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Mr. Otto Varnum, age 78, passed away on Saturday, April 25, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A private graveside committal service will be held at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Bud Womack officiating. Born July 14, 1941 in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Arthur Alvin Varnum and the late Daisy Lee Hardin Varnum. Mr. Varnum...
Mrs. Mildred Daniel Osborne, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at Oaks at Oakland Plantation in Lee County. A private family committal service was held at Oak Grove Cemetery on Friday, April 24, with Rev. Marty Dillon officiating. A native of Americus, she was born May 18, 1930, daughter of the late Emmett and Minnie Daniel. Mrs....
Mrs. Mary Anne Harrison Wingard, age 87, passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at Perfect Care. A private family committal service was held at Sunset Memorial Gardens on Friday, April 24, with Rev. Steven Golden and Rev. Chet Ragsdale officiating. Born September 13, 1932 in Ellaville, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Talbot Harrison and the late...
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth "Bess" Ross Speer, age 92, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Perfect Care. A private burial and committal service was held on Thursday, April 9, at Oak Grove Cemetery with Dr. Bryan Myers officiating. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, the celebration of life service was postponed and is now scheduled for 11:00 AM on...
Claudia “Joyce” Hancock Walters, 86, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020 in Chattanooga, TN. Born in Upson County, Joyce grew up surrounded by peach orchards and packing houses. Many of the childhood stories she shared with family over the years and her novel “Thomaston Queen” were inspired by experiences on the Hancock farm. Joyce graduated from Robert E. Lee High...
Mrs. Irma Jewell Oliver Woodard, age 80, daughter of the late William Henry Oliver and Lucy DeVane Oliver, joined her heavenly family on March 19, 2020. Jewell was born in Ellaville, Georgia on October 11, 1939 and was the youngest of six girls. She graduated from Americus High School And South Georgia Technical College. Mrs. Woodard was a bookkeeper, and...
Mrs. Miriam Lucille Willis Tolbert, age 101, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Due to mandated health precautions at the current time, a Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date in the Martha McDonald Moore Memorial Chapel at Magnolia Manor. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery in Cincinnati. Born...
Rebecca Lynn McNeill, age 93, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2020. She was the daughter of Mason and Lillie Lynn and was born on March 2, 1927 in Hatcher Station, Alabama. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 3:00 PM at First Methodist Church in Americus, Georgia followed by a graveside service at...
Ms. Gwendolyn Mae Dech Eckert, age 88, of Americus, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Ms. Eckert was born July 30, 1931 in Akron, Ohio, a daughter of the late Walter John Dech and the late Hazel Mae Fine Dech. She enjoyed a long career as a Registered Nurse and retired from Sumter...
Mr. Fred Statham Hodges, Sr., age 58, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at his home in Andersonville. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 22, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. Interment will follow in Hodges Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends between the...
Mr. John Lewis McCord, age 67, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 22, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, with Rev. Bud Womack officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 PM on Saturday at Hancock Funeral Home. Born January 10, 1953...
Mr. Charles Hardy passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date to be announced. Born September 9, 1956 in Americus, Charles was a son of the late Juby Hardy and the late Thelma Frederick. He worked many years farming alongside his father. He loved to sing...
Mr. Jerry Eugene Roberts passed away on Monday, February 10, 2020 at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, February 12, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Andrew Stucker officiating. Private interment will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends between the hours...
Martha Ann Studstill, 85, passed away on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday, February 14th, at the First Presbyterian Church, Americus, Georgia. The Reverend Sommer Bower and Reverend Earl Dunmon will officiate. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be in the church fellowship hall one hour before the service. Born...
Mr. Bobby Frank Smith passed away on Monday, January 27, 2020, at Perfect Care. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 30, at Hebron Baptist Church, with Rev. Ron Perry officiating. Burial will follow in Hebron Cemetery.The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, January 29, between the hours of 5:00 & 7:00 PM at Hancock Funeral...
Mr. Charlie Edd "Buck" Scott, age 82, passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Monday, January 20, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, with Rev. Bud Womack and Rev. Brooks Partain officating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Hancock...
Frederick E. Bousquet II, age 59, of Nashville, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 13th, 2020, surrounded by the love of family and friends. He was a native of Norwich, Connecticut, and the son of the late Frederick Ernest Bousquet and Arlene R. Lisiewski. He was of the Catholic faith and the Founder/CEO of Brainblast Entertainment. Fred is survived...
James Lee Moseley, 73, of Morgantown, WV passed away peacefully on January 12, 2020. James was born on February 19, 1946, in Valdosta, a son of the late Mary Kate Causey Moseley and Rolf Earl Moseley. He graduated from Americus High School where he met his future wife and mother of his children, Lillian Johnson.
James went on...
Mr. Darryl Paul Stelter, age 53, of Leslie, passed away on Thursday evening, January 9, 2020, at Willson Hospice House in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 4:00 PM on Tuesday, January 14, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday between the hours of...
Robert Emmett Monahan, Jr. passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at his home in Americus. He was born in Americus, GA on April 19, 1929 to Robert Emmett Monahan and Irma Tooke Monahan. Bobby had an active youth, raising rabbits and chickens and working at the family dairy; he worked as a paperboy and soda jerk. Bobby proudly represented...
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