, 2019 at Kimball United Methodist Church, interment followed in the Kimball Cemetery. The Rev. Mickey Jacobs officiated. Mr. Bowen was born on January 31,…
Mr. Earl Fletcher, 96, of Sylvester died on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at the Pine Shadows Retirement Manor. The funeral service was held at 3:00 PM on Sunday December 15, 2019 at the Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church, interment followed in the Hillcrest Cemetery with full military honors. The Rev. Steve Purnell and Rev. Mike Davis…
Mrs. Nell Hill Sumner, 89, of Sylvester, died on Monday, December 9, 2019 at her residence. The funeral service was held at 3:00 PM on Friday, December 13, 2019 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel, interment followed in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. The Rev. Fred White and Rev. Gordon Poole officiated. Mrs. Sumner was born…
Mrs. Geneva Grace Perry Tompkins, 86, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Cypress Pond Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Silas Carver officiating. David Tompkins will be giving a eulogy. Interment to follow in Oakridge Cemetery….
Mr. Alfred “Al” Leland Stanford, Jr., 86, of Albany, died on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at his residence. The funeral service was held at 2:00 PM on Monday December 9, 2019 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel, interment followed in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Grady Morey and Rev. Donnie Duncan officiated. Mr. Stanford was born…
Mr. Samuel Blakey (Blake) Brown, 84, of Tifton, died Monday, December 2, 2019 at Legacy of Tifton. A memorial service will be held at Pinson Memorial United Methodist Church in Sylvester at a later date. Mr. Brown was born on May 9, 1935, in Wilkes County, GA, to the late George Fanning Brown and the…
Mr. Carl Allen Cook, 75 of Doerun died on Monday, November 25, 2019 at his residence. The funeral service was held at 11:00 AM on Friday, November 29, 2019 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel, interment followed in the Kimball Cemetery. The Rev. Grady Morey officiated. Mr. Carl Allen Cook was born on December 18, 1943 in Bradenton,…