Obituary Listing

Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties

Gennie L. Medlin

Gennie L. Medlin

Aug 19, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Gennie L. Medlin, age 93 will be held at 9:30 A.M. Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Randy Adams will officiate. In lieu of flowers please make donations in memory of Mrs. Medlin to Brown Memorial Baptist Church at P.O. Box 191, Wrightsville, GA 31096. Mrs. Medlin was born May 6, 1928, in Canton,...

Michael Dwayne Hill

Michael Dwayne Hill

Aug 19, 2021

A private family only graveside service for Michael Dwayne Hill, age 68, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, August 22, 2021, in the Minter Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Keith Smith officiating. Mr. Hill was born April 16, 1953, in Treutlen, County. He worked and retired with 30 plus years as a firefighter with the Dublin City Fire Department....

Maryann Passmore Hightower

Maryann Passmore Hightower

Aug 16, 2021

MaryAnn Hightower, 64, of Dublin, was called home to join her heavenly choir on Monday, August 16, 2021. After fighting a rough battle with Covid, she passed peacefully with her children by her side. Mrs. Hightower was born MaryAnn Passmore on March 16, 1957, in Dublin, Georgia to John Benuard Passmore and Sibyl Ussery Lee. She was the youngest of...

James Wesley Dixon

James Wesley Dixon

Aug 16, 2021

Graveside funeral services for James Wesley Dixon, age 77 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 27, 2021, at Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Rev. Kevin Hammons and Rev. Baron Powell will officiate. Mr. Dixon was born October 30, 1943, in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Wesley Lamb and Winnie Cooper Dixon. He...

Willie Amos Sweat

Willie Amos Sweat

Aug 15, 2021

Funeral services for Mr. Willie Amos Sweat, age 91, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 17, 2021 in the Richard N. Stanley Jr. Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Grady Mimbs and Rev. Mark Sweat will officiate. Mr. Sweat was born November 25, 1929, in Reidsville, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his...

Jack W. Colston

Jack W. Colston

Aug 14, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Jack W. Colston, age 84 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Rev. W.L. Currie will officiate. Mr. Colston was born September 7, 1936, in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late C.T. and Eliza Moore Colston. He was also preceded in...

David Henry Martin

David Henry Martin

Aug 14, 2021

Funeral services for David Henry Martin, age 69 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Faith Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Kite City Cemetery. Rev. Ricky Downs, Rev. Arthur Conley, and Rev. Allen Meeks officiating. Mr. Martin was born January 19, 1952, in Swainsboro, Georgia. He was the son of the late Hines...

Donald Thurston Bailey

Donald Thurston Bailey

Aug 13, 2021

Funeral services for Donald T. Bailey, age 89, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, August 15, 2021, in the Richard N. Stanley Jr. Memorial Chapel with Rev. Stephen Robinson and Mr. Thurmon Foskey officiating. Mr. Bailey was born September 27, 1931, in Johnson County. He served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean War conflict. Mr. Bailey...

Georga Louise Butler

Georga Louise Butler

Aug 12, 2021

Mrs. Georga Louise Butler, age 58 passed away Thursday, August 12, 2021, at Regency Hospital in Macon. Mrs. Butler was born April 16, 1963, in Dublin, Georgia. She was the daughter of George William and Mildred Deloris Thomas Devaney. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Bethsaida Baptist Church. Mrs. Butler is survived by her husband, George Forrest...

Roland William Edsell, Jr.

Roland William Edsell, Jr.

Aug 12, 2021

Roland William Edsell, Jr., age 82, passed on Thursday, August 12, 2021, in Dublin, Georgia. Mr. Edsell was born on February 1, 1939 in Pennsylvania to Roland and Virginia Edsell. He was United States Air Force veteran and worked as a commercial truck driver. Mr. Edsell was memorialized by cremation. Services will be held at a later date. Stanley Funeral...

