Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
Grace Jackson
Feb 27, 2019
Mrs. Grace Peacock Cooper Jackson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at High Shoals Health & Rehab in Bishop, GA, just one day after her 95th birthday. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 2, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St.Burial will be private. The family will receive visitors on...
Brandon Eugene Dukes
Feb 23, 2019
Mr. Brandon Eugene Dukes, 19, passed away on Saturday morning, February 23, 2019. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 28, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Pastor Jamie Grantham and Deacon Matt Murphy officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, February 27, between the hours of 6:00 &...
James William "Bill" Turpin
Feb 19, 2019
Mr. James William "Bill" Turpin, 91, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, at his home in Americus. A native of Americus, he was born February 14, 1928, a son of the late A.B. Turpin and the late Lila Webb Turpin. He was retired from sales at Fox International and worked several years in the mobile home business. Mr. Turpin...
Betty Jean Lewis
Feb 7, 2019
Mrs. Betty Jean Lewis, age 81, passed away on Thursday, February 7, 2019, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A visitation will be held on Sunday, February 10, between the hours of 2:00 & 4:00 PM at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Born June 6, 1937 in Atlanta, she was a daughter of the late Joseph James Pittman and...
James William Painter
Feb 3, 2019
Mr. James William Painter passed away at Lillian Carter Health & Rehab Center in Plains, on Sunday, February 3, 2019, just 4 days short of his 67th birthday. Born February 7, 1952, he was row crop and cattle farmer. Mr. Painter was of the Christian faith. All services will be private. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences,...
Evelyn Jacobs Mcdonald
Jan 28, 2019
Mrs. Evelyn Jacobs McDonald, age 90, passed away on Monday morning, January 28, 2019, at her home in Plains. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 2, at Plains Baptist Church, with burial to follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Rev. Buck Kinney will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, February 1, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427...
Mitzi Sloke Davis
Jan 14, 2019
Mitzi Sloke Davis, aged 100 plus, entered eternal life on January 14, 2019. Though Mitzi had made her home in Americus for 48 years, she resided in Gray since 2011. Mitzi grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest of six children, all of whom have preceded her in death. An early marriage ended in divorce. After graduating from business school,...
Carolyn Harris Durham
Jan 4, 2019
Mrs. Carolyn Harris Durham, aged 90, of Plains and Albany, Georgia, died January 4, 2019 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Facility in Americus. She was born December 12, 1928 in Quitman County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Ouida Lucile Murphy and Ernest Willie Harris. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Russell Durham. Mrs. Durham joined the Plains...
Charles J. "Joe" Plant, Jr.
Dec 19, 2018
Mr. Charles J. "Joe" Plant, Jr., age 94, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services are planned for 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 22, at Lee Street United Methodist Church, with Dr. Dennis Stalvey and Rev. James Earl Duke, Jr. officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.The family will...
Richard Wisham
Dec 9, 2018
Mr. Richard Oscar Wisham, age 75, passed away on Sunday evening, December 9, 2018, at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 12, from the graveside at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, with Elder Win Kuck and Elder Larry White officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, December 11, between the...
Janice Merck
Dec 6, 2018
Mrs. Janice Merck, age 65, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at Lillian Carter Health & Rehab in Plains. A native of Birmingham, AL, she was born February 19, 1953, daughter of the late Henry Rayfield and the late Mary Elizabeth Cross Rayfield. Mrs. Merck was a home maker and was of the Catholic faith. She is survived by...
O.C. Jones
Dec 2, 2018
Mr. O.C. Jones, age 89, passed away early Sunday morning, December 2, 2018, at his home in Smithville.Funeral services with military honors are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 4, from the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site, with Rev. Wendy Peacock officiating. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.The family will receive...
Laurence "Larry" William Kobs
Nov 20, 2018
Mr. Laurence William "Larry" Kobs, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Augusta VA Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, in Central Baptist Church with Dr. Bryan Myers and Rev. Hugh DeLoach officiating. The family will visit with friends and relatives in the foyer of the church for...
Gerald Richard Vaughan
Nov 18, 2018
Mr. Gerald Richard "Jerry" Vaughan, age 79, passed away on Sunday evening, November 18, 2018, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 21, at Drayton Baptist Church in Vienna. Rev. Richard Chalk will officiate. The family will receive visitors between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 20, at Hancock...
Elsie D. Plant
Nov 17, 2018
Mrs. Elsie D. Plant, age 94, passed away on Saturday morning, November 17, 2018, at her home in Americus.Funeral services are planned for 1:00 PM on Monday, November 19, at Lee Street United Methodist Church, with Dr. Dennis Stalvey and Rev. James Earl Duke, Jr. officiating. A private interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.The family will receive friends on...
Cindy Deanne Spencer
Nov 16, 2018
Mrs. Cindy Spencer, age 42, passed away very unexpectedly on Friday, November 16, 2018 at her home in Heflin, AL.Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 20, at Bethel Campground Church in Carrollton, with Rev. J.W. Daniel officiating. All other services will be private.Born June 8, 1976 in Carrollton, she was a daughter of Jerry George and...
Bruce Allen Smith
Oct 28, 2018
Bruce Allen Smith, 53, of Chelsea, Alabama, died in his sleep at his family home in Americus, Georgia on October 28th, 2018. He was born on Fort Benning, Georgia on January 15, 1965, the third child and second son of Jack and Pauline Smith. He was a graduate of Americus High School and Auburn University and employed by Centro, Incorporated...
Michael Alan Howard
Oct 12, 2018
Michael Alan Howard, age 64, passed away on October 12, 2018 in Mt. Dora, FL, after an extended illness.A 1973 graduate of Princeton High School in New Jersey, Mike was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1974 until 1976. Since 2010, he worked with ISS Facility Services as a resident lock tender on Lake Apopka in...
Jerry Joseph Mcclendon
Oct 4, 2018
Mr. Jerry Joseph McClendon, age 59, passed away on Thursday morning, October 4, 2018, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.A memorial service was held on Sunday, October 14, at 7:00 PM at Eastside Baptist Church, with Rev. Sims Jones officiating.Born December 21, 1958 in Jacksonville, FL, he was a son of the late Dennis Joseph McClendon and the late Sarah Ann...
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