Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

Jul 16, 2012

Willie Ruth Hinson , 88, a longtime resident of Marianna, Florida passed away Monday July 16, 2012 at Hospice of Golden Isle in Brunswick, Georgia, following a brief illness. Her family will greet friends and relatives from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 20 in the fellowship hall of the First Presbyterian Church, 2898 Jefferson Street, in Marianna. A...

Jul 15, 2012

Reverend Seaborn “Buck” Scoggins, age 82 of Griffin, GA passed away Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Spalding Regional Medical Center. Reverend Scoggins was the well- known founder of the local area Remember Ministries. Mr. Scoggins was born on June 7, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Carl Scoggins and the late Eula Moke Scoggins. He attended Toccoa Falls Bible...

Jul 13, 2012

Charles R. “Tinker” Asbell , 50, died unexpectedly July 13th, 2012 at his home in Brunswick. Coach Asbell, as he was known, was a retired educator and football coach. Born in Perry, Fla., he was the son of the late Rick and Judy Paris Asbell. He grew up in Conyers and moved to Brunswick in 1971. Tinker excelled in a...

Jul 11, 2012

At approximately 1: 30 am Wednesday, July 11th, 2012 the bride of my youth, Mrs. Glenda G. Johnson of Woodbine, Ga. departed this ole world and immediately entered into the presence of the loving arms of our Lord. Glenda had been ill since undergoing chemical and radiation therapy for cancer, of which she was in remission. Her marriage of 58...

Jul 2, 2012

Jun 28, 2012

Robert Hamilton Duffy , 42, of Kingsland passed away at Southeast Georgia Medical Center in Brunswick on Thursday, June 28, 2012. He was born in St. Marys, Georgia on May 06, 1970. He is the son of the late Germane Marion Duffy and Jacqueline Betty-Jean Smith Foskey. He was an Interior Trimmer and Landscaper. He loved spending time with his...