Obituaries

May 20, 2015

Sarah Fain Snow O'Neal, 92, of Jackson, GA passed away May 20, 2015, at her home. Mrs. O'Neal was born in the Panthersville Community of Dekalb County, GA., December 7, 1922. She was the fifth daughter of Fayette Clark Snow and the second daughter of Jewell Minnie Langley Snow. She was the wife of James Thayer O'Neal who passed...

May 19, 2015

Mr. Harrison Edward Mitchell, age 57, of Barnesville passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at his Residence. Mr. Mitchell was born in Macon, Georgia to the late Mr. Jauqlin Edward Mitchell and the late Mrs. Susan Faye Sizemore Mitchell. He was an employee of Georgia Power. Mr. Mitchell was preceded in death by his brother, Anthony Steven Mitchell,...

May 17, 2015

Reverend George Alfred Stephens, age 77, of Jackson, GA, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 at his residence. He was born on Wednesday, May 11, 1938 in Cartersville, GA to the late Luther D. Stephens and the late Mittie Mae Padgett Stephens. He was pastor of Living Waters Baptist Tabernacle in Oxford. In addition to his parents, he is...

May 17, 2015

Miss Marianna Weathers, a native of Barnesville, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2015 after a brief illness. Marianna was born April 3, 1925, daughter of the late Oscar Nathaniel and Nettie Caroline Stallings Weathers. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, was a leader of the Young Women's Organization and the Young at heart....

May 16, 2015

Mr. Kenneth Bryant Phillips, age 66, of Barnesville passed away Saturday, May 16, 2015 at his Residence. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Mr. Lum Bryant Phillips and the late Mrs. Opal Turner Phillips. Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by 2 sisters, Ms. Elaine Heathcoe and Mrs.Carolyn Parrish. Mr. Phillips was a truck driver and...

May 13, 2015

Mr. Vivian Thompson Batchelor Sr., age 81, of Barnesville, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2015 in a Spalding County healthcare facility. He was preceded in death by his Father, the late Mr. David Vivian Batchelor and by his Mother, the late Mrs. Rosa Mae Caldwell Batchelor. Mr. Batchelor was employed by the Georgia Baptist Children's Home and was a...

May 11, 2015

Amanda Michelle "Mandi" Wisherd, age 35, of Jackson, GA, passed away Monday, May 11, 2015 at Southern Regional Medical Center. She was born on Sunday, September 2, 1979 in Austell, GA. She is preceded in death by her son, Baby Drew, and maternal grandfather, M.S. Denton.

Mandi is survived by her financé, Nathaniel Jackson, III;...

May 7, 2015

Mrs. Mattie Rachel Thackston House, age 79, of Milner passed away Thursday, May 7, 2015 in a Barnesville Healthcare Facility. A native of Henry County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Berry Owen Thackston and the late Mrs. Alice Mae Byous Thackston. She was also preceded in death by her companion and life partner, Merrill H. Johnson,...

May 6, 2015

Mr. James Oscar Haywood, age 64, of Barnesville passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in an Upson County. He was born in Alabama to his late parents, Mr. George Haywood and Mrs. Marie Haywood. He was a sheet metal mechanic and also attended the First Baptist Church of Barnesville.

Survivors include his wife of...

Apr 30, 2015

Miss Savannah Elizabeth Talley, age 8, of Barnesville passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 in an Atlanta Healthcare Facility. Savannah is the daughter of Lester William "Buddy" Talley, III and Britanie Nicole Racey Talley. She was born in Covington, but lived in Barnesville, and was a member of The Mid Georgia Gospel Assembly. She was currently in the Second...

Apr 26, 2015

Mrs. Frances Irene Sealock Burden, age 82, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015 at Westbury Medical Care Home in Jackson. She was born on Tuesday, March 21, 1933 in Atlanta, GA to the late Ollie Sealock and the late Myrtle Chapman Sealock. Frances and her late husband, Ed, owned the Big Dam Store in Jackson. She was...

Apr 25, 2015

Marcus Kent Lawson, age 54, a life-long resident Jackson, GA, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2015 at his home after battling cancer and a number of health issues. He was born on February 26, 1961 in Monticello, GA to Fay Washington Lawson and the late William Calvin Lawson. Kent was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church where he...

Apr 18, 2015

Mrs. Alma Tanner Wood, 93, of Mountville, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015, at West Georgia Hospice LaGrange.

Born October 16, 1921 in LaGrange, daughter of the late Thomas Dewitt Talmadge Tanner and Mary Harriet Barnes Tanner. She was a lifelong resident of Troup County, living most of her life in Mountville. Affectionately known as Miss Alma:...

Apr 13, 2015

Chaz Ray Coulter, age 20, of Jackson, GA, passed away Monday, April 13, 2015 as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born Wednesday, May 25, 1994 in Columbus, GA to Gary Ray Coulter, Jr. and Teresa Lynn Watford Coulter. Chaz worked for Delta Plumbing. He enjoyed going to the gym and the lake. He...

Apr 12, 2015

Mr. "Jim" James Albert Landers, III, age 76, of Jackson, Georgia, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Spalding Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Landers was born on Wednesday, April 20, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late James Albert Landers, Jr. and the late Ellie Elizabeth Brown Landers. He was preceded in death by his...

Apr 9, 2015

Mr. Thomas Fred Harris, age 53, of Pike County passed away Thursday, April 9, 2015 in a Spalding County Healthcare Facility. Mr. Harris was the son of the late Mr. Fred Thomas Harris and the late Mrs. Joyce Marie Moulder Harris.

Mr. Harris is survived by: 3 Sisters – Susan Seebacher (& Ronald) of Concord,...

Apr 7, 2015

Mrs. Carol Williams Fuller, age 66, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at her residence. Mrs. Fuller is the daughter of the late Mr. James Tommie Williams and the late Mrs. Mary Emma Huddleston Williams, and was also preceded in death by her Sister, Evelyn, and by her Brothers, Hoyt, Hanson, Franklin, Carvel, Norman, Merrill, and Auris. Mrs. Fuller...

Apr 4, 2015

Mrs. Sylvia Irene Walker Meares, age 70, of Flovilla, Georgia, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015. Mrs. Meares was born on Tuesday, January 16, 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Dorsey Watson Walker and the late Novie Irene Dunaway Walker. Sylvia was preceded in death by her sister, Olivia Walker. She served for over 24 years as a...

Apr 4, 2015

Thomas Luther Grant (Tommy), age 72, of Jackson, Georgia passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

Tommy was born on March 8, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late James Luther Grant and the late Norma Pauline (Pittman) Grant. He attended school in Forest Park, Georgia and New Orleans, Louisiana....

Apr 3, 2015

Mrs. Helen Boatright Cook, age 66, of Jackson, Georgia, passed away Friday, April 3, 2015 at Piedmont Henry Hospital.

Mrs. Cook was born on Monday, September 6, 1948 in Hawkinsville, Georgia to the late Mathis Isiah Boatright and the late Alice Marcellus Bridges Boatright. Helen was preceded in death by her sister, Carolyn Boatright. She...