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Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia

Doris Wood Daniel

Doris Wood Daniel

Apr 5, 2015

Mrs. Doris Wood Daniel, age 93, died on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. She was a resident of Magnolia Manor. She was born on June 11, 1921, to the late Frank William Wood and Julia Estelle Barfield Wood. She was the widow of the late Joseph Daniel. Funeral services are planned 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April...

Richard Stephen Hanken

Richard Stephen Hanken

Mar 26, 2015

Mr. Richard Stephen Hanken, age 72, passed away on Thursday evening, March 26, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services, with military honors, are planned for 2:00 PM on Monday, March 30, from the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site, with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. Born October 9, 1942 in Worcester, Mass., he was a son of...

Robert "Ron" Abel Bradham

Robert "Ron" Abel Bradham

Mar 22, 2015

Robert "Ron" Abel Bradham, age 73, of Ellaville, passed away on Sunday, March 22, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. He was born June 17, 1941 in Dexter, MO, the son of Omar Bradham and Opal Lipe Bradham. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 24, from the graveside at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro....

William Murray Walters, Jr.

William Murray Walters, Jr.

Mar 3, 2015

Dr. William Murray Walters, Jr., 71, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY. No funeral services are planned at this time. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Dr....

Mary Faye Thomas Dudley Powell

Mary Faye Thomas Dudley Powell

Mar 2, 2015

Mary Faye Thomas Dudley Powell passed away at 3:20 AM Monday, March 2. She was at peace, surrounded by family, and anticipating the greatest adventure of all, where she would be greeted with the peace that surpasses all human understanding and enveloped in the purest love. She did not want people to be sad for her loss, but to celebrate...

Jane Chappell Short

Jane Chappell Short

Feb 28, 2015

Mrs. Jane Chappell Short, 80, passed away shortly after noontime on Saturday, February 28, at Phoebe-Sumter Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ron Perry officiating. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church following the service. Born September 9, 1934, she was...

Gerald Glanus Stokes

Gerald Glanus Stokes

Feb 28, 2015

Mr. Gerald Glanus Stokes, 92, passed away on Saturday evening, February 28, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 3, from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery. Rev Betty Lou Miller will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday morning, beginning at 10:00 AM, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427...

Jean Deloach

Jean Deloach

Feb 24, 2015

Ms. Jean DeLoach, 74, passed away on Tuesday morning, February 24, at Kindred Hospital in Atlanta. Services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 28, at Smithville United Methodist Church with Rev. Eddie Braswell officiating. Burial will follow in Smithville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday beginning at 10:00 AM at Smithville United Methodist Church. Born December...

Elizabeth H. Miller

Elizabeth H. Miller

Feb 19, 2015

Mrs. Elizabeth H. Miller, 75, passed away on Thursday evening, February 19, at Wynfield Park Health & Rehabilitation in Albany. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM Saturday, March 7, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. A private interment will be held at a later time in Riverside Cemetery...

Hazel Eloise Bass

Hazel Eloise Bass

Feb 13, 2015

Mrs. Hazel E. Bass, 93, passed away on Friday evening, February 13, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17, at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church, with Elder Tony Marshall officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM in Mars Hill Cemetery in Calhoun County. The family will receive friends on Monday evening, February...

Julian Cromer

Julian Cromer

Feb 9, 2015

Mr. Julian Cromer, 88, passed away on Monday evening, February 9, at Perfect Care. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 12, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Rev. Andy Hines will officiate. Interment will be private. Born May 19, 1926 in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Clarence...

Laverne Mackin Comer

Laverne Mackin Comer

Feb 2, 2015

Mrs. Thelma LaVerne Mackin Comer of Magnolia Manor Nursing Center passed away February 2, 2015, just three days shy of her 103rd birthday. The older of two children, LaVerne was born in 1912 to Shivington and Lena Page Mackin of Lawrenceville, GA. She was the widow of former Butts County School Superintendent James Madison Lynwood Comer to whom she was...

Mary Earle Mackin

Mary Earle Mackin

Feb 1, 2015

Miss Mary Earle Mackin, 88, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 1, 2015, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center, just one day before her sister, Mrs. LaVerne Mackin Comer, passed away. A double visitation for the two of them will be conducted at Hancock Funeral Home from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, with graveside funeral services for...

Gordon Hunter, Jr.

Gordon Hunter, Jr.

Jan 29, 2015

Rev. Gordon A. Hunter, Jr., 94, died Thursday evening, January 29, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015, in the Mitchell Chapel at Baptist Village Retirement Communities. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery....

Sara Evelyn Martin

Sara Evelyn Martin

Jan 28, 2015

Mrs. Sara Martin passed away on Wednesday evening, January 28, at Elysian Hospice in Keller, Texas. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. until noon on Saturday, February 7. Funeral services will be conducted that afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with interment to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Dr....

Ana Maria Rangel

Ana Maria Rangel

Jan 25, 2015

Mrs. Ana Maria Rangel, 75, passed away on Sunday evening, January 25, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A funeral mass is planned for 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 29, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Father Francis Gillespie, S.J. will officiate. Burial will follow at a date and time to be announced later in Tamaulipas, Matamoros, Mexico. Update: Mrs. Rangel has...

Arcey Thomas Brown

Arcey Thomas Brown

Jan 21, 2015

Mr. Arcey Thomas Brown, 87, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 21, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 24, at the Martha McDonald Moore Memorial Chapel at Magnolia Manor with Rev. Bill Dupree officiating. A private burial will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery in Albany. Born April 23, 1927 in...

Joyce B. Gawthorpe Boyer

Joyce B. Gawthorpe Boyer

Jan 17, 2015

Mrs. Joyce B. Gawthorpe Boyer, 85, passed away on Saturday afternoon, January 17, at her daughter's home in Americus. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 21, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Rev. Rodney Powe will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, January 20, between the hours...

Charles Wesley Cherry

Charles Wesley Cherry

Jan 17, 2015

Charles "Charlie" Wesley Cherry, born February 4, 1947, went peacefully to his eternal home on January 17, 2015, in Bossier City, LA. He was preceded in death by his parents, John V. Cherry and Juanita B. Clark Cherry. Charlie is survived by brothers, John "Clark" Cherry (MaryNell) of Americus, and William "Hal" Cherry (Lynette) of Haughton, LA; nieces, Angela Dailey...

Teodoro Antunez

Teodoro Antunez

Jan 14, 2015

Mr. Teodoro Antunez, 52, passed away on Wednesday morning, January 14, at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, January 17, at Iglesia Hispana de Americus, with Rev. Sergio Barragan officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday evening, January 16, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S....

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