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Mrs. Betty Sue Fowler
Jan 12, 2019
Mrs. Betty Sue Fowler, age 89, died Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Symphony at Oaklawn in Louisville, KY. Graveside Funeral Services will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019, at 11:00 AM, in South View Cemetery with Monty Eason officiating. Born Betty Sue McCard to the late William and Mollie Wilmot McCard in Thomaston on December 18, 1929, Sue...
Mrs. Marjorie Emmett Selph
Jan 12, 2019
Mrs. Marjorie E. Selph, 87, of Thomaston, died Saturday, January 12, 2019, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Selph will be held Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Dr. Rex King and Rev. Spencer Selph officiating. Burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of...
Mrs. Patricia Ann Thompson
Jan 2, 2019
Mrs. Patricia Ann Thompson, 88, formerly of Alpharetta, died Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Thompson will be held on Wednesday, January 9, 2019, at 10:30 AM, in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Georgia with Rev. John Barnes officiating. Mrs. Thompson was born in Binghamton, NY, on January 2, 1931, the daughter of the late...
Mr. William Jefferson "Billy" Dixon
Jan 1, 2019
Mr. William Jefferson "Billy" Dixon, age 78, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at his residence. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Dixon will be held on Friday, January 4, 2019, at 2:30 PM, at Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, GA, with Rev. Chet Yates officiating. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to...
Mrs. Hilda J. Ferguson
Dec 30, 2018
Mrs. Hilda J. Ferguson, age 85, of Thomaston, died Sunday, December 30, at Pine Point Hospice in Macon, GA. Funeral services for Mrs. Ferguson will be held Friday, January 4, 2019, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Arianna Eberle and Rev. Howard Gossett will officiate, and entombment will follow in the Yatesville Methodist Church...
Mrs. Charlene Fowler Daniel
Dec 28, 2018
Mrs. Charlene Fowler Daniel, age 80, of Thomaston, died Friday, December 28, 2018, at her residence. Memorial services for Mrs. Daniel will be held on Wednesday, January 2, at 12:00 PM, at First United Methodist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Eddie Herring officiating. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church from 10:30 until the...
Mr. Gerald Hugh Holloway
Dec 27, 2018
Mr. Gerald Hugh Holloway, age 85, of Thomaston, GA, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at his residence. Memorial services for Mr. Holloway will be held Monday, December 31, at 2:00 PM, at the First United Methodist Church of Thomaston with Rev. Eddie Herring officiating. The family will receive friends in the Fellowship Hall of the church for one hour...
Mr. Charles William "Chuck" Lawrence
Dec 24, 2018
On Monday, December 24, Charles “Chuck” William Lawrence, dedicated husband and father, passed away at his home in Monroe, Georgia at the age of 45. Chuck shared a wedding with Alice Gibson Palmer Lawrence on October 2, 2004 at Pretty Place Chapel. The arrival of their only child, Palmer Culberson Lawrence, came on December 11, 2008. He is survived...
Mr. Wayne Tyron Elliott
Dec 15, 2018
Wayne Tyron Elliott, age 83 of Thomaston, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Wayne was born on December 15, 1935, the son of Tyron Elliott, Jr. and Mrs. Clemmie Melton Elliott. He was predeceased by his parents and his sister, Lynda Elaine Elliott. Mr. Elliott was a 1953 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. He worked for B....
Ms. Kathy Dean
Dec 11, 2018
Mrs. Kathy Dean, 71, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Dean will be held Saturday, December 15, 2018, at 2:00 PM in Crystal Hill Cemetery with Mr. Dennis Rolling officiating. The family of Mrs. Dean will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Saturday from 12 noon until 2:00 PM....
Mrs. Harriet Walker Corley
Dec 7, 2018
Mrs. Harriet Walker Corley, age 63, of Thomaston, died Friday, December 7, 2018, at her residence. Funeral services for Mrs. Corley will be held Tuesday, December 11, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Stokes officiating. Interment will follow in New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Yatesville. The family will receive friends...
Mr. Carl Hubert Brown
Dec 6, 2018
Mr. Carl Hubert Brown, 87, of Thomaston, died Thursday, December 6, 2018, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Brown will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2018, at 11:00 AM at East Thomaston Baptist Church with Rev. Joey Smith officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of Mr. Brown will...
Mr. Gary A. Cochran
Dec 4, 2018
Mr. Gary A. Cochran, age 80, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at Riverside Health and Rehab. The Family of Mr. Cochran will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Thursday, December 6, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Mr. Cochran was born on December 21, 1937, in Upson County to the late Charles Foster Cochran and Nellie...
Mrs. Dolly Milner Kirkland
Dec 1, 2018
Mrs. Dolly Milner Kirkland, 82, of Thomaston, died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral services for Mrs. Kirkland will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Kirkland...
Marcia Elaine Hewett Brookins
Dec 1, 2018
Marcia Elaine Hewett Brookins, age 68, passed away on Saturday, December 1, 2018, at Harborview Health Care. Visitation for Ms. Brookins will be held Tuesday, December 4, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Graveside funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 5, at 11:00 AM at Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms Brookins was...
President George H. W. Bush
Nov 30, 2018
Former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush, age 94, of Houston, Texas, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at his residence. State funeral services for the late President will be held on Wednesday, December 5, at Washington National Cathedral. He will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday evening and Tuesday until his funeral service. President Bush will...
Mr. Sidney E. Hannah
Nov 28, 2018
Mr. Sidney E. Hannah, 87, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, November 28, 2018, at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Hannah will be held on Friday, November 30, 2018, at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Spencer Selph will officiate and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of Mr. Hannah will receive...
Mrs. Nora Syfrett
Nov 25, 2018
Mrs. Nora Syfrett, age 72, of Yatesville, GA, died Sunday, November 25, 2018, at Navicent Health, Macon, GA. Mrs Syfrett was born in Miami, FL, on March 9, 1946, to the late George Leonard Kipp and Thelma Pate Kipp. She was employed by Bell South as an administrative clerk for thirty-three years. Mrs. Syfrett is survived by a daughter,...
Mr. Gorman Michael "Mike" Smith
Nov 24, 2018
Mr. Gorman Michael "Mike" Smith, age 58, of Thomaston, died Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held on Monday, November 26, at 2:00 PM, in the Wesley Church Cemetery in Butler, GA, with Rev. Joey Smith officiating. Mr. Smith was born February 26, 1960, to Gorman "Jimmy" Smith...
Mrs. Martha Thomason Mallory
Nov 24, 2018
Mrs. Martha Thomason Mallory, age 96, died on November 24, 2018, at the Benton House in Douglasville, Georgia. A native of Jasper County, Mrs. Mallory was a long-time resident of Thomaston, Georgia. Funeral services for Mrs. Mallory will be held on Monday, November 26, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Eddie Herring officiating....