Obituaries
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Mr. Thomas Stokes Black
Jun 8, 2019
Mr. Thomas Stokes Black, 73, of Thomaston, died Saturday, June 8, 2019, at River Place in Forsyth, GA. No services are planned at this time. Mr. Black was born in Thomaston on January 19, 1946, to the late Marshall Stokes Black and Jacqueline Wheless Black. He was a 1964 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute and a 1969 graduate...
Mrs. Reba Carole Snyder Wilkins
Jun 4, 2019
Mrs. Reba Carole Snyder Wilkins, age 78, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Wilkins will be held on Friday, June 7, 2019, at 2:30 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Joey Smith will officiate and entombment will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum. The...
Mrs. Charlotte Mcgahee Kelley
Jun 2, 2019
Mrs. Charlotte McGahee Kelley, 77, of Thomaston, died June 2, 2019, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Kelley will be held Tuesday, June 4, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Jerome Stallings will officiate, and burial will follow in the Meansville Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day...
Mr. Roy Glennis Glover
May 29, 2019
Mr. Roy Glennis Glover, age 85, of Owensville, Missouri, died Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Missouri. The family will hold a memorial service for Mr. Glover on Saturday, June 1, 2019, at 2:00 PM, at Mountain View Baptist Church, with Dr. Ryan Christopher officiating. Mr. Glover was born on August 9, 1933, in Upson County, to the late Theo...
Mrs. Anne Stevens Ruff
May 29, 2019
A memorial service for Anne Ruff, 93, of Thomaston will be held Saturday June 1, 2019 at 3 pm at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Fletcher-Day Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ruff died Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Her cremains were interred in South View Cemetery Saturday June 1, 2019. Anne...
Coach Bobby Smith
May 23, 2019
Coach Bobby Smith, 78, of Thomaston, died unexpectedly at Upson Regional Medical Center on Thursday, May 23, 2019. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 25, at 2:00 PM, at the First United Methodist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Herb Flanders, Rev. Dr. Matt Woodbery, and Mr. Russ Smith officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday...
Mr. Calvin Smith Ellington
May 23, 2019
Mr. Calvin Smith Ellington, 94, of Thomaston, died May 23, 2019, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Ellington will be held Tuesday, May 28, at 11:00 AM, at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston. Rev. Bill Barber and Mr. Donald Ellington will officiate. The family will receive friends at the church from 10:00 - 11:00 AM....
Mrs. Mattie Ruth Thompson Ellerbee
May 18, 2019
Mattie Ruth Thompson Ellerbee, who brought up her three sons in Thomaston, Warner Robins, Byron and Fort Valley, died Saturday, May 18th, 2019 at Pine Pointe Hospice in Macon. She was 93. She will be laid to rest beside her husband on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 at 12:00 PM at Hendricks Baptist Church in the small Crest community outside...
Mrs. Brenda Gravitt Evans
May 17, 2019
Mrs. Brenda Gravitt Evans, 73, of Columbus, died Friday, May 17, 2019 at the home of her son, Travis Slaughter, in Thomaston. Funeral services for Mrs. Evans will be held on Monday, May 20th, 2019 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Pastor Jereme Chaney officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Mountain Cemetery...
Mrs. Dorothy Nelson Pinkstaff
May 17, 2019
Mrs. Dorothy Nelson Pinkstaff, 99, of Monroe and formerly of Thomaston, died Friday, May 17th, 2019 at the St. Mary's Hospice House in Watkinsville. Funeral services for Mrs. Pinkstaff will be held on Monday, May 20th, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Grace Primitive Baptist Church. Elder Julius Stewart, Elder Mike Newman and Elder Bill Durrence will officiate and burial...
Mr. John Edward Chapman
May 14, 2019
Mr. John Edward Chapman, 79, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at his home. The family of Mr. Chapman will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Sunday, May 19, 2019, from 2:00 until 4:00 PM. Mr. Chapman was born in Harman, VA, on November 16, 1939, a son of the late John and Rhoda Cline Chapman. He...
Mr. Johnny Lamar Garrett
May 10, 2019
Mr. Johnny Lamar Garrett, 79, of Woodland, GA, died Friday, May 10, 2019, at his residence. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Garrett will be held Monday, May 13, at 11:00 AM, in South View Cemetery with Elder Norman Randall and Mr. Chris Hinson officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday, May 12, from 4:00 until 6:00 PM, at Fletcher-Day...
Mr. Raymond Nelson Hooper
May 5, 2019
Mr. Raymond Nelson Hooper, age 65, of Thomaston, died Sunday, May 5, 2019, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hooper was born in Chicago Heights, IL, on August 10, 1953, to the late Lewis and Wilma Hooper. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and was a Truck Driver. Mr. Hooper is survived by his brother, Bob...
Mrs. Martha Woodson Holland Bragg
May 2, 2019
Mrs. Martha Woodson Holland Bragg, 99, of Thomaston, died Thursday, May 2, 2019 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Bragg will be held on Sunday, May 5th, 2019 at 3:30 PM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Elder Dennis Johnson and Rev. Mike Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery....
Mrs. Claire H. Warren
Apr 23, 2019
Mrs. Claire H. Warren, 79, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Warren will be held on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Warren will receive friends at...
Mr. Woodrow Wilson Caldwell, Jr.
Apr 22, 2019
Mr. Woodrow Wilson Caldwell, Jr., 81, of Thomaston, died Monday, April 22, 2019, at his home. Mr. Caldwell was born in Atlanta on August 22, 1937, a son of the late Woodrow WIlson and Evelyn Maynard Caldwell, Sr. He served as a military police officer in the U. S. Air Force. He was a retired salesman for John Deere....
Mrs. Betty Marie Bradshaw Adams
Apr 12, 2019
Mrs. Betty Marie Bradshaw Adams, age 91, of Thomaston, died Friday, April 12, 2019, at her residence. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Adams will be held Monday, April 15, at 11:00 AM, at Crystal Hill Cemetery with Rev. Jason Weeks officiating. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home Monday from 10:00 - 11:00 AM. Mrs. Adams was...
Mr. Charles Stevenson Rush
Apr 9, 2019
Mr. Charles Stevenson Rush, 76, of Thomaston and formerly of Milner, died Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at Eternal Hope Hospice - Hope House, in Griffin. Mr. Rush was born in Powder Springs on April 7, 1943, a son of the late James Elbert and Georgia Ann Polston Rush. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps and...
Mrs. Juanita C. Gardner
Apr 2, 2019
Juanita C. Gardner, age 91, died April 2, 2019, at her home in Thomaston, Ga. Most of her life was spent in Augusta, GA. She was born in Kite, GA on May 19, 1927. Her parents were the late Albert C. and Daisy Tyson Cooper. Her late husband was William A. Gardner. The last of 12 children born to...
Rev. Stanton Hughes Sizemore
Apr 1, 2019
The Reverend Stanton Hughes Sizemore, 90, of Thomaston, died Monday, April 1, 2019, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Rev. Sizemore will be held Saturday, May 18, at the First Presbyterian Church of Thomaston at 11:00 AM, with Dr. Glenn Gilstrap officaiting. The family of Rev. Sizemore will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM on...