Obituaries

Aug 3, 2014

Mr. Dudley Dean Flanagan, age 94, of Barnesville passed away Sunday, August 3, 2014 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. Mr. Flanagan was born in Telfair County on September 8, 1919 as son of the late Mr. Sam D. Flanagan and the late Mrs. Willie M. Harbin Flanagan, and is also preceded in death his son, the late Charles...

Jul 29, 2014

Eleanor Burrell Trotter, age 74, of Jackson, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 after a valiant battle with Ovarian Cancer. She was the third generation of women on her maternal side to succumb to this type of cancer. Eleanor was born May 29, 1940 to the late Floy Juhan Burrell and the late Fred L. Burrell. Three...

Jul 28, 2014

Laura Kay "Katie" Ertel George, age 58, of Jonesboro passed away Monday evening, July 28, 2014 in a Fayette County Healthcare Facility. A native of East Point, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Ivan David Ertel and the late Mrs. Pauline Rebecca Starnes Ertel. Mrs. George Retired after 26 years as Administrative Secretary for the Atlanta City...

Jul 27, 2014

Andrew Bryant Rochester, age 23, of Barnesville, GA passed away Sunday, July 27, 2014 in Monroe Co. Andrew was born on Thursday, March 21, 1991 in Cape Coral, FL. He was employed with LKQ in Jenkinsburg.

Andrew is survived by his fianceé, Ashley Ferree, and her children, Chloe and Brayden; mother and step-father, Casandra and...

Jul 26, 2014

Mr. Michael Allen Walker, age 63, of Barnesville passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014 in a Macon Healthcare Facility. Mr. Walker was born in Griffin to the late Mr. Horace Walker and the late Mrs. Polly Hill Moon. He was a Truck Driver for Trucks Incorporated in Jackson Georgia.

Survivors include his Wife Jeanette Walker...

Jul 24, 2014

Mr. Earl Dawson, age 70, of Barnesville passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. A native of Upson County, Mr. Dawson was the son of the late Mr. Bernard Felton Dawson and the late Mrs. Muriel Florrie Berry Dawson, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Wayne Corley Dawson. Mr. Dawson...

Jul 24, 2014

Gloria Virginia Woodall Maddox, age 80, of Jackson, GA, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014 at her residence. Virginia was born Sunday, August 27, 1933 in Pontotoc, MS to the late Frank Woodall and the late Effie Lee Hoover Woodall. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church and the Mary Lee Jones Sunday School Class. She was preceded...

Jul 19, 2014

Mrs. Martha Jane "Marty" Kyle, age 76, of McDonough Road, Jackson, Georgia, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Brightmoor Hospice.

Mrs. Kyle was born on Wednesday, April 13, 1938 in Sharpsburg, Georgia to the late Robert Lee Reid and the late Marguerite Janie Sikes Reid. She was preceded in death by a sister, Patricia...

Jul 9, 2014

Mrs. Helen Jeanett Johnson Pittman, age 85, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at the Thomson Manor Health & Rehab in Thomson, GA.

Helen was born on Tuesday, August 14, 1928 in Atlanta, GA to the late Garland E. Johnson and the late Curtis Sanders Johsnon Magness. She was preceded in death by...

Jul 6, 2014

Mrs. Gloria Patricia Watson Chaffin, age 72, of Barnesville passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. Mrs. Chaffin was born in Thomaston, and was the daughter of the late Mr. Forrest Albert Watson, Sr. and the late Mrs. Doris Virginia Ritch Watson. She was also preceded in death by her biological father, Edgar Irvin...

Jul 3, 2014

Ms. Viola Gunn Anderson, age 88, of Milner passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014 in an Upson County Healthcare Facility. A native of Anniston, Alabama, Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of the late Mr. Nolen Glass and the late Mrs. Lizzie Gunn Glass. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. William Milton Anderson, by three sons...

Jun 29, 2014

Mrs. Barbara Lynette Whipple, age 75, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2014 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. Mrs. Whipple was born in Akron, Ohio to the late Mr. Robert Coffman and to late Mrs. Juanita Myers Coffman. She was a Homemaker. Mrs. Whipple was preceded in death by her Daughter, Aimee Whipple.

Survivors...

Jun 28, 2014

Mr. Kenneth (Ken) Karl Green, age 52, of Barnesville passed away Saturday, June 28, 2014 at his residence. He was the son of Roxie and Melvin Peugh and Clarence Sanders Green .Mr. Green was a radio announcer for WBAF, wrote for the Herald Gazette, worked for the Lamar county Sheriff's Department, and a member Midway Baptist Church.

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Jun 27, 2014

Mrs. Jule Ann Garby, 87, of Barnesville passed away Friday, June 27, 2014 at her home. Mrs. Garby was born December 25, 1926 in Saginaw, Michigan, daughter of the late John D. and Vera Allen Benson. She was a retired educator from the Dekalb County School System. Mrs. Garby was an active member of the Marvin United Methodist Church...

Jun 25, 2014

Mr. Joseph Thomas Kelly, age 55, of Barnesville passed away on Thursday, June 25, 2014 in a Monroe County Healthcare facility. He was the son of the late Mr. Jack Dempsey Kelly and the late Mrs. Thelma Jean Lloyd Kelly. Mr. Kelly was a roofer and was a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include:...

Jun 24, 2014

Mr. Aubrey Newton Crocker, age 83, of Jackson, GA, formerly of Warner Robins, GA, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at his residence.

Mr. Crocker was born on Sunday, September 21, 1930 in Bernie, Missouri to the late Reverend and Mrs. G. A. Crocker. Aubrey was a proud 20 year Veteran of the United States Air Force,...

Jun 24, 2014

Chester Olin Harrell, age 66, of Upson County passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 in an Upson County Healthcare Facility. A native of Upson County, he was the son of the late Paul Hanson Harrell and the late Mrs. Adolph Elzie Wilson Harrell, and was also preceded in death by his brothers, Charles Harrell, Jimmy Harrell, & Sam Harrell....

Jun 23, 2014

Mrs. (Mary) Lynnette Smyth of Barnesville, GA passed away unexpectedly Monday morning, June 23, 2014 at Upson County Regional Hospital. Survivors include Mark Smyth of Barnesville, her husband of 29 years, and a brother David S. Spencer of Chattanooga, TN. She was born was born in Chattanooga, TN on February 02, 1963. She was preceded in death by her...

Jun 22, 2014

Gail Magaline White Hair, age 69, of Jackson passed away Sunday, June 22, 2014 in a Macon Healthcare Facility. Mrs. Hair was born in Spalding County, and had lived in Barnesville nearly all of her life. Daughter of the late Mr. Marien Oscar White and the late Mrs. Thelma Aleene Harmon White, she was also preceded in death by...

Jun 20, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Haywood Watts, age 72, of Barnesville passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014 at her Residence. She was the daughter of the late Mr. Bud Knight Haywood and the late Mrs. Pauline Selph Haywood. Mrs. Watts was a property manager and was a member of Rock Springs Church. Mrs. Watts never waivered in her Christianity and in...