Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
L.C. Lewis
DAWSON - L.C. Lewis, 75, of 466 Dooley Road, Sylvester, died Friday, February 21, 2003, at Tift Health Care in Tifton.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel of Ward Funeral Home with interment in Sardis Cemetery.
Ward Funeral Home
Dawson (229) 995-5853
Jimmy C. Mann
AMERICUS - Jimmy C. Mann, 81, of 1022 Lot 26, Westside Drive, Americus, died Saturday, February 22, 2003, at Sumter Regional Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Barnum Funeral Home with interment in Eastview Cemetery in Sumter County.
Barnum Funeral Home
Americus
Martha McCall
BAINBRIDGE - Martha McCall, 93, of 106 Amsterdam Road, Attapulgus, died Thursday, February 27, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Bruton Mortuary
Bainbridge (229) 246-6042
William Herbert McCraney
BLAKELY - William Herbert McCraney, 84, of Blakely died Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at Early Memorial Nursing Home in Blakely.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home with interment in Pleasant Plains Cemetery in Ashford, Ala.
Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home
Blakely (229) 723-3421
Eddie Walker Jr.
UNADILLA - Funeral services for Eddie Walker Jr. of Byromville will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. in Temple of Faith Church, West Pine St., Vienna. Burial in Little Poplar Springs Church cemetery in Byromville. Pastor Sammie Haynes Jr. will officiate.
Mr. Walker died Thursday, February 20, 2003, in Pinehill Nursing Center. He was a native of Dooly County.
Survivors include three sisters, Alice Mae Walker, Lelia Mae Coleman and Eunice Harris, all of Orlando, Fla.; several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
The family will be at 280 Pecan Drive, Byromville.
Alvie Coes Funeral Home
Unadilla (478) 627-9382
Herman Burkes
ALBANY - Herman "Biggon" Burkes, 89, of 3474 Dale Lane, SW Atlanta, died Friday, February 21, 2003, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Green Grove Baptist Church in Terrell County with interment in the church cemetery.
Martin Luther King Funeral Directors
Albany (229) 435-4813
Charles William Fussell
ALBANY - Charles William Fussell, 39, of Albany died Friday, February 28, 2003.
The funeral service will be Sunday 3 p.m. at Kimbrell-Stern with a private burial service.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany
Kathleen LePla
ALBANY - Kathleen "Kitty" LePla, 74, of Albany, died Thursday, February 27, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital from respiratory failure.
Her funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today at Kimbrell-Stern with interment to follow at Riverside Cemetery. Chaplain Dick Denson will officiate.
A native of Valdosta, she lived most of her life in Albany and graduated from Albany High School class of 1947. She was a lifetime member of the Albany Humane Society.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Col. Joseph H. LePla, USAF (Ret.), Albany; two daughters, Kathy Sexton and her husband Larry of Albany, and Sally Jo Travis and her husband Col. Tom Travis, USAF, San Antonio, TX; five grandchildren, Carrie Mizell, Rachel Mizell, both of Albany, Kathryn Mizell of Athens, Anna Travis of Dallas, TX, and Daniel Travis of San Antonio, TX.
Those desiring may send memorials to your local humane society.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany
Emma Glenn Ramsey
ALBANY - Emma Glenn Ramsey, Capt. USMC, retired, 76, of Albany died Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
A funeral mass will be held Monday, March 3, 2003, at St. Teresa's Catholic Church. The Rev. Finbarr Stanton will officiate. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery with full military honors.
Miss Ramsey was born in Selma, AL, and had lived in Albany since 1971, and was a member of St. Teresa's Catholic Church. She graduated from Foley High School in Foley, AL, and attended Darton College. She served twenty years in the US Marine Corps. retiring in 1971, and was assigned duty at MCLB from 1966 to 1969. Upon retiring, she moved back to Albany and worked with Modern Gas Company for eight years. She was a member of the Retired Officers Association, Fleet Reserved Association, Women Marine Association, the Military Women's Memorial Association and the national and state Right of Life Association.
Survivors include four nieces, Katherine R. Dubbin, Sandra R. Buffalo, Deborah R. Keeter, all of Houston, Texas, Karen R. Westbrook of Ft. Walton Beach, FL; a nephews, Roy M. Ramsey of Culman, AL; two sisters-in-law, Charlotte J. Ramsey of Deer Park, TX, Mary C. Ramsey of Niceville, FL; and several close friends in Albany including Nancy and Frank Hall.
