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Judy Elaine Roberts
COLQUITT - Judy Elaine Roberts, 55, of Brinson, died Saturday, February 1, 2003 at her residence.
A graveside funeral service will be held today (Monday), 2:30 p.m. in New Home Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, with the Rev. Billy Dawson officiating.
Born February 20, 1947 in Seminole County, Mrs. Roberts was office manager of John B. Sanfalepo Peanut Company and a member of Brinson Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jimmy King of Brinson; mother, Ruby Roberts of Colquitt; two sisters, Beatrice Burke of Iron City and Betty Tucker of Donalsonville; a brother, Roger Roberts of Pompano Beach, FL; two grandchildren, Vance Bailey and Elizabeth Bailey, both of Colquitt; and a son-in-law, Mac Bailey of Colquitt; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by her father, Vann Roberts and daughter, Rene' Bailey.
Active pallbearers: Stanley Lane, Roger Lane, Norma Hornsby, Vicky Davis, Larry Lane and Wanda Phillips.
Colquitt Funeral Home
Sylvia Barnes Vosburg
FITZGERALD - Sylvia Barnes Vosburg, 57, of Fitzgerald, died Saturday evening, February 1, 2003. The family will receive friends at the Paulk Funeral Home in Fitzgerald from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. today (Monday). Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dunn's Cemetery in Newport, TN.
Paulk Funeral Home and Manes Funeral Home
Newport, TN 423/623-6952
James Luther Gauntt
ALBANY - The graveside funeral service of James Luther Gauntt, 84, of 116 Thornton Drive, who died Sunday, February 2, 2003, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Langdale Cemetery in Valley, AL. The Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate.
A native of Chambers County, AL, Mr. Gauntt had resided in Albany since 1958. He was the former owner and operator of Cedars Nursery, retiring several years ago. He was a Navy veteran serving during World War II, a member of the American Legion Post #30, and a member of Westview Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Monteen Horne Gauntt of Albany; a stepson, William E. McCullough Jr. and his wife Sandi of Albany; a stepdaughter, Susan McCullough Hall Robbins and her husband Ernie of Albany; and four step grandchildren, Kristie McCullough Sadler, Kelley Elizabeth Hall Curl, William E. McCullough III, and Donald Matthew Hall.
The family will receive friends from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today at Mathews Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Westview Baptist Church, 205 S. Magnolia St., Albany, GA 31707.
Mathews Funeral Home
Mary Frances Joiner
ALBANY - Mary Frances Joiner of Albany died Sunday, February 2, 2003, at Porter Residential Hospice in Denver, CO.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Lenon Bernard Merritt
ALBANY - Lenon Bernard Merritt, 50, of 1508 E. Society died Saturday, February 1, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service
Troyce V. White
SYLVESTER - Troyce V. White, 72, of Albany, died Sunday, February 2, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. today at Beacon Baptist Church in Albany with interment in Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester. The Rev. Chuck Auschwitz and Guy Ditty will officiate.
Firefighters will serve as active pallbearers.
Born May 8, 1930, in Worth County, Mr. White had lived in Albany since 1980, moving from Sylvester where he had lived most of his life. He was retired from the Sylvester Fire Department and M.C.L.B. Fire Department. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He was a member and deacon of Beacon Baptist Church, a member of the Adult Sunday School Class and the Brotherhood. He was also a member of the Firemen's Association. He was a Master Mason with Worth Lodge 194 F.&A.M. and served as worthy patron of the Eastern Star in Worth County.
Survivors include his wife, Nadine McKenzie White of Albany; son, Tommy and (Tina) White of Albany; five sisters, Verene Bryant of Sylvester, Olene Massey of Sylvester, Yvonne Saylor of Tifton, Eudora Webb of Atlanta and Christine Young of Calhoun; two grandchildren, Kody and Kylie White.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Alfred Jessie White and Alma Goff White.
Banks Funeral Home
Tollie Barrett
CAIRO - Tollie Barrett of Cairo died Sunday, February 2, 2003.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Capel Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery.
