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Martha Hines
PELHAM — Martha Hines, 56, of 4020 New Hope Rd., Pelham, died Sunday, February 5, 2006 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Nathaniel Thomas and Son Home for Funerals
Pelham
Alice Wells
COLQUITT — Alice Wells, 86, of Colquitt, died Saturday, February 4, 2006 at Miller County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sheffield Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow in Whites Bridge Cemetery. The Revs. Harold Burrell and Joe Romigh officiating.
Born on July 30, 1919 in Decatur County, Mrs. Wells was a homemaker and a member of Colquitt First Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters and two sons-in-law, Rennie Faye Bevis and Terry, and Maxine Summers and Kelley, both of Colquitt: two sons and a daughter-in-law, John Edward Wells and Marvin Wells Jr. and Suzanne, both of Colquitt; a sister, Hazel Wilkinson of Bainbridge; nine grandchildren, Al Summers, Suzanne Mears, Jeffery Bevis, Cissy Eldridge, Heather Smith, Chris Wells, Anna Jackson, Dana Nunnery and Leslie Brackin; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wells was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Wells.
Pallbearers are Al Summers, Timmy Mears, Jeffery Bevis, Bob Eldridge, Mitch Smith, Chuck Jackson, Jeff Nunnery, Chris Wells and Chad Brackin.
Visitation will be held today (Monday) from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Colquitt Funeral Home
Colquitt
Mary Clark
SYLVESTER — Mary (Maggie) Clark, 83, of Tampa, Fla., formerly of Worth County, Ga., died Sunday at University Community Hospital in Tampa, Fla. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today in Isabella Cemetery.
Banks Funeral Home
Sylvester
Melody Good
ALBANY — Melody Good, 45, of 1217 Eager Ave. died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Palmyra Medical Centers. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Martin Luther King Funeral Directors
Albany
Nina Mae Tompkins Green
ALBANY — Nina Mae Tompkins Green, 85, of 1904 Palmyra Rd. died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Meadows Funeral Home
Albany
Bill Littleton
SYLVESTER — Bill Littleton, 73, of Pine Glen Drive, Albany died Monday, March 13, 2006, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Banks Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Paulk's Chapel cemetery in Worth County. The family will receive friends today from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Banks Funeral Home
Sylvester
Eunice Owens
ALBANY — Eunice Owens, 92, of 1514 McArthur St. died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Martin Luther King Funeral Directors
Albany
Mary Della Sheffield
ALBANY — Mary Della Sheffield, 83, of Albany, died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital following an illness.
Her funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at Mercedes Baptist Church and the interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Russell Anglin will officiate.
Mrs. Sheffield a native of Blakely had lived in Albany since 1959. She was a long time, and faithful member of Mercedes Baptist Church. She loved her friends and family and loved her fellowship with them. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Leona Houston Batchelor, first husband, George Chestnut and Floyd Sheffield,; three sisters, Vernice BatchelorHay, Gola Batchelor Elliott and Lillian Batchelor Blackburn.
Survivors include two sons, Ellis Chestnut and his wife Bonnie of Leesburg, and Larry Chestnut and his wife Kathy of Albany; seven grandchildren, Robin Sturm, Pam Hammock, Troy Chestnut, Chris Chestnut, Kristy Chestnut, Dyan Chestnut and Carolyn Berry; six great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; and four sisters, Mildred Batchelor Norris, Nell Batchelor Stegall, Jeanette Batchelor Goolsby and Bobbie Batchelor Parker.
Those desiring may make memorials to Mercedes Baptist Church, 2623 Moultrie Rd., Albany, GA 31705.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany
Sara Mobley Shirley
ALBANY — Sara Mobley Shirley, 64, of 1554 Webb St., Albany, died Monday, March 13, 2006, at her residence. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Mathews Funeral Home
Albany
Tamara Smith
ALBANY — Tamara Smith, 42, of 218 Martindale Drive died Sunday, March 12, 2006. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Mathews Funeral Home
Albany
Betty Pilcher Spence
ALBANY — Betty Pilcher Spence, 75 of Albany died Sunday, March 12, 2006 at Evergreen Assisted Living in Albany.
Her funeral service will be held at 11 AM Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Christ United Methodist Church. The Reverends Bob Moon and Kent Miller will officiate.