The family will be at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hall, 423 Vintage Road, Albany.
There will be a rosary service held Sunday, 6 PM with visitation until 8 PM at Kimbrell-Stern.
Those desiring may make memorials to the St. Teresa's Development Fund, 417 Edgewood Lane, Albany, GA 31707 or the National Right to Life Association, P.O. Box 97330, Washington, DC 20077-7368.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany
Maybelle Shelton
ALBANY - Maybelle Shelton, 83, of 200 Singleton Street died at Colquitt Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Fields Funeral Home
Albany (229) 439-0802
Nathaniel Thomas
ALBANY - Nathaniel Thomas, 66, of 218 Mercer Mill Road died Friday, February 21, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers.
The funeral will be at noon today at New Saint James Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service
Albany
Ossie Saxon Warren
ALBANY - Ossie Saxon Warren, 78, of 2831 Leary Rd., Albany, died Thursday, February 27, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Elliott Funeral Home
Albany (229) 436-3553
Robert Richard Young
ALBANY - The funeral service of Robert Richard (Dick) Young, 77, of 2403 Cherry Laurel Lane, who died Friday, February 28, 2003, will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Radium Springs Baptist Church. The Rev. Rusty Davidson and the Rev. Arvin Croy will officiate. Interment will follow in Union United Methodist Cemetery in Sumter County. The Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.
A native of Lee County, Mr. Young had resided in Albany for the past 39 years. He was an Army veteran serving during WW II. He was retired from Turner Air Force Base and Pellicano Construction Company.
Mr. Young was honored in July of 2002 at Radium Springs Baptist Church and this day was dedicated as Dick Young Day and the Prayer Room was dedicated and named the The Robert R. Young Prayer Room. He was the church prayer coordinator and had spent 28,000 hours of prayer in this room and responded to prayer needs as he was called upon. Mr. Young had served as deacon and chairman of deacons numerous times and taught the Men's Sunday School class. He was scout maser of BSA Troop # 17 in Smithville and scout master of BSA Troop #14 at Radium Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Edith Dupree Young of Albany; two brothers, Henry Young of Smithville and Roy M. Young and his wife, Mattie of Albany; four sisters, Rachel Baker, Joyce Davis and her husband, George, all of Smithville, Nancy Greene of Albany and Sara Robinson of Shreveport, LA; a brother-in-law, Alfred Dupree of Americus; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mathews Funeral Home.
Those desiring may make memorials to Radium Springs Baptist Church, 2402 Roxanna Road, Albany, GA 31705, American Cancer Society, 1507 N. Slappey Blvd., Albany, GA 31701 or The Boy Scouts of America, 930 W. Oglethorpe Blvd., Albany, GA 31701.
The deacons of Radium Springs Baptist Church and Boy Scout Troops will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Mathews Funeral Home
Albany (229) 435-5657
Royal Chastain
CAIRO - Royal Chastain, 78, of Cairo died Friday, February 28, 2003.
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. today at Clark Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Clark Funeral Home
Cairo
Roger Leon Davis
GUYTON - Roger Leon Davis, 58, died Thursday, February 27, 2003, at Candler Hospital after a long illness.
The Sumner, GA, native was a member of South Effingham Volunteer Fire Department and Pine Forest Baptist Church in Sumner. He worked for Sea Pine Resort as a maintenance technician for 30 years. He was an eye donor.
Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Patricia Martin Davis, of Guyton; three sisters, Beverly Tillman of Moultrie, Verna Hollingsworth of Milton, FL, and Nora Paramore of Sylvester; brother, Jerry Davis of Albany; two sisters-in-law, Margaret McCabe and Genie Martin, both of Guyton; brother-in-law, Randy Martin of Midway; 19 nieces and nephews; 23 great-nieces and nephews; and beloved pet, Oliver.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Clydie Tucker Davis; sisters, Mary Willis, Lorene Davis; and brother, Jimmy Davis.
Visitation will be 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel, with the Rev. Reland Morgan officiating.
Pallbearers will be Charlie Paramore, Scott Marr, Chris Morgan, Scott Kessler, Jackey Nease, and Josh Nease.
Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Remembrances may be given to American Lung Association of Georgia, 6606 Abercorn St., Ste. 108-G, Savannah, GA 31405.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes
Effingham County
Springfield (912) 754-6421
Ivan C. Dottin
ARLINGTON - Ivan C. Dottin, 79, of Arlington died.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Ebel Church with interment in the church cemetery.
