Obituaries

Nov 15, 2016

William Michael (Mike) Engel entered the presence of the Lord on Tuesday, November 15th, 2016. Mike was born in Sutton, West Virginia on June 4, 1945 to the late William Karl Engel and Thelma Inez Hartley. He moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he graduated from Paxson High School in 1963. Mike also received an associate’s degree in forestry from Lake...

Nov 13, 2016

Mrs. Sibye Beatrice Thomas , age 87 of Woodbine, Ga. passed away at her residence on Sunday, November 13 th , 2016. Mrs. Thomas was born in Washington, DC on December 7 th , 1928. She is the daughter of the late Lillian Mae Leonards and Jack Izear Harrison. Mrs. Thomas’s family shared, “She was a woman of many talents,...

Nov 1, 2016

Mrs. Lillian K. "Kitty" Cook-Morgan October 14, 1932 – November 1, 2016 Mrs. Lillian K. "Kitty" Cook-Morgan, age 84, of Griffin, GA passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at Brightmoor Nursing Center. Mrs. Kitty Cook-Morgan was born on October 14, 1932 in Griffin, GA to the late Albert Franklin Cook and the late Gertrude Josephine Glover Cook. She is...

Nov 1, 2016

Mr. Donald Wayne Creamer June 23, 1955 – November 1. 2016 Mr. Donald Wayne Creamer, age 61, of Jonesboro, GA passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 in Cleveland, Georgia. Mr. Creamer was born on June 23, 1955 in Birmingham, AL to the late William John Creamer and Frances Olivia Creamer. He was a family man with a heart of...

Oct 28, 2016

Mr. Jesse “PieMan” Bowman August 20, 1938 – October 28. 2016 Mr. Jesse “PieMan” Bowman, age 78, of Griffin, GA passed away on Friday, October 28, 2016 at Brightmoor Hospice. Mr. Bowman was born on August 20, 1938, in Griffin, GA to the late Nick Bowman and the late Ruby Lee Bowman. He was also preceded in death by his...

Oct 23, 2016

Ms. Donna Faye Moss March 20, 1965 – October 23, 2016 Ms. Donna Faye Moss, age 51, of Williamson, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Spalding Regional Hospital. Ms. Moss was born in Griffin, GA, on March 20, 1965. She was preceded in death by her father Fulton W. Moss and brother Danny Moss. Ms. Moss was a...

Oct 20, 2016

Kimberley Hambrough Quintanilla , 57, of St. Marys, GA, left this earth to be present with the Lord in the early morning hours on October 20, 2016, after her brief bout with cancer. Kim was born on May 28, 1959, in Stoughton, Massachusetts.  She graduated from Brockton High School in Brockton, MA, in 1977, and attended Bridgewater State College in...

Oct 19, 2016

Mr. Larry Wayne Johnson , age 70 of Kingsland, Ga. passed away on Wednesday, October 19 th , 2016 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick, Ga. Wayne was born in Lake City, Florida on September 7 th , 1946. He is the son of Mary Rosa Lee Bryant Nelson and the late Clifford C. Johnson. Wayne was a member...

Oct 15, 2016

Mrs. Janis “Tarpy” Davis , age 79 of Woodbine, Ga. passed away to Heaven on Saturday, October 15 th , 2016 at Hospice Savannah in Savannah, Ga. after a long illness. Mrs. Davis was born in Brunswick, Ga. on March 19 th , 1937. She is the daughter of the late Gertrude Liles & Riley Harrell, Sr. “Tarpy” was a...

Oct 14, 2016

Mr. Terry Lynn Summers , age 64of St. Marys, Ga. passed away at his residence on Friday, October 14th, 2016. Mr. Summers was born on November 23rd, 1951 in Fairmont, West Virginia. He is the son of the late Wilma Marie Satterfield Arny & Clarence Theodore Summers. He was a tried and true to the Ohio State Buckeyes and West...

Oct 12, 2016

Mrs. JoAnne Littlefield April 22, 1941 – October 12, 2016 Mrs. JoAnne Littlefield, age 75, of Barnesville, went to meet her Lord on Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Mrs. Littlefield was born on April 22, 1941. She was preceded in death by her husband Harvey Russell Littlefield, mother Cleo Hulett, father Buck McCarley, two sons Leonard Wayne Mullins and Robert (Bobby)...

Oct 12, 2016

Mr. Fulton W. Moss June 18, 1931 – October 12, 2016 Mr. Fulton W. Moss, age 85, of Williamson, passed away on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at Spalding Regional Hospital. Mr. Moss was born on June 18, 1931 to the late William Dewey Moss and the late Allie Nancy Moss. He was preceded in death by his son Danny Moss....

Oct 10, 2016

Mr. George Allen Thomas, Sr. age 63 of St. Marys, Ga. passed away Sunday October 2nd, 2016 at the Warner Center of Community Hospice in Fernandina Beach, Fl. after a short hospital stay. Allen was raised in St. Marys, Ga. by his parents, Nona Beatrice Geoghagan & Martin Thomas, Sr. Allen was a graduate of Camden County High School. He...

Sep 27, 2016

Mr. Medardo "Papi" Rivera June 8, 1925 – September 27, 2016 Papi, age 92, was born in Viñales Pinar del Rio, Cuba on June 8, 1925. He was the sixth of eight children. Thanks to the hard work of brothers like Juan Ascui  he learned the truth and was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on April 12, 1943. He...

Sep 25, 2016

Mrs. Pamela Ormseth November 14, 1955 – September 25, 2016 Mrs. Pamela Ormseth, age 60, of McDonough, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2016 at Piedmont Henry Hospital. Mrs. Ormseth was born in Evansville, IN on November 14, 1955. She was preceded in death by her mother Joyce I. Hubbard and sister Diane Chaney. Pam was a long time member...

Sep 24, 2016

Mrs. Barbara Heretyk May 27, 1940 – September 24, 2016 Mrs. Barbara Heretyk, age 76, of Griffin, passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016. Barbara Lorraine Houck Heretyk was born May 27, 1940, in Los Angeles, CA. She was preceded in death by her son Steven Kramer. When Barbara was very young, her family moved to Calistoga, CA. Here she...

Sep 23, 2016

Sep 21, 2016

Mrs. Evelyn Blackmon November 21, 1924 – September 21, 2016 Evelyn Lulu Blackmon, affectionately known as E. B., passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of September 21, 2016 in her current hometown of Franklin, Tennessee. Born in Forsyth, Georgia on November 21, 1923, Evelyn was the first-born daughter of the late Jesse Council and Cleo Stallings....

Sep 19, 2016

Mrs. Mildred E. King March 30, 1926 – September 16, 2016 Mrs. Mildred E. King, age 90, of Forest Park, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2016 at Brightmoor Hospice surrounded by her family. Mrs. King was born in Cambridge, VT on March 30, 1926 to the late Lee and Mae Davis, the youngest of 13 children. She is also...

Sep 19, 2016

Mr. Richard Rusher October 28, 1922 – September 19, 2016 Mr. Richard Rusher, age 93, of Griffin, formerly of Wichita, KS, passed away on Monday, September 19, 2016 at Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Barnesville. Mr. Rusher was born in Wichita, KS on October 28, 1922 to the late William and Fern Rusher. He was also preceded in death by...