Betty was born March 21, 1930 in Albany, and she moved with her family to Atlanta at an early age. Betty attended Girls High School of Atlanta and graduated from Brown High School, also in Atlanta. She graduated from the Emory University School of Nursing in 1948. She pursued her nursing career at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and at St. Mary's and Athens General Hospitals both in Athens. After the family moved to Albany in 1960, she nursed at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and was an instructor for the practical nursing class at the Albany Vocational School. Betty was deeply involved in the fight against drug abuse by young people in the Albany area, where she founded the CODAC program and she chaired the Georgia Council against Drug Abuse during the administrations of Governors Carter and Busbee. Betty also ran a small catering business, which she called her third and last career. She was a very active member of Christ United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, C. Norman Spence, two daughters, Leigh Ann Spence, Sandra Jean Breedlove and her husband Kenneth, two grandchildren, Brandon and Haley Breedlove, sister Phoebe Bolton of Conyers and several nieces and nephews.
Betty's family will receive friends Tuesday, 5:30 to 7 PM at Kimbrell-Stern.
Those desiring may make memorials to Christ United Methodist Church, 505 Byron Plantation Road, Albany, GA 31707or the Southwest Georgia Cancer Coalition, P.O. Box 1962, Albany, GA 31702.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors
Albany
Caroline W. Tharpe
ALBANY — Caroline W. Tharpe, age 90, entered heaven's fate Saturday, March 11, 2006, at her residence, 1721 Beattie Road 143. Born in Geneva County, AL, Mrs. Tharpe resided in Panama City for over sixty years. She was a homemaker, an excellent seamstress, an avid gardener, and foremost a devoted mother to her six children. She instilled in her children a love of working with their hands, whether it be cooking Sunday dinner, sewing a new outfit, or working in the flower garden. Our family is comforted by the memories of spending February 18th and 19th celebrating her 90th birthday with her. A charter member of Springfield Baptist Church, she taught in the primary department for over thirty years. In Albany, GA, she was a member of Gillionville Baptist Church. Mrs. Tharpe was preceded in death by her husband of fifty years, Johnny Marion Tharpe, Sen. and a grandson, Frazier Leigh Bacon.
Survivors include five daughters and one son: Betty Sue Cummins of Leesburg, FL, Mary Kathryn Dannelly (William MacArthur) of Lady Lake, FL, Melba Judith Bacon (George Lewis Jr.) of Trussville, AL, Annie Charles Thorpe (Charles Audley) of Huntsville, AL, Evelyn Elaine Gutch of Winter Springs, FL, Johnny Marion Tharpe Jr. (HenriEtta Pettis); a sister, Doris Thompson of Bonifay, FL; 17 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted at 3 PM CST on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home. iIntermentwill follow at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, both in Panama City, FL. The Rev. Jerry Everage of Springfield Baptist Church will officiate. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at 2 PM CST prior to the funeral.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Springfield Baptist Church, 3615 E 3rd Street, Panama City, FL 32401 or to a charity of your choice. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home, 2403 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405.
Mathews Funeral Home
Albany
Willis Infant
ALBANY — Evan Jeremiah Willis, 11 months old, of 196 Pelham Drive, Leesburg, died Monday, March 13, 2006, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced. The family will meet at the home of Kim Willis, 402 Holly Drive, Albany.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service
Albany
SW GEORGIA
Theodis Brown
BLAKELY — Theodis "Bo" Brown, 90, of 379 Howell St., Blakely, passed away Friday, March 10, 2006, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Midway Baptist Church in Jakin. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Peoples Funeral Home
Blakely
Infant Clark
FORT GAINES — Chapel service will be held at noon today in the chapel of Lewis Mortuary. The burial will immediately follow in Bethel A.M.E. Church cemetery in Fort Gaines.
Lewis Mortuary
Fort Gaines
Sandra Jean Day
COLQUITT — Sandra Jean Day, 41, of Colquitt died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Early Memorial Nursing Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Sheffield Funeral Chapel with interment in Whites Plain Free Will Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Colquitt Funeral Home
Colquitt
Dora S. Fletcher
FITZGERALD — Dora S. Fletcher, 97, of Irwin County died Sunday, March 12, 2006, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Eureka Primitive Baptist Church in Irwin County with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald
Ulus Frazier Jr.
CAMILLA — Ulus Frazier Jr. of Camilla passed away Friday, March 10, 2006, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Kelson and Jones Funeral Home
Camilla
Alma Miller Griner
FITZGERALD — Alma Miller Griner, 80, of Fitzgerald died Monday, March 13, 2006, at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Zion Baptist Church cemetery in Wilcox County.
Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald
Miriam Stinson Kraft
HOMELAND, Fla. — Miriam Stinson Kraft, 90, of 309 Mimosa Ave., Homeland, Fla., died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at Rohr Nursing Home in Bartow, Fla. The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Flat Creek Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home
Blakely
Deborah Meeks
FITZGERALD — Deborah Meeks, 38, of Broxton died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at her mother's home in Fitzgerald. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald
