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Miss Janice Marilyn “Jan” Sumner Register, 76, of Shingler died Tuesday April 1, 2014 at her residence. The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Friday April 4, 2014 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment following in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Rev. Danny Smith officiated. Pallbearers included Mark Hayes, Will Worn, Jonathan Popham, John…
Linnie Sumner, 89, of Ray City died Thursday April 3, 2014 in the Presbyterian Home in Quitman. She was born September 24, 1924 in Worth County to the late Charlie Champion and the late Alma White. She was a homemaker and a retired retail store manager with Uniform City in Tampa, FL. She was a…
Mr. William Bithel Wall, III, 56, of Americus, died Saturday March 29, 2014 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside service will be held at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2014 in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 in St. John’s Anglican Church…
Mrs. Runelle Lundy Moore, 99, of Sylvester died Friday March 28, 2014 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 31, 2014 at First Baptist Church with interment following in Hillcrest Cemetery. Dr. Ben Bush will officiate. Pallbearers included Johnny Cochran, Brett Cochran, Jimmy Cochran, Lee Palmer, Phillip Cobb,…
Mrs. Ann Lucile Ricks Richardson passed away Friday, March 21, 2014. Graveside services were held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at Hillcrest Cemetery. The family greeted friends the day of the service from 12 noon until service time at Banks Funeral Home. Mrs. Richardson, the daughter of the late Captain Roosevelt and Lucile…
Mr. Buford G. Dowdy, 83, of Sylvester died Saturday March 22, 2014 at his residence. The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Monday March 24, 2014 at First Baptist Church with interment following in Hillcrest Cemetery. Dr. Ben Bush officiated. Mr. Dowdy was born on April 2, 1930 in Crisp County to the…
Mrs. Linda Gail Layfield, 59, of Albany died Saturday March 22, 2014 at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday March 26, 2014 at Southside Baptist Church in Albany with interment following in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Sumner. Reverends Bill Suggs and Donnie Wright officiated. Mrs….
ALBANY – Mr. Russell Clifton Brooks, 49, of Baxley and formerly of Albany, passed away, Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in Baxley. It was Mr. Brooks wishes to be cremated and for there to be no services. Born February 15, 1965 in Albany, Mr. Brooks was the son of the late Aubrey Brooks and Peggy Justiss…
Mrs. Lester Ree Castleberry Strenth, 76, of Albany died Friday March 14, 2014 at her residence in Albany. Graveside services were held Monday March 17, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Poulan Cemetery. Rev. Michael DeLoach officiated. Mrs. Strenth was born on January 29, 1938 in Sylvester to the late Thomas Lee and Maggie Ilene…
Mr. Otis Zack Miller, Sr., 93, of Sylvester died Sunday March 16, 2014 at Tift Regional Medical Center. The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 20 at First Baptist Church with interment following in Hillcrest Cemetery with military honors. Dr. Ben Bush officiated. Pallbearers included Bryan O’Quinn, Luke Miller, Max Leibl,…