W.M. Murray & Sons Funeral Home
Arlington (229) 725-4267
Vera K. Fowler
BAINBRIDGE - Vera K. Fowler, 84, of Bainbridge, died Thursday, February 27, 2003, at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. today at Cox Chapel with private interment to follow.
Cox Funeral Home
Bainbridge
Wiley C. Graydon
TIFTON - Wiley C. (Dump) Graydon, 77, of Tifton died Friday, February 28, 2003, at Tift Regional Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Southview Mortuary
Tifton
George Stanford Greene
CORDELE - George Stanford Green, 79, of Cordele, died Friday, February 28, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers in Albany.
The funeral will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Cordele First United Methodist Church with interment in Sunnyside Cemetery. The Rev. Tommy Mason, the Rev. Eve Tomberlin and Lee Guerry will officiate.
A native of Cordele, Mr. Greene was born November 2, 1923. He was a lifelong resident of Cordele and had retired from the United States Post Office as a postal clerk. He was a World War II Navy veteran and a member of the DAV, VFW, and American Legion. Mr. Greene was a member of the Cordele First United Methodist Church where he taught the George Greene Sunday School Class. He was a former superintendent of the Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park, a member of the advisory board for The Retreat at Lake Blackshear, a member of the advisory board for Lake Blackshear Regional Library Board. He and his wife Josie were the original owners of Daphne Lodge and also a past president of the Crisp County Unit of the American Cancer Society. He was the son of the late Palmer Hamilton Greene and Myra Sturgis (Brinkley) Greene.
Survivors include his wife, Josie Carolyn (Parker) Greene of Cordele; brother, Charles Hamilton Greene of Lakeland, FL; 22 nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Rainey Family Funeral Services
Cordele
Ruby Hall
OCILLA - Ruby (Babe) Hall, 87, of Ocilla, died Friday, February 28, 2003, at Irwin County Hospital.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Ocilla with interment in Mystic Cemetery in Mystic.
Visitation will be 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today at the funeral home in Ocilla.
Paulk Funeral Home
Ocilla
William Jefferson Martin Jr.
DAWSON - Dr. William J. "Billy" Martin Jr. died Friday, February 28, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Dawson.
Visitation will be 5 p.m.- 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Harvey Funeral Home
Dawson (229) 995-2104
William Ross Tye
HARLEM - Entered into rest, Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, GA, William Ross Tye, 91, husband of the late Dorothy Howard Tye.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Harlem United Methodist Church. Interment was held at 1 p.m. Friday at Mars Hill Primitive Baptist Church in Edison. The Rev. Lamar Burkett officiated.
Mr. Tye, a native of Edison, GA, was a retired County Extension Agent of 35 years. He was a member of Harlem United Methodist Church. He was past president of the Georgia County Agent Association, past president of the Harlem Rotary Club from 1974-1975. He was a 1934 graduate of the University of Georgia. He was past president of Epsilon Sigma Five - Honorary Extension Fraternity.
Survivors include two daughters, Jane Tye Jordan of Hickory, N.C., and Leila Tye Whitaker of Lexington, S.C.; one sister, Mary Tye Knox of Alpharetta, GA; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Harlem United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 39, Harlem, GA 30814.
Starling Funeral Home
Harlem (706) 556-6524
Lillian Mae Williams
COLQUITT - Lillian Mae Williams, 84, of Colquitt, died Thursday, February 27, 2003, at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Cooks Union Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery. The Rev. Floyd Mitchell and the Rev. Al Lewis will officiate.
A native of Barbour County, AL, Mrs. Williams was born March 10, 1918. She was a housewife and a member of Cooks Union Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Williams; a son, Max Williams; and a daughter, Linda Yon.
Survivors include six daughters, Janice Cook and husband Don of Colquitt, Nancy Marsh and husband Gregory of Colonial Beach, VA, Norma Durham and husband Billy of Tallahassee, FL, Sue McDaniel and husband Howard of Colquitt, Margie Mancil of Colquitt, and Karen Williams of Colquitt; three sons, Sherrell Williams and wife Janie of Colquitt, Derl Williams and wife Margaret of Colquitt, and James Williams and wife Carolyn of Colquitt; son-in-law, Marvin Amerson of Colquitt; daughter-in-law, Angie Williams of Colquitt; 28 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; sister, Lujean Haire of Albany; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers will be her loving grandsons.
Visitation will be 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Colquitt Funeral Home
Colquitt (229) 758-3571
