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Dorothy Ellen Sims
Aug 28, 2009
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Dot Sims, born Dorothy Ellen Goodman, died Friday, August 28, 2009, at her residence in Pensacola, Florida after her valiant struggle with cancer. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jason Adams will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The...
Nell Land Kendrick Daniel
Aug 28, 2009
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Nell L. Kendrick Daniel, 94, of Tifton died Friday, August 28, 2009, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 31, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Shelton Michael and Rev. Paul Thomas will officiate with a eulogy to be given by Wade Clark. Burial will follow in...
James Edward Stone, Iii
Aug 28, 2009
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James Edward Stone, III, 21, of Tifton died Friday, August 28, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Please join the family in a celebration of his life at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later...
Kathy Cooper Robinson Dove
Aug 27, 2009
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Kathy Cooper Robinson Dove, 57, of Goose Creek, South Carolina, formerly of Tifton, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at the Hospice Center of Charleston in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 4, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. O. L. Stokes will officiate followed...
Lucile Wright Snyder
Aug 27, 2009
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Lucile Wright Snyder, 79, of Hogansville, formerly of Ocilla and Arabi, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Tift Memorial Gardens. Dr. Danny Ray will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will...
Deo Van Nguyen
Aug 26, 2009
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Deo Van Nguyen, 59, of Tifton died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Le Kiet will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. Mr. Nguyen was born on May 20, 1950...
Frank A. Burgess
Aug 25, 2009
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Frank A. Burgess, 101, of Tifton died Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at Golden Living Center. No local service is planned. Mr. Burgess was born on April 25, 1908 in Columbiaville, Michigan and was the son of Ben E. Burgess and Sarah Carter Burgess, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Violet Winchester Burgess. He...
Elsie Clara Beckham
Aug 20, 2009
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Elsie Clara Beckham, 94, of Tifton died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Oak Ridge Cemetery with burial to follow. The family will receive friends at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals on Sunday, August 30, 2009, from 1:00 p.m. until the...
George Vernon Gray
Aug 17, 2009
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George Vernon Gray passed to his eternal home on Monday, August 17, at Southern Care Retirement Home quietly with his family at his bedside. He was a resident of Nashville, GA prior to moving to Tifton in 1996. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for...
Thomas Lamar Mathis
Aug 17, 2009
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Thomas Lamar Mathis, 48, of Tifton died Monday, August 17, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2009, at New Bethel Baptist Church. Rev. Larry Cone will officiate with burial to follow at Poplar Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Allen Smith, Mike Walker, Carl Helms, Lamar Pitts, J....
Thelma Juanita "Nita" Sanders
Aug 16, 2009
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Thelma Juanita "Nita" Sanders, 73, of Lawrenceville died Monday, August 17, 2009, in Lawrenceville. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2009, in Old Ty Ty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. N. V. Goss will officiate with burial to follow in Old Ty Ty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Inez Clements Thompson
Aug 16, 2009
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Inez Clements Thompson, 86, of Tifton died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chula. Rev. Larry Layfield and Rev. Kenneth Kicklighter will officiate with burial to follow in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Donald Jones, Hulen Jones,...
Albert Parkerson, Sr.
Aug 16, 2009
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Albert Parkerson, Sr., 68, of Tifton died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Nat McCalvin and Rev. Kevin Harris will officiate with burial to follow in Old Ty Ty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. John Setters, Bruce...
Marylon Columbus Collier
Aug 16, 2009
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Marylon Columbus Collier, 88, of Lenox died Sunday, August 16, 2009, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Nathan Greer and Rev. Dillard Ensley will officiate with burial to follow at Lakeview Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenox. Dylan Collier, Randy...
Mary Carolyn Boykin Bruce
Aug 15, 2009
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Mary Carolyn Boykin Bruce, 67, of Berrien County, died Saturday, August 15, 20009, at her daughter's residence in Blackwell, Oklahoma. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 22, 2009, in Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Pat Hale-Suggs will officiate with burial to follow in Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will...
Robert Y. Wilson
Aug 13, 2009
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Robert Y. Wilson, 88, of Tifton died Thursday, August 13, 2009, at Tift Health Care. Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 16, 2009, at Tifton's First United Methodist Church. Dr. Glenn Martin will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date in Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Wilson was born on...
Elizabeth Conger Harris
Aug 12, 2009
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Elizabeth Conger Harris, 91, of Tifton died Wednesday, August 12, 2009, at Maple Court Assisted Living. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, 2009, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church. Dr. W. Ches Smith, III and Dr. Wayne Roe will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The...
Baby Girl Georgia Marie Nolin
Aug 7, 2009
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Baby Girl Georgia Marie Nolin died Friday, August 7, 2009, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Private graveside services will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dr. Wayne Roe will officiate with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Sunday, August 9, 2009, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m....
George Rufus Bailey
Aug 2, 2009
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George Rufus Bailey, 84, of Tifton died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church. Dr. Wayne Roe and Dr. W. Ches Smith, III will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Harold...
Frances Boyer Vernon Cline
Jul 31, 2009
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Frances Boyer Vernon Cline, 67, of Ocoee, Florida went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 31, 2009, at her residence, following a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, in Oak Ridge Cemetery with burial to follow. The family will receive friends on Wednesday,...
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