Clark Funeral Home
Mrytle Louise Boysel
FITZGERALD - Mrytle "Merle" Louise Boysel, 77, of Fitzgerald died Sunday, February 2, 2003, at Dorminy Medical Center.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with services to follow the visitation.
Southern Heritage Funeral Home
Sherman Chappell
FORT GAINES - Funeral services for Sherman Chappell, 82, who died Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at Southwest GA Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, will be held at 1 p.m. today at Brown Chapel AME Church in Fort Gaines with burial to follow in Macedonia Baptist Church cemetery.
Lewis Mortuary
Charles Frederick Childress Sr.
MANASSAS, Va. - Charles Frederick Childress Sr., 80, of Manassas, VA, died Saturday, February 1, 2003, at Prince William Hospital, Manassas.
Mr. Childress was a member of Manassas St. Thomas United Methodist Church where he was a member of the Methodist Men's group. Mr. Childress was a veteran of WW II serving in the U.S. Marines, participating in the battle of Okinawa. He was Vice President of First Virginia Bank and then manager of the Fairfax County Police Association Club.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, June F. Childress, his children, Nancy Childress Bowen and her husband, Thomas Gary of Burke, Charles Frederick "Fred" Childress and his wife, Deborah Ward of New Baltimore; four sisters, Virginia Lee Holmes of Eufaula, AL, Ruth Melton South of Birmingham, AL, Lillian Lamar Taylor of Cuthbert, GA, Sara Francis Roberts of Americus, GA; two brothers, Henry Eugene Childress of Covington, GA, and Billy Roland Childress of Cuthbert, GA.
Also surviving are six grandchildren, Michael Conley Bowen, Daniel Clay Childress, Adam Charles Bowen, Rebecca Elizabeth Childress, Stephanie Rose Childress and Calvin Benjamin Childress.
The family will receive friends from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. and 7 p.m.-9 p.m. today at Price Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at Manassas St. Thomas United Methodist Church with the Rev. Robert S. Brookover III. Leslie Oakes and the Rev. Glen Holm officiating. Interment will follow at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle with full military honors.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of flowers or contributions to Hospice of Northern Virginia, Prince William Clinical Office, 9540 Center St., Suite 300, Manassas, VA 20110 or to Manassas St. Thomas United Methodist Church, 8899 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20110 in memory of Charles Frederick Childress Sr.
Price Funeral Home
Manassas, VA
Jerry Rufus Cole
MOULTRIE - Jerry Rufus Cole, 57, of 428 Smokey Bear Road, Norman Park, died Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at Augusta Burn Center in Augusta.
The graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Phillip Robinson will officiate.
A native of Worth County, Mr. Cole was born October 17, 1945. He was a crane operator and was employed by Southern Concrete. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Cole's parents were the late Emma Flannigan Cole and Jesse Cole.
Survivors include his wife, Sue Harrell Cole of Norman Park; five sons; three brothers, Bill Cole and wife Nancy of Albany, Freddie Cole and wife Carolyn of Fitzgerald, and John Cole of Albany; a sister, Patty Wolford and husband Randy of Houston, TX; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Southeastern Firefighters' Burn Foundation, 3614 J. Dewey Gray Circle, Building C, Augusta, GA 30909.
Cobb Funeral Chapel
Mae Eva Curtis
FORT GAINES - Mae Eva Curtis died Friday, January 31, 2003, at Early Memorial Hospital in Blakely.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Lewis Mortuary
Florida Infant
DAWSON - Krystalyn A. Florida, two months, of 661 Billy Lark Road, Dawson, died Sunday, February 2, 2003, at the family residence.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Albritten's Funeral Service
Venara Kirkland Franklin
CUTHBERT - Venara Kirkland Franklin, 88, of Cuthbert, died Monday, February 3, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Lunsford Funeral Home
Roy Alvin Gibson
ARLINGTON - Roy Alvin Gibson, 56, of 333 Morgan Rd., Apt. 12, Arlington, died Sunday, February 2, 2003, at Calhoun Memorial Hospital emergency room.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Arlington Church of God with interment at 3 p.m. in Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. Brother Terrell Mann and Brother Ralph Temples will officiate.
