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Rev. Franklin Eugene Gibson
Jul 29, 2020
Rev. Franklin Eugene Gibson, 85, of Milner, GA, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at the residence of his daughter in Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services for Rev. Gibson will be held on Sunday, August 2, at 3:00 PM, at the Milner Baptist Church with Dr. Brad Ellington and Rev. Frank Tarpley officiating. Rev. Gibson...
Mr. Kenneth Donald "Don" Gaskins
Jul 25, 2020
Mr. Kenneth Donald “Don” Gaskins, 89, of Thomaston, died on Saturday, July 25, 2020 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Gaskins will be held on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at 11:00 AM at Trinity Baptist Church of Thomaston. The Rev. Bob Wilson and The Rev. Bill Barber will officiate. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family...
Mrs. Virginia Smith Anderson
Jul 24, 2020
Mrs. Virginia Smith Anderson, 97, of Thomaston, died Friday, July 24, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center. A graveside funeral service for Mrs. Anderson will be held Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 11:00 AM in South View Cemetery, with Elder Lee Price officiating. Interment with Military Honors will follow. Carrie Virginia Smith was born in LaGrange on December 14,...
Mrs. Eloise Johnson Whatley
Jul 23, 2020
Mrs. Eloise Johnson Whatley, 89, of Peachtree City, died Thursday, July 23, 2020 at Riverside Health and Rehab in Thomaston. A graveside service is being planned by her family. Mrs. Whatley was born in Hixon, TN, on October 28, 1930, the daughter of the late Carl Mac and Edna Billett Johnson. She was married for 62 years to the...
Mrs. Jeanette Fortson Russell
Jul 23, 2020
Mrs. Jeanette Fortson Russell, 89, of Thomaston, died Thursday, July 23, 2020 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Russell will be held on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Upson Memorial Gardens with Rev. Joey Smith officiating. The family of Mrs. Russell will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Saturday from 6:00 until 8:00...
Mrs. Hilda Andrews
Jul 20, 2020
Mrs. Hilda Sawyer Andrews, age 98 of Thomaston, Georgia died Monday, July 20, 2020 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 10:00 A.M. at South View Cemetery in Thomaston with Rev. Andy Cunningham and Rev. Herb Flanders officiating. Mrs. Andrews was born in New Brockton, Alabama on March 24, 1922...
Mrs. Linda Howell Hortman
Jul 19, 2020
Mrs. Linda Howell Hortman, age 62, of Thomaston, died Sunday, July 19, 2020, at her residence. Memorial services for Mrs. Hortman will be held on Tuesday, July 21, at 4:00 PM in the Chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Grier officiating. Mrs. Hortman was born on June 22, 1958, to the late Bill Howell and Jean Rowell...
Mrs. Peggy Best Turner
Jul 18, 2020
Mrs. Peggy Best Turner, 88, of Yatesville, GA died Saturday, July 18, 2020 at Coliseum Medical Center in Macon, GA. Memorial services for Mrs. Turner will be held on Saturday, September 26, at 12:00 Noon in the Chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. E.C. Mattocks, Rev. Steve Maguire and Rev. John Wesley Long officiating. Mrs. Turner was born...
Ms. Shirlene "Sheryl" Ann Hammack
Jul 13, 2020
Ms. Shirlene Ann “Sheryl” Hammack, age 18, of Thomaston, died Saturday, October 31, 1981. Funeral Services for Ms. Hammack will be held on Saturday, July 18, 2020, at 2:00 PM, at Christ Chapel Community Church, Old Zebulon Road Campus, 68 Old Zebulon Road, Zebulon, GA 30295. Rev. Billy Smith will officiate and Interment will follow in South View Cemetery...
Mrs. Judy Jones Williams
Jul 10, 2020
Mrs. Judy Jones Williams, 71, of Thomaston, died Friday, July 10, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Williams will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Joey Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the New Hope Cemetery in Yatesville. The family of...
Mr. Stanford Parker, Jr.
Jul 9, 2020
Mr. Stanford Parker, Jr., 66, of Thomaston, died Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Memorial services for Mr. Parker will be held on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Tim South officiating. The family of Mr. Parker will receive friends at the Funeral Home on...
Mr. Donald Franklin "Don" Sanders
Jul 8, 2020
Mr. Donald Franklin Sanders, 72, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Sanders will be held Sunday, July 12, at 3:00 PM, at the First Presbyterian Church of Thomaston. Dr. Glenn Gilstrap will officiate, and interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home Saturday...
Mr. Jerry Loy Wright
Jul 6, 2020
Mr. Jerry Loy Wright, 73, of Thomaston, died Monday, July 6th, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Wright will be held on Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery. The family of Mr. Wright will...
Coach Ralph Edwin Hogan, Jr.
Jul 5, 2020
Former teacher and coach Ralph Edwin Hogan, Jr., age 67, of Concord, GA, died Sunday, July 5, 2020, at his residence. His family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, July 8, from 6:00 – 8:30 PM, at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home in Thomaston. Coach Hogan was born September 3, 1952, in Thomaston, GA, to the late Ralph Edwin Hogan and...
Mrs. Shirley Young Mercer Wheeless
Jul 4, 2020
Mrs. Shirley Young Mercer Wheeless, 85, of Thomaston, died Saturday, July 4, 2020, at her residence. Funeral services for Mrs. Wheeless will be held on Tuesday, July 7, at 2:00 PM, at the Calvary Lighthouse Church with Bishop Danny Henderson and Rev. Mark Mercer officiating. Interment will follow in the Emory's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Mrs. Betty Harrison Waggoner
Jun 25, 2020
Mrs. Betty Harrison Waggoner, 91, of Thomaston, died Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Waggoner will be held on Monday, June 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Thomaston with Dr. Glenn Gilstrap officiating. Burial will take place in the Harrison Family Cemetery in Cairo, GA., on Tuesday,...
Mrs. Ava Denise Mangham
Jun 22, 2020
Mrs. Ava Denise Mangham, 62, of Molena, died Monday, June 22, 2020, at her residence. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mangham will be held on Wednesday, June 24, at 1:00 PM in the Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Jim Pitts officiating. Mrs. Mangham was born on February 12, 1958, in Atlanta to the late Lester Hatton and Frances...
Mrs. Lillie Mae Ivie
Jun 16, 2020
Mrs. Lillie Mae Darsey Ivie, 92, died Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at her residence. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Ivie will be held on Saturday, June 20, at 1:00PM, in Crystal Hill Cemetery with Rev. Marc Pritchett officiating. Mrs. Ivie was born in Dexter, GA on June 20, 1927, to the late Steve M. Darsey and Ida Fennell Darsey....
Mr. William R. "Red" Newton, Sr.
Jun 14, 2020
Mr. William R. “Red” Newton, Sr., age 96, of Hendersonville, NC, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, in Hendersonville. A graveside memorial service with military honors will be held on Wednesday, July 1, at South View Cemetery in Thomaston, GA, at 10:00 AM. Rev. Brian Everett will officiate. Mr. Newton was born in Sylvania, GA, on September 16, 1923, to...
Mrs. Nancy Lee Wilder Echols
Jun 13, 2020
Mrs. Nancy Lee Wilder Echols, 70, of Thomaston, died Saturday, June 13, 2020 at Brightmoor Hospice. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Echols will be held in Thomaston on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM in South View Cemetery with Rev. Don Voyles officiating. Mrs. Echols was born in Thomaston on February 16, 1950, a daughter of the late...
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