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Mrs. Grace Miller Jordan, 76 of Sylvester died Saturday January 4, 2014 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday January 8, 2014 at Pine Forest Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Reverends Roy Carroll and Jason Jones will officiate. Active pallbearers will include Luke…
Joseph Sidney Jarrell, 96, died Saturday, December 21, 2013, at Sylvester Nursing Home in Sylvester, GA. Visitation was Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at 10 a.m. at Culley’s Meadowwood Funeral Home, Timberlane Chapel in Tallahassee, FL, with funeral services following at 11 a.m. Interment took place in Culley’s Meadowwood Memorial Park. Sidney was born April l5,…
James “Jim” William Houston, 72, of Camilla, GA passed away on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Northside-Forsyth Hospital in Cumming, GA. Born on August 12, 1941 in Sylvester, GA to the late John Edward and Janey Ledia Mims Houston, he was the owner and operator of H & H Pest Services. He was Baptist by…
Mrs. Annette Pate Cochran, 84 of Sylvester died Monday December 30, 2013 at her residence. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday January 1, 2014 at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment to follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Mike Davis and Rev. Grady Morey will officiate. Mrs. Cochran was…
Jefferson Millage (Jeff) Irvin, 58, of Sylvester, GA died Wednesday, December 19, 2013 at Phoebe Putney Memorial. Funeral services will be held Monday, December 23, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. Rev. Lee Smith will officiate. Interment will follow in Travelers Rest Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. A native of Chandler, AZ, Mr. Irvin…
Mrs. Georgia Young Bowman, 79, of Sylvester died Saturday December 21, 2013 at Sylvester Health Care. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday December 28, 2013 in New Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Warwick, GA. Mrs. Bowman was born in Worth County near Warwick on November 5, 1934 to the late…
Mrs. Bettye Chapman Whitten, 74, of Sumner died Tuesday December 17, 2013 at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fl. The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. on Saturday December 21, 2013 at Banks Funeral Chapel with interment following in the Sumner Cemetery. The Rev. Wallace Willis officiated. Serving as pallbearers were Tim Sikes, Jeffrey Young,…
Royce Dale Frazier, 52, of Tifton died Tuesday, December 17, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 20, 2013, at First Baptist Church of Ty Ty. Rev. Jim Duggan, Rev. Randall LaRoche and Rev. Richard Collins officiated with burial following in Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwin…
Dustin Alexander Hammonds, 13, of Warwick died Monday December 16, 2013 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta-Egleston. A Celebration of Life will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday December 18, 2013 at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Richard McNair and Rev. Jerry Cooper officiating. Dustin was an 8th grade student at Worth County Middle…
Ann Copeland Farmer, formerly of Oakfield, GA, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at Hospice of Wake County in Raleigh, NC, surrounded by her loving family. Ann was born in Lake Wales, Florida on June 9, 1932, and lived much of her adult life in Georgia. She married…