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Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia

Frances Bland Robertson

Frances Bland Robertson

Dec 30, 2010

Mrs. Frances Bland Robertson, 95, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010. Graveside services will be held in the Post Cemetery at Fort Benning at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, 2011. Mrs. Robertson, a daughter of the late Enoch Bland and Hattie Layfield Bland, was born in Columbus, Georgia on April 14, 1915, and moved to Americus as...

Grace K. Herrington

Grace K. Herrington

Dec 29, 2010

Mrs. Grace K. Herrington, 86, passed away on Wednesday morning, Dec. 29, 2010, in Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, in Oak Grove Cemetery with the Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. Marty Belcher, Jim Griffith, Kenneth Brownlee, Jerrell Tanner, and the men of Lee Street United Methodist Church are requested to...

Susan C. Elrod

Susan C. Elrod

Dec 18, 2010

Dr. Susan C. Elrod, 70, 363 Cornwell Road, Americus, passed away at her residence early Saturday morning, December 18, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 19, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with the Rev. Timothy J. Olds officiating. Interment, with no service, will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Millard Wisham

Millard Wisham

Dec 14, 2010

Mr. Millard Wisham, 78, 114 Sullivan Drive, Americus, passed away early Tuesday morning, December 14, 2010, at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, in the First Presbyterian Church of Americus with Rev. Gary Cullison and Dr. Schley Gatewood, Jr. officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. The family will receive...

Elizabeth "Tibby" Knowles

Elizabeth "Tibby" Knowles

Dec 5, 2010

Elizabeth (Tibby) Knowles, 97, a resident of Americus since 1959, went to her eternal home before 5:00 a.m. Sunday, December 5. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Dec. 8 with visitation at Hancock Funeral Home from 11:00 am- 12:30 p.m. and a graveside service at 1:00p.m. at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jerry Lillard officiating. Tibby was born Feb. 16, 1913....

Frances Elizabeth English

Frances Elizabeth English

Dec 4, 2010

Miss Frances Elizabeth English, 92, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010, in Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus, Georgia. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 8, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with the Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. Interment, with no service at the graveside, will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family...

Margaret Lavilla Bryan

Margaret Lavilla Bryan

Dec 3, 2010

Mrs. Margaret LaVilla Paradise Bryan, 84, passed away on Friday, December 3, in Perfect Care. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Hugh DeLoach officiating. The family will have lunch at 12:30 p.m. at the church and then receive friends prior to the service. Interment will follow in...

Nell O. Bell

Nell O. Bell

Nov 25, 2010

Mrs. Nell O. Bell, 92, of Cordele, GA, died Thursday morning, November 25, 2010, at Crisp Regional Nursing & Rehab Center in Cordele. Born May 15, 1918, in Schley County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Jasper Newt Oliver & Foy Ellis Oliver. Mrs. Bell was preceded in death by her husband, W.C. Bell, a daughter, Donna Gail...

Alice Chaphe Alsobrook

Alice Chaphe Alsobrook

Nov 25, 2010

Mrs. Alice Chaphe Alsobrook, 92, 0f 2001 South Lee Street, Americus, died Thursday morning, November 25, 2010. Mrs. Alsobrook was born December 10, 1917, in Detroit, Michigan, a daughter of the late Jerome Ernest Campbell and Alice Larabee Campbell. Her family subsequently moved to Whitehall, NY, where her father started a family heating & plumbing company. Mrs. Alsobrook is survived...

Ollice Zonnie Rowe, Jr.

Ollice Zonnie Rowe, Jr.

Nov 8, 2010

Graveside services for Mr. Ollice Zonnie Rowe, Jr. will be conducted with military honors at Oak Grove Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 13, 2010. Mr. Rowe was a veteran of the U. S. Army and was a Mason. The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the church of the donor's choice. Hancock...

Georgia Ann Smith

Georgia Ann Smith

Oct 29, 2010

Mrs. Georgia Ann Smith, 49, passed away on Friday, October 29, at the home of her sister in Leesburg following several months of declining health. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with interment to follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Chris Hurt will officiate. The...

Norman James Cotton

Norman James Cotton

Oct 27, 2010

Mr. Norman James Cotton, 73, of Melbourne, FL, passed away on Wednesday, October 27, at William Child Hospice House in Palm Bay, Florida. The funeral mass will be at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 1, in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Americus, Georgia. Interment with full military honors will follow at 2:30 in the cemetery at Andersonville National Historic Site....

Kay Hagerson Spann

Kay Hagerson Spann

Oct 24, 2010

Ms. Kay Hagerson Spann, 53, passed away on Sunday evening, October 24, in Perfect Care. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 26, in Concord United Methodist Church with interment to follow in the Hagerson Cemetery at Friendship. The Rev. Gary Page will officiate. A visitation will be held Monday night, October 25, between the hours...

Barbara Sellards Lowell

Barbara Sellards Lowell

Oct 22, 2010

Ms. Barbara Sellards Lowell, 44, of Plains passed away on Friday, October 22, in Phoebe-Putney Memorial Hospital. Graveside services were conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 24, in the Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery in Webster County with the Rev. Lee Smith officiating. Born September 15, 1966 in Terrell County, Ms. Lowell was a daughter of Mrs. Ethel Cooper Sellards...

Essie Mae Napier

Essie Mae Napier

Oct 9, 2010

Mrs. Essie Mae Napier, age 85, of 707 Gail Street, Americus, died on Saturday, October 9, 2010, at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center. A native of Dooly County, Mrs. Napier was born June 5, 1925, a daughter of the late Charles and Myrtle Christmas. Her husband, James C. Napier, also preceded her in death. Mrs. Napier retired from Manhattan Shirt Company. Not...

Elvin Steve Hollis

Elvin Steve Hollis

Oct 6, 2010

Mr. E. Steve Hollis, 64, of Americus, passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, in Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 9, in the First United Methodist Church of Americus with the Rev. Jim Smith officiating. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday,...

Billy Edward Herrin

Billy Edward Herrin

Oct 4, 2010

Mr. Billy Edward Herrin, 77, passed away Monday morning, October 4, 2010, at his home in Plains. Born July 15, 1933 in Nahunta, GA, son of the late Dewey Herrin and Jewel Highsmith Herrin, Mr. Herron was a U.S. Navy veteran, a member of Grace Community Church and a self employed truck driver for Westside Trucking. Mr. Herrin is survived...

Luvenia Kearns Peters

Luvenia Kearns Peters

Oct 1, 2010

Mrs. Luvenia Kearns Peters, 87, passed away at her residence in Americus on Friday afternoon, October 1, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3, in Central Baptist Church, with the Rev. Bryan Myers officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Her eight grandsons will serve as active pallbearers, and include John Paul Peters,...

Edith Dupree Young

Edith Dupree Young

Sep 27, 2010

Mrs. Mary Edith Dupree Young, 81, formerly of Albany, passed away Monday morning, September 27, 2010, at Perfect Care in Americus. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 29, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with the Rev. Bill Dupree and the Rev. John McComas officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home...

Justin Scragg

Justin Scragg

Sep 9, 2010

Mr. Justin Scragg passed away on Thursday, September 9, 2021 in Madison County, GA. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced soon by Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. 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...

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