Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Maggie B. Talley
ROCHELLE - Funeral services for Maggie B. Talley, 88, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2004, in the chapel of Clark Funeral Home in Hawkinsville. Burial will follow in Pope City Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Tim Conley will officiate the services.
Mrs. Talley died Friday, Dec. 10, 2004, at her residence.
A native of Wilcox County, she was the daughter of the late John and Florence Bell. She was a member of Pineview Baptist Church and was a retired electronics directorate civil service employee from Robins Air Force Base. She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer C. Talley.
Survivors include one daughter, Gayle (J.A.) Calhoun of Hawkinsville; two sons, Johnny Clifton (Marsha) Talley and Ralph (Becky) Talley both of Rochelle; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
The family may be contacted at Route 2, Highway 112, Rochelle, Ga.
Special thanks to Gracie Green of Pineview.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Fla.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today the funeral home.
Clark Funeral Home of Hawkinsville has charge of the arrangements.
Mary M. Posey
CORDELE - Funeral services for Mary M. Posey were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 at Pinecrest Baptist Church. Rev. Don Howell and Rev. Curtis Driver conducted the service and Rainey Family Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements. Ray Faircloth, pianist, played soft music and accompanied Cindy Edalgo as she sang "In The Sweet By And By" and "Morning Has Broken". Pallbearers were Pat Posey, Mark Gregory, Paul Gregory, David Posey, Jon Posey and Benny Posey. Interment was in Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County.
Nellie Florene Oliver
CORDELE - Funeral services for Nellie Florene Oliver were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 at Third Street Baptist Church.. Rev. Fred Jones and Rev. J.T. Smith conducted the service. J. W. Pitts gave a Eulogy and Walter Bartee delivered personal remarks. Music was provided by Jerilyn Cromer, pianist, and Tommie Jean Beacham, organist. Lee Hausler and Sam Nutt sang "It Is Well"and "Lord, I’m Coming Home". Pallbearers were Keith Pitts, Jonathan Oliver, Edwin Oliver, Michael Shirah, Brad Westenfeld, and Leon Lewis. Burial followed the service at Rocky Mount Cemetery.
Allen Dean
CORDELE - Allen Dean of Cordele, died Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, at Crisp Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at 1 p.m. at the chapel of Hughes & Wright Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Bay Spring Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 at the funeral home.
Mr. Dean, a native of Crisp County, GA, was retired from the Crisp County Surveyor's Office. He was the son of the late Thomas Eli Dean and the late Lella Mae Jane Higgins Dean.
Survivors include his wife: Patricia John Dean of Cordele; two daughters: Samantha Dean Cook and Belinda Dean Hernandez both of Cordele; and eight grandchildren.
An online guestbook is available at www.hughesandwright.com.
Hughes & Wright Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.
Eunice Jones
CORDELE - Funeral services for Eunice Jones, 75, of Cordele will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, in the chapel of Bentley Carson Memorial Funeral Home in Cordele. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery in Cordele.
Ms. Jones died Dec. 15, 2004 in Flint River Community Hospital in Montezuma.
Survivors include six children; Ronald Jones and Sandra Jones of Cordele, Jennifer Jones of Palatka, Fl, Beverly Jones of Brooklyn, N.Y., Leslie Jones of Bayshore, N.Y. and David Jones of Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.; several grandchildren and great-grands and many other relatives.
Bentley Carson Memorial Funeral Home of Cordele was in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Royce C. Adkins
PINEVIEW - Rev. Royce C. Adkins, 78, of 13806 Tippettville Road, Pineview passed away Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004 at Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Frazier & Son Funeral Home in Rochelle.
Allen Dean
CORDELE - Funeral services were held for Allen Dean at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004. The Rev. Jon Earls officiated the service. Burial followed in Bay Spring Baptist Church Cemetery.
James Pate, guitarist, accompanied Kay Ingram as she sang “Amazing Grace” and Lisa Pate as she sang “In the Garden.“ Samantha Dean Cook, Belinda Hernandez and Robin Cook sang “When I Wake Up In the Morning” acapella. Samantha Dean Cook, Mr. Dean’s daughter, read the poem “You Can Shed Tears” and Belinda Dean Hernandez, Mr. Dean’s daughter, read the poem “Footprints In the Sand.”
Pallbearers were Armando Patino, Bert York, Eddie McMichael, Eddie Joe Bryan, Earl Kimsey, Charles Dean and Wayne Beasley.
Hughes & Wright Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
An online guestbook is available at www.hughesandwright.com.
Carvis Raymond Fowler
CORDELE - Graveside services for Carvis Raymond Fowler were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at Sunnyside Cemetery. The Rev. J.E. Harris conducted the service, and Rainey Family Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.
