Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Mr. James Tandy Turner
Sep 6, 2021
Mr. James Tandy Turner. 67, of Thomaston, died Monday, September 6, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Turner will be held Friday, September 10, at 5:00 PM, at Mountain View Baptist Church. Dr. Ryan Christopher will officiate, and interment will follow in Trice Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, September 9, from 6:00 until...
Mr. Ernest Walker
Sep 3, 2021
Mr. Ernest Walker, 89, of Thomaston, died September 3, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Walker will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, at 2:00 PM, at East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith will officiate, and interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at East Thomaston Baptist Church...
Mrs. Laura Thompson Edwards
Sep 2, 2021
Mrs. Laura Thompson Edwards, age 79, of Thomaston, died Thursday evening, September 2, 2021, at her residence. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Edwards will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2021, at 2:00 PM, at South View Cemetery. Dr. Ryan Christopher will officiate. Mrs. Edwards was born in Dublin on October 21, 1941, a daughter of the late Ellis...
Mr. Charles William Beckham
Aug 31, 2021
Charles William Beckham (Charlie or Beck as he was known to most) passed away at home with his loved ones in the afternoon of August 31, at the age of 93. The youngest of three children, Charles was born June 17, 1928 in Molena, Georgia where he lived most of his life. In March 1946 Charlie enlisted in the...
Rev. Jerome Stallings
Aug 29, 2021
Rev. Jerome Stallings, 77, of Thomaston, died Sunday, August 29, at his residence. Funeral services for Rev. Stallings will be held on Tuesday, August 31, at 11:00 AM, at the Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Bob Wilson officiating. Interment will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home Monday evening, August 30, from...
Mr. W. Tim Reeves
Aug 27, 2021
Mr. W. Tim Reeves, 60, died Friday, August 27, 2021, at his home after a two-year battle with ALS. A celebration of Tim's life will be held on Sunday, August 29, at 4:00 PM at the Covered Bridge on Allen Road. A private family interment will be held. Tim was born in Thomaston to Horace “Melvin” and Barbara Reeves...
Mrs. Amelia Boyt Chambers
Aug 26, 2021
Mrs. Amelia Boyt Chambers, age 60, of Thomaston, died Thursday, August 26, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin, GA. Funeral services for Mrs. Chambers will be held on Sunday, August 29, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Pastor Rick Moncrief will officiate, and interment will follow in New Hope Cemetery in Yatesville. The family will receive...
Mrs. Joan Fincher Ballard
Aug 21, 2021
Mrs. Joan Fincher Ballard, 80, of Thomaston, died Saturday, August 21, 2021 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Ballard will be held on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Wednesday from 10:00 AM until the funeral hour. Mrs. Ballard...
Mr. Hubert P. Thompson
Aug 14, 2021
Mr. Hubert P. Thompson, 90, of Thomaston, died Saturday, August 14, 2021 at the Sunny Grove Assisted Living Center in Barnesville. Funeral services for Mr. Thompson will be held on Thursday, August 19, 2021 in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home at 2:00 PM. The Rev. Jason Weeks will officiate and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens....
Mr. Joseph G. "Joe" Underwood
Aug 11, 2021
Joseph Garland Underwood of Peachtree City, Georgia, died of COVID complications in Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville on August 11, 2021, at the age of 88. Joe was born on May 25,1933 in Cadwell, Georgia, to William McKinley Underwood and Velma Mullis Underwood. His family moved to Thomaston, Georgia, when he was 10 years old. He graduated from R....
Mr. Marshall Thomas Warren
Aug 11, 2021
Mr. Marshall Thomas Warren, age 48, died Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Warren will be held Sunday, August 22, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the New Hope Cemetery in Yatesville, GA. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 1:00 PM until...
Mr. Arthur Neal French
Aug 10, 2021
Mr. Arthur Neal French, 85, of Zebulon, died Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at his home. Graveside funeral services for Mr. French will be held on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 10:00 AM in Upson Memorial Gardens with Monty Eason and Chaplain Jack Landham officiating. Mr. French will lie in repose at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home until the graveside service on...
Mr. Bobby Dwight Fenley
Aug 7, 2021
Mr. Bobby Dwight Fenley, age 70, of Thomaston, died Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Fenley will be held Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at 11:00 AM in South View Cemetery with Rev. Chet Yates officiating. Those attending are asked to wear a mask. Mr. Fenley was a lifelong resident of Upson...
Mrs. Carolyn J. Lovett
Aug 7, 2021
Mrs. Carolyn J. Lovett, 89, of Thomaston, died Saturday, August 7, 2021, at her residence. Funeral services for Mrs. Lovett will be held Monday morning, August 9, at 11:00 AM, at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Private interment service will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lovett was born September 9, 1931, in...
Mr. Richard Stephen Mcdaniel
Aug 5, 2021
Mr. Richard Stephen McDaniel, 71, of Thomaston, died Thursday, August 5, 2021 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. McDaniel will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Fellowship Baptist Church with Rev. Jason Weems and Rev. Jason Weeks officiating. Burial with Masonic rites will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of Mr....
Mrs. Elaine Bice Wilkerson
Jul 28, 2021
Mrs. Elaine Bice Wilkerson, age 84, of Snellville, died Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Snellville. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Henry Everette Wilkerson. She is survived by her daughter, Deanne and Danny Lambert of Loganville, GA; son, Michael and Cindy of Suwanee GA; daughter, Sandra and Allen Smith of Lawrenceville, GA; grandchildren, Laney Wilkerson of...
Mrs. Geneva Louise Fleming Huckaby
Jul 28, 2021
Mrs. Geneva Louise Fleming Huckaby, 91, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Huckaby will be held on Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 12:30 PM in the Molena City Cemetery with Rev. Rick Rose officiating. The family of Mrs. Huckaby will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Saturday from 11:00...
Mrs. Joan Bryant Gardner
Jul 23, 2021
Mrs. Joan (Bryant) Gardner, 90 went to be with the Lord on Friday, July 23, 2021 at Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Whiteville. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, July 25, 2021 at Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, officiating will be Rev. Michael Shook and Rev. Ray Backer. The family will receive friends...
Mrs. Theresa Bailey Ruffin
Jul 20, 2021
Mrs. Theresa Bailey Ruffin, 77, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Ruffin will be held on Friday, July 23, 2021 at 11:00 AM in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Claude Turner officiating. The family of Mrs. Ruffin will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Thursday from...
Mr. James "Jimmy" Corley
Jul 18, 2021
Mr. James “Jimmy” Corley, age 86, of Thomaston, died Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Barnesville. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Corley will be held Tuesday, July 20, at 11:00 AM in South View Cemetery with Rev. Ted Kandler officiating. Mr. Corley was born April 13, 1935, in Upson County to the late Rev. Dock...