Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties
Charlie D. Hall
Mar 19, 2026
Funeral services for Charlie Don Hall, age 79, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 22, 2026, at Liberty Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Sammy Hall will officiate.
Mr. Hall was born on April 3, 1946, in Wrightsville Georgia. He was retired manager of Interstate Gas and was a member of Liberty Grove...
Stephen Lamar Adkins
Mar 17, 2026
Mr. Stephen Lamar Adkins, age 54, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at his residence.
Mr. Adkins was born November 7, 1971, in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Phillip Adkins and Dinah Slaughter Adkins.
Mr. Adkins is survived by his 2 brothers, Young Hiram “Ty” Thompson, III of Locust Grove and Taylor Ashton Thompson of East Dublin; and...
Timonthy Bryan Ivey
Mar 15, 2026
Mr. Timonthy Bryan Ivey, age 60, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Tim was born July 23, 1965, in Dillon, South Carolina. He was the youngest son of Carroll Bryan Ivey and the late Yvonne Phillips Melton. After moving to Laurens County in 1976, Tim graduated from Dublin High School with the Class of 1983. He spent many years working as...
Michael "Mike" Harold Channell
Mar 15, 2026
Graveside funeral services for Michael “Mike” Harold Channell, age 64 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Tabernacle Methodist Cemetery in Sandersville, Georgia. Rev. Jerry Phillips will officiate.
Mr. Channell was born February 9, 1962, in Sandersville, Georgia. He was the son of the late Harold Leonard Channell. He was also preceded in death by his brother,...
Lilith Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson
Mar 14, 2026
Memorial services for Lilith Mary Elizabeth Wilkerson will be held at 2:00P.M. Thursday, March 19, 2026, in the Richard N. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Pastor Tim Price will officiate.
Lilith was born on February 11, 2026, in Statesboro, Georgia. She will be lovingly remembered as a joyful, energetic and spirited child whose radiant smile brought...
Edwin Lee Higgs, Jr.
Mar 6, 2026
Funeral services for Edwin Lee Higgs, Jr., age 52 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at Shady Grove Baptist Church, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Dr. Curt Lysaker and Mr. Cameron Ricks will officiate.
Mr. Higgs was born July 11, 1973, in Macon, Georgia. He was the son of the late Edwin Lee Higgs,...
Faye G. Foskey
Mar 5, 2026
Funeral services for Faye Godfrey Foskey, age 74, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Monday, March 9, 2026, in the Richard N. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory in Wrightsville, with burial to follow at Bay Springs Cemetery in Tennille. Rev. Rick Tooley and Rev. Gary Yonce will officiate.
Born on September 25, 1951, in Sandersville,...
Bette Lou Nesbitt
Feb 20, 2026
Mrs. Bette Lou Nesbitt, age 94 passed away Friday, February 20, 2026 at her residence.
Mrs. Nesbitt was born August 9, 1931 in Rockford, Illinois. She was the daughter of the late Brittian Allen Zahm and Ruby Fickes Zahm Crichton. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joe R. Nesbitt. Dublin has been her home since 1977. She was...
Robert "Skippy/Squash" Attaway Jr.
Feb 19, 2026
Funeral services for Robert Thurston “Skippy/Squash” Attaway, Jr., age 90, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, February 22, 2026, at Gumlog Primitive Baptist Church with Rev. Burton Dixon and Rev. Rick Tooley officiating. Burial to follow in Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Attaway was born on December 22, 1935, in Johnson County, Georgia. He was a retired Consumer Safety Inspector for USDA...
Linda Sue Garner
Feb 19, 2026
Linda Sue Garner , 78, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on Feb 19th, 2026 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She is free and at peace.
Linda was born on Dec 14th, 1947 in Boone, NC. To Louise Herold. She came to live with her aunt and uncle, Ezra and Florence Porter at the age of three....
Dora Dean Tanner
Feb 18, 2026
Dora Dean Veal Tanner, 94, entered into the presence of her Lord and Savior on February 18, 2026, at her home in Wrightsville, Georgia.
She was born August 12, 1931, in the Buckeye community of Wrightsville to Mae Jessie Colson Veal and Cleon Adam Veal. The third of seven children, Dora Dean grew up on a working farm where she thrived...
Mattie Walker
Feb 17, 2026
Funeral services for Mattie H. Walker, age 87, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 20, 2026, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with burial to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Hank Melton and Bishop Simon Yoder will officiate.
Mrs. Walker was born on July 30, 1938, in Emanuel County, Georgia, and made Dublin...
Maxine Carey
Feb 16, 2026
Maxine Carey, age 86, passed away Monday, February 16, 2026, after a sudden illness.
Ms. Carey was born January 31, 1940, in Hazlehurst, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Hugh Wilson and Daisy Brooks Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husbands, John F. Britt and Howard “Pete” Warren, and a sister, JoAnn Smith.
She was a homemaker...
Virginia Copeland Josey
Feb 11, 2026
Mrs. Virginia Copeland Frady Josey, age 81, entered into rest peacefully on February 11, 2026.
Mrs. Josey was born July 13, 1944, to the late Eillies Sheppard Copeland and Earnest Copeland. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, A.J. Frady; her brother, Jimmy Copeland; and her grandparents, Freeman and Missy Dixon Sheppard and Idoma...
Annette Donaldson Johnson
Feb 11, 2026
Annette Donaldson Johnson, age 90, peacefully passed away on February 11, surrounded by her loving family. Annette was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Van Buron Johnson, and by two daughters, Jewel Johnson and Brenda Johnson. She is survived by her daughter Marquita Hicks (Don), grandchildren Candice Moore of Greenville, South Carolina, Clark Hicks (Hannah) of Irwinton,...
Margaret Regina Brown Gay
Feb 10, 2026
Funeral services for Margaret Regina Brown Gay, age 70, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 13, 2026, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with interment to follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Rusty Brown, Rev. Billy Glosson and nephew Chad Sapp will officiate.
Regina was born on December 3, 1955, in...
William Kenny Powell
Feb 9, 2026
Memorial services for William Kenny Powell, age 65 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, February 15, 2026, at Corinth Church. Rev. Phil Wilson and Rev. Seth Henry will officiate.
Mr. Powell was born October 8, 1960. He was the son of the late Bennie V. Powell and Leahdora Wilson Powell. He was a retired logging truck driver. He was a...
E.B. Price, III
Feb 9, 2026
E.B. Price III passed away peacefully in his sleep on February 9, 2026, but he didn’t live his extraordinary life peacefully. He was a man that grabbed that cup of life he was given and drank deeply. From humble beginnings on a small farm in Pringle GA, he was born into a family with no nonsense parents (EB II and...
Patricia Ann Adams
Feb 4, 2026
Graveside funeral services for Patricia Ann Adams, age 69 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Nathan Morris will officiate.
Ms. Adams was born January 23, 1957, in Macon, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Ollie Luttrell McAfee, DVM and Jacquelyn Elise Wasden McAfee. She was also preceded in death by...
Larry Edward Ellenburg
Feb 2, 2026
Mr. Larry Edward Ellenburg, age 69 passed away Monday, February 2, 2026 at Wrightsville Manor Nursing Home.
Mr. Ellenburg was born March 7, 1956 in Columbus, Georgia. He was the son of the late Huey Ellenburg and Myrtle Lee Lindsey Ellenburg. He was a retired welder.
Mr. Ellenburg is survived by his wife Donna Hutchinson Ellenburg; a daughter, Chassity Ellenburg; a brother...
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