Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Oscar Clayton
MOULTRIE - Oscar Clayton, 87, of 618 College St., Doerun, died Tuesday, December 31, 2002.
Funeral services will be held Friday, 2 p.m. at Liberty Hill Baptist Church, with burial in the church Cemetery, in Worth County. The Revs. Douglas Hatcher and Preston Wilson will officiate.
Pallbearers are the following: Scott Clayton, Adam Clayton, Ben Clayton, Clint Nobles, Alan Braswell, Todd Johnson and Brent Braswell.
Born on October 14, 1915 in Tift County, GA, Mr. Clayton was the son of the late Mary Jane Phelps and Marion Clayton. He was retired from the Marine Corp Logistics Base in the Warehousing Department. He was a member of the American Legion Doerun Post and served in the Army during the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Campaign. He was the widower of Gertrude Evelyn Howell Clayton.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, James M. Clayton and Bonnie of Moultrie; two daughters and sons-in-law, Linda Davidson and Earl of Albany and Joy Meadows and Chris of Doerun; two sisters, Myrtle Cox Branch of Lenox and Georgia Aultman of Sylvester; and six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held today (Thursday) from 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at Cobb Funeral Chapel.
Cobb Funeral Chapel
Leola Emanuel
BAINBRIDGE - Leola Emanuel, of Bainbridge, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003. Arrangements to be announced at a later date.
Bruton Mortuary
Jakaela Deshae Green
RICHLAND - Jakaela Deshae Green, infant of Michael Johnson and Temeka Green, of Lumpkin, died Monday, December 30, 2002. Arrangements to be announced at a later date.
T.V. Williams Funeral Home
Lucious Jacobs
TIFTON - Lucious Jacobs, 58, of Tifton, died Thursday, December 26, 2002. Funeral services will be held Friday, 11 a.m. at Southview Mortuary Chapel, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Southview Mortuary
Alsene Lyles
RICHLAND - Alsene Lyles, 67, of Preston, died Tuesday, December 31, 2002. Arrangements to be announced at a later date.
T.V. Williams Funeral Home
Kathryn G. Riccardi
AMERICUS - Kathryn G. Riccardi, 82, of 114 Sullivan Drive, (Perfect Care), Americus, died at Sumter Regional Hospital, Monday, December 30, 2002. H.M. Patterson Funeral Home in Sandy Springs is in charge of funeral services, which will be held at All Saints Catholic Church in Dunwoody at 11 a.m. Friday. Interment at Arlington Cemetery in Sandy Springs will follow immediately after the church service. A visitation will be held at Patterson Funeral Home today (Thursday) from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The Americus family will receive friends at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Riccardi, 114 Country Lane Road, Americus.
Kathryn (Kay) was the wife of the late Louis S. Riccardi M.D. She was born on April 29, 1920, and was the daughter of the late Bernard W. Foley and Mildred Conner Foley. Kay was a native of Atlanta until her move to Americus in May 1999. She was a member of All Saints Catholic Church.
Kay is survived by two sons and a daughter, Dr. Victor L. Riccardi and his wife, Beverly of Atlanta, Dr. Louis A. Riccardi and his wife, Candy of Americus and Nancy DeLany and her husband, Joe of Atlanta; her grandchildren include: Ashley Hatcher and her husband, Neill of Columbus, Randi Wesley and her husband, Mark of Atlanta, Haley Wilkinson and her husband, Brian of Columbus, Kara Clark and her husband, Tommy of Albany, Ric Riccardi of Atlanta, and Alex Riccardi of Americus; and four great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to either St. Mary's Catholic Church, 332 S. Lee St., Americus, GA 31709, or Perfect Care, 114 Sullivan Drive, Americus, GA 31709.
Aldridge Funeral Services
Corey Scott Shealey
FITZGERALD - Corey Scott Shealey, infant, son of Angela Hutchinson Shealey and Scott Shealey of Fitzgerald, died Tuesday, December 31, 2002. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery, both in Fitzgerald.
Paulk Funeral Home
Emma L. Williams
DAWSON - Emma L. Williams, 87, of Morgan, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003 at Fort Gaines Nursing Home in Fort Gaines. Arrangements to be announced at a later date.
Ward Funeral Home
Willie James Fowler
ALBANY - Willie James Fowler, 74, of 105 Marie Road, Albany, died Tuesday, January 31, 2002, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Grove Baptist Church in Worth County with interment in Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Worth County.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service
Jean Elizabeth Mitchell Harrell
ALBANY - The funeral service of Jean Elizabeth Mitchell Harrell, 50, of 144 Coston Road, who died Wednesday, January 1, 2003, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mathews Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow in Thundering Springs Cemetery.
A native of Dougherty County, GA, she had resided in the Albany and Lee County area all of her life. She was a member of the Ladies of the Moose, a life member of the VFW Post #2785 Ladies Auxiliary, and employed with Country Jacks. She was Baptist by faith.
Survivors include her son, Jim Thompson of Leesburg, GA; daughter, Tracy Rossow of Waldorf, Maryland; brother, Jack H. (Country Jack) Mitchell of Leesburg, GA; and a granddaughter, Alora Thompson of Waldorf, Maryland.
The family is at the residence of Jack H. and Barbara Mitchell, 138 Coston Road, Leesburg, GA, and will receive friends from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today at Mathews Funeral Home.
