Walter Turner
Sep 1, 2012
Mr. Walter Clarence Turner Jr., age 89 of Griffin, GA passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Brightmoor Hospice. Mr. Turner was born in Senoia, Georgia on January 30, 1923 to the late Walter Clarence Turner, Sr. and the late Mae Akin Turner. He worked for over 30 years in the auto parts industry before retiring from Mid Georgia Auto...
Gaynell Andrews
Sep 1, 2012
Mrs. Gaynell Favors Andrews age 59, of Griffin passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Kindred Hospital of Atlanta. Mrs. Andrews was born on June 16, 1953in Griffin, Georgia to the late Ben Favors Jr. and the Mimmiette Leaks Favors. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lee Andrews, grandchildren, Dominque, Robricas and LaRicky Andrews, brother, Benjamin...
Josephine Wammock
Aug 31, 2012
Ms. Josephine Frances Wammock , age 92 of Kingsland, Ga. passed away on the evening of Friday, August 31st, 2012 in Kingsland. Ms. Wammock was born in on April the 9th, 1920. She is the daughter of the late Charles Benjamin and Sarah Connell Hamilton. Josephine was an accomplished pianist. Josephine played the piano for the surrounding churches, for weddings...
Kelley Awtry
Aug 25, 2012
Mr. Kelley M. Awtry, age 80 of Griffin, GA passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012 at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Mr. Awtry was born in Experiment, Georgia on December 27, 1931 to the late Hershel V. Awtry and the late Pearl Kelley Awtry. He was also preceded in death by his grandson, Jason Awtry and son-in-law, Larry Johnson. Mr. Awtry...
Jennifer Mcguiness
Aug 18, 2012
Mrs. Jennifer Aldredge McGuiness, age 38 of Locust Grove, GA, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at Piedmont Henry Hospital. Jennifer was born on March 3, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia at Northside Hospital to the late Frank Aldredge and Judy Nickel Aldredge. Jennifer graduated from Clayton State University with an accounting degree. She was working on completing her CPA endorsement....
Callista Wells
Aug 18, 2012
Mrs. Callista Fae Wells , age 79 of Eagle Blvd in Kingsland, Ga. passed away in the early morning Saturday, August 18th, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Wells was born in San Diego, California on August 12th, 1933. She is the daughter of the late John Paul and Irene Haskins Parker. Callista Fae Wells, a wife, mother, sister and daughter...
Charles Taylor
Aug 14, 2012
Mr. Charles Robert Taylor, Jr. age 62 of Woodhaven Drive in Kingsland passed away unexpectedly Tuesday morning, August 14, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 22nd, 1949. He is the son of the late Charles R. and Helen Frances Wiley Taylor, Sr. After high school, Mr. Taylor joined the US Navy and proudly...
Terry Worley
Aug 12, 2012
Mr. Terry Curtis Worley, age 57 of Griffin, GA passed away Sunday, August 12, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Worley was born on November 14, 1954 in Atlanta, GA to the late C. H. Worley and the late Mamie Curtis Worley. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Donald Mathis. He retired from Clayton County Water Authority after...
Howard Wilkes
Aug 10, 2012
Mr. Howard Lewis Wilkes, affectionately called “Man” was born December 9, 1936 in Spalding County to the late Ben and Mabel Wilkes. He passed away on August 10, 2012. “Man” worked for Dekalb County, in a mill, and pucked wood for a living. Even after he retired he loved to work on cars. Throughout his life he enjoyed gardening, watching...
Edward Ferrell
Aug 5, 2012
Edward Vincent Ferrell , age 33 of Kingsland passed away unexpectedly Sunday, August 5th, 2012. Mr. Ferrell was born in Riverdale, Georgia on January 2nd, 1979. He is the son of Terry Eugene and Theresa Gail Clifton Ferrell, Sr. Edward met his wife, Jennifer Summers, in the summer of ‘07. She was a single mother of three children. Edward fell...
Thomas Bell
Aug 4, 2012
Thomas Edward Bell III , age 52 of Kingsland passed away Friday, August 3rd, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Bell was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia on February 7th, 1960. He is the son of the late Thomas Edward and Peggy Wolf Bell. Mr. Bell is survived by his beloved wife, Darlene Bell; his son, Eric Bell of Valdosta, GA,...
James Drury
Aug 4, 2012
Mr. James Franklin Drury , age 70 of Old Dixie Highway in White Oak, Ga. passed away unexpectedly in Woodbine, Ga. Saturday morning, August 4th, 2012. Mr. Drury was born in Woodbine, Ga. on February 16th, 1942. He is the son of the late Burwell and Ethel Miller Drury, Sr. Mr. Drury graduated from Camden County High School in 1960....
Naomi Kelley Butler Mobley "Miss Naomi"
Jul 31, 2012
Naomi Butler (Mobley) (Kelley), age 94, formerly of Griffin and Molena Georgia, died Tuesday, July 31, 2012. To her friends and neighbors she always had a smile, a kind word, and delicious food from her garden. To her family she was guardian and saint. And, to her God, she was a loyal servant and an adoring subject. Naomi’s sense of...
Nichole Freeman
Jul 30, 2012
Mrs. Justina “Nichole” Freeman age 30, of Griffin passed away Monday, July 30, 2012 at Spalding Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Freeman was born in Atlanta, Georgia on August 30, 1981 to Alton and Lynn Garrett Faile. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband Dusty Freeman of Griffin; sons, Trenton, Damion, and Kanon Freeman; her parents, Alton and Lynn Faile...
Elmer Bowman
Jul 27, 2012
Mr. Elmer “Fudd” Bowman, age 71 of Yatesville, GA passed away Friday, July 27, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Bowman was born in Unicoi County, Tennessee on June 22, 1941 to the late Carl Bowman and the late Helen Shell Bowman. Mr. Bowman was an auto body technician with Woodstock Quality Paint and Body in Woodstock, Georgia. Survivors include his...
Elaine Grubbs
Jul 26, 2012
Mrs. Elaine Brooks Grubbs, age 51 of Griffin, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Grubbs was born on June 8, 1961 in Griffin. She was a hairdresser and full time student in nursing school at Gordon College. She was also a member of the Church at the Crossings in Griffin. She was preceded in death by...
Joyce Peters
Jul 25, 2012
Mrs. Joyce Sanders Peters, age 83, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Brightmoor Nursing Center. A lifelong resident of Barnesville, Mrs. Peters was the daughter of the late Terrell C. Sanders and Margarite Fiveash Sanders. She was a member of Union Primitive Baptist Church in Goggans, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Douglas N. “Buck” Peters;...
John Dubose
Jul 22, 2012
Lifelong resident of St. Marys, John Pacetti DuBose passed away mid-morning on Sunday, July 22, 2012, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was married to Madge Joiner DuBose (deceased October of 1990) for 43 years. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 at the young age of 16. He served in the Philippines during World War...
Rickey Prestridge
Jul 20, 2012
Mr. Rickey Gene Prestridge , age 54 of St. Marys, Ga. passed away unexpectedly Friday, July 20th, 2012 at his brother’s residence. Mr. Prestridge was born in a suburb of Houston, Texas on April 17th, 1958. He is the son of the late Peerless Calvin and Dorothy Croxton Prestridge. Mr. Prestridge was a concrete mason. His great nephew Christian said...
Carroll Manning
Jul 16, 2012
Carroll Edwin ‘Hoppy” Manning , age 73 of the Bullhead Bluff community passed away in late evening hours of Monday, July 16th, 2012 at his residence after a courageous fight with cancer. Mr. Manning was born in Bullhead Bluff on March 30th, 1939. He is the son of the late Damon Britt and Bertha Bennett Manning. He earned a degree...
