Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Evelyn Beard Connell
ALBANY - Evelyn Beard Connell, 73, of Albany passed away Sunday morning, March 30, 2003, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hall & Hall Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Chuck Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens in Albany.
Mrs. Connell, the wife of the late William Henry Connell Jr. was retired from Coats & Clark with 40 years of service. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include three sons, Tony Connell of Montgomery, AL, Don Connell and wife, Linda of Albany and Larry Connell and wife, Pam of Sylvester; two brothers, Jeff Beard of Warwick and Ferrell Beard of Selma, AL; five grandchildren, Amber Connell of the US Army, Amanda Connell and Michelle Connell, both of Albany and William K. Connell and Nick Connell, both of Sylvester.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Hall & Hall Funeral Home
Albany (229) 883-3864
Doris Anita Newton Corbett
ALBANY - Doris Anita Newton Corbett, 82, of 107 Dewey Street died Friday, March 28, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at Union Baptist Church with burial in Floral Memory Gardens. The Rev. J.A. Severson will officiate.
A native of Ware County, Mrs. Corbett was a member of Union Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Willie B. (Bill) Corbett Sr. of Albany, GA; three daughters, Betty C. Thomas, Maggie C. Evans and Doris C. (Lon) Carey, all of Albany, GA; two sons, Willie B. (Carlene) Corbett Jr. and William Corbett, all of Albany, GA; four sisters-in-law, Rosa Hines of Albany, GA, Bernice Harden of North Carolina, Dorothy Harden of Ohio, and Georgia Harden of Tennessee; 22 grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
Poteat Funeral Home
Albany (229) 436-3615
T.M. Giddens
ALBANY - T.M. Giddens, 77, of Albany passed away Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sunnyside Free Will Baptist Church in Pearson with the Rev. Edgar Musgrove officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunnyside Church cemetery with the Rev. Leroy Hover officiating at the committal service.
Mr. Giddens, a native of Atkinson County was a retired machinist with Coats & Clark with 31 years of service. He was a member of Church of Church of God of Prophecy.
He was preceded in death by a son, George David Giddens and is survived by his wife of 56 years, Evelyn Morgan Giddens of Albany; son, Wayne Giddens and wife Dian of Albany; brother, A.K. Giddens of Waycross; six sisters, Martha Long of Pearson, Elizann Clement of Pearson, Leona Lewis of Pearson, Cora Belle Pafford of Jacksonville, FL, Dorothy McClean of Alma and Opal Hodges of Jacksonville, FL; two granddaughters, Teresa Giddens and Mandy Giddens, both of Albany.
Hall & Hall Funeral Home
Albany (229) 883-3864
Junior Hill
ALBANY - Junior Hill, 78, of 503 S. Harding Street died Saturday, March 29, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service
Albany (229) 430-8800
Shepherd Infant
ALBANY - Master Benjamin David Shepherd, 11 months, of Leesburg died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral service will be held Thursday, 2 PM at Kimbrell-Stern. Clay Miller will officiate.
He was born April 9, 2002, in Albany. Your smiling face will be missed by us.
He is survived by his parents, John W. and Ann L. Zimmer Shepherd of Leesburg; maternal grandparents, Thomas and Mary Zimmer of Hendersonville, NC; paternal grandparents, John and Mildred Shepherd of Ashburn; paternal great-grandparents, Paul and Lillie Scoggins of Ashburn; aunts, Louise Zimmer of Chapel Hill, NC, and Angelia Cook and her husband Donnie of Ashburn; uncles, Adam Zimmer and his wife Lisa of Boston, MA, and Tom Zimmer and his wife Susie of Fairbanks, AK.
Those desiring may send memorials to the Friends of Chehaw Conservation Society, 105 Chehaw Park Road, Albany, GA 31701 or to a favorite charity.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany (229) 883-4152
Otis Talmadge Watson
ALBANY - The funeral service of Otis Talmadge Watson, 72, of 5500 Gillionville Rd., who died Monday, March 31, 2003, will be conducted Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 11 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Floral Memory Gardens Cemetery.
A native of Franklin County, AL, Mr. Watson had resided in Albany since 1972, moving here from Venus, FL. Mr. Watson was an Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. Mr. Watson was the ranch manager of Graham Angus Farms, and had been with the Graham Company since 1949.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Watson, of Albany; a son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Darlene Watson of Valdosta; and a granddaughter, Whitney Watson of Valdosta.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mathews Funeral Home
Albany (229) 435-5657
Dorothy Bouie
BAINBRIDGE - Dorothy Bouie, 74, of 114 St. T. Street died Sunday, March 30, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Bruton Mortuary
Bainbridge (229) 246-6042
Jewel Cross
CORDELE - Dea. Jewel Cross died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Crisp Regional Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
J.W. Williams Funeral Directors
Cordele (229) 273-2683
Lillie Bell Sumner Hannon
MOULTRIE - Lillie Bell Sumner Hannon, 103, of 2900 Sylvester Drive, Moultrie, died Sunday, March 30, 2003, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Baptist Church with interment in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. The Rev. Jim Soles and the Rev. Neal Hager will officiate.