Mathews Funeral Home
Carolyn Laverne Prince Jackson
ALBANY - Carolyn Laverne Prince Jackson, 43, of 608 Arrowhead Lane died Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be at noon Saturday at McAfee Grove Baptist Church in Leesburg with interment in Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Robert Morgan, pastor, and the Rev. Jessie Murray will officiate.
A native of Lee County, Mrs. Jackson was a dietitian. She was a 1977 graduate of Lee County High School and also a graduate of Albany Technical College. She was a member of McAfee Grove Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Zenovia Cole of Albany; two sons, Curtis Jackson Jr. and Octerious Jackson, both of Albany; her parents, Jimmie Prince and Addie B. Harvey Prince of Leesburg; two sisters, Evelyn McCray and Jeanette Simmons, both of Albany; four brothers, Jessie Murray of Vidalia, Jimmie Prince Jr. and Michael Prince, both of Albany, and Marion K. Prince Sr. of Leesburg; one grandchild, Zakiya Malone of Albany; and a grandmother, Sadie Harvey of Albany.
Meadows Funeral Home
Alice Loraine Jarvis
ALBANY - Alice Loraine Jarvis, 80, of 223 W. Third Ave., Albany, died Thursday, January 2, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Mathews Funeral Home
Frances Luckey
ALBANY - Frances "Jewel" Luckey of Albany died Thursday, January 2, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
James Lee Polite Sr.
ALBANY - The Rev. James Lee Polite Sr., 62, of 2606 Yorktown Avenue died Tuesday, December 31, 2002, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany with interment in Antioch Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Daniel Simmons, pastor, and the Rev. Donnie Ray Hall will officiate.
A native of Worth County, the Rev. Polite was pastor of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Albany and Friendship Baptist Church in Chula. He was also a truck driver for Concrete Enterprises Inc. of Albany. He was a member of New Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Acree. He was a former member of the Masonic Lodge, former president of the YMPC and chairman of the Blue Springs Missionary Baptist Union Meeting. He attended Worth County public schools.
Survivors include his wife, Angela Jackson-Polite of Albany; one daughter, Dorothy Wright of Albany; four sons, James Polite Jr. of Clearwater, Fla., Anthony W. Polite and Kelvin C. Polite, both of Albany, and Anthony G. Clark of Atlanta; one sister, Anna Frazier-McCray of Albany; three brothers, the Rev. Dr. Raymond Polite and Prince Polite, both of Albany, and Linton Polite of South Bend, Ind.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The remains of the Rev. Polite will lie-in-state at the church Saturday morning from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour.
Meadows Funeral Home
Carl Jackson Putnal
ALBANY - Carl Jackson Putnal, 66, of Fort Gaines, GA, died Thursday, January 2, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. His remains have been cremated.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fort Gaines Baptist Church and a second service will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Airline Baptist Church in Mayo, FL. The Rev. Jeff Hines, the Rev. Caron Harn, and the Rev. Austin Kelly will officiate.
Mr. Putnal was a native of Mayo, FL, and had lived in Fort Gaines for the last eight years where he was a member and deacon at Fort Gaines Baptist Church. He was the owner and operator of Putnal's Pine Straw. He retired from Buckeye Paper Mill in Perry, FL, and was a retired farmer.
He is survived by his wife, Andrey Putnal of Fort Gaines, GA; son, Mark L. Putnal and his wife Karen of Tallahassee, FL; two daughters, Tammy Putnal Roberts and her husband Mike of Mayo, FL and Shona Putnal Canup of Tallahassee, FL; brothers, Stafford Putnal of Macon, GA and Joedy Putnal of Albany; sisters, Tamsey Jackson of Mayo, FL, Ruth Kerby of Tampa, FL, Pansy Dendy of Columbus, GA, Lillie Mae Wadsworth of Ft. Gaines and Louise Bell of Lilburn, GA; grandchildren, Olivia Putnal, Stephen Putnal, Dakota Putnal, Damien Walker, Edward Canup Jr., Kaylee Roberts and Kristyn Roberts; 33 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Zack Putnal, J.W. Putnal, Homer T. Putnal and Harry Putnal.
The family will receive friends following the funeral services in Ft. Gaines, GA, and Mayo, FL.
Those desiring may send memorials to Fort Gaines Baptist Church, c/o Youth Ministry, 207 E. Hartford, Ft. Gaines, GA 39851.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Doris D. Smith
ALBANY - Doris D. Smith, 85, of 1904 Palmyra Road, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers.
The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Kimbrell-Stern with interment in Crown Hill Cemetery. Ross Powell will officiate.
A native of Headland, AL, Mrs. Smith had lived in Albany since 1960, and was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Robert Smith Jr., and daughter, Nancy Smith Bell.
Survivors include a son, Robert Smith and wife Teresa of Leesburg; grandson, Robbie Smith of Leesburg; six sisters, Bernice Murphy of Newville, AL, Myrtle Horne of Moultrie, Elizabeth Kenney and husband Doug of Athens, Rosa Roberts of Montezuma, Sylvia Knopp and husband James Sr. of Macon, and Miriam Andrews of Montezuma; brother, Larry Deal and wife Joyce of Athens.
Those desiring please make memorials to the American Heart Association.
The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern from 6 p.m.- 8 p.m. today.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Willie Lee Sutton
ALBANY - Willie Lee Sutton, 87, of 620 W. First Ave., Albany, died Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Meadows Funeral Home
