Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Burma Connell
December 19, 1922 - May 12, 2005
Mrs. Burma Lee Connell, 82, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2005, in Edison, Ga.
Mrs. Connell was born on December 19, 1922, in Grady County, Ga., to the late William Alvie and Effie Rehberg Lee. She was a bookkeeper and homemaker currently residing in Edison, and was a member of the Edison United Methodist Church.
A service was held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2005, at the Edison United Methodist Church, followed by a graveside service at 4:30 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Ga. The Rev. Michael DeFore officiated.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Edison United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 303, Edison, GA 39846.
Survivors include: husband, L. B. Connell, to whom she was married
on October 31, 1947, Edison; son and daughter-in-law, William Connell and Valorie, Naperville, Ill.; daughter, Lafaye Kiely, Phoenix, Ariz.; grandchildren, Christopher B. Connell, Tallahassee, Fla., Lockett Kiely, Pensacola, Fla., and Layla Kiely, Phoenix; sisters and brother-in-law, Maurice Connell and Bill, Cairo, Jane Maxwell, Cairo, Martha Harrison and Buryl, Climax, Ga.; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Marjorie Chambliss, Pelham, Rebecca Wheeler, Thomasville, Ga., Rosa Whigham, Cairo, Earl Connell and wife Shirley, McDonough, Ga., Frank Connell and wife Judy, Thomasville; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
James Dowdy
September 11, 1934 - May 12, 2005
Mr. James William Dowdy, 70, passed away on Friday, May 12, 2005, at his residence on Old Newton Road, Pelham, Ga.
Mr. Dowdy was born on September 11, 1934, in Dodge County, Ga., to the late Ben Dowdy and the Late Lois Burnum Dowdy. He was a carpenter and a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in Korea. He was a member of the Springhill Christian Church.
Services were held at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2005, at the Springhill Christian Church with Mr. Herman Pope officiating. iIntermentfollowed in the Springhill Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joshua Butler, Blake Butler, Jason Jenkins, V. J. Dowdy, David West IV, Bud Willoughby, Bo Yeomans and Ben Washington.
Honorary pallbearers included Rupert Vick, Carroll Cone, Larry Cone and Alex Aldridge.
Survivors include: wife, Jessie M. Dowdy, to whom he was married
on March 2, 1958, Pelham; son and daughter-in-law, Van Dowdy and Donice, Meigs; daughter and son-in-law, Tammy Butler and Freddie, Pelham; daughter, Valarie West, Crawfordville, Fla.; sister, Lois Dowdy, Conyers, Ga.; uncle and aunt, Van and Lela Burnum; aunts, Lola Burnum and Patsy Rozier; 9 grandchildren, Joshua Butler, Blake Butler, V. J. Dowdy and Debra, David West IV, Holli D. Josey, Destin and Jason Jenkins, Chelsie and Bud Willoughby, Ashley Schuman; 7 great-grandchildren, Connor Prince, Aubri Josey, Kayden Dowdy, Davin Dowdy, Abby Jenkins, Taylor Willoughby and Gage Willoughby.
He was preceded in death by a son, Kevin Dowdy.
Braswell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Cecil Dozier
September 19, 1929 - May 8, 2005
Mr. Cecil Lee Dozier, 75, passed away on Sunday, May 8, 2005, at Archbold Memorial Hospital, Thomasville, Ga.
Mr. Dozier was born on September 19, 1929, in Houston County, Ala., to the late John and Annie Watkins Dozier. He was a retired city of Cairo heavy equipment operator and was currently residing in Meigs, Ga. He was married
to the late Nona Hurst Dozier, and was a member of the Hilltop Bible Baptist Church, Cairo, Ga.
Services were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2005, at the Hilltop Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Glen Scoggins and the Rev. Ronald Bass officiating. iIntermentfollowed in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo.
