OBITUARIES

Winston Douglas Hurst
Mar 31, 2014
Winston Douglas Hurst, 59, of Meigs, Georgia passed away at his residence on Monday, March 31, 2014. Born on November 10, 1954 in Camilla, Georgia to Christine Stanaland Hurst and the late James Robert Hurst, he was Jehovah Witness by faith and was a retired roofer. He is survived by his daughter Crystal DeAnna Fuller and husband, Jonathan, of Cusseta,...

Linda Godwin Bell
Mar 25, 2014
Linda Godwin Bell, 76, of Calera, Alabama (formerly of Ochlocknee, Georgia) passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Shelby Ridge Nursing Home in Alabaster, Alabama. Born on October 2, 1938 in Cairo, Georgia to the late James Foy and Sarah Leah Miller Godwin, she was a retired CPA secretary and was Methodist by faith. She is survived by her...

June Holley Davis
Mar 24, 2014
June Gainelle Holley Davis, 72, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Emory Midtown Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Born on March 13, 1942 in Pelham, Georgia to the late Carl and Maybelle Whitfield Holley, she was a member of East Pelham Baptist Church and was a retired seamstress for Darwood Manufacturing Company. She is survived by...

Virginia Anderson Butler
Mar 18, 2014
Virginia Anderson Butler, 87, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Monday, March 17, 2014 at her residence. Born on November 6, 1926 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late James Edward and Dollie Butler Anderson, she was a retired spinner and tester for Coats and Clark. She was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Pelham where...

Marilee Thomas Lindsay
Mar 6, 2014
Marilee Thomas Lindsay, 75, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Camellia Gardens of Life Care in Thomasville, Georgia. Born on May 12, 1938 in Whigham, Georgia to the late George M. and Irene Mirick Thomas, she was a homemaker and a member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters Linda Lindsay, Gloria...

Deborah Lowery Godwin
Mar 3, 2014
Deborah Lowery Godwin, age 61, of Lilburn, Georgia left to be with Jesus on September 26, 2013. She is survived by her husband, Roger Godwin (brother of Bo Godwin); daughter, Meredith Godwin Kurland of Snellville, Georgia; daughter and son-in-law, Pamela Godwin Popham (Michael) of Lilburn, Georgia; two grandsons, Nicholas and Benjamin Popham; brother, David Lowery (Debbie) and niece, Jennifer; nephew,...

Doris Williams Lamb
Feb 17, 2014
Doris Williams Lamb, 82, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. Born on August 26, 1931 in the Flint Community of Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Willie and Eunice Shirah Williams, she was a homemaker and a member of Meigs Baptist Church. She is survived by her loving husband C. B....

Marcus Eugene Collins,
Feb 15, 2014
Marcus Eugene Collins, Sr., 87, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla, Georgia. Born on January 25, 1927 in Albany, Georgia to the late John and Emma Woodruff Collins, Sr., he was a farmer and a member of Lake Pleasant Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army....

Katherine Nazworth Baker
Jan 28, 2014
Katherine "Kathy" Lorraine Nazworth Baker, 60, of Sale City, Georgia passed away on Monday, January 27, 2014 at her residence. Born on April 23, 1953 in Dougherty County, Georgia to the late Kaye Donald and Patsy Akridge Nazworth, she was the city clerk for Camilla, Georgia. She was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church. She is survived by her...

Sharon Barnett Riddle
Jan 27, 2014
Sharon Ann Barnett Riddle, 66 of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Sunday, Jnuary 26, 2014 at Grady General Hospital in Cairo, Georgia. Born on February 4, 1947 in Watertown, New York, to the late Joseph and Vivian Leakey Barnett, she was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Camilla and was a sales clerk for the Salvation...

Fred Albert Grant,
Jan 17, 2014
Fred Albert Grant, Sr., 91, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at his residence. Born in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late James Jefferson and Jessie Mae Sherling Grant, he was retired from Autry Petroleum. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pelham, where he attended the Adult 5 Sunday School Class and...

Nina Curles Coleman
Jan 16, 2014
Nina Rita Harris Curles Coleman, 80, of Jesup, Georgia passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. Born on December 21, 1933 in Pelham, Georgia to the late James and Blanche Wilder Harris, she was a homemaker but many may remember her during her years at Lewis Drug Company in Pelham where she worked...

James William Houston
Dec 29, 2013
James "Jim" William Houston, 72, of Camilla, Georgia passed away on Friday, December 27, 2013 at Northside Forsyth Hospital in Cumming, Georgia. Born on August 12, 1941 in Sylvester, Georgia to the late John Edward and Janey Ledia Mims Houstin, he was the owner and operator of H & H Pest Services. He was Baptist by faith and a veteran...

JoAnn Spence Tyson
Dec 25, 2013
JoAnn Spence Tyson, 63, of Meigs, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia. Born on December 28, 1949 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Paul Harrison and Rosalyn Harpin Spence, Sr., she was a retired office manager and a member of Hinsonton Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, John...

Robert Cecil Bass
Dec 21, 2013
Robert "Bobby" Cecil Bass, 78, of Columbus, GA passed away on Friday, December 20, 2013 at his residence. Born on January 11, 1935 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Wiley Cecil and Nona Sasser Bass, he was a retired police chief. Bobby was a veteran of the United States Navy and a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Rosa Godwin White
Dec 6, 2013
Rosa Jeanette Godwin White, 89, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013 at Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany, Georgia. Born in Decatur County, Georgia on May 2, 1924 to the late Jack and Mamie Glover Godwin, she was a homemaker and a member of East Pelham Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons Ron White and...

Austin Eugene Thompson
Nov 30, 2013
Austin Eugene Thompson, 59, of Pelham, Georgia passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2013 in Meigs, Georgia. Born on August 8, 1954 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late John Wesley and Lois Louise Holland Thompson, he was a diesel mechanic and Baptist by faith. He is survived by his wife, Donita Faircloth Thompson of Pelham, Georgia, daughter Natasha Smith...

Georgia King Bryson
Nov 26, 2013
Georgia Mae King Bryson, 85, of 45493 Hwy. 262, Pelham, GA passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. Born on November 6, 1928 in Asheville, North Carolina to the late Vernon King, she was retired from retail sales and was a member of Sunrise Tabernacle. She is survived by her husband, Glenn Bryson, of Pelham,...

Madelene Voss Sloane
Nov 23, 2013
Mrs. Madelene Voss Sloane, 85, of Pelham, GA passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, November 21, 2013. Born on January 24, 1928 in Davison, Alabama, she was a secretary for the Florida Department of Treasury. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Pelham as well as the Eastern Star and the Civitans. Mrs. Sloane was...

James Mackey Willis
Nov 18, 2013
James "Jack" M. Willis, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, November 17, 2013, at the age of 84, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Mitchell Co., GA on October 21, 1929 to the late Clarence William and Ruby Butler Willis. He married the love of his life, Maxine Spence Willis, on May 22, 1949,...