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Michael Glenn Smith
Nov 24, 2025
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Michael Glenn Smith, 69, of Tifton, passed away Monday, November 24, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 29, 2025, at Tifton First Methodist Church, with the Rev. Chip Grantham officiating. Mr. Smith will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on...
Helen Mcnatt Farmer
Nov 24, 2025
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Helen McNatt Farmer, 77, of Ty Ty passed away Monday, November 24, 2025, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 29, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Klay Luke officiating. Mrs. Farmer will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive...
Krista Maria Matkovich Krsulic
Nov 23, 2025
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Krista Maria Krsulic, 95, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2025, at Tifton Regional Hospital in Tifton, GA. Krista was born on August 6, 1930, in Olib, Yugoslavia (now Croatia). She married her beloved husband, John—also from Olib—in 1951. Together they shared 59 wonderful years of marriage, raising three children and building a rich life before John's passing...
Bertha Martinez
Nov 21, 2025
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Bertha Alicia Martinez, 68, of Tifton passed away Friday, November 21, 2025, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Ms. Martinez was born on October 27, 1957, to the late Jose Mejia and Diamantina Reyes Mejia in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. She was also preceded in death by one brother: Francisco Reyes. Ms. Martinez was a devoted...
Billy Lewis Cooper
Nov 19, 2025
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Billy Lewis Cooper, 78, of Brookfield passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at Regency Hospital in Macon. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, November 22, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Christopher House officiating. A eulogy will be given by Larry Walker. Mr. Cooper will be laid to...
Joan Mcgowan Lagrasse
Nov 19, 2025
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Joan McGowan LaGrasse, 75, of Fort Morgan, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. Born on September 12, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia, Joan was the eldest of five children born to the late John Benton McGowan, Sr. and Joan McCrea McGowan Wilson. She graduated from Pepperell High School in Lindale, Georgia, and went on to earn...
Glenda Sue Foust Stone
Nov 16, 2025
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Glenda Sue Foust Stone, 66, of Tifton passed away Sunday, November 16, 2025, at her residence. Her funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 21, 2025, at New River Baptist Church with the Rev. Michael Marchant officiating. Mrs. Stone will be laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Thursday,...
Marian Fletcher Carrington
Nov 15, 2025
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Marian Fletcher Carrington, 92, of Tifton passed away peacefully at home on November 15, 2025. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on November 22, 2025, at Saint Anne's Episcopal Church in Tifton. Father Nathan Wilson will officiate. The family will receive guests at the Parish Hall immediately following the service. Mrs. Carrington was born on April...
Jay "Wayne" Almand
Nov 14, 2025
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Jay "Wayne" Almand, lovingly known as "Daddy Wayne", 88, of Cordele passed away Friday, November 14, 2025, at his residence. A memorial service will be held for Mr. Almand at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 6, 2025 at Arabi Baptist Church. Mr. Almand was born on May 19, 1937, in Moultrie, and he was the son of the late...
Virginia "Gail" Arnold
Nov 13, 2025
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Virginia "Gail" Arnold, 85, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at the Suwannee Valley Care Center in Lake City, FL., following a brief illness. She is the daughter of the late Luther and Virginia Deese. She was raised by her grandparents, JC and Pauline "Muddie" Whitten. She has made Lake City her home for the past sixty...
Sue Howell Fletcher
Nov 11, 2025
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Sue Howell Fletcher, 87, of Irwin County, Georgia, a beloved wife, mother, Mama Sue and Grandma Su Su, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Friday, November 14, 2025, at Big Creek Missionary Baptist Church, in Irwin County, with the Rev. Ike Thomas and the Rev. Ed Reaves...
Timothy Blake Williams
Nov 11, 2025
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Timothy Blake Williams, 62, of Tifton passed away, Tuesday, November 12, 2025, at Lillian Carter Health and Rehab in Plains. A private funeral service and burial will be held for Mr. Williams at a later date. Born August 4, 1963, in Tift County, Mr. Williams was the son of the late Tommy Calvin Williams and Marilyn Elaine Norman...
Joseph Harold Sorrells
Nov 2, 2025
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Joseph Harold Sorrells, 80, of Tifton passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025, at his residence. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 4, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Todd Garner officiating. Mr. Sorrells will be laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends...
Windell “Joan” Brown Simpson
Oct 31, 2025
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Windell "Joan" Simpson, 79, of Albany passed away Friday, October 31, 2025, at her residence. A private funeral service and burial will be held for Mrs. Simpson at a later date. Born January 13, 1946, in Omega, Mrs. Simpson was the daughter of the late Monroe Lee Brown and Irma Baker Brown. In addition to her parents, she...
Juan Gamez Mendoza
Oct 29, 2025
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Juan Gamez Mendoza, lovingly known as "Juanito", passed away at the age of 44 in Tifton, Georgia. Juan was a devoted husband, father, son, brother, and friend whose love for his family was at the center of everything he did. He is survived by his loving wife, Hallie Gamez, and their children, Mia Gamez, Logan Lucas, Diego Lucas,...
Linda "Sue" Yown
Oct 24, 2025
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Linda "Sue" Green Yown, 78, of Tifton passed away Friday, October 25, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held for Mrs. Yown Monday, October 27, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Bowen- Donaldson Home for Funerals with Rev. Tim Matthews officiating. The family will receive friends in the chapel from 1:00...
Gwen Floyd Parrish
Oct 23, 2025
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Gwendolyn "Gwen" Floyd Parrish, 87, of Tifton passed away Thursday, October 23, 2025, at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta. A funeral service will be held for Mrs. Parrish on Monday, October 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals in Tifton, Georgia, where Pastor Jerry Riggs will officiate. The family will receive...
James Wade Kilpatrick
Oct 22, 2025
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James Wade Kilpatrick, 51, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2025, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Greg Hester officiating. Mr. Kilpatrick will be laid to rest at a later date. The family will...
Linda Faye Brown Boyd
Oct 22, 2025
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Linda Faye Brown Boyd, 78, of Enigma passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia in Tifton. A private funeral service and burial will be held for Mrs. Boyd at a later date. Born September 18, 1947, in Omega, Mrs. Boyd was the daughter of the late Lee Monroe Brown and Erma Lois...
Bobby Gene Hicks
Oct 21, 2025
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Bobby Gene Hicks, 94, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. His funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, October 26, 2025, at Victory Baptist Church in Tifton with the Rev. Mark Myers officiating. Mr. Hicks will be laid to rest at Macon Memorial Park. The family will receive...
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