Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties
Ellen Irene Smith
Jul 3, 2025
Graveside services for Ellen "Irene" Smith, age 81, will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 5, 2025, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Dr. Larry Daniel will officiate.
Mrs. Smith was born on December 4, 1943, in Dublin, Georgia. She was baptized at Rock Springs Baptist Church and was a member of East Dublin Baptist Church....
Mary Alice Carr
Jun 27, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Mary Alice Carr, age 89, will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, in Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Tommy Kight will officiate.
Mrs. Carr was born on April 13, 1936, in Dublin, Georgia. She was a homemaker and was a member of Dublin Church of God....
Diane Brightwell Brantley
Jun 26, 2025
Diane Brightwell Brantley passed away peacefully on June 26, 2025, at Community Hospice in Vidalia, GA, at age 77, leaving a legacy of love, laughter, and wisdom. Born on March 1, 1948, in Moultrie, GA, Diane grew into a woman whose presence was a beacon of warmth in the lives of everyone she touched.
A...
Jairus Victor Fahey
Jun 18, 2025
Mr. Jairus Victor Fahey, age 22 passed away, Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at Fairview Park Hospital.
Mr. Fahey was born September 18, 2002 in Moose Lake, Minnesota. He was the son of the late Kathy Lynn Miller Fahey. He was disabled. He lived at the Kings Cleft before being transferred to the Wrightsville Manor Nursing...
Juanell Exum Ford
Jun 14, 2025
Funeral services for Juanell Exum Ford, age 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, June 19, 2025, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel with interment to follow at Northview Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate
Mrs. Ford was born on April 28, 1945, in Ocilla, Georgia. Known lovingly by her family as Maw Maw,...
Alexina "Mary" Beckham
Jun 14, 2025
Funeral services for Alexina "Mary" Beckham, age 85 will be held at 1:00 P.M. Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Jeff Arrington will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Beckham was born March 12, 1940, in Bronx, New York. She was the daughter of the late Gordon Francis...
Brian Keith Dyar
Jun 13, 2025
Funeral Services for Brian Keith Dyar, age 50 will be held at 10:30 AM Wednesday, June 18, 2025, at Pleasant Plains Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Garry Hall and Elder Michael Hattaway will officiate.
Mr. Dyar was born October 17, 1974, in Macon, Georgia. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Wesley Brownlee. He was...
Lyndel Ann Baugus
Jun 12, 2025
Lyndel Ann Baugus, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and friend, who was also a beacon of unwavering strength passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2025, surrounded by her family. She loved deeply and unconditionally, always seeing the best in others. Lyndel's faith has inspired everyone she came in contact with, in spite of battling dementia and parkinson's for several...
Marcia Kay Owensby
Jun 12, 2025
Funeral services for Marcia Kay Ivey Owensby, age 80, will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at the Wrightsville First Methodist Church with Mr. Ralph Veal officiating. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery.
Marcia Kay was born on April 29, 1945, in Savannah, Georgia, to the late Marcus and Kate Veal Ivey....
Beth Fuqua Fordham
Jun 11, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Beth Fuqua Fordham, age 78 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, June 16, 2025, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate.
Mrs. Fordham was born January 11, 1947, in Dublin, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Homer R. Fuqua and Mary Ruth Pierce Fuqua. She was...
Donald Gary Hett, Sr.
Jun 10, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Donald Gary Hett, Sr., age 64 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, June 24, 2025, at The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 2617 Vinson Highway, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061 with Military Honors. Pastor Maurice Battle will officiate.
Mr. Hett was born on September 16, 1960, in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was the...
Vanita Ann Morris
Jun 4, 2025
Ms. Vanita Morris, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at Dublinair Nursing Home.
Ms. Morris was born on December 11, 1942, in Dublin, Georgia. She retired from Flexsteel and was a member of Faith Christian Assembly. She was preceded in death by her parents; E.J. Irby, Sr. and Mary Pauline...
Lattie Dekle Price
Jun 4, 2025
Lattie Dekle Price, age 99, of Wrightsville, GA, found eternal peace on June 4, 2025, under the watchful eye of hospice and her loving daughter.
Born on November 23, 1925, Mrs. Price was the daughter of Leo and Corrine Dekle. She grew up in Metter, GA, and after graduating from high school, she moved to...
Carolyn Martin Loftin
May 31, 2025
Funeral services for Carolyn M. Loftin, age 81, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in the Richard N. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with burial to follow in Westview Cemetery. Rev. Sonny Wilkes will officiate.
Mrs. Loftin was born on March 29, 1944, in Dublin, Georgia....
Barbara Ann Daniel
May 30, 2025
Funeral services for Barbara Ann Daniel, age 81, will be held 11:00 A.M. Monday, June 2, 2025, in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Methodist Cemetery. Bro. Neal Clark will officiate.
Mrs. Daniel was born on December 4, 1943, in Dodge County. She was...
Roger Deane Smith
May 25, 2025
1945-2025
Husband, father, friend & physician is the way Roger wanted to be remembered. But I think that Loyal should be added.
He was a great storyteller, - "The Purple Carpet"., and told funny jokes – "Maria" or I'll "hold the chickens". He loved to plan wonderful trips, find new exciting restaurants and...
James Neil Mullis
May 23, 2025
Funeral services for James Neil Mullis, age 72 will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, May 25, 2025, at Little Bethel Freewill Baptist Church, with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Russell Horne will officiate.
Mr. Mullis was born November 20, 1952, in Chester, Georgia. He was the son of the late Aaron...
Bernie Lynn Lamb
May 21, 2025
Funeral services for Bernie Lynn Lamb, age 71, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 23, 2025, in the Richard N. Stanley, Jr. Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Mr. Jeffery Lamb and Mr. Larry Hines will officiate. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery.
Mr. Lamb was born on August 18, 1953,...
Rev. Hugh Edward Baxter
May 20, 2025
Memorial services for Rev. Hugh Edward Baxter, age 74, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 23, 2025, at Corinth Church in Meeks, Georgia. Rev. Steve Sirmons and Rev. Wess Webb will officiate.
Rev. Baxter was born October 10, 1950, in Augusta, Georgia. He was the son of the late Edward Baxter and Ruby...
Tommy Frady
May 20, 2025
Tommy Frady, age 57, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington County, Georgia.
Mr. Frady was born on May 13, 1968, in Wrightsville, Georgia. He worked for Tanner Farms as a mechanic. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy Brantley Frady and Sue Albritton Wages.
He is...
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