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Charles Edward Williams
Jan 11, 2008
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Charles Edward Williams, 45, of Tifton died Friday, January 11, 2008, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 14, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Charles Nichols will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harold Cole, Joe Walker, Keith Rigsby, Arnie...
Charles Donald Turlington
Jan 11, 2008
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Charles Donald Turlington, 60, of Atlanta died Friday, January 11, 2008, at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 18, 2008, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Chris Shoemaker will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Turlington was born on February 17, 1947 in Tifton and was the...
John T. Lindsey
Jan 9, 2008
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John T. Lindsey, 90, of Tifton died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2008, in Tifton's First Baptist Church Sanctuary. Dr. Wayne Roe and Dr. W. Ches Smith, III will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as...
Blenda Mable Todd Vaughn
Jan 9, 2008
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Blenda Mable Todd Vaughn, 65, of Abbot, Maine died Wednesday, January 9, 2008, in Abbot, Maine. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 15, 2008, at Pineview Holiness Baptist Church. Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate with burial to follow in Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday, January 14,...
Bernard Lamarr "Buddy" Davis
Jan 7, 2008
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Bernard Lamarr "Buddy" Davis, 81, of Tifton died Monday, January 7, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Randall Gay will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ken Dillard, Bud Sumner,...
Gerald F. Phillips
Jan 5, 2008
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Gerald F. Phillips, 89, of Brookfield died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 8, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Wayne Driskell and Dr. Carl Marshall will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Harmon Coarsey,...
Mattie Ruth Ledford Pitts
Jan 5, 2008
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Mattie Ruth Ledford Pitts, 75, of Tifton died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate with burial to follow in Sutton Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Leo Walker, Brian Roland, Paul Burns, David...
Olin Swafford
Jan 5, 2008
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Olin Swafford, 78, of Tifton died Saturday, January 5, 2008, at Golden Living Center. Funeral services will be heald at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Gary Minton will officiate with burial to follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Sunday, January 6, 2008,...
Wanda Youmans Sumner
Jan 3, 2008
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Wanda Youmans Sumner, 62, of Tifton died Thursday, January 3, 2008, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Bill Barksdale and Rev. Ralph Summerlin will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Bobby Busbin, James Montgomery,...
J. D. Gibbs, Jr.
Dec 28, 2007
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J. D. Gibbs, Jr., 49, of Ty Ty died Friday, December 28, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 3, 2007 at Ty Ty Baptist Church. Rev. Donnie Wright will officiate with burial to follow in Ty Ty Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be Laverne Harper, Dee Tucker, Ricky Wilkerson, Tony...
Mary Elizabeth Mcmillian Ray
Dec 28, 2007
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Mary Elizabeth McMillian Ray, 51, died Friday, December 28, 2007, at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, December 31, 2007, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Herman Walker will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, December 30, 2007, from 6:00 to 8:00...
William Thomas "Tom" Brightwell
Dec 27, 2007
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William Thomas "Tom" Brightwell, 91, died Thursday, December 27, 2007, at Southern Care Assisted Living. A memorial service will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 30, 2007, in the First Baptist Church of Tifton Memorial Chapel with Dr. W. Ches Smith, III and Tim Blanton, chaplain of Bethany Hospice of Valdosta officiating. Following the memorial service,...
Annie Lou Mcclelland Connor
Dec 25, 2007
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Annie Lou McClelland Connor, 92, of Sparks Retirement Home, formerly of Tifton, died December 25, 2007, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 27, 2007, in Oak Ridge Cemetery. Dr. Wayne Roe will officiate with burial to follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on...
James Donald "Don" Pearson
Dec 23, 2007
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James Donald "Don" Pearson, 49, of Tifton died Sunday, December 23, 2007, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Mr. Pearson was born July 13, 1958 in Valdosta and was the son of Buddy Pearson and Grace Davis Pearson, both deceased. He was a cab driver. Mr. Pearson is...
Mary Nell Moore
Dec 20, 2007
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Mary Nell Moore, 67, of Omega died Thursday, December 20, 2007, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will provided later. Mrs. Moore was born February 5, 1940 in Winston County, Mississippi and was the daughter of Robert Brutus Warren, deceased, and Vada Lou Banes Warren of Tifton. Mrs. Moore is survived by her husband, Benjamin...
Elizabeth Erwin Burnside
Dec 20, 2007
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A memorial service remembering Elizabeth Erwin Burnside has been set for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2008, at the Ridge Avenue Church of Christ at 1625 Ridge Avenue in Tifton. John Voss will officiate. Mrs. Burnside, 84, known to many as "Burnsy", passed away December 20, 2007, at Tift Regional Medical Center. The seventh of eight children,...
Mary Reba Sanders Wellborn
Dec 18, 2007
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Mary Reba Sanders Wellborn, 79, of Lake Alfred, Florida died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the Savannah Cottage in Lakeland, Florida. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 22, 2007, at Pineview Holiness Baptist Church. Rev. Silas Carver will officiate with burial to follow in Pineview Holiness Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Sara Belle Arnold
Dec 17, 2007
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Sara Belle Arnold, 87, of Lake Isabella, California died Monday, December 17, 2007, in Bakersfield, California. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 22, 2007 in Oaky Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Berrien County. Rev. Terrell Roberts will officiate with burial to follow in Oaky Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Arnold...
Herbert L. "Herb" Snyder
Dec 16, 2007
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Herbert L. "Herb" Snyder, 87, of Tifton died Sunday, December 16, 2007, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Jimmy Albritton and Dr. Danny V. Ray, Hospice of Tiftarea Chaplain will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens....
Billy R. Moore
Dec 16, 2007
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Billy R. Moore, 59, of Tifton, formerly of Coloma, Michigan, died Sunday, December 16, 2007, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Memorial funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 19, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Kenneth Kicklighter will officiate with a private burial to be held at a later date....
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