Survivors include: sons, John E. Dozier and Chad Wesley Dozier, both of Meigs; sister, Effie D. Cumbie, Cairo; brother, Theo Dozier, Cairo; grandchildren, Mindy Lynn Godwin, Richard Lee Dozier and Chad Wesley Dozier Jr., all of Meigs, Athena Maria Munoz, Kayla Dozier and Ian Dozier, all of Cairo, John Dozier and Cecil Dozier, both of Pelham, Ga.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Camille Killens
June 7, 1957 - May 6, 2005
Ms. Camille Ann Killens, 47, passed away on May 6, 2005, at Providence Hospital, Detroit, Mich., after an extended illness.
Ms. Killens was born on June 7, 1957, in Detroit to the late Noble and Delores Killens. She was educated in the Detroit public schools and earned a bachelor of arts degree in journalism at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., leading to a career as a research book editor in Detroit.
Services were held at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 13, 2005, in the chapel of the Cloud & Son Funeral Home, Cairo, Ga., with the Rev. H. L. Flowers Jr. officiating. iIntermentfollowed in the Cairo City Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were friends of the family.
Survivors include: sisters, Kathleen C. Killens, Idlewild, Mich., and Monica C. Gant, Columbus, Ohio; and aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
The Cloud & Son Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Judy Lewis
March 16, 1948 - May 12, 2005
Mrs. Judy Kay Hopkins Lewis, 56, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2005, at her home in Grady County of cancer.
Mrs. Lewis was born on March 16, 1948, in Thomasville, Ga., to E. D. Hopkins and the late Peggy Godwin Hopkins of Cairo, Ga. She had worked with the Grady County Board of Education and was presently a receptionist with WCTV, Tallahassee, Fla. She was a lifelong resident of Grady County, and was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cairo and the Mary-Martha Sunday School Class.
Services were held at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2005, at First Baptist Church, Cairo, with Dr. Joe Allen, the Rev. John Paul Hasick and Dr. Ron McCaskill officiating. iIntermentfollowed at Greenwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wallace Pope, Johnny Hopkins, Sid Pridgen, Barry Pollock, Johnny Tuggle, Keith Harrell, Wilkes Nicholson and Carroll Bryan.
Memorials may be made to the Davis Fund, First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1538, Cairo, GA 39828.
Survivors include: husband, Walter Harvey Lewis, to whom she was married
on December 24, 1966, Cairo; son and daughter-in-law, Walter Harvey Lewis II and Sherry, Pelham, Ga.; daughter, Jenna Katherine Lewis, San Antonio, Texas; father and stepmother, E. D. and Dorothy Hopkins, Cairo; grandchildren, Amara Irene Lewis, San Antonio, Walter Seth Lewis, Pelham, and Sydney Leigh Lewis, Pelham; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sherolyn and Mike Eller, Waverly, Tenn., Anita and Roger Singletary, Whigham, Ga., and Peggy Gwenelle and Dean Glascock, Old Hickory, Tenn.; brother and sister-in-law, Dave and Cheryl Hopkins, Cairo.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Joel Merritt
October 11, 1927 - May 10, 2005
Mr. Joel L. Merritt, 77, passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at the Presbyterian Home in Quitman, Ga.
Mr. Merritt was born on October 11, 1927, in Brooks County, Ga., to the late Joel A. and Lottie Bell Chason Merritt. He was retired, and had been for many years the owner and operator of the Cairo Shoe Shop. He was married
to the late Janey Ferrell Merritt, and was a member of the Cairo Presbyterian Church.
Services were held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the Cairo Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Steve Poppell officiating. iIntermentfollowed at the Singletary Cemetery, Cairo, Ga.
Active pallbearers were Richard Ferrell, Scotty Keith, Dan Carter, Jerry Salters, Larry Brinkley and Marvin Bell.
Survivors include; son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Kelly Butler, Climax, Ga.; daughters and son-in-law, Lynn and Bobby Dollar, Cumming, Ga., and Sue Merritt, Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Robbie Dollar and Julie Dollar, both of Cumming, and Alicia Ponder, Climax; sisters, Mildred Sellers, Macon, Ga., and Virginia Conner, Riverdale, Ga.; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Lonnie Royals Jr.
September 3, 1913 - May 15, 2005
Mr. Lonnie D. Royals Jr., 91, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2005, at Grady General Hospital, Cairo, Ga.
