Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Willa Pearl Prather
Dated: Jun 13, 2004
Willa Pearl Prather, 85, passed on Saturday June 12, 2004 at Baptist Village after a lengthy illness. Words cannot express our appreciation for the prayers, flowers, visits, phone calls, cards and encouragement given during this time. As her daughter Vicki says, she built a monument of love in the hearts of those who knew her. She was a beautiful lady indeed (inside and out), always keeping her hair in place and her pretty lipstick. No one could say Sugar, Hon or Darling like Mama. She will be greatly missed by all her friends and loved ones; but, it was time to let go and let God have her back.
Willa Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Bradley Ewing Prather, who passed June 2002 in Decatur, GA; which was their home for 32 years. They were members of Snellville Church of Christ. Bradley was one of the 12 children of Vesta and Ridley Justice Prather of Lagrange.
Viewing for last respects in Waycross at Miles-Odum Funeral Home will be on Monday from 6-8 p.m. and in Lagrange at Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home on Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.
Graveside services will follow at Restlawn cemetery of Camellia in Lagrange Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.
Willa Pearl created a family of 5 children: Dorothy June Coleman, which preceded her in death, Larry Paul Still, Delton, FL, Bradley Ronald Prather, New Salisbury, Indiana, Vicki Prather Davis, Waycross, Stephen Joel Prather, Waycross; 9 grandchildren: Debbie, Tammy, Ronnie, Margie, Shawn, Sherrice, Jason, Chad, Brad; 8 great-grandchildren: Sandra Gail, Janet, William, Derek, Alex, Aaron, Andrew, Ethan; and 3 great-great-grandchildren: Austin, Brittany, and Amber. Willa Pearl also loved Mike and Donna Grier and Velinda Bishop like her own. Pearl and Bradley were wonderful role models in their late years and will live forever in our hearts and memories. May you rest in peace.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lillian (Anderson) Dowling
Dated: Jan 24, 2004
Lillian (Anderson) Dowling, 81, of Waycross died Friday evening at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. A native of Ware County she had lived here for most of her life. She was retired from Waycross Molded Products, a member of VFW Auxiliary #4382 and of the Baptist faith. Her parents were the late Joe Anderson and Matilda Douglas Anderson. She was also preceded in death by her husband Albert Dowling, a daughter, Kay Hiott, great-grandson, Hunter Lamb, sisters, Frances Mizell, Vernon Jenkins, Nina Mae Wainwright, her brothers, C.C. Anderson and Edward Anderson.
Survivors include three sons, Monroe Bennett, wife Jeannette, Blackshear, James W. (Billy) Bennett, wife Janice, Jacksonville, FL, Ricky Crowle, wife Robin, Waycross, one daughter, Annette Jones, Waycross, eight grandchildren, Melissa Womack, Hawaii, Jay Jones, Hoboken, Robin Jones Sweat, Augusta, Mark Bennett, Atlanta, Tammy Bennett, Blackshear, Brandi Parks, Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, Rick Crowle, Waycross, Wes Hiott, Savannah, one sister, Mattie Lou Aldridge, Waycross, four brothers, B.J. Anderson, Waycross, Carl Anderson, Waycross, Roy Anderson, Waycross, Marvin Anderson, Waycross, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday morning at 11:00 am at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow in the Greenlawn Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends Monday evening from six until eight p.m. at the funeral home.
The family requested that members of the VFW Auxillary #4382 serve as honorary pallbearers and are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
The family will be gathering at the home her daughter Annette Jones, 810 Whispering Pines Trail, Waycross, GA.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Alva Lee “Chick” Brown, Jr.
Dated: Jan 24, 2004
Alva Lee “Chick” Brown, Jr., 78, of Waycross died Saturday morning at the Memorial Medical Center in Savannah after an extended illness. A native of Buena Vista, GA, he moved back to Waycross in 1997 after retiring in Savannah. His parents were the late Alva Lee Brown, Sr. and Mary Perkins Brown. He was also preceded in death by his wife Verla M. Brown, one brother, Alex Brown, sister-in-law, Mable Ann Price.