Casketbearers will be Brendon Hannon, Kenneth Hannon, Billy Sumner, John Cox, Sonny Gregory, and Arnold Thomas.
A native of Tift County, GA, Mrs. Hannon was born August 30, 1899. She was a homemaker and a member of Memorial Baptist Church. She was the widow of James Chapman Hannon and was preceded in death by her parents, Mattie Sumner and William Riley Sumner.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy Lee Hannon and wife Ann of Camilla; sister, Ethel Gregory of Moultrie; grandchildren, Brendon Hannon and wife Vicki of Valdosta and Loree Cox and husband John of Sylvester; great grandchildren, Lauren Cox, Jordan Cox, Lindsay Hannon and Luke Hannon.
Visitation will be 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. today at Cobb Funeral Chapel
Memorials please be made to Memorial Baptist Church, 1809 Sylvester Hwy., Moultrie, GA 31768, or Southside Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 505, Camilla, GA 31730.
Cobb Funeral Chapel
Moultrie (229) 985-3704
Louise Barner Harrington
CORDELE - Louise Barner Harrington died Thursday, March 27, 2003.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gethsemane Baptist Church with interment in Bethel Cemetery.
J.W. Williams Funeral Directors
Cordele/(229) 273-2683
Constance Hicks
CAMILLA - Constance Hicks of 98 E. Morgan Street, Camilla, died Monday, March 31, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Robert Jester Mortuary
Camilla (229) 336-8453
Clara M. Hull
FORT GAINES - Clara M. Hull, 94, died Thursday, March 27, 2003, at Early Memorial Hospital in Blakely.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Thompson Grove Baptist Church.
Lewis Mortuary
Fort Gaines (229) 768-2014
Mary L. Lakes
DAWSON - Mary L. Lakes, 81, of 317 Barton Ave., Albany, died Thursday, March 27, 2003, at Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Beulah Baptist Church in Albany with interment in Riverside Cemetery in Albany.
Ward Funeral Home
Dawson (229) 995-5853
Leavy Roberts
RICHLAND - Leavy Roberts, 80, of Buena Vista died Monday, March 31, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
T.V. Williams Funeral Home
Richland (229) 887-3369
Laura R. Tyner
COLQUITT - Laura R. Tyner, of Colquitt died Monday, March 31, 2003, at her residence.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Colquitt Funeral Home
Colquitt (229) 758-3571
Vicks Infant
PELHAM - Kristen Jamia Vicks, one month old, of 415 Hill St., Pelham, died Monday, March 31, 2003, at Mitchell County Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Thomas and Son Home for Funerals
Pelham (229) 294-4869
Luella Angry Williams
CAMILLA - Luella Angry Williams, 87, of Baconton died Monday, March 24, 2003, in Rochester, New York.
The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church in Baconton with burial in the church cemetery.
Robert Jester Mortuary
Camilla (229) 336-8453
Retha Worlds
BAINBRIDGE - Retha Worlds, 69, of 2932 Fowlstown Road, Bainbridge, died Monday, March 24, 2003, at her residence.
The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Thomas M.B.C. with interment in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
Bruton Mortuary
Bainbridge (229) 246-6042
Annie Mae Case
SYLVESTER - Annie Mae Case, 82, of Sylvester died Monday, March 31, 2003, at JFK Medical Center in Atlantis, Fla.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Banks Funeral Chapel with interment in Hillcrest Cemetery. The Rev. Bob Burns and the Rev. Nathan Smith will officiate.
Born May 6, 1920, in Elberton, GA, Mrs. Case had lived in West Palm Beach, Fla., for the past two years, moving there from Sylvester where she had lived since 1984. She was a member of Sylvester Church of God.
Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth C. (Roger) Sutliff of Miramar, Fla., and Carolyn C. (Gary) Sherman of West Palm Beach, Fla.; a son, James Robert (Bob) Case (Linda) of Sylvester; one brother, J.T. Davis of Ninety Six, S.C.; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Smiley T. Case.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. today at Banks Funeral Home.
Banks Funeral Home
Sylvester (229) 776-2055
