Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
Lillie M. Strother
CORDELE - Funeral services for Lillie M. Strother will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004, in the sanctuary of New Oak Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. The Rev. W.W. Wilson will officiate the services.
Mrs. Strother died Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004.
Survivors include cousins, Jean Tolbert and family and Eva Morgan all of Cordele, and JoAnne D. Taylor of Albany; and special friends, Mr. and Mrs. James Beal, Sarah Mae Dykes, Lula Mae Greene, Brenda Faye Powell, Janice Gail Henderson, William Blandon, Naomi Stubbs, Fannie Mae James, Bessie Mae Jones, Wayne Coleman and the New Oak Grove Church family all of Cordele.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele has charge of the arrangements.
-- Mamie Ella Mapp of Cordele died Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Crisp Regional Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
-- Cleveland Fann, 4, of Warner Robins died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Alvie Coes Funeral Home of Unadilla.
Mary Merrell
CORDELE - Funeral services for Evangelist Mary Merrell will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, in the A.S. Clark Elementary School Auditorium. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. Pastor Andrew Walker will officiate the services.
Mrs. Merrell died Monday, Dec. 20, 2004.
Survivors include her husband, Paul D. Merrell of Cordele; a son, Clifford Jones of Cordele; a step-daughter, Nell (Chris) Smith of Montezuma; a brother, Eddie J. Ruckin of Cordele; her father and mother-in-law, Little Lewis and Sarah Merrell of Byromville; uncles, Walter Paul of Cordele, R.C. (Sally) Merrell of Lilly, and Joe Chatman of Jacksonville, Fla.; aunts, Mamie (Lewis) Sanders and Annie Palmer both of Lilly, Maynell Hardrick and Minnie Lou Hardrick both of Vienna, and Annie Mae Miller of New York; great-aunts, Allene Hardrick of Tampa, Fla., Inez Haugabrook of Montezuma, Lillie Smith of Atlanta, and Mamie Postell of Florida; brothers-in-law, Lewis (Samantha) Merrell, Wilbert (Linda) Merrell, Willie James Merrell, Arthur Merrell, Ricky (Puddin) Merrell, Bobby (Jackie) Merrell and Antonio Merrell; a sister-in-law, Doris Merrell; grandchildren, Latesia, Carlton, Brandon, Angelique, Big Man and Chris Jr.; a great-grandchild, Darian; a future daughter-in-law, Melissa Ann Daniels; and special friends, Angeline Barrett-Jones, Barbara Crawford-Jones and Cynthia Bivens.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele has charge of the arrangements.
A.M. ‘Coon’ Helms
CORDELE - A.M. “Coon” Helms, 80 of Cordele died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004, at Crisp Regional Hospital.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a retired maintenance engineer and a member of Peavy Memorial United Methodist Church. Mr. Helms was the son of the late Deason Isom Helms and the late Hester Lorene Parr Helms.
He is survived by his wife, Inez (Suggs) Helms; a daughter and son-in-law, Clarice and Ronald Bailey of Federal Way, Wash.; a son and daughter-in-law, Chester Ethane and Cheryl V. Helms of Middletown, R.I.; two sisters, Lora Thompson of Cordele, and Viola Royal of Arabi; and a granddaughter, Cassie Helms of Middletown, R.I.
Arrangements are being handled by Rainey Family Funeral Services of Cordele where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004.
Funeral service will be in the chapel of Rainey Funeral Services at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Interment will be at Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
A.M. ‘Coon’ Helms
CORDELE - Funeral services for A. M. “Coon” Helms were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, in the chapel of Rainey Family Funeral Services. The Rev. Royce Freeman conducted the service.
Marcene Freeman, pianist, played soft music and accompanied Marjorie Dowdy as she sang “Rock Of Ages.” Rev. Freeman led the congregation as they sang “Amazing Grace” at the close of the service.
Pallbearers were Billy Helms, Ricky Royal, Keith Thompson, Terry Wayne Hauesler, Keith Youngblood and Autrey Moore.
