OBITUARIES

May 11, 2018

Funeral services for Yvonne Faircloth Newsome, 83 of Vada who passed away Friday, May 11, 2018 at Calhoun County Nursing Home in Edison will be held Monday, May 14, 2018 at New home Baptist Church at 11:00AM. The Rev. Craig Foister will officiate and interment will be in the church cemetery. Born march 12, 1935 in Mitchell County she was...

May 7, 2018

Funeral services for Amanda Blanchard, 30, of Ochlocknee will be held Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 4:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Brawell Funeral Home. The Rev. Danny Thomas will officiate. Born November 26, 1987 in Marietta, she was the daughter of Charles E. Blanchard of Ochlocknee who survives and Rebecca Jill Bentley. Mrs. Blanchard passed away Monday, May 7, 2018 at Archbold Memorial...

May 7, 2018

Funeral services for Eunice Hooks Morrell, 86, of Pelham will be held Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 2:00PM at Union Grove Baptist Church. The Rev. Doug Hall and Rev. Charlie Parish will officiate and interment will be in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be Russ Godwin, Jody Pollock, John Ivey Loyd, Craig Ingermann, Travis Waldrep and Jon Ray. Honorary pallbearers will be...

May 6, 2018

Graveside funeral services for John Martin Pollock, 79, of Meigs will be held Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at 3:30PM at Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Doug Hall will officiate. Born November 6, 1938 in Pelham he was the son of the late Noah Judson and Erma Lee Pollock. Mr. Pollock passed away May 5, 2018 at his residence. He...

May 2, 2018

Funeral services for Helen Humphries Godwin, 89, of Pelham will be Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 3:00PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. The Rev. David Pickering will officiate and interment will be in Pelham City Cemetery. Pallbearers will be David Godwin, Wyatt Godwin, Todd Humphries, Burk Mobley, Chip Free and Scott Free. Born October 19, 1928 in Pelham she was the...

Apr 19, 2018

Funeral services for Joseph A. Curles, 79, of Pelham will be Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 11:00AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Watson will officiate and interment will be in Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Briggs, Mark Briggs, Jimmy Woods, Wayne Woods, Donnie Morrell, Scottie Morrell and Jim Morrell. Born January 8, 1939 in Cotton...

Apr 11, 2018

Funeral services for Lillie Fay Brannon, 75, of Ochlocknee will be held Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 2:00PM at Pine Level Baptist Church. The Rev. Jim Weaver will officiate and interment will be in Macedonia Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Chris Cooper, Clay Cooper, Caleb Cooper, Herschel Collins, Mitchell Rose, James Smith and Lonnie Collins. Honorary pallbearers will be Ray...

Apr 7, 2018

Annie S. Pearson, 91, of Cairo passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Magnolia Manor in Moultrie. Graveside services will be held Thursday, April 12, 2018 at 2:00PM at Greenwood Cemetery in Cairo.  Rev. Rod Brinkley will officiate. Born February 9, 1927 in Yazoo City, MS she was the daughter of the late John Albert and Leader Catheryn Hinson Smith. She was...

Apr 1, 2018

Timothy E. Casteel, 62, of Pelham passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018 at his residence. Born November 29, 1955 in West Palm Beach, Fl he was the son of the late Timothy Earl, Sr. and Ardella June Ball Schminder. He was a Gunsmith and Truckdriver. He had one daughter Jacklyn Marie Casteel who preceded him in death. He is survived numerous friends. Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral...

Mar 31, 2018

Services for Vonnie Leo Bass, Jr., 79, of Pelham will be held Monday, April 2, 2018 at Hand Memorial Methodist Church at 3:00PM. Rev. Andy Frazier will officiate. Born February 13, 1939 in Grady County he was the son of the late Vonnie Leo Bass, Sr. and Mable Akridge Bass. Mr. Bass passed away Friday, March 31, 2018 at Colquitt...

Mar 29, 2018

Mar 18, 2018

Mildred Ann Cross, 52, of Pelham passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018 at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Ft. Myers, Fl. She was born April 10, 1965 in Plant City, Fl to the late Walter Jackson Allen, Jr. and Betty Jo Prince Marshall who survives. She was married to Johnny Cross who survives. Other survivors include her daughter, JoAnn Curby...

Mar 17, 2018

Funeral services for Vivian Richter Godwin, 93, of Pelham will be Monday, March 19, 2018 at 2:00 PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home.  Rev. Matt Peek will officiate and interment will be in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be John Mark Morrell, Joey Brinkley, John Bullington, Jimmy Godwin, John Gray, John Rich and Duane Bentley.  Born November 27, 1924 she was...

Mar 14, 2018

Graveside services for Mae Ethel Barfield Hayes, 102, of Pelham will be held Friday, March 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Meigs Sunset Cemetery. Rev. David Pickering will officiate.  The family will visit with friends one hour prior to the service from 10:00 – 11:00 am at Meigs Sunset Cemetery.  Mrs. Hayes passed away Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Pelham...

Mar 14, 2018

Funeral services for Roxana Wilham Todd, 56, of Cairo will be held Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Restoration Fellowship Church in Cairo. Rev. Kelvin Bostic, Rev. Jeff Ezell and Rev. Donnie Smith will officiate with interment at Piedmont Cemetery in Calvary.  Visitation will be Friday, March 16, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Restoration Fellowship Church...

Mar 13, 2018

Funeral services for Mary Frances Glover, 87, of Pelham, will be held Friday, March 16, 2018 at 2:00 PM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home.  Rev. Billy Smith, Rev. Jeff Brooks and Rev. James Cain will officiate with interment at Pinecrest Memory Gardens.  Visitation will be Thursday, March 15, 2018 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Willis Jamerson Braswell Funeral Home.  Ms....

Mar 3, 2018

Graveside services for Vivian Piland Howze Chambless, 93, of Pelham will be held Monday, March 5, 2018 at 11:00AM at Pinecrest Memory Gardens. The Rev. Len Roberts and George Russell will officiate. Born June 2, 1924 in Pelham she was the daughter of the late Willie Thomas and Nellie Mae Kendrick Piland. Mrs. Chambless passed away Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Southern Pines Assisted...

Mar 3, 2018

Funeral services for Daryl Anthony “Tony” West, 50, of Meigs, will be held Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Willis-Jamerson-Braswell Funeral Home with interment in Meigs Sunset Cemetery.  Rev. Stacy West will officiate. Mr. West passed away at his residence on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Born August 3,1967 in Camilla, Mitchell County, GA, he was the son of ...

Feb 15, 2018

Homan Lamar “Scutter” Cox, age 74 of Franklin, TN passed away February 15, 2018 at his home. Born in Greensboro, NC to the late Arthur Jessup “Jep” & Minnie Lee Boatright Cox. Lamar was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Georgia Tech University. Lamar worked as a CPA and banker in the Williamson...

Feb 15, 2018

 Esther Olivia Smith Wurst, 103, of Meigs was born on February 14, 1915 in Irwin County, Georgia to the late Mary Kilgore Smith and Thomas Wilburn Smith. She died on Thursday, February 15th at her home, the day after her birthday. Esther graduated from Georgia State Women’s college with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1937. She was a...