Obituaries

Nov 1, 2015

Mrs. Margaret "Frances" Stallings Heaton, age 88, of Barnesville, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2015 in a Barnesville Healthcare Facility. A native of Pike County, Mrs. Heaton was the daughter of the late Mr. Quillian Stallings, Sr. and the late Mrs. Fannie Lou Evans Stallings. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank James Heaton, by a...

Oct 31, 2015

Mr. Dennis "Craig" Pharris, age 61, of Thomaston passed away on October 31, 2015 in a Spalding County Health Care Facility. He was born October 8, 1954 in Fullerton, California to the late Mr. Joseph Pharris and Mrs. Glena Boyd Harris. Mr. Pharris was a truck driver and a member of Lilla Memorial Baptist Church of Barnesville.

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Oct 28, 2015

Mr. John "Smith" Bankston, Jr., age 91, of Barnesville, GA passed away Wednesday, October 28, 2015 in a Bibb County Healthcare facility. He was the son of the late Mr. John Smith Bankston, Sr. and the late Mrs. Vesta Mae Butler Bankston. Mr. Bankston was also preceded in death by his first wife, Mrs. Eugenia Stocks Bankston, and his...

Oct 26, 2015

Mrs. Peggy "Nell" Wilson Crawford, age 77, of Barnesville, went to be with her Lord and Savior on October 26, 2016 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. A lifelong resident of Lamar County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Sam Wilson and the late Frances Louise Jackson Wilson. She was also preceded in death by her husband,...

Oct 25, 2015

Mrs. Gayle Smith, age 78, of Milner, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015 at her home. Mrs. Smith was born January 28, 1937 in Atlanta, daughter of the late Julian Ralph and Effie Lillian Butler Boyle. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Barnesville.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Gordy Smith of...

Oct 22, 2015

Mrs. Frances Yvonne Gravely Flanagan, age 90, of Barnesville passed away October 22, 2015 at her residence. She was born January 25, 1925 in Bradley County, Tennessee to the late Mr. Grady Lee Gravely and the late Mrs. Lillie Mae Payne Gravely. The last of 13 children, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Dudley Dean...

Oct 16, 2015

Mr. Herman Talmadge Evans, Sr., age 67, of Four Points Road, Jackson, Georgia, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 at Spalding Regional Hospital after an extended medical illness.

Herman was born on Sunday, July 25, 1948 in Dublin, Georgia to the late Joe Brown (J.B.) Evans and the late Willie Mae Hartley Evans. He was...

Oct 16, 2015

Mr. Dolphus Glenn Suggs, age 73, of Jackson, GA, passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 in Augusta, GA. Glenn was born on Friday, July 10, 1942 in Moultrie, GA to the late Dolphus D. Suggs and the late Nora Arvie Camp Suggs. He was a Georgia alumni and an avid Bulldog fan. Glenn was a loving father, grandfather, and...

Oct 16, 2015

Mr. Robert Lanier Brown, age 77, of Barnesville passed away Friday, October 16, 2015 in a Spalding County Health care Facility. Mr. Brown was born in Barnesville to the late Mr. Amos Brown and to the late Mrs. Doris Bullard Brown. He was a Supervisor for the William Carter Company. Mr. Brown was preceded in death by his Brother,...

Oct 15, 2015

Andrew Ryan Bennett, age 31, of Jackson, GA, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2015 due to injuries received in an auto accident. He was born on Tuesday, November 1, 1983 in Ft. Payne, AL to Donald Bennett and Deborah Higgenbottom Bennett Petty. Andy was a gun collector and enjoyed shooting guns. He was an avid UGA fan.

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Oct 13, 2015

Mrs. Martha Rebecca Spraggins Moreland, age 89, of Thomaston passed away peacefully from this world on Tuesday October 13, 2015 to arrive at her new home in heaven and greet a joyous reunion with her many loved ones that had gone on before her.

Mrs. Moreland was born February 6, 1926 in Meriwether County to...

Oct 12, 2015

Mr. Curtis F. Myhand, age 91, passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 at his home. Mr. Myhand was born December 6, 1923 in the Oak Grove Community of Troup County, GA, son of the late William Otis and Ora Lee Hardy Myhand.

A life-long resident of Troup County, Mr. Myhand graduated from Chipley High School. He was...

Oct 12, 2015

Mrs. Ruby "Evelyn" Richardson, age 94, of Barnesville passed away Monday, October 12, 2015 in a Barnesville Healthcare Facility. A native of Lamar County, Mrs. Richardson was the daughter of the late Mr. William Alvah Caldwell and the late Mrs. Annie Mae McBroom Caldwell. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, James T. "Duke" Akins, her...

Oct 10, 2015

Mr. Curtis Wesley Parker, age 51, of Jackson, GA, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Wesley was born in East Point, GA to the late Harold W. Parker, Sr. and the late Nellie Elizabeth Wade Parker. He was owner of Parker and Sons Roofing Contractors, Inc. Wesley loved hunting, fishing,...

Oct 8, 2015

Peggy Winona O'Neal Nolan, age 79, of Jackson, GA, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Peggy was born on Thursday, March 12, 1936 in Jackson, GA to the late Harvey Lee O'Neal and the late Louise Boyd O'Neal. She worked at Avondale Mills and was a caretaker for the elderly. Peggy was an active...

Oct 8, 2015

Mr. Philip DeWitt Ard, Sr., age 75, of Barnesville passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at his residence. He was born May 14, 1940 in Williamsburg, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Mr. Albert Ard and the late Mrs. Lexie Virginia Gainey Ard and was also preceded in death by 3 brothers- Joe Ard, Douglas Ard,...

Oct 5, 2015

Herschel Edward Grier, Sr., age, 75, of Jackson, GA, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015 at Sacred Journey Hospice in McDonough. He was born on Monday, December 25, 1939 in Jackson, GA to the late Neal Grier and the late Annie Kate Gilmore Grier. Herschel was a deputy and baliff for the Butts County Sheriff's Department and was retired...

Oct 5, 2015

Mr. Floyd McLeod, age 86, of Barnesville, passed away Monday, October 5, 2015, at Westbury Medical Care Home in Jackson.

Mr. McLeod was born September 16, 1929 in Chester, Georgia, son of the late Ivey and Annabell McLeod. He was a member and Sunday school teacher at the First United Methodist Church in Eastman, Georgia. Mr. McLeod...

Oct 4, 2015

Emery Lafayette McMahan, age 81, of the Towaliga community, passed away peacefully at the Sacred Journey Hospice in McDonough, GA Sunday, October 4, 2015 after an extended illness. He was born Wednesday, May 23, 1934 in Gadsden, Alabama. Emery was the youngest child of the late K.K. and Liller Langley McMahan. Other than his parents, he was preceded in...

Oct 1, 2015

Mrs. Dora Willie Brinson Weatherly, age 98, of Barnesville, passed away Thursday, October 1, 2015 at a Lamar County Healthcare Facility. Mrs. Weatherly was born to the late Mr. William Dempsey Brinson and the late Mrs. Dora Stuckey Brinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Grady Henry Weatherly. Mrs. Weatherly worked at the William Carter...