A native of Colquitt County, Mr. Gibson was born January 27, 1947. He had lived in Arlington for the past two years and had attended Arlington Church of God. He was the son of the late Paul Gibson and Ruby Jewell Barnes Gibson.
Survivors include a sister, Ann Register, of Arlington.
Visitation will be 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home
Blakely
Randall Lee Jackson
MOULTRIE - Randall Lee Jackson, 55, of 326 Monroe Jackson Road, Meigs, died Saturday, February 1, 2003, at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, Fla.
The funeral was held at 4 p.m. Monday at New Bethel Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery.
The family request that memorials please be made to Big Bend Hospice House, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, Fla. 32308-5428.
Cobb Funeral Chapel
Dorothy Free
ALBANY - Dorothy "Dot" Free, 75, of Albany, died Monday, February 3, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers following an illness.
Her funeral service will be at 11 AM Thursday at Kimbrell-Stern with interment to follow in Floral Memory Gardens by the graves of her parents, Walter and Mabel Overby. The Rev. Dr. Bill Eidenire will officiate.
A native of Albany, she was a graduate of Albany High School in 1944. Dot was crowned the Cotton Ball Queen at Radium Springs Casino in 1944. She attended Asbury College in Wilmore, KY, on a music scholarship. She loved to play the piano and organ for many churches where she had lived. In 1958, she married Robert M. Pollock Sr. who preceded her in death in 1993. A daughter, Kathleen Thompson, died in 1995. She was instrumental in starting a hospice program in Van Buren County, Iowa, after the death of her husband and daughter to cancer.
She had lived in various places in the midwest including St. Louis and Kimberling City, MO, Fairfield and Keosauqua, Iowa, where she was residing at the time she married Renno J. (R.J.) Free, in 1996. She moved back to Albany following her marriage to Mr. Free. In Albany, she was a member of PEO, Southwest Georgia Exchange Club and Lamad Chapel.
Survivors include her husband, Renno J. "R.J." Free of Albany; two sons, Robert M. Pollock Jr. and his wife Nancy of San Antonio, TX, and Curtis J. Pollock of Erba, UT; a daughter, Cynthia J. Thompson and her husband Bud of Kirksville, MO; three grandsons; one great-grandson; two brothers, Willard Overby of Escondida, CA, and Bo Overby of Gainesville, GA; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern from 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. today.
Those desiring may send memorials to Albany Community Hospice, P.O. Box 1828, Albany, GA 31702, or to Van Buren County Iowa Hospice, c/o Sandra Moradi, P.O. Box 8, Douds, Iowa, 52551.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Gladys Marie Hoyt Sokolowski
ALBANY - Gladys Marie Hoyt Sokolowski, 1508 Westwood Drive, died Tuesday, February 4, 2003.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Bertha Katherine Yeager
MARION, Ill. - Bertha Katherine Yeager, 81, of Marion, Ill., died at 11:45 a.m., Sunday, February 2, 2003, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion.
She was born in Wana, West Virginia, on September 2, 1921, the daughter of Frank and Bertha Lucretia (Copeland) Horner. She married James Ellwood Yeager September 24, 1938. He preceded her in death March 22, 1974.
Mrs. Yeager attended Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Marion. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW.
Survivors include a daughter, Ann Yeager of Marion, Ill; three sons, Larry Yeager of Albany, J.L. Yeager of Washington, Penn., and Richard Yeager of Moultrie; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Atchison and husband Cecil of Benton, Ill, and Pam LaRocca and husband Robert of Pittsburgh, Penn. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sons Ronald and Michael, three sisters and five brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton, Ill. with Pastor Carol Gericke officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Cemetery in Benton, Ill.
Morton & Johnston Funeral Home
Benton, Ill.