Pallbearers were Harold Martin, Mike Martin, Hal Martin, Benson Hughes, Ricky Rhodes and Tommy Dean.
Mr. Fowler, 65, of Cordele died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Born December 18, 1938, in Crisp County, he was the son of the late Thomas Calvin Fowler and Velona Bell Downs Fowler. He was retired from Griffin Lumber Company.
Survivors include his step-mother, Mary Fowler of Cordele; a sister, Alice Faye Martin of Rochelle; a brother, Marvin Fowler of Vienna; his life-long companion, Nell Robitzsch of Cordele, and her children, Vicki and Irving Howard, Ronnie Robitzsch and Rhonda and J.C. Cruz, eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
The family received friends at Rainey Family Funeral Services Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, from 6 until 8 p.m.
David Anthony ‘Tony’ Branch
FORSYTH - Funeral services for David Anthony “Tony” Branch, 58, of Forsyth were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn.
Branch died Thursday at his residence following a sudden illness.
Perry Funeral Chapel Inc. of Ashburn was in charge of arrangements.
Woodrow Dowdell
CORDELE - Funeral services for Woodrow Dowdell of Cordele will be held at 3 p.m. today, Dec. 19, 2004, in the sanctuary of the New Beulah Baptist Church in Cobb. Burial will follow in the Sue Walker Cemetery in Cobb. The Rev. Lem Wright will be officiating.
Dowdell died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004.
Survivors include his wife, Dr. Eutha Wright Dowdell of Cordele; a daughter, Felicia Ardes Dowdell of Concord, N.C.; a sister, Carol (Mike) Dowdell of Cordele; a sister-in-law, Eva Mae Lewis of Cordele; an aunt, Mattie Pearl Bell of Americus; nephews, Maurice A. Dowdell of Cordele, Tommy Lewis of Columbus, and Kerry Lewis of Cordele; and nieces Margaret A. Paul of Cordele, Lillian Lewis of Cordele, Eva L. Smith of Cordele, and Bessie M. Lewis of Cordele.
The J.W. Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Cordele and Vienna are in charge of the arrangmnts.
Rev. Royce C. Adkins
PINEVIEW - Funeral services for Rev. Royce C. Adkins, 78, of Pineview were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, in the M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier & Son Funeral Home. Burial was at 3 p.m. in the Macon Memorial Park.
Rev. Adkins died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, in the Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville.
Rev. Adkins was born in Bleckley County on July 11, 1926. He was the son of the late Aaron Adkins and Ellen Manning Adkins. He was a Baptist minister, and his pastorates were Kelly’s Ferry Baptist Church, Willingham Baptist Church, Buckhead Baptist Church, Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Pitts Baptist Church, Memorial Baptist Church, Morningside Baptist Church, Double Heads Baptist Church, Central Baptist Church, Bloomfield Gardens Baptist Church, Rhine Baptist Church, New Hope Baptist Church, and Antioch Baptist Church. Rev. Adkins was a member of the Tippettville Baptist Church and the Georgia Baptist Convention. He was a Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife; Corine B. Adkins of Pineview; daughters, Janice Ellen (Wyatt) Faircloth of Rochelle and Joyce Helen (Tom) Perkins of Barnwell, S.C.; sisters, Emmer Lou Howell of Carey, Cora Lee Bryant of Warner Robins, Doris Pettis of Danville and Gladys Dean of Macon; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Frazier & Son Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
-- Larry Lewis of Cordele died on Dec. 18, 2004, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Cordele.
Woodrow W. Dowdell
CORDELE - Funeral services for Deacon Woodrow W. Dowdell were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, in New Beulah Baptist Church in Cobb. Burial followed in the Sue Walker Cemetery at Desoto. J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele had charge of the arrangements.
Odessa Paulk Spires
CORDELE - Funeral services for Odessa Paulk Spires, 81, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, in the chapel of Sims Funeral Home, Douglas. The Rev. Tony Japuntich officiated the services. Burial followed in Salem Church Cemetery near Douglas.
Mrs. Spires died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, in North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach, Fla.
Soloist, Samuel Watson sang “Mama’s Prayer,” “Go Rest High On That Mountain” and “I’m Changing Houses.” The congregation sang “Amazing Grace,” accompanied by Lois Mills, pianist.
Active pallbearers were Jeff Lindsey, Jason Mancil, Mark Mancil, David Lindsey, Jimmy Robert Sears and Lindsey Wolfe.
