All Obituaries

Funeral services for Mr. Roy G. Bryson, 87, of Pelham will be held Monday, January 20, 2020 at 3;00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. The Rev. Steve Wooten will officiate and interment will be in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Justin Rich, Benny Johns, Matthew Rich, Billy Jo Rutledge, Alen Lawrence and Austin Rutledge. Born December 28, 1932 in Asheville, NC, Mr. Bryson passed away Friday, January 10, 2020 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. He was a retired...

Mr. Milwood Ashley Dekle, age 72 of Swift Street, Toccoa passed away Monday, January 6, 2020 in a single engine plane accident. Mr. Dekle was doing what he loved, flying - only second to his deep affection for singing.  A son of the late Milwood Dekle and Frances Porter Dekle, he was born May 22, 1947 in Pelham, Georgia, having lived in Mitchell and Grady Counties for most of his life and in Toccoa since 1993. He was a 1965 graduate of Cairo High School, Cairo, Georgia. On May 31,...

Funeral services for Frances E. Tucker, 74 of Pelham will be held Friday, January 17, 2020 at 2:00PM at Mt Zion Baptist Church. The Rev. James Cain will officiate and interment will be in Providence Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gathren Gillespie, Jason Moody, Daniel Justice, Christopher Lee Lane, Mark Zeigler, Mark Phillips, and Timmy Goodin. Honorary Pallbearers will be Ronald Daughtry and Dewayne Humphries. Mrs. Tucker passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at Colquitt Regional...

Ardine Brown, 77, of Pelham passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his residence. 

Funeral services for Estie Drawdy Carroll, 92, of Thomasville formerly of Pelham, will be Friday, January 10, 2020 at 11:00 AM at Willis Jamerson Braswell Funeral Home.  Interment will be at Meigs Sunset Cemetery. Rev. Franklin Russ and Rev. Stacy West will officiate. Mrs.Carroll passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Born December 17, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Clements Drawdy and Zubie Allegood Drawdy. She was a member of Meigs Baptist...

Suzette L. Havens, 71, of Crestview Florida passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. Born Sept. 6, 1948 in Albany she was the daughter of the late Joseph Capers and Ozella Evelyn Taylor Justiss. She was married to Charles Thomas Havens of Crestview, Fl who survives. Other survivors include her sons, Jimmy Stains of Crestview and Jamie Hagan of Texas; a brother, Joseph Justiss of Crestview and two sisters, JoAnn Kerce of Pelham and Janice Croft-Tipps of...

Christine (Chris) Davis Taylor Downing, 66, of Camilla passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Willson Hospice in Albany. A private family service will be held later. She is survived by her daughters, Tracy Lynn Downing Jackson; and Jessica Taylor Downing Sorrow, granddaughters, Whitley Wiggins, Byann Sorrow, grandsons, Troy Hancock, Joshua Sorrow and Chip Jackson and a sister, Vicky Taylor Parker (William).     

Funeral services for Shirley Jean Newsome Gassett, 66, of Meigs will be held Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at 11:00AM at New Home Freewill Baptist Church in Vada. The Rev. Mike Newsome and Chris Newsome will officiate and interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Caleb Sealy, Craig Foister, Christian Willis, Howard Scarborough, Glenn Faircloth and Luke Foister. Born January 4, 1953 in Camilla she was the daughter of the late Hilton Lee Newsome and Yvonne Faircloth...

Funeral services for Franklin Eugene (Bo) Curles, Sr., 86 of Pelham will be held Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 3:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry Wynn will officiate and interment will be in Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Ben Harrison, Charles harden, Kelly Horne, Allen Horne, Billy Horne and Dewey Burnum. Born August 4, 1933 in Cotton he was the son of the late Jim Curles, Sr. and Nellie Mae Evans Curles. He was married for 65 years to Dorothy Horne...