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Elamaud "Miss El" Walker Cates
Dec 4, 2013
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Elamaud "Miss El" Walker Cates of Tifton died Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church. Dr. Wayne Roe will officiate with burial to be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, December 9, 2013,...
Joe Alvin Pate
Dec 3, 2013
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Joe Alvin Pate, 77, of Bluffton, South Carolina, formerly of Tifton, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 6, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Dr. Fred Evers will officiate with a eulogy to be...
John Scott Summerlin
Dec 3, 2013
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John Scott Summerlin, 48, of Tifton, GA died Wednesday, December 4, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2013, in the sanctuary of Tifton's First United Methodist Church. Reverend Stephen Webb will officiate. Mr. Summerlin was born on July 31, 1965 in Douglas and will be remembered as a devoted father,...
Odessa Jernigan Willis
Nov 27, 2013
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Odessa Jernigan Willis, 85, of Tifton died Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 30, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Grady Morey will officiate with burial to follow in Saint Luke Baptist Church Cemetery in Berrien County. The...
Samuel Alton "Bud" Hester
Nov 25, 2013
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Samuel Alton "Bud" Hester, 93, of Tifton died Monday, November 25, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at Oak Grove Baptist Church in Tifton. Rev. Kevin Harris, Rev. Robert Thompson and Rev. Nat McCalvin will officiate with a eulogy to be given by Buddy Lindsey. Interment will...
Joseph Mono "Buddy" Smith, Jr.
Nov 24, 2013
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Joseph Mono "Buddy" Smith, Jr., 73, of Tifton died Sunday morning, November 24, 2013, at his home after a brief battle with leukemia. Since the body is to be cremated, the family will receive family and friends at a Memorial Visitation on November 30, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Bowen and Donaldson Home for Funerals. Honorary pallbearers will...
Martha Louise Boss Fox
Nov 22, 2013
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Martha Louise Boss Fox, 71, of Tifton died Friday, November 22, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, at Tifton's First Assembly of God. Rev. John Thomas will officiate with burial to follow in Weeks Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery in Colquitt County. Zachary Willis, Brandon Vickers,...
Jessie Earl Mann
Nov 21, 2013
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Jessie Earl Mann, 89, of Tifton died Thursday, November 21, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Bryce Tolbert, Blake Tolbert, Chris Tolbert, Roger Howell, Richard...
Stella Mae Roberson Alligood
Nov 20, 2013
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Stella Mae Roberson Alligood, 77, of Tifton died Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. John Powell will officiate with burial to follow in Sumner Cemetery. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive...
Gene Alfred Cox
Nov 18, 2013
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Gene Alfred Cox, 75, of Omega died Monday, November 18, 2013, at his residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, in Omega Cemetery. Rev. Clinton Moore will officiate with burial to follow. Selena Woodall will minister in song. Jose Murillo, Jacob Bennett, Don Pisciotta, Darryl Hall, Patrick Hall and...
J. D. Gibbs, Sr.
Nov 18, 2013
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J. D. Gibbs, Sr., 91, of Ty Ty died Monday, November 18, 2013, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 2013, at the First Baptist Church of Ty Ty. Rev. Chad Hall, Dr. Danny Ray and Rev. Jim Duggan will officiate with burial to...
Frances Ellen Johnson Young
Nov 17, 2013
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Frances Ellen Johnson Young, 81, of Tifton died Sunday, November 17, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at Victory Baptist Church. Rev. Dan Eidson will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Tuesday,...
Barbara Ann Hammond Powers
Nov 16, 2013
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Barbara Ann Hammond Powers, 75, of Tifton died Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at the First Assembly of God in Tifton. Rev. John Thomas and Rev. Joseph L. Crumley will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Clint Whitley, Casey...
Joel Thomas "J.T." Carrington
Nov 14, 2013
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Joel Thomas "J.T." Carrington, 83, of Tifton died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, at Saint Anne's Episcopal Church in Tifton. Father Lonnie Lacey will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date. The family will receive...
Mae Elizabeth Golden Willis
Nov 14, 2013
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Mae Elizabeth Golden Willis, 78, of Tifton died Thursday, November 14, 2013, at Golden Living Center. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 16, 2013, in Tift Memorial Gardens. Rev. Kent Johnson will officiate with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Saturday, November 16, 2013, from 12:00 p.m. until...
Marvin Dale Hoeflinger
Nov 12, 2013
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Marvin Dale Hoeflinger, 71, of Johns Creek departed this life on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, in Roswell, surrounded by his loving family. A service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, November 15, 2013, at 12:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Roswell Funeral Home in Roswell. Rev. Jay Hackett and Rev. Roger Langford will officiate. He...
Coy Lasseter
Nov 10, 2013
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Coy Lasseter, 87, of Tifton died Sunday, November 10, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Curtis Watson will officiate with burial to follow in Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery. Billy Hancock, Al Dube, Tony McBrayer, Travis Lassiter, Ricky...
Frank Douglas Koran
Nov 9, 2013
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Frank Douglas Koran, 90, of Tifton and St. Simons Island, passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, on November 9, 2013. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Frank was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Hungarian immigrants, Mary Kayati and...
Tony James Powell
Nov 8, 2013
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Tony James Powell, 51, of Tifton died Friday, November 8, 2013, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Pastor Robin W. Starnes will officiate with burial to follow in Empire Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lanier County. Scott Powell,...
Maggie Lee Stembridge Ward
Nov 8, 2013
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Maggie Lee Stembridge Ward, 93, of Tifton passed away at her home on Friday, November 8, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 11, 2013, at Mount Calvary United Methodist Church. Rev. Ronnie Howell will officiate with burial to follow in Mount Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery. Audie Bailey, Charles Swain, James Walker,...
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