Mary Jane Warrick
Oct 21, 2022
Mary Jane Warrick, 77, passed away at Southeast Health October 21, 2022 after a lengthy illness. A graveside service will be held at Blakely Cemetery on Monday, October 24, 2022 at 11 a.m. with Dr. Alex Howell officiating. Mary Jane was born January 21, 1945 in Blakely, GA to the late Sam Owen, Sr and Mary Ellen Lisenby Owen. She...
Janis Barrentine Still
Oct 14, 2022
Janis Barrentine Still, 87, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2022 after a lengthy illness. She was a resident of Early Memorial Nursing Home in Blakely. Janis was born in Blakely on April 28, 1935 to Pete and Avadell Branch Barrentine. She was a graduate of Blakely Union High School and was office manager for Dr. James H. Crowdis for...
Billy Hays
Oct 14, 2022
Billy Hayes, age 91, of Toccoa, Georgia died Friday, October 14, 2022 at home with his family. Born in Early County, Georgia, on December 4, 1930, he was the son and only child of Dennis Wade Hayes and Sadie (Loyless) Hayes. During the Korean War he joined the U.S. Army where he became a clerk typist, an assignment that took...
Shelbie Jean Harrell
Sep 30, 2022
Shelbie Jean Jones Harrell, 78, of Blakely, GA passed away after a short battle with breast cancer on Friday, September 30, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family. Shelbie was born in Houston County, Alabama on September 4, 1944 to Olen Lamar Jones and Myrtle Adams Jones. She was a graduate of Cottonwood High School and Wallace Community College....
Edwin David Eaton
Sep 25, 2022
This obituary is posted as a courtesy from Southern Heritage Funeral Home Edwin David Eaton, a resident of Dothan, Alabama died unexpectedly, Sunday, September 25, 2022, at his home. He was 65. A Graveside Memorial Service will be held at 2PM EST, Friday, September 30, 2022, at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery in Edison, Georgia with Reverend Larry Sowell officiating and...
Amanda Lane Taylor
Sep 18, 2022
Amanda “Mandy” Lane Taylor of Snellville, GA passed away on Sunday, September 18, 2022, at the age of 41. Mandy was born November 26, 1980 in Moultrie, Georgia. Mandy resided in Arlington, Georgia in her early years before moving to various South Georgia locations as an adult. She is a graduate of the Early County High School Class of 1999....
Raymond James Perkins
Sep 9, 2022
This is a courtesy posting for Striffler-Hamby Mortuary - Columbus Raymond James Perkins of Blakely, GA passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022, at the age of 77 at Columbus Hospice in Columbus, GA. He was born at Fort Hood (Gatesville), TX on September 23, 1944 to the late James Elbert Perkins and Mary Exie Hortman Perkins. Ray resided in...
James Lafayette Clinkscales
Sep 3, 2022
James LaFayette Clinkscales passed away on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at the age of 57 at Flowers Hospital due to complications from heart surgery. Jim was the youngest son of the late Samuel Jefferson Clinkscales and Jean Davis Clinkscales. Jim was a lifelong resident of Blakely, GA. He was born on November 17, 1964. Jim graduated from Southwest Georgia Academy...
Charles Douglas Coss
Aug 31, 2022
Charles Douglas "Buddy" Coss was born November 27, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Charles A. and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Coss. Buddy passed away August 31, 2022 at the age of 80 in his home in Edison, Georgia under hospice care. Buddy attended school in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Central High School. He also attended Lipscomb University. Buddy...
Joyce Giles Corbitt
Aug 30, 2022
Joyce Giles Corbitt of Charlotte, NC passed away Tuesday August 30, 2022 there will be a graveside service 2pm Saturday September 3, 2022 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Ft. Gaines ,GA
John Robert Moseley
Aug 27, 2022
John Robert Moseley, 71, of Blakely, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at his home on Hwy. 62. He was born in Blakely on October 11, 1950, son of the late Ben and Jewell Lane Moseley. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. After graduating from high school, he married the late Stephanie Waller. He is survived by...
James "Jim" David George
Aug 20, 2022
James David George died after an extended illness on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 82 years of age. He was born in Blakely, GA on May 31, 1940, to Lloyd Lamar and Jeanette Tarver George. Jim later attended Blakely Union High School. After graduation, he studied at The University of Georgia where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in...
Jessie Mable Mcgriff
Aug 18, 2022
Jessie Mable McGriff of Blakely, GA passed away on August, 18, 2022 at Southeast Health, Dothan, AL. Mable was born September 30, 1940 in Early County GA to the late J. D. Peterson and Eunice Peterson. She was a member of While Plains Freewill Baptist Church in Lucile, GA. Other than her parents she was preceded in death by one...
Darice Alday Busby
Aug 16, 2022
Darice Busby, 79, of Blakely, died early Tuesday morning at Early County LifeBrite Nursing Home, Blakely, GA. She was born in Alliance, Florida and moved to Blakely, GA in 1960 where she met the love of her life, Donald "Pete" Busby. She and Pete were married for over 50 years and have three sons. She and Pete would plant a...
Bobby Craft
Jul 14, 2022
Bobby Craft, 61, of Blakely, GA, passed away Wednesday night after a long-fought battle with cancer, July 13, 2022, in a family home. His funeral will be held on Saturday July 16, 2022, at 10 a.m. at Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home, Blakely, GA with Danny Brewer officiating. Pallbearers include Craig Gordon, Dustin Land, Tommy Temples, Wendall Craft, Hardy Dollar,...
Dorothy White Hilton
Jul 8, 2022
Dorothy Hilton passed away at Early Memorial Nursing Home Friday, July 8, 2022. She was born on April 2, 1940 to the late Clyde White and Jinnie Owens White. She is survived by two daughters, Janice Cook and Sybil Norris, one son, Richard Hilton, all who loved her very much.
Inez White Bonner
Jul 6, 2022
Inez White Bonner of Arlington, GA passed away on July 6, 2022 at the age of 91 at Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA. She was an avid gardener and farmer all her life. Mrs. Bonner is survived by two sons-Leonard Bonner (Marion) of Bainbridge, GA; Michael Bonner (Joy) of Arlington, GA; one daughter Jane B Lovering (Randy) of Colquitt,...
Mary Anderson Bruner
Jul 4, 2022
Mary Anderson Bruner November 10, 1933- July 4, 2022 Mary Anderson Bruner peacefully passed away July 4,2022 at the age of eighty-eight. Born in Alma, Georgia to the late Wailey S. Anderson and the late Irene Elizabeth Medders Anderson. She was raised in Waycross, Georgia. She met the love of her life and husband, Gerald Bruner while both were serving...
James Dennis Kopkie
Jul 1, 2022
Posted as courtesy for Zeigler Funeral Home James Dennis ‘J.D.’ Kopkie, age 77, of Athens, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. James was a native Battleground, WA and former resident of Blakely, GA before moving to McMinn County in 2018. He was the son of the late Ella Kopkie Canfield. He is also...
Patricia Ann Avery
Jun 29, 2022
Patricia A. Avery, 76, passed away peacefully on June 29th, 2022 at her residence. She was born March 30, 1946 to the late Hoyte and Elle Mae Ussery. There will be a visitation for family and friends at Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home, Thursday, June 30, 2022, from 5 PM until 7PM. A graveside service with be Friday, July 1,...