A native of Coffee County, she was born Oct. 20, 1923, the daughter of the late Homer and Ethel Baisden Paulk. She was a retired nursing assistant.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Ethel and James Parks of Lighthouse Point, Fla.; sisters, Nellie Lindsey and Geraldine Paulk both of Douglas, and Carolyn Mancil of Nicholls; a brother, Curtis Spires; five grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Sims Funeral Home of Douglas had charge of the arrangements.
Florene Lamunda
HAPEVILLE - Funeral services for Emily Florene Bradley Lamunda, 86, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Atlanta. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in College Park.
Mrs. Lamunda died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, at her residence following a lengthy illness.
Born June 16, 1918, in Bonita, La., she met and married her husband of almost 63 years in Little Rock, Ark. After military service, they and their two girls settled in Hapeville in 1952. Her husband, children and grandchildren were a vital part of her life. She was an active member of the Hapeville Service League and Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Joseph Jay Lamunda; children, Betty Jo Copelan and Jayne and Ed Hudson; grandchildren, Jeff and Gwen Copelan, David and Melinda Copelan, Jay and Beverly Copelan, Keri and Calvin Reykdal, Jenny and Darran Edwards and Michael and Stacy Copelan; and great-grandchildren, Alye, Megan, Christopher, Rachel and Sara Katherine Copelan.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Donehoo-Lewis Funeral Home, 736 S. Central Ave., Hapeville. Also, the family will hold a reception after the graveside service at 4:30 p.m. at the family home in Hapeville.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1925 Century Blvd., Suite 10, Atlanta, Ga., 30345, www.alzga.org.
An online registry is available at www.donehoo-lewisfuneralhome.com.
Donehoo-Lewis Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.
Timothy Ray Dennard Sr.
REBECCA - Memorial services for Timothy Ray Dennard Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in the Rebecca Methodist Church. Perry Funeral Chapel of Ashburn has charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Dennard died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, at his farm in Ben Hill County near Rebecca.
Thelma P. Kinard
ABBEVILLE - Funeral services for Thelma P. Kinard, 67, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 21, 2004, in the M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle. Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery, Cordele. The Revs. Jim Faircloth and Chuck Taylor will officiate the services, directed by Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle.
Mrs. Kinard died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at her residence.
-- Mary Merrell of Cordele died Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
-- Larry Lewis of Cordele died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
-- Lillie M. Strother of Cordele died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
Odessa Paulk Spires
CORDELE - Mrs. Odessa Paulk Spires, 81, of Cordele died Thursday, Dec. 16, 2004, in North Broward Hospital in Pompano Beach, Fla.
A native of Coffee County, Mrs. Spires was born Oct. 20, 1923, the daughter of the late Homer and Ethel Baisden Paulk. She was a retired nursing assistant.
Survivors include daughters, Ethel Parks and son-in-law James Parks, Lighthouse Point Fla., Jeanette Jones and husband, R. L. Jones, Cordele; sisters, Nellie Lindsey and Geraldine Paulk, Douglas, and Carolyn Mancil, Nicholls; brother, Curtis Spires; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004, at Sims Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tony Japuntich officiating.
Soloist, Samuel Watson sang “Mama’s Prayer”, “Go Rest High On That Mountain” and “I’m Changing Houses.” Also the congregation sang, “Amazing Grace” accompanied by Lois Mills, pianist.
Burial followed in the Salem Church Cemetery near Douglas Georgia.
Active pallbearers were Jeff Lindsey, Jason Mancil, Mark Mancil, David Lindsey, Jimmy Robert Sears and Lindsey Wolfe.
Sims Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Timothy Ray Dennard Sr.
REBECCA - Memorial services for Timothy Ray Dennard Sr. will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 2, 2004, in the Rebecca Methodist Church. Perry Funeral Chapel of Ashburn has charge of the arrangements.
Mr. Dennard died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004, at his farm in Ben Hill County near Rebecca.
Larry Lewis
CORDELE - Funeral services for Larry Lewis will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in the sanctuary of Beulahland Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. The Rev. Chester Askins will officiate the services.
Mr. Lewis died Saturday, Dec. 18, 2004.
Survivors include a sister, Ora Bell Morgan of Cordele; brothers, Fred (Mary) Taylor, Norman Lewis, Willie (Linda) Lewis and Johnny C. (Regina) Lewis all of Cordele, George B. (Willie Mae) Lewis, Charles (Deborah) Lewis and Michael (Barbara) Lewis all of Atlanta; aunts, Norma Lee Broxton and Bernice Grinder both of Augusta, and Carrie Mae Brown of Cordele; and uncles, Deacon Leroy (Delois) Colbert and Robert Colbert both of Cordele, Otis (Anna) Colbert of Hempstead, N.Y., and Willie James (Vivian) Colbert of Queens, N.Y.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele has charge of the arrangements.
