Obituary Listing
Local Obituaries for Laurens and Johnson Counties
Herbert Gillis
Jul 10, 2017
A memorial service for Mr. Herbert Gillis, age 68, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel. Mr. Gillis was born February 18, 1949 in Hazelhurst, Georgia; he was preceded in death by his parents, the late Daniel & Mary Lilly Churchwell Gillis and a sister, Mary Wise. He was a veteran...
James Roy Williams
Jul 4, 2017
Memorial Services for James Roy Williams, age 67 will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Dexter United Methodist Church. Rev. Sam Collins will officiate. Mr. Williams was born on January 8, 1950 in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Authur Admon Williams and Calcie Fountain Williams Wester. He was preceded in death...
James Neal Pope
Jul 1, 2017
Memorial services for James Neal Pope, age 60 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, July 3, 2017 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory with burial to follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Mike Peacock will officiate. Mr. Pope was born on October 30, 1956 in Paris, France. He has lived in Laurens County...
Patricia Todd Stokes
Jun 30, 2017
Funeral services for Patricia Todd Stokes, age 35, were held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Richard N. Stanley Memorial Chapel with Rev. Craig Foskey officiating. Patricia was born May 19, 1982 in Bartow, Florida but has made her home in Johnson and Washington County since 1992. She was preceded in death by a brother, Christopher Todd....
Joseph Lamar Gemes
Jun 28, 2017
Joseph Lamar Gemes passed away on June 28,2017 after a brief illness and was most recently a resident of Addington Place in Dublin, Georgia. He was born on October 5, 1927 in Hollywood, Florida, the first of four children to Joseph Thomas Gemes and Canola Gemes. He is preceded in death by his wife Sarah, parents Joseph and Canola, and...
Valentina Gracheva
Jun 23, 2017
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Valentina Gracheva, age 92 will be held at 12:00 P.M. on Monday, June 26, 2017 at Arlington Memorial Park in Atlanta. Mr. Thurmon Foskey will officiate. Mrs. Gracheva was born on December 29, 1924 in Buzuluk, Russia. She was the daughter of the late Aleksandr Bliznezov and Zinaida Bliznezova. She was also preceded in death...
Louise Smith
Jun 22, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Louise Smith, age 77, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial to follow at Westview Cemetery. Rev. Sammy Hall and Rev. Michael Bailey will officiate. Mrs. Smith was born June 26, 1939 in Wrightsville, Georgia; she was preceded in death by her parents, the late Wade...
Dorothy Walker Clark
Jun 19, 2017
CEDAR GROVE – Mrs. Dorothy "Dot" Walker Clark, 96, passed away on Monday, June 19, 2017 at home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church with Reverend Andy Brownley and Reverend Lawrence Wiggins officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the...
Fran Deal
Jun 16, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Lola Fran Fields Deal, age 51, will be held at 7:30 P.M. Monday, June 19, 2017 at Corinth United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Donna Avera will officiate. Mrs. Deal was born August 2, 1965 in Emanuel County; she was preceded in death by her parents, the late Paul Fields...
Pete Mitsin
Jun 13, 2017
Peter (Pete) Mitsin, age 79 passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 while vacationing with his loving family in Anacortes, Washington. Mr. Mitsin was born May, 8, 1938 in Fabyan, CT., to the late Kristo and Mary Mitsin. He was a proud U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, salesman,loving husband of 56 years, father, grandfather and brother. In addition to his parents, he...
George Randy Brown
Jun 10, 2017
Memorial services for George Randy Brown, age 62 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, June 17, 2017 in the Chan Stanley Memorial Chapel of Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory. Rev. Janice Laster and Dr. Larry Daniel will officiate. Mr. Brown was born on October 17, 1954 in Dublin, Georgia. He was the son of the late Wanell Warren Lamb....
Betty Lawrence
Jun 9, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Joyce Price Tingle Lawrence, age 79, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 11, 2017 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with interment to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Scott Osborne and Rev. Chad Waller will officiate. Mrs. Lawrence was born July 28, 1937 in Sandersville, Georgia; she was preceded in death by her...
Doris Shurling
Jun 9, 2017
Mrs. Doris Williams Shurling of Wrightsville Georgia died Friday June 9, 2017 after a brief illness. She was 91 years old. Mrs. Shurling was born October 21, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was the daughter of George and Inez Austin Williams. She graduated valedictorian from West Fulton High School in Atlanta. After graduation, she worked for Shell Oil as an...
Frankie Peavy Stewart
Jun 1, 2017
Funeral services for Mrs. Frankie Peavy Stewart, age 84 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Lovett United Methodist Church, with interment to follow at Boiling Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Barbara Nelson will officiate. Mrs. Stewart was born in Sandersville, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Tom and Cora McCoy Peavy. She...
Luther T. Allen
May 31, 2017
Graveside funeral services for Luther T. Allen, age 79 will be held at 2:00P.M. Monday, June 5, 2017 at Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Thurmon Foskey will officiate. Mr. Allen was born on November 4, 1937 to the late John B. and Maggie G. Allen. He was retired from J.P. Stevens and Company. Mr. Allen passed away on Wednesday,...
Hal E. Bray, Jr.
May 31, 2017
Hal E. Bray, Jr., 67, of Wrightsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday May 31, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospice House in Athens, Georgia. He was born in Wrightsville, January 22, 1950, to Hal, Sr. and Joyce Jackson Sullivan. Hal graduated from Wrightsville High School. He then attended South Georgia Technical College in Americus where he became a certified electrician, and later...
Kenneth James Martin
May 27, 2017
Funeral services for Kenneth James Martin, age 10 will be held at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Buckeye Baptist Church, with interment to follow at Dublin Mennonite Church Cemetery. Pastor Sim Yoder, Pastor Henry Ramos, and his Uncle Pastor Roy Groff will officiate. Kenneth was born on May 3, 2007 in Dublin, Georgia where he has lived all...
Nyla Wilkes Fennell
May 27, 2017
Nyla Wilkes Fennell, age 93, passed away May 27, 2017 at her home in Rentz. Graveside services will be held on Sunday, May 28, 2017, at 2pm at Northview Cemetery in Dublin with the Reverend Darren Talley officiating. Mrs Fennell was a retired school bus driver for the Laurens County Board of Education. She was a loving mother and grandmother....
Kathryn Estyne Brantley
May 21, 2017
Funeral services for Kathryn Estyne Brantley, age 92 will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Brown Memorial Baptist Church, with interment to follow at Westview Cemetery. Dr. Lane Collins and Rev. Randy Adams will officiate. Mrs. Brantley was born on December 7, 1924 and is a native of Wrightsville, Georgia. She was preceded in death by...
Mabel Knight
May 19, 2017
Funeral services for Mabel Fulford Knight, age 86 will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, May 21, 2017 at the Heart of Worship Assembly of God, with interment to follow at Snow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Curtis McCullough and Rev. C.W. Mullis will officiate. Mrs. Knight was born on April 26, 1931 in Wrightsville, Georgia. She was the daughter...
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