Obituaries
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Emory Eldo Ellerbee Sr.
Oct 21, 2016
Mr. Emory Eldo Ellerbee, Sr., age 85, of Thomaston, died Friday, October 21, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 23, 2016, at 2:00 PM, at the Antioch United Methodist Church. Rev. Cleve McSwain and Rev. Wayne Collins will officiate, and burial will follow at Hendricks Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday...
Larry W. Watts
Oct 20, 2016
Mr. Larry W. Watts, 76, of Thomaston, died Thursday, October 20, 2016, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin, GA. Memorial services will be held Saturday, October 22, at 1:00 PM, in the First United Methodist Church. Rev. Herb Flanders will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 4 until 6 PM at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mr. Watts...
Meghann Estelle Smith
Oct 16, 2016
Miss Meghann Estelle Smith, 24, of LaGrange and formerly of Thomaston, died Sunday, October 16th, 2016 in Columbus. Funeral services will held Friday, October 21, at 4:00 PM, at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston. Rev. Bill Barber and Rev. Joy Smith will officiate, and burial will follow in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Mrs. Geraldine Meeks Teal
Oct 11, 2016
Mrs. Geraldine Meeks Teal, 86, of Meansville, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Harborview Nursing Care. Funeral services for Mrs. Teal will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at 11: 00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Milton Hill will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Teal...
Mr. Franklin Jackson Youngblood
Oct 11, 2016
Mr. Franklin Jackson Youngblood, 71, of Reynolds, died Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Graveside memorial services will be held on Friday, October 21, at 4:00 PM, in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of Mr. Youngblood will receive friends on Monday evening, October 17, from 6:00 until 8:00 PM, at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mr. Youngblood was...
Mr. David Valentine "Bubba" Pace
Oct 6, 2016
Mr. David Valentine 'Bubba' Pace, 69, of Thomaston, passed away at the Eternal Hope Hospice in Griffin on Thursday, October 6th, 2016 after an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be held on Sunday, October 9th, 2016 at 2:00 pm in the Whidby-Pace Family Cemetery in Gray with Rev. Ron McClung officiating. Although there will be no family visitation...
Mrs. Rose Marie Parker
Oct 4, 2016
Mrs. Rose Marie Parker, 84, of Thomaston died Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 2:00PM in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Milton Hill and Dr. Derrick Keeter will officiate and interment will follow in Southview Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home Wednesday,...
Mr. Jackie Eugene Roberts
Oct 2, 2016
Mr. Jackie Eugene Roberts, 69, of Thomaston, died Sunday, October 2, 2016 at Houston Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Roberts will be held on Friday, October 7th, 2016 at 2 pm in Crystal Hill Cemetery with Rev. Claude Turner officiating. The family of Mr. Roberts will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Friday from 12:30 until...
Samuel Alton Brewton Jr., M.D.
Sep 28, 2016
Samuel Alton Brewton, Jr., M.D. went home to be with the Lord on September 28, 2016. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2016, 11:00 a.m.at First Baptist Church, Thomaston, 208 South Church Street with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. The family will receive friends and family at a visitation held immediately following the service in the Fellowship...
Mr. William Harold "Pee Wee" Suddeth
Sep 15, 2016
Mr. William Harold 'Pee Wee' Suddeth, 79, of Thomaston, died Thursday, September 15, 2016 at his home. Mr. Suddeth was born in the Pleasant Valley Community of Upson County on October 19, 1936, a son of the late WIlliam Oscar and Tassie Daniel Suddeth. He was a retired manufacturing technician for the Woodbury Box Company with forty years of...
Mrs. Patricia "Patti" Peacock King
Sep 7, 2016
Patricia “Patti” Peacock King of Thomaston, 66, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 after a courageous two-and a half year battle with cancer. A service to honor her life will be held Friday, September 9, 2016 at 3:00 pm at the First Presbyterian Church in Thomaston with Dr. Glenn Gilstrap, Dr. Al Simmons and Rev. Jackie Jenkins officiating....
Mr. Steve Gregory Hammonds
Sep 3, 2016
Mr. Steve Gregory Hammonds, 64, of Thomaston died Saturday, September 3, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning, September 6, at 11:00 AM at the Yatesville Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Maguire, Rev. Terry Threadgill, and Rev. John Wesley Long, IV will officiate. Interment will follow in the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The...
Mr. Terry Thomas Hadaway
Aug 29, 2016
Mr. Terry Thomas Hadaway, 80, of Thomaston, died Monday, August 29, 2016, at Navicent Health, Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Funeral services for Mr. Hadaway will be held Thursday, September 1, at the Molena Baptist Church at 11:00 AM, with Rev. Billy Lawrence officiating. Interment will follow in South View Cemetery in Thomaston. The family will receive...
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Rackley
Aug 26, 2016
Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond Rackley, 101, of Thomaston, died Friday, August 26th, 2016 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Rackley will be held on Sunday, August 28th, 2016 at 3:00 pm in the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Yatesville with Brother Horace Pippin officiating. The family of Mrs. Rackley will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home...
Horace Edwin Bevel
Aug 23, 2016
Mr. Horace Edwin Bevel, 69, of Yatesville, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 27th, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Rock Springs Church in Milner. Dr. Benny Tate and Rev. John Wesley Long will officiate and burial will follow in The Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery....
Mrs. Margaret Jane Gerwig Strouss
Aug 17, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Jane Gerwig Strouss, 97, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Strouss will be held on Friday, August 19th, 2016 at 11:00 AM in South View Cemetery with Dr. Glenn Gilstrap officiating. The family of Mrs. Strouss will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Friday from 9:30 until...
Mr. Timothy "Tim" Clark Spires
Aug 15, 2016
Mr. Timothy Clark 'Tim' Spires, 61, of Thomaston, died Monday, August 15th, 2016 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Spires will be held on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 at 2 pm at East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith will officiate and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mr. Spires was born in Upson County on July...
Mr. Cecil Mckenzie "Mac" Daniel
Aug 13, 2016
Mr. Cecil McKenzie 'Mac' Daniel age 74, of Thomaston, died Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Daniel will be held on Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 at 2 pm in the Emory's Chapel Church Cemetery with Rev. Buddy Wall officiating. The family of Mr. Daniel will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home...
Dorothy "Dot" Brantley Cox
Aug 9, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy 'Dot' Brantley Cox, age 87, formerly of Thomaston, died August 9, 2016, in Decatur, TX. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Cox will be held on Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 2 pm in South View Cemetery with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. No visitation is planned at this time. Mrs. Dorothy Brantley 'Dot' Cox, 87, formerly of Thomaston,...
Mrs. Donnie T. Braddy
Aug 8, 2016
Mrs. Donnie T. Braddy, 92, of Thomaston, died Monday, August 8th, 2016. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Braddy will be held on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016 at 2:00 PM in South View Cemetery with Dr. Rex King officiating. Mrs. Braddy was born on September 16th, 1923 in Butler, a daughter of the late Eddie Lee and Della Mae Tucker....