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Carol Jean Britt
Dec 26, 2024
Carol Jean Word Britt, of Douglas, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2024.
A graveside service will be held on Monday, December 30, 2024, at 11 am at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens.
Carol was born on June 22, 1947 to the late Robert W. Word Sr. and Mary Ruth...
Terry Anderson Lester
Dec 23, 2024
Terry Anderson Lester
May 14, 1953 – December 23, 2024
It is with great sadness, but even greater hope, that we announce the passing of Terry Anderson Lester, age 71, of Barnesville, Georgia. Terry left this world peacefully on December 23, 2024 stepping into eternity to celebrate the greatest Christmas imaginable in the presence of...
Marjorie Mccarty
Dec 19, 2024
Mrs. Marjorie Garner McCarty, age 99, passed away on December 19, 2024.
A graveside service will be held on Monday, December 23, at 11 am at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens. Following the service will be a reception in the Lingle Room at Mt. Zion St.-Luke Lutheran Church.
Mrs. McCarty was born on February 8, 1925, to...
Johnny Massey
Dec 15, 2024
Johnny Lee Massey, age 71, of Enigma, Georgia passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2024. The funeral service will be held on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at 2pm at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 1pm until service time at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home.
Mr. Massey was born on October 20, 1953...
Thomas Harris
Dec 12, 2024
Thomas Harris, age 69, of Ideal, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 14, 2024 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, Georgia. A graveside service will follow visitation at 3 pm at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Oglethorpe, Georgia, Pastor David Dispain will...
Lovina Yoder
Dec 4, 2024
Lovina Marie Yoder, age 73, passed away peacefully at her home in Montezuma, GA on December 4th, 2024 surrounded by her family. Lovina was born on September 3,1951 to the late William and Emma Yoder in Princess Anne, VA. She was baptized in her youth and was a member of Word of Life Christian Fellowship. Early in life, Lovina...
Lamar Hudson Massey
Dec 2, 2024
Lamar Hudson Massey, 86, of Rupert, Georgia, died Monday, December 2, 2024, at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center.
Services will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at 11 a.m. at County Line Baptist Church in Ellaville, Georgia with Rev. Mark Poole, Rev. Brandon Jones, and Rev. Johnny Brooks officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery....
Elmer Yoder
Nov 19, 2024
Elmer A. Yoder, age 65, of Montezuma, Georgia, passed away on November 19th, 2024.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 23, 2024 from 2-3:30 p.m. and from 6-8 p.m. at Montezuma Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall, 2307 Whitehouse Rd, Montezuma. Georgia. Pastor Donny Swartzentruber will officiate the service.
Funeral Services will be held on Sunday,...
Bobby Wright
Nov 10, 2024
Bobby G. Wright, age 90, of Montezuma, Georgia passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 10, 2024. Graveside services will be held at Cedar Valley Baptist Church cemetery in Montezuma on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 1:00 pm with Reverend Damon Fountain officiating. His family will receive friends after the service.
He was born on...
(Courtesy) George Herbert Coogle Sr.
Nov 3, 2024
(COURTESY) Mr. George Herbert Coogle, Sr. passed away in the evening of Sunday, November 3, 2024. He was on Hospice care at Phoebe Sumter in Americus, GA. when he died. He is survived by four children; George H. "Chip" Coogle, Jr. (Helen), Carla Jean Coogle Stuckey, William Thomas "Tommy" Coogle (Gail) and Jon Leslie Coogle (Karen). He had 9 grandchildren,...
Evelyn Rose Miller
Nov 3, 2024
Evelyn Rose Miller passed away peacefully at home on November 3, 2024. Born on January 2, 1988, she was 36 years old when she drew her last breath and entered into her eternal reward. Though her last four years of her life were spent fighting cancer, her strength and resilience shone through even her most difficult days. She was a...
Jennifer Charlotte Barfield
Oct 22, 2024
Jennifer Charlotte Barfield, age 75, from Ideal, Georgia, passed away on October 22, 2024. Mrs. Barfield was born to the late Lemuel Sibbet “L.S.” Peterson and Marjorie Ethleen Tarrer Peterson. A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024 at 11 am at Ideal City Cemetery in Ideal, Georgia. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the...
Ernest Leigh Powell, Jr
Oct 6, 2024
Ernest Leigh Powell, Jr., age 78, of Oglethorpe, passed away on October 6, 2024.
A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens in Oglethorpe, Georgia, with Bishop Willie Cooper officiating.
Leigh was born on August 16, 1946, in Moultrie, Georgia, to Ernest Leigh Powell, Sr., and Ruby Dunn...
(Courtesy) Lesley Carol Holloway
Sep 7, 2024
Lesley Carol Holloway, 43, of Ellaville, Georgia, passed away on September 7, 2024. She was born October 4, 1980 in Germany to Morrison and Linda Nathasingh. She graduated from Macon County High School in 1998 and attended Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia, where she received a B.S. in Chemistry.
Lesley married Jason Earl Holloway on...
Timothy Peaster
Sep 7, 2024
Timothy Darrell “Limb Head” Peaster, age 66, of Montezuma, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 7, 2024. Mr. Peaster was born on March 25, 1958, to the late Thomas Brown Peaster and Eloise Lockerman Peaster.
A graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 2:15 PM at Bertha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery in...
Michael "Mike" Lee Culpepper
Sep 2, 2024
MONTEZUMA, GA – Michael “Mike” Lee Culpepper, age 82, of Montezuma, Georgia transitioned to heaven on Monday, September 2, 2024.
Graveside services will be held at Bartha Dozier Memorial Park Cemetery, Montezuma, Georgia on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 10:00 AM. Pastor Mark Poole will officiate the service.
Mike was born on September 5, 1941...
Sandra Diane Busbee
Aug 28, 2024
OGLETHORPE, GA- Sandra Diane Busbee, age 64, of Oglethorpe, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2024. Diane was born on January 14, 1960, in Montezuma, Georgia, to the late M.L. Jones and Myrtice Kelly Jones.
A memorial service celebrating Diane’s life will be held at 4 PM, Saturday, September 14, 2024 at Pine Level Methodist Church...
(Courtesy) Mary Thomas Downs
Aug 24, 2024
Mrs. Mary Thomas Dixon Downs (M.T.), 87, of Montezuma, GA passed away peacefully Saturday, August, 24, 2024 at The Oaks Nursing Home with her children by her side. The family will receive friends at Montezuma Methodist Church on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM followed by a funeral at 11:00 AM in the church sanctuary with Rev. Jonathan...
Rev. Ralph Price Jr.
Aug 22, 2024
MONTEZUMA, GA - Rev. Ralph Price Jr., 85, of Montezuma, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 22, 2024. Ralph was born on February 28, 1939, in Vienna, Georgia, to the late Jenny Fowler Price and Ralph Price Sr.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 11 am at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home...
James "Mac" Hobbs
Aug 6, 2024
IDEAL, GEORGIA - James “Mac” Hobbs, 65, of Ideal, Georgia., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at his home. Mac was born on February 28, 1959, in Reynolds, Georgia, to late Felton and Louise Hobbs.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 11am at Watson-Mathews Funeral Home in Montezuma, Georgia....
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