Burial was in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.
Leatrice Maureen Wells
CORDELE - Funeral services for Leatrice Maureen Wells of Pineview were held Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, in the chapel of Rainey Family Funeral Services. The Rev. Danny Allen and the Rev. Charles Lamb conducted the services.
Karen Thompson, pianist, played soft music and accompanied Papa’s Pride as they sang, “Amazing Grace” and “I Want Us To Be Together In Heaven.”
Pallbearers were David Selph, Lance Thompson, Verlin Cimmings, Andy Shurley, Mark McKinney and Bert Simmons.
Burial was in Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County.
Raymond H. Peavy
ABBEVILLE - Raymond H. Peavy, beloved husband and father, 82, of Abbeville died Monday Dec. 27, 2004, in the Coliseum Medical Centers in Macon. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in the Abbeville First Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Faircloth and the Rev. Tim Hill will officiate. Burial will be in the Friendship Cemetery in Pulaski County.
Visitation will be held today from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Frazier & Son Funeral Home in Rochelle has charge of arrangements.
Addie Kitchens Jones
AMERICUS - Funeral services for Addie Kitchens Jones, 91, of Americus will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Cheek Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Houston Berry officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Jones died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004, at her residence.
She was born March 4, 1913 and was the daughter of the late Virgil Calvin Kitchens Sr. and the late Jessie Clark Kitchens in Houston County. She was a graduate of Georgia Southwestern College. She was a registered nurse for the Georgia Department of Health until her retirement in 1978. She was a member of Cheek Memorial Baptist Church.
Survivors includes two daughters and son-in-law Laverne Pringle, Sue Bivins and Stanley Bivins of Americus; four sons and daughter-in-laws Horace “Buddy” Summerlin, David W. Summerlin and Wynell, Joel Steve Summerlin and Donald Summerlin and Sandra all of Americus; two sisters and a brother-in-law Jewel Turk of Pineview, and Edna Bobo and Quinton of Cordele; also surviving is 17 grandchildren, Michael “Mike” Calies, Stanley Bivins Jr., Bruce Bivins, Sharon McFather, Walter Bivins, Roger Bivins, Marnie Eason, Steve Summerlin II, Eva Marie Albritton, Becky Licona, Dawn Busbee, Javonne Spence, David Summerlin Jr., Lisa Summerlin, Vicki Holmes, Marc Morris and Lisa Higley; 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Jones; a daughter, Doris Summerlin; and two sisters, Annie Willie Coker and Fannie Mae Holloway and four brothers, Roy Kitchen, Marvin Kitchens, Woodrow Kitchens and Junior Kitchens.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. today at Aldridge Funeral Services and other times at residence 441 Georgia Highway 49 North.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cheek Memorial Baptist Church, 1505 Macon Road, Americus, Ga. 31709.
Aldridge Funeral Services in Americus is in charge of the arrangements.
-- Virginia Avila, 44, of Byromville died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004, in the Pinehill Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Alvie Coes Funeral Home in Unadilla.
William Oscar Blackwell
FITZGERALD - William Blackwell, 47, of Fitzgerald died at his residence on Monday, Dec. 27, 2004.
He was born Sunday, Sept. 1, 1957, in Cordele, the son of the late William Virgil Blackwell and the late Janie Lou Blackwell. Mr. Balckwell served in the United States Marines.
Funeral services will be held in the First Assembly of God in Fitzgerald today, Dec. 29, 2004, at 10 a.m.
He is survived by one daughter, Stacy Royals of Fitzgerald; four grandsons, Austin Royals, Jordan Hernandez, Alex Hernandez and Javier Hernandez all of Fitzgerald; one brother, J. W. Blackwell of Cordele; and four sisters, Janice Hayslip of Cordele, Martha Deal of Warwick, Eugenia Souter of Sumner, and Patricia Lanier of Fitzgerald.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Shirley Ann Neighbors.
