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Jimmy Rainwater
Oct 13, 2003
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Jimmy Rainwater of Albany passed away Monday, October 13, 2003. A graveside funeral service was held for Mr. Rainwater at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where he was laid to rest.
Samuel Myers Mcallister, Sr.
Oct 6, 2003
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Samuel Myers McAllister, Sr., 63, of Tifton passed away Monday, October 6, 2003, at Phoebe-Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. His funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at Liberty Baptist Church in Tifton with the Rev. Gerald Purvis and the Rev. Gary Cadwell officiating. Mr. McAllister was laid to rest at Liberty Baptist Church...
Mary Kathleen Baker Rutland
Sep 30, 2003
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Mary Kathleen Baker Rutland, 69, of the West Berrien Community passed away Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 2, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Hody Rutland and the Rev. Tim Hemingway officiating. Mrs. Rutland was laid...
Virginia L. Goff Millsap
Sep 27, 2003
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Virginia L. Goff Millsap, 67, of Cairo passed away Saturday, September 27, 2003, at Grady General Hospital in Cairo. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 30, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Ray Turner officiating. Mrs. Millsap was laid to rest at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery in Tifton....
Thomas William Hayes
Sep 26, 2003
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Thomas William Hayes, 59, of Ocilla passed away Friday, September 26, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. His funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 29, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Glen Fussell and the Rev. Joe Wiggins officiating. Mr. Hayes was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery....
Jack Darris Benefield
Sep 24, 2003
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Jack Darris Benefield, 88, of Enigma passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at his residence. His funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 27, 2003, at Enigma Baptist Church with the Rev. Pete Jones and the Rev. Jim Fennell officiating. Mr. Benefield was entombed at Tift Memorial Gardens. Leroy Little, Gary Dorminey, Larry Cumley, Maurice McMillan,...
Candida Marion Sparks Cook
Sep 23, 2003
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Candida Marion Sparks Cook, 32, of Enigma passed away, Tuesday, September 23, 2003, in Tifton. A memorial service was held for Ms. Cook at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Ronnie Lawson officiating. Ms. Cook was laid to rest at Pinetta Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwin County....
Robert Huey "Bob" Fordham
Sep 20, 2003
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Robert Huey "Bob" Fordham, 88, of Lenox passed away Saturday, September 20, 2003, at his residence. His funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 23, 2003, at Union Grove Church of God in Eldorado with the Rev. Jesse Ogden and the Rev. Joseph L. Crumley officiating. Mr. Fordham was laid to rest at Eldorado Baptist Church...
Inez Fowler Holton
Sep 19, 2003
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Inez Fowler Holton, 80, of Tifton passed away Friday, September 19, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday. September 20, 2003, at Tift Avenue Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Terrell Roberts and the Rev. DeWayne Franks officiating. Mrs. Holton was laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. Mrs. Holton's...
Mandy Lucille Whaley Balderas
Sep 19, 2003
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Mandy Lucille Whaley Balderas, 44, of Tifton passed away Friday, September 19, 2003, at her residence. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 22, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with Dean McKinney officiating. Mrs. Balderas was laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Balderas' friends served as pallbearers. Born May...
Jack Wilson Deal
Sep 18, 2003
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Jack Wilson Deal, 79, of Fitzgerald passed away Thursday, September 18, 2003, at Beverly Health Care in Tifton. His funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Edwin Dillard officiating. Mr. De4al was laid to rest at Providence Cemetery in Worth County. Mr. Deal's...
Ola Mae Mccorvey Annis
Sep 17, 2003
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Ola Mae McCorvey Annis, 80, of Tifton passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 19, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. D. E. Beasley and the Rev. Tony Register officiating. Mrs. Annis was laid to rest at Oak...
Irene Myrtle Tatman Haynes
Sep 17, 2003
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Irene Myrtle Tatman Haynes, 56, of Ocilla passed away Wednesday, September 17, 2003, at her residence. A private family funeral service and burial was held for Mrs. Haynes at a later date. Born June 9, 1947, in Vinton County, Ohio, Mrs. Hayes was the daughter of the late Gail Ronald Tatman and Ruth Elizabeth Mills Tatman. She was...
Mary Elizabeth Cooper Harris
Sep 16, 2003
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Mary Elizabeth Cooper Harris, 79, of Ty Ty passed away Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at Tift Health Care. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 18, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Freddie Stone officiating. Mrs. Harris was laid to rest at Hickory Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in...
Jane B. Jackson
Sep 15, 2003
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Jane B. Jackson, 96, of Tifton passed away, Monday, September 15, 2003, at Tift Health Care. She was taken to Columbus for her funeral service and burial Mrs. Jackson was born November 26, 1906, in Cleborne, Alabama; and she was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Jackson is surived by two daughter, Mabel J. Connell and Betty Ray, both...
Janet Susan Roberts Dickey
Sep 14, 2003
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Janet Susan Roberts Dickey, 56, of Tifton passed away Sunday, September 14, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Wayne Driskell and the Rev. Robert Thompson officiating. Born May 5, 1947, in New York, Mrs. Dickey...
Darlene Elizabeth Pope Blakeney
Sep 11, 2003
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Darlene Elizabeth Pope Blakeney, 50, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina passed away Thursday, September 11, 2003, at her residence. A graveside funeral service was held for Mrs. Blakeney at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at the Rutland Family Cemetery in Tifton, where she was laid to rest. The Rev. Carroll Rutland officiated. Born January 9, 1953, in...
Erma Lou Bowen Mcallister
Sep 9, 2003
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Erma Lou Bowen McAllister, 93, of Tifton passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2003, at Beverly Health Care in Tifton. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Friday, September 12, 2003, at Liberty Baptist Church in Tifton with the Rev. Gerald Purvis, the Rev. Glenn Ford, the Rev. Michael Petty and the Rev. Steve Hughes officiating. Mrs. McAllister...
Lula Edith Barfield Burdette
Sep 7, 2003
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Lula Edith Barfield Burdette, 83, of Ty Ty (Worth County) passed away Sunday, September 7, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 9, 2003, the First Baptist Church of Ty Ty with the Rev. Danny Jones and the Rev. Eldridge Beasley officiating. Mrs. Burdette was laid to rest at...
Louise Bishop Hobbs
Sep 6, 2003
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Louise Bishop Hobbs, 90, of Tifton passed away Saturday, September 6, 2003, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Her funeral service was held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2003, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Tony Register and the Rev. Mike Hobbs officiating. Mrs. Hobbs was laid to rest at Tift Memorial Gardens....
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