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Malone Purvis Connor
May 16, 2008
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Malone Purvis Connor, 88, of Tifton died Friday, May 16, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 19, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Elder Craig DeLoach will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Charles W. Purvis, Wesley Purvis, Hugh Purvis, Jimmy...
Leonard "Lorie" Wynn
May 14, 2008
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Leonard "Lorie" Wynn, 81, loving husband to Martha Haman Wynn for 55 years, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. He died at Tift Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Monday, May 19, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Tifton. Burial will follow at...
Melissa Gail Weaver Donley
May 13, 2008
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Melissa Gail Weaver Donley, 38, of Enigma died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Phoebe-Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Liberty Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Tucker and Rev. Gerald Purvis will officiate with burial to follow in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Russell Tabb,...
Vivian Martin Blair
May 12, 2008
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Vivian Martin Blair, 48, of Tifton died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. at Brookfield Baptist Church. Rev. Gary Cadwell will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Deacons of Brookfield Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be employees...
Donnie Lee Dillard
May 9, 2008
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Donnie Lee Dillard, 60, of Tifton died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Langdale Hospice Center in Valdosta. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Salone Green and Rev. N. C. Spradley will officiate with burial to follow in Salem Memorial Gardens. Steve Griffin,...
Dorothy Wylene Dixon Greene
May 9, 2008
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Dorothy Wylene Dixon Greene, 85, of Tifton died Friday, May 9, 2008, at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in Tift Memorial Gardens. Dr. Bill Frye will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 10, 2008, from 6:00...
Edward Lamar Powell
May 6, 2008
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Edward Lamar Powell, 89, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, formerly of Omega, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Life Care Center of Hilton Head in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Omega Cemetery. Rev. Grant Abernathy will officiate with burial to follow in Omega Cemetery....
James Lee Bowen, Jr.
May 5, 2008
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On May 5, 2008, Tift County lost a beloved friend and businessman, James Lee Bowen, Jr. Visitation will be at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in the Memorial Social Hall at Tifton's First Baptist Church, followed by the service at 3:00 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church. Mr. Bowen was born to...
Mae Powell Pitts
May 5, 2008
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Mae Powell Pitts, 77, of Omega died Monday, May 5, 2008, st Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton, Florida. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Antioch Baptist Church in Colquitt County. Rev. Danny Smith, Rev. Wayne Boykin and Rev. Tom Studstill will officiate with burial to follow in Omega Cemetery....
Linda Fletcher Hall
May 4, 2008
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Linda Fletcher Hall, 58, of Atlanta (Cobb County), formerly of Tifton, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rabbi Robert Solomon will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Thomas Fowler, Bobby Fowler, John...
Maxine York Watkins
May 1, 2008
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Maxine York Watkins, born July 5, 1931 in Marion County (Guin), Alabama, died peacefully at home on May 1, 2008. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at New River Baptist Church. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Michael Luck, Brannon Burroughs, Grant York, David...
Grace Wilkinson Patten
Apr 28, 2008
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Grace Wilkinson Patten of Clayton, a former resident of Tifton, died Monday, April 28, 2008, at the age of 93 at Traces of Tiger Assisted Living Facility in Clayton. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dr. W. Ches Smith, III will officiate with burial to follow...
Rodney C. Mcbrayer
Apr 28, 2008
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Rodney C. McBrayer of Tifton died Monday, April 28, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, at Pineview Holiness Baptist Church. Rev. Silas Carver will officiate with burial to follow in Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 29, 2008,...
Hyllis Lealand Blackburn Thomas
Apr 27, 2008
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Hyllis Lealand Blackburn Thomas, 74, of Tifton passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Chris Ramsey will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Buddy...
Sara Frances Smith Pippin
Apr 27, 2008
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Sara Frances Smith Pippin, 84, of Chula died Sunday, April 27, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Brent Duncan, ThD, Chaplain of Hospice of Cordele will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Donald Pippin, Randy Fincham,...
Duane Kevin Watkins
Apr 26, 2008
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Duane Kevin Watkins, 50, of Orangeburg, South Carolina died Saturday, April 26, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jason Jones will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Deacons of New River Baptist Church will serve...
Harvey Jerdon Brooks
Apr 24, 2008
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Harvey Jerdon Brooks, 57, of Omega died Thursday, April 24, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Omega Baptist Church. Rev. Terry Smith and Rev. Jimmy Odum will officiate with burial to follow in Omega Cemetery. Bobby Windom, Edward Franklin, Billy Wayne Franklin Jr., Larry...
James Rudolph Sumner
Apr 22, 2008
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James Rudolph Sumner, 74, of Tifton died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Bro. Paul Brewer, Bro. Jimmy Hinson and Rev. Paul Sumner will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Tommy...
Aldine Aaron Rosser
Apr 21, 2008
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Aldine Aaron Rosser, 95, of Hannibal, Missouri, formerly of Tifton, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at Beth Haven Nursing Home in Hannibal, Missouri. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2008, in Oak Ridge Cemetery with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Rosser was born on April 2, 1913 in...
Daniel J. "D. J." Nobles, Jr.
Apr 21, 2008
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Daniel J. "D. J." Nobles, Jr., 86, of Tifton died Monday, April 21, 2008, at Tift Health Care. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2008, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton's First Baptist Church. Dr. W. Ches Smith, III, Dr. Wayne Roe and Rev. Paul Thomas will officiate with burial to follow...
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