Survivors include five children, Linda Downs (husband Kenny), Savannah, Jerry Wallace Hagan (wife Tullala), Rincon, GA, Wanda P. Miller, Savannah, Charlotte Cianciarula, Geneva, FL, Marcia Hall (husband Greg), Gallipolis, Ohio, 16 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, sister-in-laws, Vonice Carter, Waycross, Virginia Douglas, Waycross, Pat Brown, Decatur, AL, brother-in-laws, Marcus Paul Cox (wife Juanita), Waycross, Ruil Cox (wife Linda), Fayetteville, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Olivet Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Piney Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friend Monday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. Louise Harrell
Dated: Feb 1, 2004
Mrs. Louise Harrell, 83, of Waycross died Saturday night at her residence after an extended illness. Born in Coffee County to the late Jerry and Victoria Googe she had made her home in Waycross for the past 55 years. She was a retired hairdresser and a member of the City Blvd Church of Christ. Along with her parents, Mrs. Harrell was preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters.
Mrs. Harrell is survived by her husband Carl “Bud” Harrell, Jr., of Waycross, four children, Waunett Tyre and her husband Lyrece of Satsuma, Florida, Trudie Clark and her husband Edgar of Blackshear, Victoria Hightower and her husband Tim of St. Simons Island, Carl Randall Harrell and his wife Marissa of Palm Harbor, Florida, her grandchildren, Lee Clark of Blackshear, Chanteil Clark of St. Mary’s, Craig Clark of Statesboro, Carlette Clark of Naples, Italy, Jeffrey Tyre of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Tambray Moxley of Hernando, Mississippi, Corina Karlon of California, Jade Kittles of St. Simons, Craig and Casey Hull of Tarpon Springs, Florida, Saphara Harrell of Tarpon Springs, Florida, sixteen great-grandchildren, a care giver, Cheryl Monroe of Waycross and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Miles-Odum Funeral Home, burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.
George Huey Corbitt, Jr.
Dated: Feb 5, 2004
Mr. George Huey Corbitt, Jr., 56, of Waycross died Thursday evening at his residence after an extended illness. He was a native of Clinch County although he had lived most of his life in Ware County. Mr. Corbitt was a retired Car Dealer and Auctioneer and was a member of Emerson Park Baptist Church. His parents were the late George H. Corbitt, Sr. and Eddie Taylor Corbitt.
Survivors include his wife Lynell Carver Corbitt, Waycross, one daughter, Tammy Boatright (husband Darrell), four sons, Eddie Corbitt (wife Susan), Waynesville, Tony Corbitt (wife Rhonda), Raybon, GA, Danny Mock, Jr. (wife Angie), Hoboken, Dennis Mock (wife Marie), Atkinson, one step-son, Randy Rowell (wife Sherry), Lulation, GA, three sisters, Vickey Ricker (husband Charles), Greenville, TN, Phyllis Cook (husband Bobby), Greenville, TN, Lois (husband Glenn), Milledgeville, GA, one brother, Phillip Corbitt, Greenville, TN, ten grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a special nephew, Shawn Johnson, Greenville, TN, two special nieces, Amy and Sunny Ricker, Greenville, TN, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Evelyn and John Fulford, Holly Hill, FL, George and Irma Carver, Marietta, GA, Carl and Diane Carver, Waycross, a number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 pm at the Emerson Park Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Booth Cemetery.
