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Rosaline Powell Alexander
May 28, 2013
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Rosaline Powell Alexander, 76, of Forest Park, formerly of Tifton, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Bob Payne will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Martin Alexander, Ray Flowers, Denzil Harrell, Donnie...
Exie Mae Leverett Gay
May 26, 2013
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Exie Mae Leverett Gay, 85, of Tifton passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at Eureka Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin County. Elder Raybon Lord and Elder Jamie Tucker will officiate with burial to follow in the Eureka Primitive Baptist Church...
Ruby Christine Handley Pitts
May 26, 2013
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Ruby Christine Handley Pitts, 76, of Tifton died Sunday, May 26, 2013, at Sylvester Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at New Bethel Baptist Church in Tifton. Rev. Larry Cone will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Tommy Pitts, James Stone, Phillip Pitts, Michael Dietrick, Jeremy...
Angela Margaret "Angie" Phillips Jones
May 25, 2013
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Angela "Angie" Margaret Phillips Jones, 46, of Tifton died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Keith Burch and Rev. Paul Anderson will officiate with burial to follow in Salem Memorial Gardens. Roy Cooper, Ray...
Susan Linda Brandon
May 23, 2013
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Susan Linda Brandon, 57, of Ty Ty died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 27, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Mike McPherson will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date. The family will receive friends on...
Mattie "Sue" Johnson Benson
May 20, 2013
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Mattie "Sue" Johnson Benson, 94, of Tifton died Monday, May 20, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Dan Eidson will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. David Ellis, Carl Johnson, Lamar Frazier, Dennis Arrington, Steve...
Stephen "Mark" Barnes
May 16, 2013
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Stephen "Mark" Barnes, 53, of Rossville, formerly of Donalsonville, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Steve Hood will officiate with burial to follow in Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Jimmy Price,...
Dovie Iris Griner Sumner
May 12, 2013
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Dovie Iris Griner Sumner, 79, of Lenox died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Donnie Sloan and Rev. Tommy Dorman will officiate with burial to follow in Oakey Grove Church Cemetery in Berrien County. Terrell...
William "Bill" Thomas Dossey, Jr.
May 12, 2013
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William "Bill" Thomas Dossey, Jr. of Lenox died Sunday, May 12, 2013, at Phoebe-Worth Medical Center in Sylvester. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, May 17, 2013 in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Joseph Crumley will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Jehu Walker, Jimmy Walker, Bobby Keigans,...
Ethel F. Watson Cannington
May 11, 2013
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Ethel F. Watson Cannington, 96, of Lenox went to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ and her loving husband, Ira W. Cannington on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at the Berrien County Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Dillard Ensley will officiate...
Hull Asbury Atwater, Ii
May 10, 2013
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Hull Asbury Atwater II (known as "Papa" to his near and dear) died Friday, May 10, 2013. He was born in 1938 in Tifton to Sarah Cochran Atwater and Hull Asbury Atwater I. He is survived by his wife, Ann Yancey Atwater, his children, Hull Asbury Atwater III and Elizabeth Yancey Davis, and his sister and brother-in-law, Sally...
Edgar Eugene Ballantyne
May 8, 2013
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Edgar Eugene Ballantyne, 55, of Tifton died Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Earl Perry will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date. The family will receive friends on Thursday,...
David Michael Engwiller
May 7, 2013
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David Michael Engwiller, 43, of Tifton died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in Brookfield. Private family services and burial will be held at a later date. Mr. Engwiller was born on April 21, 1970 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and was the son of Beverly Walker Engwiller of Simpsonville, South Carolina and the late John Dennis Engwiller, Sr. He worked...
Dorothy "Ma Boo" Vance Holmes
May 6, 2013
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Dorothy "Ma Boo" Vance Holmes, 73, of Tifton died Monday, May 6, 2013, at her residence. Private family services and burial will be held at a later date. Mrs. Holmes was born on December 6, 1939 in Tift County and was the daughter of Henry Harding Vance and Dorothy Branch Vance, both deceased. She was also preceded in...
Beulah Mae Golden Lott
May 5, 2013
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Beulah Mae Golden Lott, 89, of Tifton died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Agape Health and Rehab in Moultrie. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Corey Shiver and Rev. Larry Cone will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Anthony...
Mahaley Zelley Purvis Hiers
May 3, 2013
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Mahaley Zelley Purvis Hiers, 74, of Enigma died Friday, May 3, 2013, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 6, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jimmy Wayne Hiers will officiate with burial to follow in New River Holiness Church Cemetery. Chris Budd, Brandon Hiers, Steve Hiers,...
Kathryn Rena Underwood Waldrop
Apr 28, 2013
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Kathryn Rena Underwood Waldrop, 90, of Pelzer, South Carolina, formerly of Omega, died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, South Carolina. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013 at Sullivan-King Mortuary Chapel in Anderson, South Carolina. Pastor Chuck Hill will officiate. Interment will be held at 11:00...
James Ralph Walker
Apr 28, 2013
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James Ralph Walker, 57, of Tifton died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Memorial services will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2013, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. A eulogy will be given by Timothy Isaiah Walker with a private burial to be held at...
Jo Ann Watts Dorman
Apr 28, 2013
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Jo Ann Dorman, 65, of Enigma died Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her residence. Private services and burial will be held at a later date. Mrs. Dorman was born on August 1, 1947 in Carrolton and was the daughter of James Thomas Watts and Nell Buntis Watts, both deceased. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Dorman is survived by...
Mark Allen Bruckner
Apr 25, 2013
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Mark Allen Bruckner, 27, of Enigma died Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Irwin County Hospital. Private services and burial will be held at a later date. Mr. Bruckner was born on February 25, 1986 in Fort Myers, Florida and was the son of David Lee Bruckner and Carol Boardman Bruckner, both of Enigma. He was employed with Golden...
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