Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
Gwendolyn Story Chambliss
Feb 4, 2017
Mrs. Gwendolyn Story Chambliss of Marion County, GA, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church in Americus, GA with the visitation to follow. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Chambliss was born the...
Ruth M. Brazil
Jan 28, 2017
Mrs. Ruth M. Brazil passed away quietly and peacefully, surrounded by family and loved ones on Saturday, January 28, 2017, at Piedmont Regional Hospital in Athens, GA. Funeral services are planned for 4:00 PM on Tuesday, January 31, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Hugh Harbort and Rev. Rodney Owens officiating. Burial is...
Mary Foster Crawford
Jan 27, 2017
Mrs. Mary Foster Crawford of Marietta, GA, passed away on Friday, January 27, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Plains, she was the daughter of the late Myrtice Mashburn Foster and Ernest Grover Foster, and was preceded in death by her husband, James Ray Crawford, Sr., in 1996; son, James Ray Crawford, Jr....
Robert Edward Miller
Jan 22, 2017
Mr. Robert Edward Miller, age 90, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at his home in DeSoto, GA. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 26, at First Presbyterian Church in Americus, GA with Rev. Sommer Bower officiating. Burial is to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00 PM on Wednesday,...
Flora Orton Bogy
Jan 10, 2017
Mrs. Flora Orton Bogy, age 93, passed away peacefully at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center on Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Born in Humnoke, Arkansas, on November 9, 1923, Flora excelled at everything she touched: as an All-Star player on the high school basketball court, as a gifted seamstress and quilter, and as a devoted wife to her husband, best friend, and soul...
Susie Mae Everett Stephens
Jan 8, 2017
Mrs. Susie Mae Everett Stephens, age 99, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017, of natural causes, at Sumter Retirement Village in Plains, GA. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 10, at Harmony Cemetery in Richland, with Rev. Robert Orr officiating. Visitation will be held at 2:30 PM, prior to the funeral services. In lieu...
Lottie Wise Tanner
Jan 2, 2017
Mrs. Lottie Wise Tanner, age 92, passed away on Monday afternoon, January 2, 2017, at South Georgia Medical Center Berrien Campus in Nashville. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 6, at 3:00 PM at Saint Andrews Lutheran Church in Plains, with Pastor Charles Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Lebanon Cemetery in Plains. The family will receive friends...
Barbara Ann Galloway Reddish
Jan 2, 2017
Mrs. Barbara Ann Galloway Reddish, age 88, passed away early Monday morning, January 2, 2017, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, January 4, from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery. Rev. Bill Dupree will officiate. Friends may call for a short time following the funeral services on Wednesday at the cemetery. In...
Mervin Shivers Fennessy
Jan 1, 2017
Mrs. Mervin Shivers Fennessy, age 97, of Americus, Georgia, died peacefully in her sleep on January 1, 2017 at Sumter Retirement Village in Plains. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, January 4th in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. in Americus, Georgia with Reverend Hugh DeLoach and Pastor Stan Ballew officiating. Burial will...
John William "Billy" Price
Dec 23, 2016
Mr. John William "Billy" Price, age 64, passed away on Friday afternoon, December 23, 2016, at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 27, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Hugh Harbort officiating. Burial will follow in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Leola Grant Hatcher
Dec 22, 2016
Mrs. Leola "Lola" Grant Hatcher, age 85, passed away on Thursday evening, December 22, 2016, at Crisp Regional Nursing Home in Cordele. Services are planned for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 27, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Minister Linda Osborne officiating. A private burial will take place in Smithville Cemetery. The family will...
Ophelia Ray
Dec 22, 2016
Mrs. Ophelia Ray, age 73, passed away on Thursday morning, December 22, 2016, at her home on Cedar Ridge Drive in Americus. Born May 6, 1943 in Covington, GA, she was the daughter of the late Nealus Wheeler and Myrtice Blankenship Wheeler. Mrs. Ray worked as a teller in the banking industry, and was a member of Salem United Methodist...
Billy Charles Smallwood
Dec 18, 2016
Mr. Billy Charles Smallwood, of Ellaville, passed away on Sunday morning, December 18, 2016, at his daughter's home in Rebecca, GA. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com
George D. Goepp
Nov 29, 2016
Mr. George David Goepp, age 93, passed away on Tuesday morning, November 29, 2016, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A native of Americus, he was born March 19, 1923, a son of the late John George Goepp and Gertrude Martin Goepp. Mr. Goepp was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having served in the 9th Air Corps during...
Sara Tollet Matkowsky
Nov 28, 2016
Mrs. Sara Tollet Matkowsky, 84, of Americus, died Monday, November 28, 2016 at Maple Court Senior Care center in Tifton. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend Sommer Bower officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends between the hours of 5:00 & 7:00 P.M....
Maria Elena Corpus Rivera
Nov 20, 2016
Mrs. Maria Elena Corpus Rivera, age 57, of Vienna, passed away very unexpectedly on Saturday, November 19, 2016, in Vidalia. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 on Wednesday, November 23, at St. Theresa's Catholic Church of the Little Flower in Cordele. Father Paulinus Okpala will officiate. Burial will follow later in the evening at Oak Grove Cemetery. A...
Maxine K. Jordan
Nov 15, 2016
Mrs. Maxine K. Jordan, age 79, of 165 Marlow Lane in Albany, Georgia, passed away on November 15, 2016, at The Willson Hospice House. Services are planned for 2:00 PM on Friday, November 18, at Sherwood Baptist Church, 2201 Whispering Pines Road, Albany, Georgia, with the Reverend Tom Pollock and Dr. Michael Catt officiating and Stephanie Bennett, Melody Spencer, and...
Jack H. Smith
Nov 13, 2016
Jack H. Smith, Chief Warrant Officer, W-4, US Army (Retired), age 85, passed away at his home in Americus on Sunday morning, November 13, 2016. Mr. Smith was born in Lewistown, Montana on October 6, 1931, a son of Omer Smith and Martha Hetland Smith. He grew up and received his early education in Judith Gap and Harlowton, Montana and...
Nell Marie N. Ireland
Nov 10, 2016
Mrs. Nell Marie Ireland, age 86, passed away on Thursday evening, November 10, 2016, at her daughter's home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 12, from the graveside at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Tifton. Rev. Wendy Joyner Peacock will officiate. The family will receive friends at the home of Martha Augood, 913 Hooks Mill...
Deanna Baldwin
Nov 8, 2016
DeAnna Ruth M. Baldwin, age 44, passed away Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at the Lillian Carter Health and Rehabilitation Center in Plains, Georgia. She was born in Salisbury, North Carolina on February 18, 1972. She is survived by her husband of 22 years, Christopher J. Baldwin; daughter, Taylor M. Baldwin; sons, Michael T. Baldwin and Jonathan C. Baldwin; parents, B....
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