Obituary Listing

Aug 14, 2023

Sandra Yvonne Lumpkin McKeller, 72, of Ft. Gaines, GA passed away early Monday, August 14, 2023, surrounded by her family at the residence of her daughter in Dothan, AL. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 16, 2023, in the Carnegie Baptist Church with interment to follow in the Blakely Cemetery with Brother Neil Lumpkin...

Aug 8, 2023

Martha Wright Riley, 89, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, in the Palemon Gaskins Nursing Home in Ocilla, GA. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, August 11, 2023, in the chapel of Lunsford Funeral Home with Dr. Ben McFather officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 PM CDT in the Echo Methodist...

Jul 31, 2023

Florence "Flo" Merritt Young, 82, of Shellman, GA passed away on Monday, July 31, 2023, in the Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, August 4, 2023, in the chapel of Lunsford Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Starling officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until funeral time.

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Jul 30, 2023

Mary Nick Golden McCook, 90, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023, in the Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home. Memorial services will be conducted by the family at 11:00 AM on Saturday, August 5, 2023, in the New Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. David Crowdis officiating. The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday...

Jul 24, 2023

Hal was born in Ohoopee, Toombs County, Georgia on September 29, 1929. He was the son of Mark Wood and Ora Mayo Meadows and the grandson of Wiley and Mary Mayo and Mark Warren and Beulah Meadows.

He graduated from Register, Georgia High School and attended the University of Georgia and the University of Maryland. He retired...

Jun 27, 2023

Billy Roland Childress, 89, of Columbus passed away on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 1, 2023, in the chapel of Lunsford Funeral Home with Rev. Philip Edge officiating.

Billy was born on March 9, 1934, in Cuthbert, GA the son of the late Carlton...

Jun 24, 2023

William Thomas "Tom" Lacy, 80, of Albany passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, in the Joe Anne Nursing Home in Cuthbert. Memorial services will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 8, 2023, in the chapel of Lunsford Funeral Home.

Tom was born on September 22, 1942 and grew up in Cuthbert, the son of...

Jun 7, 2023

Caroline Winifred Coleman (Carol), 76, of Fort Gaines, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in the Calhoun Nursing Home.  She was born at Patterson Hospital in Cuthbert to the late Stephen Daniel Coleman, Jr. and Eleanor King Coleman on May 22, 1947.

She received a BS Degree in Elementary Education from Georgia Southwestern and a...

Jun 6, 2023

Ann Elizabeth DuPriest Poss was born on February 6, 1928, in the Shingler Community of Worth County, Georgia, though her early years were spent in Sylvester, Georgia. She was the daughter and only child of James Halley and Mamie Gregory DuPriest.

Educational achievements included graduation from Valdosta State University, formerly G.S.W.C., and Florida State University, College of...

Jun 6, 2023

Nadie Lee Taylor Dunaway, 89, of Dawson, GA passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 AM on Friday, June 9, 2023, the First Baptist Church of Dawson with Rev. Currie Spoon officiating and interment will follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery,

Mrs. Dunaway was...

Jun 5, 2023

Merilyn Pearce Crapps 93, of Ft. Gaines, Ga. passed away Monday June 5, 2023, in Fellowship Home at Cottonhill near Cuthbert, Ga. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Thursday June 8, 2023 in the Mount Vernon Baptist Cemetery with George Hartley officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 Am until service time at the cemetery....

Jun 1, 2023

Robert Atlas Hester, 85, passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2023, in St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Friday, June 9, 2023, in the Cuthbert United Methodist Church with Rev. Ivelisse Quinones and Rev. Thad Haygood officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:00 PM until service time...

May 31, 2023

Robert Daniel Terry, 68, of Shellman, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at his residence. No formal services are planned at this time.

Robert was born on January 29, 1955, in Hillsborough County, FL the son of the late William Elvis and Margaret Ballard Terry. He was retired heavy equipment operator for McDonald Construction in...

May 31, 2023

Lamar Otis Grubbs, 73, of Leesburg, GA passed away on Wednesday, May 31, 2022, in the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 3, 2023, in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Lee Wright officiating.

Lamar was born on June 20, 1949, in Cuthbert, GA the...

May 27, 2023

Marjorie Ann Hopper Wilsom passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in the Guadalupe Regional Medical Center in Sequin, TX. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in the Mt. Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. Mickie Skinner and Rev. Randy Booth officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive...

May 22, 2023

Carol Avera Cochran, 82, of Edison, GA passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023, in the Calhoun County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in New Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. David Crowdis officiating and Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Cochran was born on April...

May 8, 2023

CARNEGIE, GA

Julian Nichols, 86, of Carnegie, GA passed away on Monday, May 8, 2023, in the Barbour Medical Center in Eufaula, AL. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 AM on Saturday, May 13, 2023, in the Carnegie Baptist Church with Rev. Shannon Morris and Julian Morgan officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until...

May 5, 2023

Patricia Bentley Smith, 82, of Shellman, GA passed away peacefully surrounded by her children and grandchildren on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Willson Hospice House in Albany following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM on Monday, May 8, 2023, in the Rehoboth Baptist Church near Shellman with Rev. Joe Poitevint officiating. Interment will follow...

Apr 19, 2023

Billy Raymond Adkins, 69, of Cuthbert, GA passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2023, in the Jo Anne Burgin Nursing Home. No services are planned at this time.

Billy was born on December 12, 1953, in Sharples, WV the son of the late Acie Adkins and the late June Trusley Adkins. He was a retired heavy equipment...

Apr 10, 2023

CUTHBERT, GA.

WINNIE SAULS MAINOR

Winnie Sauls Mainor 81, of Cuthbert, Ga. passed away Monday April 10, 2023 at Joe Anne Burgin Nursing Home. Graveside services will be conducted 11:00 AM Friday April 14, 2023 in Mt. Hebron Cemetery with the Rev. Ben McFather and Jeremy Mainor officiating. Visitation will be 6-8 Thursday Apr. 13,...