Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Mr. Gary Sherwood Fallin
Feb 29, 2016
Mr. Gary Sherwood Fallin, 66, of Decatur and formerly of Thomaston, died Monday, February 29, 2016 at East Lake Arbor in Decatur. Mr. Fallin was born in Thomaston on July 19, 1949. He was a graduate of the R. E. Lee Class of 1967, and attended Georgia State University. Mr. Fallin was once employed by the William Carter Company,...
Mr. Phillip B. Adcock
Feb 20, 2016
Mr. Phillip Byron Adcock, age 65, of Jefferson Street, Thomaston, died February 20, 2015, at Regency Hospital in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 23, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Jerome Stallings and Rev. Bob Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1...
Mr. Blake "Todd" Perdue
Feb 19, 2016
Mr. Blake 'Todd' Perdue, age 33, of Thomaston, died Friday morning, February 19, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, February 22, at 4:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Maguire will officiate, and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday...
Mr. Eugene J. Berry
Feb 17, 2016
Mr. Eugene J. Berry, 88, of Stockbridge and formerly of Thomaston, died Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Berry will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family of Mr. Berry will receive friends at...
Mr. Christopher Durwood Hankinson
Feb 14, 2016
Mr. Christopher Durwood Hankinson, age 41, of Warner Robins, GA died Sunday, February 14, 2016 at his residence. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 11:00AM in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Derrick Keeter will officiate. Interment will follow in the Upson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 16, 2016 from...
Mr. Theron Paul "Buck" Blackstock Jr.
Feb 13, 2016
Mr. Theron Paul 'Buck' Blackstock, Jr., 78, of Thomaston, died Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services will be held Monday, February 15, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Herb Flanders officiating. Mr. Blackstock, son of the late Theron P. Blackstock., Sr. and Sue Tucker Blackstock, was a graduate...
Mrs. Jewell R. Bledsoe
Feb 10, 2016
Mrs. Jewell R. Bledsoe, 99, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, February 10th, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Bledsoe will be held on Saturday, February 13th, 2016 at 11:00 am in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Pastor Brandon Redden will officiate and entombment will follow in the Upson Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family of...
Mr. Calvin Smith
Feb 9, 2016
Mr. Calvin Smith, 89, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, February 9th, 2016 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Smith will be held on Friday, February 12th, 2016 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mr. Smith will...
Mrs. Verlie Smith
Feb 4, 2016
Mrs. Verlie Smith, age 87, of Thomaston, died Thursday evening at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, February 7, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate, and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Smith will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home...
Mrs. Madelyn H. Collins
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Madelyn Hickmon Collins, 98, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, January 13th, 2016. Mrs. Collins was born in Effingham County on November 21st, 1917, a daughter of the late George W. Hickmon and Neppie Webb Hickmon. She was a 1934 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. Mrs. Collins and her husband, the late Williams Harris Collins, Sr., owned and operated...
Mrs. Eddie R. Bevis
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Eddie R. Bevis, 93, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at Ansley Park Health and Rehabilitation in Newnan, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 16th, 2015 at 2 pm in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Madison, FL. Mrs. Bevis is survived locally by her daughter Mrs. Jim (Betty) Bevis Franklin - Thomaston, GA.
Mr. Harold Boyt Corley
Jan 9, 2016
Harold Boyt Corley, age 79, of Thomaston, GA, died Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services for Mr. Corley will be held Tuesday, January 12, at 2:00 PM, at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate, and burial will follow in New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in...
Mrs. Mary Sue Davis Thrasher
Jan 8, 2016
Mrs. Mary Sue Davis Thrasher, 66, of Thomaston, died Friday, January 8, 2015, at her residence. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Monday, January 11, at 2:00 PM, with Rev. Jimmy Baughcum officiating. Burial will follow at Upson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Sunday evening, January 10, from 6 until...
Mrs. Nancy "Ruth" Harbin Jenkins
Jan 4, 2016
Mrs. Nancy 'Ruth' Harbin Jenkins, age 91, formerly of Thomaston died Monday, January 4, 2016 in the Green Acres Health and Rehab, Milledgeville. She was the daughter of the late J. C. and Esther Dillard Harbin. She spent most of her life in Thomaston and had lived in the Milledgeville area for the past 10 years. Mrs. Jenkins was...
Infant Jeremiah Fry
Dec 27, 2015
Infant Jeremiah Fry died Sunday, December 27, 2015, at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. A graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday, December 30, at 10:30 AM, at the Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery in Thomaston with Rev. Jason Weeks officiating. Survivors include his parents, Shawn and Ester Beukes Fry of Culloden; two sisters: McKenzie and Mayah Fry; four brothers: Noah, Eli,...
Mrs. Ruby Jewell Belscher
Dec 14, 2015
Mrs. Ruby Jewell Belscher, age 98, of Thomaston, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at her home. The family will hold a memorial service for Mrs. Belscher on Sunday, December 20th, 2015 at 3:00 pm at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Thomaston with Phillip Smith officiating. Mrs. Belscher was born in Paden, OK on February 17, 1917, a...
Mr. Tommy Lee Cook
Dec 4, 2015
Mr. Tommy Lee Cook, 62, of Thomaston, died Friday, December 4th, 2015 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Cook was born on March 29, 1953 in Atlanta, a son of the late James R. Cook and Vida Phillips Cook. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and was a retired police officer for the City of Jonesboro...
Rev. Raymond R. Howard
Dec 3, 2015
Rev. Raymond R. Howard, 86, of Thomaston, died Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 at Brightmoor Hospice. Funeral services for Rev. Howard will be held on Sunday, December 6th, 2015 at 3 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Bud Gleaton and Dr. Rex King will officiated and burial will follow in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery....
Mr. Claude William Welch
Nov 30, 2015
Mr. Claude William Welch, 63, of Thomaston, died Monday evening, November 30, 2015, at his residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00 pm on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Trice Cemetery. Elder Julius Stewart, Elder Billy Morgan, and Rev. Don Widner will officiate. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, December 2, from 6 until...
Mrs. Peggy Salter Warren
Nov 15, 2015
Mrs. Peggy Salter Carlisle Warren, age 67, of Griffin, GA died Sunday, November 15, 2015 in the Hope House in Griffin, GA. Mrs. Warren was born in Thomaston, GA on May 30, 1948 to the late Kenzie and Lois Salter. She worked as the Human Relations Director at Gordon State College. A graveside funeral service will be held Tuesday,...