Mr. Royals was born on September 3, 1913, in Climax, Ga., to the late Lonnie Divine Royals Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Stevens Royals. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in World War II. He was a farmer and a member of the Pine Park Baptist Church, Cairo, Ga.
Services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at the Pine Park Baptist Church with the Rev. Gordon Cloud officiating. iIntermentfollowed in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were the deacons of the Pine Park Church and Mr. James Powell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pine Park Baptist Church building fund, 110 Powell St., Cairo, GA 39828.
Survivors include: a sister, Edna R. Barbee, Cairo; nieces and nephews, Shirley Fielder, Clewiston, Fla., Mary Cuthbert, Pelham, Ga., Lamar Cummings, Cairo, Bobby Cummings, Thomasville, Ga., Jerry Cummings, Bradenton, Fla., Chestine Palmer, Pelham, John Lodge, Whigham, Ga., Randy Lodge, Whigham, Gary Lodge, Moultrie, Ga., Timothy Lodge, Moultrie, Michelle Currerri, Hollywood, Fla., Jean Ansley, Cairo, and Rayford Barbee, Albany, Ga.; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Gilbert Stewart
August 11, 1925 - May 13, 2005
Mr. Gilbert T. Stewart, 79, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2005, at the Pinewood Nursing Home, Whigham, Ga.
Mr. Stewart was born on August 11, 1925, in Mitchell County, Ga., to the late Oscar Andrew and Docia Mae Holland Stewart. He had been sanitation superintendent for the city of Cairo, and was a member of the Friendship United Methodist Church, Cairo, Ga.
Services were held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2005, at the Friendship United Methodist Church with the Rev. Allen Hartsfield and the Rev. Wendell Hollingsworth officiating. iIntermentfollowed at Cairo Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bobby Collins, Willie Harrison, Tommy Pyles, Allen Wickland, David Stewart and Frank Roebuck.
Honorary pallbearers included the Golden K Club, Dwight Lodge, Winford Powe, Adolph Edwards and Alphonso Williams.
Survivors include: wife, Martha F. Stewart, to whom he was married
on February 5, 1948, Cairo; sister, Lora Will Joyner, Cairo; nieces and nephews, Medford Stewart and wife Jane, Cairo, Glenda Harrison and husband Spencer, Ochlocknee, Ga., and Robert Joyner, Cairo; great-nieces and great-nephews, Trent and Juana Stewart, Cairo, Tracie and Wandell Asbell, Cairo, Kelly and Michael Crosby, Cairo, Spence and Holly Harrison, Ochlocknee, Cameron and John Dupree, Ochlocknee; great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews, Mallory and Taylor Stewart, Cairo, Morgan and Austin Asbell, Cairo, Ben Crosby, Cairo, and Stewart Harrison, Ochlocknee.
Clark Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Terrell
September 7, 1920 - January 22, 2005
Mrs. Margaret Gainous Terrell, 84, passed away on January 22, 2005, in Aberdeen, Washington.
Mrs. Terrell was born on September 7, 1920, in Grady County, Ga., to the late Daniel H. Gainous and Fannie Dollar. She worked as a stenographer, later owning and operating an antique business, and was a homemaker. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and Beta Sigma Phi. Mrs. Terrell was married
to the late Steve Terrell on November 11, 1951.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2005, at the Springhill United Methodist Church with the Elder Max Childs officiating. iIntermentof her ashes will follow in the Springhill Church Cemetery.
Survivors include: son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Susie, Sedro Woolley, Wash.; daughter and son-in-law, Margo and Rick Putnam, Ocean Park, Wash.; 5 grandchildren, Rick, Kara, Chris, Frank and Megan; 3 brothers, Edwin H. Gainous, Tallahassee, Fla., Hershal E. Gainous and Roger H. Gainous, Cairo, Ga.; sister, Juanita Carney, Jacksonville, Fla.
She was preceded in death by her husband Steve Terrell in 1997, her parents, and two brothers, Johnny Gainous and Dewayne Gainous.
Braswell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
