Obituary Listing

Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties

Lois Sweat

Lois Sweat

Dec 6, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Fulford Sweat, age 81, will be held at 12:00 P.M. Saturday, December 8, 2018 at Ivey Baptist Church with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Grady Mimbs and Rev. Mark Sweat will officiate. Mrs. Sweat was born December 12, 1936 in Dublin, Georgia; she was preceded in death by her parents, the late, Bernice...

Luther Hadden

Luther Hadden

Dec 3, 2018

Funeral services for Mr. John Luther Hadden, age 70, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, December 6, 2018 at New Home Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Burton Dixon will officiate. Mr. Hadden was born March 30, 1948 in Wrightsville, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his parents, the late Henry L. Hadden...

Wendell Dixon

Wendell Dixon

Nov 28, 2018

Funeral services for Wendell "Pocket Rocket" Dixon, age 55 will be held at 12:00 P.M. Friday, November 30, 2018 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory, with interment to follow at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Matt Anderson will officiate. Mr. Dixon was born April 17, 1963 in Cadwell, Georgia. He was the son...

Ruth Gaddis Peedin

Ruth Gaddis Peedin

Nov 28, 2018

Graveside funeral services for Ruth Peedin, age83 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, December 3, 2018 at Graham Memorial Church of the Nazarene Cemetery. Rev. Kirk Hagan will officiate. Mrs. Peedin was born May 13, 1935 in Athens, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Mattie Parrish Gaddis. She was also preceded in death by her...

Horace Carlan

Horace Carlan

Nov 26, 2018

Mr. Horace Carlan, age 66 passed away Monday, November 26, 2018 at Shamrock Nursing Home and Rehabilitation. Mr. Carlan was born September 15, 1952 in Athens, Georgia. He was the son of the late Junious Horace Carlan and Helen Dorothy Murray Carlan. Mr. Carlan spent most of his life living in Athens, Georgia. Mr. Carlan is survived by his sister,...

Lisa Ann Graham

Lisa Ann Graham

Nov 25, 2018

Graveside funeral services for Lisa Ann Graham, age 53 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Dexter Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Calvin Halcomb will officiate. Mrs. Graham was born May 18, 1965 in McRae, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Thelma Passmore Grace. She was a homemaker. She attended Dexter Baptist Church.. Mrs. Graham...

Young Hiram "Buddy" Thompson, Jr.

Young Hiram "Buddy" Thompson, Jr.

Nov 24, 2018

Funeral services for Young Hiram "Buddy" Thompson, Jr., age 91 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. A private graveside service will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Earl Turner and Rev. Keith Smith will officiate. Mr. Thompson was born August 24, 1927 in Montrose,...

Heather A. Krone

Heather A. Krone

Nov 21, 2018

It is in the deepest despair and heartbreak that we acknowledge the death of the most amazing daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, niece, cousin, friend and confidant that one has ever known. Heather Krone, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 unexpectedly of a congenital heart defect at home. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on March 19th. Her father Stephen...

Iris Mercado Fenton

Iris Mercado Fenton

Nov 19, 2018

Graveside funeral services for Iris Mercado Fenton, age 89 will be held 10:30 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2018 at Gates of Heaven in Aspen Hill, Maryland. Mrs. Fenton passed away Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Medical Center of Navicent Health in Macon. Mrs. Fenton is survived by loving husband, William Fenton of Dublin, a son, Jordan Michael (Hallie) Fenton...

Joseph Leon Oliver

Joseph Leon Oliver

Nov 19, 2018

Graveside memorial services for Joseph Leon Oliver, age 49 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November, 23, 2018 at Westview Cemetery in Wrightsville. Mr. Oliver was born December 5, 1968 in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was the son of the late Kendal Bryson Oliver and Paulette Frances Oliver. He was a diesel mechanic for T&R Farms. Mr. Oliver passed away...

Ricky Beryan  Jones, Jr.

Ricky Beryan Jones, Jr.

Nov 16, 2018

Funeral services Mr. Ricky Beryan Jones, Jr., age 33, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at the Richard N. Stanley Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Bithynia Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Dellwood, Georgia. Mr. Jones was born January 30, 1985 in Swainsboro, Georgia. He was employed as an electrician with Mel Daniels Heating-Cooling- Electrical...

Grace Viola Chalker

Grace Viola Chalker

Nov 9, 2018

Graveside funeral services for Grace Viola Chalker, age 98 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, November 12, 2018 at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Mr. Thurmon Foskey will officiate. Mrs. Chalker was born December 9, 1919 in Meriwether, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Ira Dunham and Claira Tucker Dunham. She was also preceded in death by her 2...

Johnnie Willard Blizzard

Johnnie Willard Blizzard

Nov 6, 2018

Funeral services for Mr. Johnnie Willard Blizzard, age 93, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Liberty Grove Baptist Church with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Sammy Hall will officiate. Mr. Blizzard was born May 20, 1925 in Wrightsville, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his parents, the late John Maxton Blizzard and...

Wayne Ivey

Wayne Ivey

Nov 6, 2018

Funeral services for Mr. Wayne Downs Ivey, age 69, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, November 8, 2018 at New Home Baptist Church with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Phil Wilson and Rev. Michael Bailey will officiate. Mr. Ivey was born April 1, 1949 in Wrightsville, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his parents, J. Herman...

Carolyn Mae Pryor Evans

Carolyn Mae Pryor Evans

Nov 3, 2018

Funeral services for Carolyn Mae Pryor Evans, age 77, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 6, 2018 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory, with interment to follow at Poplar Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Randy Mimbs will officiate. Mrs. Evans was born July 23, 1941 and is a native of Laurens...

Hoyt Martin

Hoyt Martin

Nov 2, 2018

Mr. Hoyt Martin, age 94, passed away on November 2, 2018 at Serenity Place Hospice in Dublin after a brief illness and extended struggle with dementia. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, November 5, 2018 at the First Christian with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Mr. Rodney Martin and Mr. Wade Wilson will officiate. Mr. Martin...

Bernard Glynn Horton

Bernard Glynn Horton

Nov 2, 2018

Funeral services for Mr. Bernard Glynn Horton, age 71, will be held Saturday, November 10, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home in Dublin, Georgia with Rev. Myron Wise officiating. Interment will follow in the Trail Branch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Horton was born June 12, 1947 in Dublin, Georgia. He graduated...

Joyce Hadden Williamson

Joyce Hadden Williamson

Nov 1, 2018

Funeral services for Mrs. Joyce Hadden Williamson, age 87, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 3, 2018 at New Home Baptist Church with burial to follow at the church cemetery. Rev. Burton Dixon and Rev. Phil Wilson will officiate. Mrs. Williamson was born September 9, 1931 in Wrightsville, Georgia; she was preceded in death by her parents, the...

Hildegard Anna Graham

Hildegard Anna Graham

Oct 25, 2018

Graveside memorial services for Hildegard Anna Graham, age 89 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Andersonville National Cemetery. Mrs. Graham was born February 6, 1929 in Wallduern, Germany. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Emma Schler Klein. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Zilman C. Graham, Jr. She was...

Murray C.  Garnto

Murray C. Garnto

Oct 25, 2018

Funeral services for Mr. Murray Colon Garnto, age 72, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, October 28, 2018 at the Wrightsville Church of the Nazarene with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Stephen Robinson and Mr. Thurmon Foskey will officiate. Mr. Garnto was born November 5, 1945 in Wrightsville, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his parents,...

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