Mr. Corbitt will be carried to his residence Friday afternoon at 2:00 pm and will remain there until taken to the church one hour prior to the service.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Charlie H. Vickers
Dated: Feb 7, 2004
Mr. Charlie Horace Vickers, 83, of Waycross died Saturday morning (Feb. 7, 2003) at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He was a native of Berrien County, GA and had lived in Waycross since 1952. Mr. Vickers served in the U.S. Air Force from January 1941 to October, 1945, the later 18 months of which was served in China, Burma, and India, theatre of operations. Mr. Vickers and his wife operated their own “5 & 10 Store” and later managed stores for Dixieland 5 & 10 store chain, and worked for Enfield’s 3M Company of Jacksonville where many businesses and educational facilities purchased their first copier from him. In 1970, Sirmans-Vickers Construction Company was formed. Mr. Vickers’ company built the Okefenokee Golf and Country Club, numerous banks, churches and school buildings. In 1999 Mr. Vickers retired as the owner of Sirmans-Vickers Construction Company. Mr. Vickers was instrumental in organizing the Ware County Exchange Club where he served as vice-president of the new organization and then served three months as president, and later served two more terms as president. Mr. Vickers was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the Frank C. Folks Lodge, Scottish Rite Masons and a member of the Hasan Temple and Waycross Shrine Club, the B.P.O.E., where he served as trustee for six years, the Okefenokee Country Club and Georgia Association of General Contractors, serving on the board of directors two terms. His parents were the late Rev. Charlie H. Vickers and Addie Youngblood Vickers. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Harvey Vickers, and a sister, Ruby Clements.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Irma Barber Vickers, Waycross, one son, Danny K. Vickers, St. Petersburg, FL, two daughters, Charlotte Capps (husband Morris), Waycross, Sharon Vickers, Waycross, two grandchildren, Daniel Tillman, Jr., Albany, Daphne Jones (husband Jeff), Waycross, three great-grandchildren, Matthew, Alex, and Britton Jones, one brother, Jack Vickers (wife Lavonia), Eastman, one sister, Minnie Allen, Nashville, GA, numerous, nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Monday afternoon at 4:00 pm at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment will follow in the Greenlawn Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends Sunday evening from six until eight pm at the funeral home.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Ronald Keithley Harper
Dated: Feb 12, 2004
Mr. Ron Harper, 70, of Waycross died Thursday morning at his residence after an extended illness. Born in Morven, Georgia to the late Bertie W. Harper and Melba Chambless Harper he had made his home in Waycross for the past thirty-four years. He was a graduate of the University of Georgia, School of Forestry, and went on to work as Division Land Manager for Brunswick Pulp and Paper Company. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the Okefenokee Golf and Country Club. Mr. Harper was a veteran of the United States Army. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Bert Harper of Cairo, Myron 'Dutch' Harper of Homerville, and a sister Edith Utter of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Mr. Harper is survived by his wife Anne Jensen Harper of Waycross; two sons, Ronald Keithley Harper, Jr., and his wife Alayna of Newnan, Georgia, and Christian Roy Harper and his wife Carrie of Albuquerque, New Mexico; two grandsons, Devon and Griffin Harper of Albuquerque, New Mexico; a sister, Roma Gene Harper of Tybee Island, Georgia and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, entombment will follow in the Greenlawn Mausoleum. The family will receive friends Saturday night from 7-9 p.m. at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home. The Pill-Pullers of the Okefenokee Golf and Country Club will serve as honorary pallbearers and are asked to gather at the church by 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Julia Calhoun (Hafford) Callaway
Dated: Feb 13, 2004
Mrs. Julia Calhoun Hafford Callaway, 84, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina died Friday February 6, 2004, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Mrs. Callaway was born September 2, 1919, in Ware County, Georgia to John C. Calhoun and Julia Moxley Calhoun. She graduated from Wacona High School in 1937. She moved to Winston-Salem from Stone Mountain, GA., in 1969. Mrs. Callaway was a member of College Park Baptist Church in Winston-Salem and a member of the College Parkers. She retired from Baptist Retirement Home of Winston-Salem as the recreation director. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Wilbur A. Hafford, originally of Waycross, and her second husband, Clyde L. Callaway, of Winston-Salem.
She is survived by a son, David A. Hafford and his wife Maria of Lewisville, North Carolina, a granddaughter, Andrea Fairchild and her husband Jeremy of Burlington, North Carolina, a grandson, Daniel Hafford of Lynchburg, Virginia, a sister, Blanche Elder of Auburn, Georgia, a sister-in-law, Lois Hafford Groszmann of Waycross, and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Monday morning at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.
Roger L. Davis
Dated: Feb 14, 2004
Roger L. Davis, 57, of Brunswick died suddenly after a brief illness Friday afternoon at the Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center. Born in Waycross to W.B. “Bunt” Davis and Mary Lea Shipes Davis he had made his home in Waycross for most of his life. A job transfer moved him to Brunswick for the past fifteen years. Mr. Davis worked twenty-nine years as a Hearing Officer for the Georgia Department of Labor. He had been a member of Central Baptist Church since his early childhood. He was a 1964 graduate of Ware County High School and went on to attend Georgia Southern University. Mr. Davis was an avid bowler and golfer and was a member of the Brunswick Country Club. He was preceded in death by his father W.B. “Bunt” Davis.
