Obituary Listing

Jan 27, 2024

Franklin R. "Shorty" Lofton, 78, of Bronwood, GA passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2024, in the Pruitt Health Albany, GA. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, in Mt. Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. Dick Gill officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM...

Jan 23, 2024

Margaret Wood Hunt died January 23, 2024 at Spring Harbor Retirement Community in Columbus, Georgia. She was the oldest of three children born to Maggie Whaley and Wilbur Wood in Cuthbert, Georgia on January 11, 1938.

Margaret grew up in the First Baptist Church in Cuthbert. After she graduated from Andrew College in 1958, she married John...

Jan 21, 2024

Donald Clayton Weiss, 85, of Cuthbert passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024, surrounded by his family at his residence. Graveside funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Thursday, January 25, 2024, in the Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Crowdis officiating.

Donald was born on April 18, 1938, in Barberton, OH, the son...

Jan 18, 2024

Patricia Mae Coleman Frith, 77, of Shellman passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2024, in the Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. Graveside funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 22, 2024, in the Shellman Eastview Cemetery with Rev. Paul Buckheister officiating.

Patricia was born on November 24, 1946, in Moultrie, GA...

Jan 10, 2024

Allie Louise McAllister, 86, of Abbeville, AL went to her eternal home on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

Louise was born an only child on March 5, 1937, to the Reverend Lambert and Bessie Crews Jones. In her young childhood years, she overcame a few health struggles and they eventually moved to Coleman, Georgia where she met and...

Jan 2, 2024

OBITUARY

RICKY DEAN SMITH

DAWSON, GA

Ricky Dean Smith, 74, of Dawson passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, in the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 PM Friday Jan. 5, 2024 in the Sardis Baptist Church on Busby Road in Yeomans Community of Terrell County with Rev....

Dec 27, 2023

Bobbie Ray Dunahoo Coleman, 96, of Shellman, GA passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, in the Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home in Cuthbert. Graveside funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at 3:00 PM in the Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Morris Moncus officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 2:00 PM...

Dec 23, 2023

Gretha Mae Branon Miller, 75, of Dawson, GA passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2023, in the Pruitthealth – Palmyra in Albany. Memorials services will be conducted on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at 10:00 AM in the Lunsford Funeral Home Chapel with T. Gamble officiating.

Mrs. Miller was born on February 19, 1948, in Columbus, GA the...

Dec 15, 2023

George Emory Ammons, 86, of Lumpkin, GA passed away on Friday, December 15, 2023, in the Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, in the Sardis Cemetery near Trottman with Rev. Lee Wright officiating.

George was born on June 11, 1937, in Stewart County, GA...

Dec 13, 2023

Barbara Sue Williams Heathcoat, 80, of Ft. Gaines, GA passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at her residence. No formal services will conducted at this time.

Barabara was born on January 1, 1943, in Pembroke, VA the daughter of the late Sam Hampton Williams and the late Ruby Louise Cumbee Williams. She was a retired bookkeeper...

Dec 8, 2023

James Theo Sealy (Jimmy), 85, died peacefully at his home on December 8, 2023.  Jimmy was born November 13, 1938, in Cuthbert, GA to Harry Spencer Sealy, Sr. and India Bryant Sealy.  Jimmy attended Cuthbert schools and graduated from Andrew College in Cuthbert.  He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1957, and during his time as a Marine,...

Dec 1, 2023

Larry Eugene Duke, SR, 75, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Friday, December 1, 2023, in the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, AL. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, in the Bluffton Cemetery with Rev. Jackie Williams officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 2:00 PM until funeral...

Nov 30, 2023

Peggy was born April 3, 1925, in Fort Gaines, daughter of the late William Grady Grimsley and Robbie McAllister Grimsley.  Her grandparents were Susie and R.C. McAllister and Eoline and B.F. Grimsley.

After graduating from Fort Gaines High School in 1942, she attended Florida State College for Women and graduated in 1946. In 1950, she graduated from...

Nov 24, 2023

Ronald "Ronnie" Robert Beard, 71, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Friday, November 24, 2023, in the Roosevelt Warm Springs Long Term Acute Care Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM on Monday, November 27, 2023, in the Chapel of Lunsford Funeral Home with Dr. Ben McFather officiating and interment to follow in Cuthbert Eastview Cemetery. The...

Nov 20, 2023

We are saddened to announce that Katherine (Lee) Shell passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on November 20, 2023, at the age of 92. She was a lifelong resident of Brooksville Florida.

She was preceded in death by her mother Lola Whitney Williams, her father George Byron Williams, her late husband, Thoedore Jack Coogler and husband...

Nov 17, 2023

Walter Merritt Mattox was set free on November 17, 2023 at the Fellowship Home at Cotton Hill.  Walter was born on November 9, 1942 in Atlanta, GA to the late Robert Sharp and Cornelia Merritt Mattox.  When he was three years old the family moved home to Cuthbert.  Walter attended the Cuthbert schools and Andrew College before attending the...

Nov 15, 2023

Margaret Elizabeth Jackson, 90, of Buchannan, GA passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, surrounded by her family and friends in The Tanner Medical Center in Carrolton, GA. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at 2:00 PM in the Calvary Baptist Church in Dawson with Interment to follow in Cuthbert Eastview Cemetery. Rev. Allen Sanders,...

Nov 8, 2023

Charlis Jeannene Thompson, 71, of Fairmount, Ga died on 8 Nov 2023 at AdventHealth Gordon Hospital, Calhoun, GA.  She was born at Forbes AFB, Kansas May 30, 1952.  Charlis is survived by her husband of 45 years, Joseph Thompson, Fairmount, GA and a daughter Meredith (Steven) Elliott of Walnut Hill, FL and a son Keith Thompson of Blairsville, GA.  ...

Nov 3, 2023

James "Jim" Byrd Milner, 79, of Shellman, GA passed away on Friday, November 3, 2023, at his residence surrounded by his family. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Monday, November 6, 2023, at the Prospect United Methodist Church Cemetery with Leamon Foxworth officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday from 10:00 AM until funeral...

Nov 2, 2023

Carolyn Sue Hendrix, 75, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Thursday November 2, 2023, in the Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home. Memorial services will be conducted at later time.

Carolyn was born on October 2, 1948, in Alachua, FL the daughter of the late John Maurice Keen and Inez Scott Keen. She was a High School graduate...