OBITUARIES
Luther Todd Sanders
Aug 29, 2025
Funeral services for Luther Todd Sanders, 61, of Pelham will be held Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 11:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Rev. Mitch Clements will officiate and interment will be in Pine Level Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Michael Thompson, Mitch Clements, Taylor Sanders, Will Rozier, JL Horn, Rylan Clements, Jason Bradford, Blaine Spradley and George Hunsberger. Born April 29,...
Michael (Mike) Tucker
Aug 28, 2025
Graveside funeral services for Michael (Mike) Tucker, 75, of Donalsonville will be held Wednesday, September 3, 2025 at 1:00PM at Providence Church Cemetery on Widow White Road in Meigs. Ronald Daughtry will officiate. Born March 20. 1950 in Moultrie he was the son of the late Otis and Nezzie Stanaland Tucker. Mr. Tucker passed away Thursday, August 28, 2025 at...
Russell Gene Benton, Sr.
Aug 21, 2025
Russell Gene Benton, Sr., 84, of Cairo, passed away Thursday, August 21, 2025 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, August 26, 2025 at 12:00 noon at Gordon Heights Church in Cairo. Ricky Pearson and William Hurst will officiate with interment to follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Donald Richardson, Justin McGill, John David McGill, Trey...
Don Harrell
Aug 21, 2025
Charles Ladon “Don” Harrell was born in Bainbridge, Georgia on New Year's Eve 1944 as people all around the globe gathered to celebrate his birth with parties, dancing, and cocktails, a tradition that Don upheld throughout his life. Born to Grover Cleveland and Johnny Cochran Harrell, Don grew up on a farm in north Grady County, the same farm where...
Sandra Carroll
Aug 20, 2025
Funeral services for Sandra Harrison Carroll, 83, of Pelham will be held Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 3:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Chapel. Rev. Jim Weaver will officiate and interment will be in Macedonia Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Carl Burks, Lawrence Glenn, Anderson Glenn, Brayden Glenn, Ashley Bryan and Cameron Williams. Born June 21, 1942 in Pelham she was the...
Mary Belle Herring Cain Waddell
Aug 19, 2025
Mary Belle Herring Waddell was born October 30, 1946, to the late Ernest Higdon Herring and Grace Jewel Gainey Herring in Calvary, Georgia along with her twin sister Martha. Mary passed at home on August 19, 2025. The funeral services will be at First Baptist Church in Thomasville, GA on Monday, August 25th with visitation at 10:00 AM and the...
Debra Kay Corley
Aug 17, 2025
Debra Kay Corley, 67, of Cairo will be held Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 11:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Bro Holt will officiate and interment will follow at Corley Family Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jeffery Lambert, Jason Corley, Eric Corley, Tracey Washington, Steve Moore and Keith Ingram. Born March 17, 1958 in Whigham she was the daughter of the late...
Jerry Davis Williams
Aug 14, 2025
Jerry Davis Williams, 78, of Camilla passed away Thursday, August 14, 2025 at Mitchell County Hospital. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Pallbearers will be Clint Littleton, Pat Littleton, Wade Bowles, Kyle Foerster, Cole Littleton, and Woody Willingham. Honorary pallbearers will be the Pinecrest Men's Golf Group. Born August...
Betty Christien Whitfield
Aug 14, 2025
Funeral services for Betty Christien Weikel Whitfield, 85, of Pelham will be held Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 3:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Rev. Donnie Wilkes and Rev. Teddy Williamson will officiate and interment will be in Mizpah Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Kris Echols, Shawn Allen, Jesse Gibbs, Tim Newman, Jay Gibbs and Wade Shirk. Born October 21, 1939 in...
Duretta Schneider
Aug 11, 2025
Duretta Schneider, 91 passed away Monday, August 11, 2025 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. No services will be held at this time.
Kevin Ridgeway
Aug 11, 2025
Kevin Phillip Ridgeway, age 69, passed away peacefully at his residence on August 11, 2025. Homegoing services will be held Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 11:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home Chapel. Jimmy Battle and Frederick Davis will officiate and interment will follow at New Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Reggie Ausby, Elwood Thomas, Robert Irvin, Eric Threatts, Jr. Tarveny Warren...
Eric Lee Lambert
Aug 9, 2025
Eric Lee Lambert, born on August 15, 1988, in Georgia, passed away unexpectedly on August 9, 2025, in Chesapeake, Virginia, at the age of 36. A man of service and dedication, Eric spent 11 distinguished years serving in the United States Navy before transitioning into a career as a data analyst within the information technology field. Eric's life was filled...
Jerald Avera
Aug 7, 2025
Funeral services for Jerald Douglas Avera, 72, of Georgetown, GA will be held Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 4:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dwight Dunn will officiate and interment will be in Harmony Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Holden Nall, Greg Solarek, Cody Tillis, Kiley Avera, Davis Avera and Silas Forrester. Born April 19, 1953 in Pelham, he...
Gary L. Maxwell
Aug 5, 2025
Gary Lee Maxwell, 78, of Cairo, Georgia, passed away on August 5th, 2025. Gary was born in Cairo on August 21, 1946, the thirteenth of the sixteen children of Josh Maxwell and Emmie Holland Maxwell. He married Sandy Nelson Maxwell on October 14, 1966 and shared nearly 59 years of marriage with his short-legged little woman. Gary and Sandy had...
Trey Wood
Aug 1, 2025
Funeral services for Trey Colby Wood, 36, of Baconton will be held Friday, August 8, 2025 at 2:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. Rev. David Pickering will officiate and interment will be in Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Gary Wood, Jr., Michael Wood, John Cave, Steven Guerrero, Chris woods and Duain Lasseter. He was an air conditioning Technician and...
Clower Eugene (Bill) Willis
Aug 1, 2025
Funeral services for Bill Willis, 95, of Pelham will be held Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 11:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home Chapel and services will conclude in the chapel. Rev. Paul Shaw and Rev. Ed Green will officiate and interment will be in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Robby Willis, Walker Willis, Rick Willis, Aiden Willis, Matthew...
Ione Wilkes
Jul 21, 2025
Ione Nesmith Wilkes, 96, of Whigham passed away Monday, July 21, 2025 at Archbold Medical Center in Cairo. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM at The Bridge Community Church. Jody Singletary will officiate. Born April 22,1929, in Woodland (Cairo), she was the daughter of the late Judson and Eula Butler Nesmith. She was a...
Nick Weeks
Jul 21, 2025
Nick Weeks, 46, of Pelham passed away Monday, July 21, 2025 at Harbor Grace Hospice at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Willis Jamerson Braswell Funeral Home. Pastor Jeff Brooks will officiate with Josh Harper, Todd Classon, Jamie Scott, Cheno Contreras, Tyler Classon, Seth Classon, Steve...
James Miles Minton
Jul 20, 2025
James Myles Minton, 69, of Calhoun, Georgia, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2025. He was born in Camilla, Georgia, on August 23, 1955, to the late James and Eunice Minton.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Patricia Minton; sons, Timothy (Jessica) Minton, Jonathan Minton; brother, Joe Minton; sister, Patsy Martin; grandchildren, Thomas, Kaidence, Kaci, Savannah, and Landin Minton.
James...
Rhonda Presley Sadler
Jul 20, 2025
Rhonda Presley Loyd Sadler, (55) of Cairo, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2025, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at 11:00AM at New Bethel Baptist Church, where she was a member. Rev. Larry Wynn will officiate with interment to follow in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jackson Gray,...
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