Mr. Davis is survived by his mother, Mary Lea Davis of Waycross, a sister, Martha Brantley and her husband Ricky of Waycross, a nephew, Britt Brantley of Valdosta and a niece, Brooke Hamrick and her husband Charlie of Valdosta, three uncles, Jim Davis, Jack Davis both of Troy, AL., Gene Shipes and his wife Judy of Waycross, an aunt, Ona Davis and her husband Myrle of Troy, AL., and several cousins.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday morning at Central Baptist Church, burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday evening at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home. Employees of the Brunswick and Waycross Department of Labor as well as the Golden Isles Bowling Association have been requested to served as honorary pallbearers and are asked to gather at the church by 10:30 a.m. Monday.
Evelyn (Crews) Lairsey
Dated: Apr 6, 2004
Evelyn Crews Lairsey, 85, of Waycross died Tuesday morning at Satilla Regional Medical Center after a short illness. Mrs. Lairsey was a native of Charlton County and had lived in Waycross most of her life. She assisted her husband, Lewis Crawford Lairsey Sr., who preceded her in death in 1983 in the South Georgia Auto Parts Business, was a homemaker, and a member of New Life Assembly of God. A devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, whose priority in life was to share her love of God with her children and others. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Dellar (Brooker) Crews, one step-daughter, Agnes L. Rockwell, two step-sons, Calvin Lairsey and LeRoy Lairsey, one brother, Alvin Crews.
Survivors include two daughters, Margie L. Raulerson (husband Tommy), Waycross, Dorcas L. Tuttle (husband Cecil), Waycross, four sons, Billy G. Lairsey (wife Delores), Waycross, L.C. Lairsey, Jr. (wife Charlotte), Waycross, Gary G. Lairsey (wife Billie Ann), Wahiawa, Hawaii, L. Phil Lairsey (wife Janet), Waycross, 18 grandchildren, a number of step-grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, three sisters, Allene Griffin, Tifton, GA, Zella Gaines, Folkston, Jenny Hilton, Williamsburg, VA, one brother, Charles Crews, Waycross, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am Friday at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Oakland Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from six until eight p.m. at the funeral home.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Winnie M. (Trowell) Carter
Dated: May 14, 2004
Winnie M. (Trowell) Carter, 81 of Waycross died Thursday evening at the Satilla Care Center. A native of Cogdell, GA she had lived in Waycross for most of her life. She attended the Waycross Primitive Baptist Church. Her parents were the late Joe B. Trowell and Mary Steedley Trowell. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Roy Ashley Martin, Joe Randall Curran, two brothers, Joe Randall Trowell, Leon Trowell, one sister, Lillian Carver.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Curran Aaron (husband Gerald), Poteau, OK, Sue Martin Phillips, Twentynine Palms, CA, one son, Bobby Preston Martin (wife Faye), Campobello, SC, a special cousin, Viola Corbitt (husband Cicero), 15 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Saturday afternoon at 4:00 pm at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Kettle Creek Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Ozella (Crews) Allison
Dated: Jun 2, 2004
Ozella (Crews) Allison, 83, of Waycross died Wednesday morning at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Allison was born in Winokur, GA and had lived in Waycross for most of her life. She was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church. Her parents were the late Perry and Maggie Johns Crews. She was also preceded in death by one son, Staten “Buddy” Pierce.
Survivors include her husband, James Allison, Waycross, one daughter, Elaine Smith (husband Thomas), Waycross, three grandchildren, Danny Smith (wife Kim), Blackshear, Tony Smith (wife Susan), Waycross, Donnie Smith (wife Shannon), Waynesville, two sisters, Rochelle Lee and Tiny Wiggs, both of Brantley County, three brothers, Rudy Crews, J.B. Crews, Ed Crews, all of Brantley County, several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
A funeral service will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from six until eight p.m. at the funeral home.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