Friends may register on-line at www.raineyfuneral.com.
Arrangements by Rainey Family Funeral Services Inc.
Irene Jefferson
SYLVESTER - Funeral services for Irene Jefferson of Sylvester will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, in the New Willow Grove Holiness Church in Poulan. Nance and Sons Mortuary of Cordele has charge of the arrangements.
Ms. Jefferson died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.
-- Myrtice Smith Butler, 92, of Ashburn, formerly of Rochelle, died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, in Ashburn Health Care Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle.
Myrtice Smith Butler
ASHBURN - Funeral services for Myrtice Smith Butler, 92, formerly of Rochelle, will be held at 11 a.m. today, Dec. 30, 2004, in the M.G. Frazier Memorial Chapel of Frazier & Son Funeral Home, Rochelle. Burial will follow in Morningside Cemetery. The Rev. Brent Duncan will officiate the services. The family may be contacted at 1388 Second Ave., Rochelle.
Mrs. Butler died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004.
Bobby Brock
ASHBURN - Funeral services for Bobby Brock, 69, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in the Ashburn First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Brock died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany following a brief illness.
He was born in Turner County, the son of the late Ossie B. and Gladys Mixon Brock. He was a lifelong resident of Turner County and was a member of the Ashburn First Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army and was a retired operations manager for the Gold Kist Store in Ashburn.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Pate Brock of Ashburn; a daughter and son-in-law, Judy B. and Allen Whitehead of Ashburn; two granddaughters, Allison and Rebecca Whitehead of Ashburn; and one sister, Hazel B. Waldrip of Cordele.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
An online registry is available at www.perryfuneralchapel.com.
Perry Funeral Chapel of Ashburn has charge of the arrangements.
Eulalia Snelling
PINEHURST - Graveside services for Eulalia Snelling, 85, will be held at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 30, 2004, at the Pinehurst City Cemetery.
Mrs. Snelling died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, in Winchester, Tenn.
Born in Camilla, she was the daughter of the late John Corbin Wilson and Nellie Victoria Whiting Wilson. She was a homemaker, a member of Pinehurst United Methodist Church and was the widow of the late Bill Snelling.
Survivors include two daughters, Judy (Bill) Rudder of Decherd, Tenn., and Syble (John Lee) Hobbs of Cordele; grandchildren, Michael Rudder, Paula Emery, Amy Rudder and Shelley Poppell; and great-grandchildren, William Rudder, Matthew Rudder, Caroline Emery, Cale Emery and Lee Poppell.
The family may be contacted after 10 a.m. at 459 Fullington Ave., Pinehurst.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pinehurst UMC, c/o Janelle Dupree, P.O. Box 162, Pinehurst, Ga., 31070 or to Dooly Campground, c/o Kathie Peavy, 2410 Forehand Road, Vienna, Ga., 31092.
An online registry is available at www.brannen-nesmith.com.
Brannen-NeSmith Funeral Home of Unadilla has charge of the arrangements.
Thomas Emory Clements
WARNER ROBINS - Funeral services for Thomas Emory Clements, 66, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in the chapel of Rainey Family Funeral Services of Cordele. Burial will follow in Zion Hope Cemetery in Crisp County.
Mr. Clements died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, following a brief illness.
He was born in Crisp County on Aug. 21, 1938, the son of Elizabeth Poole Clements and the late Thomas Jefferson Clements Jr. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked at Robins Air Force Base for more than 30 years before retiring as a logisticain. Mr. Clements was an avid HAM radio operator and a member of the Middle Georgia Radio Association (MGRA). His father and brother, Ray Dorsey Clements, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his beloved wife of 47 years, Gloria Ann Jacobs Clements; children, Thomas David (Cheryl) Clements, Debra Carol Alexander and Elizabeth Ann (Michael) Cook all of Warner Robins; grandchildren, Thomas Jason Clements, Michael Scott Alexander, Jennifer Lynn (Steven) Parks, Stacey Ann Alexander, Joshuah Michael Cook and Michala Ann Cook all of Warner Robins; a great-granddaughter, Alexis Jade Alexander of Warner Robins; his mother, Elizabeth Poole Clements of Cordele; brothers, Lee Nelson Clements of Abbeville, Jerry William Clements and Walter Jefferson Clements both of Cordele; and a sister, Mary Ann Rinehart of Cordele.
Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. today at McCullough Funeral Home, Warner Robins.
Donations may be made to the Georgia Sheriff’s Boy’s Ranch, P.O. Box 100, Hahira, Ga., 31632.
An online registry is available at www.mcculloughfh.com.
Rainey Family Funeral Services of Cordele has charge of the local arrangements.
Ola Lue Ford
WARNER ROBINS - Funeral services for Ola Lue Ford of Warner Robins, formerly of Cordele, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in the sanctuary of Gethsemane Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Bethel Cemetery. The Rev. L.D. Cobb Sr. will officiate the services.
Mrs. Ford died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004.
Survivors include daughters, Lutricious Ann (Ben Bynes) Hill of Warner Robins, and Darlene Ford of Cordele; sons, John Henry (Arnine) Ford of Plains, Eddie (Carrie) Ford and Michael T. Ford both of Warner Robins, and Karyln Benard Ford of Atlanta; brothers, Eugene Pittman of Pontiac, Mich., and Freddie (Catherine) Pittman of Cordele; sisters, Coral Pittman and Mary Parker both of Pontiac, Mich.; six aunts; three uncles; three sisters-in-law; one brother-in-law; 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele has charge of the arrangements.
Ottis ‘Red’ Dykes
ROCHELLE - Funeral services for Ottis “Red” Dykes, 71, will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in Tabernacle Baptist Church in Rochelle. Burial will follow in Cannonville Church Cemetery in Abbeville. The Rev. Joel Owens will officiate the services.
Mr. Dykes died Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, in Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville.
Born in Jeff Davis County on Dec. 1, 1933, he was the son of the late Dewey Dykes and Maria Creamer Dykes. He lived the greater part of his life in Wilcox County and was an accountant and owner of R&R Tax Service. He was a member of Cannonville Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Smith Dykes.
Survivors include a son, Donnie Dykes of Rochelle; two daughters, Rhonda Richter of Pelham, and Sheila Davis of Cochran; three brothers, Allen Dykes of Milledgeville, Aubrey Dykes of Fitzgerald, and Marcus Dykes of Hazlehurst; and nine grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle has charge of the arrangements.
Lorene Tripp
PINEVIEW - Funeral services for Lorene Tripp, 85, will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, 2004, in Friendship Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Friendship Cemetery. The Revs. Michael Slaven and Jerry Jarrell and Bro. Louie Tripp will officiate the services.
Mrs. Tripp died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville.
Born Dec. 3, 1919, in Wilcox County, she was the daughter of the late James Frank Rhodes and Odessa Martin Rhodes. She was a retired seamstress, homemaker and caregiver. She was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church, the Ladies Sunday School Class and was a former member of the WMU and the Ladies Auxiliary. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Phillip Tripp; an infant son, James Morris “Sonny Boy” Tripp; and a brother, Olin F. Rhodes.
Survivors include two sons, Charles William (Cherry) Tripp of Birmingham, Ala., and Joseph Phillip (Judy) Tripp of Pitts; two brothers, Tharpe A. Rhodes of Pineview, and James F. Rhodes of Columbus; two sisters, Evelyn S. Johnson of Brunswick, and Betty Ruth Kicklighter of Glennville; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Frazier & Son Funeral Home of Rochelle has charge of the arrangements.
-- Willie Walker of Pitts died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
-- Katie Scott of Americus died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Rockdale County Hospital in Conyers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by J.W. Williams Funeral Home of Cordele.
-- Irene Roberts Brown of Jeffersonville died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, in Houston Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Alvie Coes Funeral Home of Unadilla.