Paul Thomas Conley

Paul Thomas Conley

Aug 11, 2021

Mr. Paul Thomas Conley, age 84 passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Fairview Park Hospital. The family will receive friends from 4:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at the funeral home. Mr. Conley was born June 22, 1937, in Duncombe, Iowa. He was the son of the late James Thomas and Merren Elizabeth Ewing Conley....

Curtis Wayne Daniel

Curtis Wayne Daniel

Aug 10, 2021

Funeral services for Curtis Wayne Daniel, age 62, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 13, 2021, in the Richard N. Stanley Jr. Memorial Chapel with burial to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. David Smallwood and Rev. Randy Adams officiating Mr. Daniel was born December 19, 1958, in Sandersville, Georgia. Curtis worked in the kaolin industry for many years...

Lawrence "Larry" George Barron

Lawrence "Larry" George Barron

Aug 10, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Lawrence "Larry" George Barron, age 65 will be held at 2:30 P.M. Friday, August 13, 2021, at Evergreen Cemetery at 4535 N. Main Street, Jacksonville, FL 32206. Pastor Lyle Shiferdek will officiate. Mr. Barron was born August 31, 1955, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the son the late Authur Harlon Barron II. He was also preceded...

Jerry Lamar Baggett

Jerry Lamar Baggett

Aug 8, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Jerry Lamar Baggett, age 73 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, August 9, 2021, at Rentz City Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Handley will officiate. Mr. Baggett was born June 12, 1948, in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Louis L. and Ila Alligood Baggett. Mr. Baggett passed away Sunday, August 8, 2021, at...

Hoke "Bo" Smith Tarpley, Jr.

Hoke "Bo" Smith Tarpley, Jr.

Aug 7, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Hoke "Bo" Smith Tarpley, Jr. will be held at 2:30 P.M. Thursday, August 12, 2021, in the Tarpley Family Cemetery. Mr. Tarpley was born February 2, 1964, in Dublin, Georgia. He was a self-employed painter. He was preceded in death by his father Hoke Smith Tarpley, Sr. Mr. Tarpley passed away on Saturday, August 7, 2021....

Joy F. Smith

Joy F. Smith

Aug 3, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Joy F. Smith, age 75, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, August 7, 2021 in Pleasant Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. L.T. Logue officiating. Mrs. Smith was born on May 15, 1946, in Wadley, Georgia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Otha F. Fordham and Christine Rawlins Fordham, two brothers, Otha F....

Elizabeth "Betty" Wyatt

Elizabeth "Betty" Wyatt

Jul 30, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Elizabeth "Betty" Veal Wyatt, age 91, will held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, August 2, 2021, in Northview Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate. Mrs. Wyatt was born on May 1, 1930, in Dublin, Georgia. She was a retired secretary at Moore Street School, and a member of Marie Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school to...

Georgia Ann Senn

Georgia Ann Senn

Jul 29, 2021

Memorial Services for Georgia Ann Senn, age 78 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the residence of Billie Jean Mimbs at 390 McAfee Road, Wrightsville, Georgia 31096. Mrs. Senn was born September 16, 1942, in Lyons, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late W.B. and Mattie Avis Watson Harrison. She was also preceded in...

Dudley Orlando Elder, Jr.

Dudley Orlando Elder, Jr.

Jul 28, 2021

Graveside funeral services for Dudley Orlando Elder, Jr. age 82 will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, August 2, 2021, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Mr. Elder was born January 20, 1939, in Chattahoochee, Florida. He was the son of the late Dudley Orlando and Zola Mae Peacock Elder, Sr. He has lived in Laurens County for 42 years coming from...

Barbara Ann King

Barbara Ann King

Jul 26, 2021

A private memorial service for Barbara Ann King, age 85 will be held later. Mrs. King was born September 24, 1935, in Anniston, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late Joy Tilman and Nancy Lois Yarbrough Wingard. She was preceded in death by her brother, James Joy Wingard. She has lived in Laurens County for the past 12 years....

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