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James Wilton "Billy" Dillard, Sr.
Nov 25, 2017
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James Wilton "Billy" Dillard, Sr., 72, of Tifton passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017, at Tifton Health and Rehabilitation. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mr. Dillard at 11:00 a.m. Monday, November 27, 2017, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where he will be laid to rest. The Rev. Andy Ring will officiate. The family will receive friends...
Arthur "Kano" Goff
Nov 24, 2017
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Arthur Kano Goff, lovingly nicknamed "Precious", 72, of Tifton passed away Friday, November 24, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, November 27, 2017, at the First Baptist Church of Chula with the Rev. Brian Allen, the Rev. Chad Hall and the Rev. Eddie Middleton officiating. Mr. Goff will...
Lillian Catherine Johnson Bargeron
Nov 22, 2017
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Lillian Catherine Johnson Bargeron, 89, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, November 22, 2017, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Bargeron at 3:00 p.m. Friday, November 24, 2017, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Benjy Varnell will officiate. The family...
Pauletta Martin Betts
Nov 20, 2017
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Pauletta Martin Betts, 85, of Tifton passed peacefully from this life November 20, 2017. A private service and burial will be held for Mrs. Betts at a later date. She was born in McMinnville, Tennessee, but moved to Sarasota, Florida as a child. She was a graduate of Sarasota High School and retired from Allstate Insurance Company. She...
Leroy Hancock
Nov 19, 2017
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Leroy Hancock, 82, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017, in Pinellas Park, Florida. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 24, 2017, at Vickers Church in Berrien County with the Rev. Larry Daughtry officiating. Mr. Hancock will be laid to rest at Vickers Church Cemetery in Berrien County. The family will receive friends Friday,...
Mary Ann Stuart Chandler
Nov 13, 2017
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Mary Ann Stuart Chandler, 88, of Tifton passed away Monday, November 13, 2017, at Cook Senior Living Center in Adel. A graveside service will be held for Mrs. Chandler at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 17, 2017, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Glenn Ford and the Rev. Danny Roysden will officiate....
Lennon Copeland
Nov 13, 2017
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Lennon Copeland, 92, of Tifton passed away Monday November 13, 2017 at Cypress Pond Assisted Living in Tifton. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Funeral Home for Funerals with the Rev. Joseph L. Crumley officiating. Mr. Copeland will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery....
Gregory Tucker
Nov 12, 2017
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Gregory Sharon Tucker, 57, of Tifton passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mr. Tucker at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 14, 2017, at Tift Memorial Gardens, where he will be laid to rest. The Rev. Steven Norris will officiate. The family will...
Betty Jo Partridge Chumley Jackson
Nov 5, 2017
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Betty Jo Partridge Chumley Jackson, 79, of Tifton passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017, at D. W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton, Alabama. A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Jackson at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Tift Memorial Gardens, where she will be laid to rest. Jimmy Stone will officiate. The family will...
James Madison Evans
Nov 4, 2017
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James Madison Evans, 88, of Tifton passed away Saturday, November 4, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2017, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church with Dr. Wayne Roe officiating. Mr. Evans will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will...
Betty Ruth Coker Hayes
Nov 2, 2017
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Betty Ruth Hayes, 75, of Tifton passed away Friday, November 2, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 5, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Rickey Revels officiating. Mrs. Hayes will be laid to rest at Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery in...
Julia Lynetta "Lynn" Craig Avery Mclean
Nov 1, 2017
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Julia Lynetta "Lynn" Craig Avery McLean, 53, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 6, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Steve Luke officiating. Mrs. McLean will be laid to rest at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Eldorado. The family will...
George Cleveland Free Iii
Oct 29, 2017
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George Cleveland Free III, 71, of Tifton went home to be with the Lord at 3:16 a.m. on Sunday, October 29, 2017, at his residence. A private service and burial will be held for Mr. Free at a later date. John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believeth...
Jimmie Junior Mitchell
Oct 25, 2017
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Jimmie Junior Mitchell, 88, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at his residence. A memorial service will be held for Mr. Mitchell at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Pastor Roger Blanchard officiating. Mr. Mitchell will be laid to rest at a later date. Born October 22,...
Kacey Stracke
Oct 24, 2017
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Kacey Stracke, 30, of Ludowici passed away Tuesday, October 24, 2017, at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. A memorial service will be held for Ms. Stracke at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 27, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jerry Ethridge officiating. Ms. Stracke will be laid to rest at a later date....
Carrol B. Simpson
Oct 23, 2017
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Carrol B. Simpson, 77, of Tifton passed away Monday, October 23, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 26, 2017, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Ms. Simpson will be laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday, October 25, 2017,...
Ltc. John Dee Hughes
Oct 21, 2017
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Ltc. John Dee Hughes, U. S. Army Retired, 84, born in Macon to John Dee Pinson and Laura Pauline Mott Hughes on April 15, 1933, passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by six sisters and his identical twin, James Pinson Hughes. He attended Lanier High School and...
Dorothy "Dot" Patricia Bell Bennett Jordan
Oct 20, 2017
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Dorothy Patricia Bell Bennett Jordan, born August 18, 1919 in Atlanta, died October 20, 2017 in Tifton. She lived in Atlanta, East Point, and the Atlanta area most of adult life, moving to Tifton when she was 87. An only child, she was preceded in death by her parents John Grady Bell, who was a railroad engineer, and...
William Thomas "Tommy" Gibbs
Oct 14, 2017
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William Thomas Gibbs died Saturday morning, October 14, 2017, at his residence in Ty Ty. Tommy Gibbs was born March 14, 1936 in Ty Ty, son of Henry Clayton and Mary Matilda Clark Gibbs; paternal grandson of John Elijah Thomas and Sarah Ann Willis Gibbs; and maternal grandson of William Alexander and Annie Rebecca Monk Clark. Mr. Gibbs...
Nelle Watkins West
Oct 14, 2017
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Mrs. Nelle Watkins West, age 96, of Chapel Hill, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, October 14, 2017 in Tifton, where she had been residing for the last four years. Her funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2017 in the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, Tennessee with the Rev. David Johnson and...
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