Obituaries

Aug 15, 2013

Mr. Stephen Mark Bass, age 52, of Barnesville passed away on Wednesday, August 15, 2013 at a Monroe County Healthcare Facility. Mr. Bass was born in Griffin to the late Mr. Norman Bass and Mrs. Hazel Flournoy. Along with his father, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Mitchell Bass. He was a Manager in the Truck...

Aug 13, 2013

Saitia N. Tunupopo, age 86, of Flovilla, GA, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Westbury Health and Rehabilitation Center of McDonough. He was born February 20, 1927 in American Samoa. Upon retirement in 1994, Saitia decided to move to Flovilla to be closer to his son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Previously he had been a long-time resident of both...

Aug 11, 2013

Rev. Clifford A. Vaughn, 88, of Barnesville passed away Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Upson Regional Medical Center in Thomaston. He was born January 17, 1925 in Griffin, son of the late George Clifford and Martha Jones Vaughn. Rev. Vaughn was a member of New Life Baptist Church. He had worked at the William Carter Company and retired from...

Aug 9, 2013

Sherille Ann Pulliam, age 65, of Jackson, GA, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013 at her residence. She was born August 27, 1947 in Lockhart, TX to the late Glynn McVay and the late Ruth Marie Pearson Moore. Sherille was a licensed minister and a member of the Church on the Rock in Jenkinsburg. She was a retired Correctional...

Aug 6, 2013

Mr. Hugh Donald "Donnie" Marable, age 53, of Barnesville passed away Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Marable was born in Griffin to the late Mr. Freddy Sanford Marable and the late Mrs. Dorothy Elizabeth James Marable. Mr. Marable was a member of Lilla Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include: His Sister and Brother-in-law...

Aug 5, 2013

Dean Adrian Miller, age 73, of Jackson, GA, passed away Monday, August 5, 2013 at Spalding Regional Medical Center. He was born on February 18, 1940 in Chicago, IL to the late Herbert Miller and the late Virginia Sauerberg Miller. Dean was a member of the Chief Cornerstone Church and very active in the Kairos Ministry. He worked for...

Aug 4, 2013

Mrs. Betty Jean Bishop Smith, age 57, of Milner passed away on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born in Barnesville to the late Mr. William Edward Bishop and the late Mrs. Delores Faye Nelson Bishop. She was a member of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include her Husband - Tommy Smith...

Jul 30, 2013

Mr. Felix Gary Moore, age 57, of Bolingbroke passed away on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 in a Bolingbroke Healthcare Facility. Mr. Moore was born in Spalding County to the late Mr. Owen Moore and to the late Mrs. Mae McFarlin Moore. He was a Roofing Contractor.

Survivors include his Children – Alicia Greenway; & Brandon...

Jul 30, 2013

Willie Alfred "Flig" James, age 77, of Jackson, GA, passed away Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at Spalding Regional Medical Center. He was born on December 13, 1935 in Jackson, GA to the late Wallace Jackson James and the late Lila Wright Strawn James. He is preceded in death by his sister, Vickie Kinard, and brothers, Edwin, Lamar, Thomas Lee,...

Jul 26, 2013

Mrs. Helen Katreen Elliott Duke, age 89, of Flovilla, Georgia, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013 at Westbury Medical Care Home.

Mrs. Duke was born July 8, 1924 in Jackson, Georgia to the late Seaborn Askew Elliott and the late Annie Mildred Cook Elliott. She is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years,...

Jul 25, 2013

Mr. George Lamar Musick age 86, of Barnesville, passed away on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Macon. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. Paul Franklin Musick, Sr. and Mrs. Irene Alice Williamson Musick , and a brother, Lt. Col. Paul Musick, Jr., and a sister Mrs. Geraldine Wood.

Mr. Musick was born...

Jul 24, 2013

Barnesville passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. A native of Barnesville, she was the daughter of the late Mr. James Mitchell Torbert and the late Mrs. Claudie Johnson Torbert. Mrs. Dunn Retired as a Seamstress for the William Carter Company, and had also worked a Rose's for some time. Mrs. Dunn was a...

Jul 24, 2013

Mrs. Paula Louise Gross Gay, age 50, of Thomaston passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 in an Upson County Healthcare Facility. A native of Upson County, Mrs. Gay was the daughter of the late Mr. Bud Gross and the late Mrs. Sarah Jane Jones Noell, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Tony Gross, by a sister,...

Jul 23, 2013

JoAnne Oxenford, of Jackson, GA, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at her residence. She was born on September 26, 1933 in Jackson, to the late James Horace Stewart and Sara Biles Stewart. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, a member of the Mary Lee Jones Sunday School Class, a member of and trip planner for the...

Jul 18, 2013

Janie Louise Rosser, age 84, of Jackson, GA, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Westbury Medical Care Home. She was born on July 9, 1929 in Jackson, GA to the late John William Hobbs and the late Nora Mae Wilder Hobbs. Janie enjoyed the braves, going to church, family get-to-gethers, helping raise her grandchildren and loved spending time...

Jul 14, 2013

Mrs. Bonnie Rowe Speziale departed this life on July 14, 2013. Bonnie was born in Columbia, Missouri. She enjoyed a long and rewarding career as a hairdresser, and later as an Area District Manager of Salons for JC Penney. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Barnesville, GA, and of the Ruth Sunday School Class, whom...

Jul 13, 2013

Mr. Sidney Franklin Cheatham, Sr., age 95, of 888 Thomaston Street, Barnesville, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2013 in Washington County Regional Medical Center, Extended Care Facility. Mr. Cheatham was born on April 17, 1918 in Macon, Georgia, as the son of the late Mr. Rufus Sidney Cheatham and the late Grace Tyner Cheatham. He was a Graduate of...

Jul 12, 2013

Mr. Paul David Maddox, age 71, of Thomaston passed away on Friday, July 14, 2013 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Maddox was born in Morrow to the late Mr. Joe Maddox and to the late Mrs. Rosie Mae Dunson Maddox. Mr. Maddox was preceded in death by his Wife, Mrs. Mary Ruth Maddox.

Survivors...

Jul 12, 2013

Mr. Ronnie E. Ellis, age 67, of Barnesville passed away on Friday, July 12, 2013 at his Residence. Mr. Ellis was born in Blairsville to the late Mr. Homer Ellis and to the late Mrs. Pauline Chapman Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a member of IBEW local #613 for over 40 years and was also a member of the Emmanuel...

Jul 9, 2013

Mr. James Milton Hall, age 90, of Barnesville passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Brightmoor Hospice. Mr. Hall was born in Floyd County, GA to the late Mr. George Samuel Hall and to the late Mrs. Hattie Florence Coley Hall. Mr. Hall lived in Fairburn, GA from 1933 until 1992. He was a Veteran of World War...