Obituaries

Jan 22, 2014

Laura Summers Murray of Atlanta, GA died on January 22, 2014 in Camden, SC at the age of 85. Born on May 16, 1928 in Barnesville, GA, she was the second child of Laura Belle Brewster Summers and Riley Summers. After moving at a very young age to Thomaston, GA, she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in...

Jan 17, 2014

Mr. Garry Hamilton Ledbetter, Sr., 67, of Thomaston, died Friday, January 17th, 2014 at his home. Mr. Ledbetter was a native of Bakersfield, CA. He served his country in the U. S. Navy as an aircraft mechanic from 1965 until 1968. Mr. Ledbetter owned and operated Gary's Auto Service in Thomaston for over 48 years. He was of the...

Jan 14, 2014

Jan 14, 2014

Mr. William H. 'Bill' Howell, 83, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Howell was a native of Upson County, a son of the late Jim Henry Howell and Allie Boyt Howell. He served his country in the U. S. Air Force and the U. S. Army, and retired after 22 years of...

Jan 12, 2014

Mrs. Mildred Lindsey Brantley, age 89, of Griffin Avenue, Thomaston, died Sunday evening, January 12, 2014, in Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Brantley was born in Lancaster, SC, to the late William and Mary Lindsey. She was a registered nurse and was employed as Operating Room Supervisor at Upson Regional Medical Center until her retirement in 1983. Mrs....

Jan 5, 2014

Miss Elaine Elliott, 79, of the Thurston Community of Upson County, died Sunday, January 5th, 2014 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Miss Elliott will be held on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 at 1 pm in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Wright will officiate and burial will follow in the Hendricks Baptist Church...

Jan 5, 2014

Mrs. Betty Howell Blackstock, 88, of Thomaston, died Sunday, January 5th, 2014 at Providence Health Care. Mrs. Blackstock was a life-long resident of Thomaston, a daughter of the late Jim Henry Howell and Allie Boyt Howell. She was a seamstress for the William Carter Company for many years. She was a faithful member of the Clark's Chapel Baptist Church....

Jan 2, 2014

Dec 31, 2013

Mrs. Edna Pryor Dickens, 88, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Dickens will be held on Friday, January 3rd, 2014 at 2 pm at East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith and Rev. John Blackmon will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Mrs. Dickens was born...

Dec 28, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ruffin Fowler, age 101, formerly of Macon and Yatesville, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, in Sunny Grove Assisted Living in Barnesville. She was born in Pike County to the late Aca Lee Ruffin and Mardell Kennedy Ruffin. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Ruffin was predeceased by her husband, Frank A. Fowler, daughter, Ellen Fowler Reid, and son,...

Dec 27, 2013

Mrs. Ronae Reynolds Morris, 32, a native of Thomaston, died at her residence in Buchanan, GA on December 27, 2013. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Robert David Morris, of Buchanan, father, Jimmy Reynolds and step-mother, Teresa Reynolds, of Thomaston; mother Sharon Lee Dean, Canton, GA; daughter, Kaity Fulcher, of Thomaston; son, Sam Fulcher, of...

Dec 27, 2013

Mrs. Elizabeth Ogletree McDaniel, 88 of Thomaston, died at her residence Friday evening December 27, 2013. She worked for Thomaston Mills as a spooler, graduated from the CNA program at Upson Technical College and worked for Clearview Nursing Center. Mrs. McDaniel was a member of Hightower Memorial United Methodist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Linda Wall, of...

Dec 20, 2013

Dr. Mary Jean Ivey Simmons, 83, joined the Church Triumphant on Friday, December 20th, 2013 after a long illness. Dr. Simmons was born in Montgomery, AL, July 7, 1930, the daughter of the Reverend Mr. and Mrs. James H. Ivey, Jr., Pastor of the Wetumpkia Baptist Church, Wetumpka, AL. She was educated in the public school systems of Alabama,...

Dec 17, 2013

Mr. James H. McKinley, 98, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 at Riverside Nursing Center. Mr. McKinley was born on September 15, 1915. He was a machinist for Thomaston Mills for many years. James was saved in the spring of 1940 and joined the Thomaston Church of God on July 21, 1946. He was a dedicated Christian. In...

Dec 13, 2013

Mr. Melvin Alva Corley, age 56, died at his residence Friday, December 13, 2013. Melvin was a veteran and served in the U. S. Army. He was a graduate of the Upson Technical College Air Condition Program and was the owner/operator of Corley Heating and Air. Mr. Corley was a member of Silvertown Baptist Church. Melvin is survived by...

Dec 12, 2013

Mrs. Cora Connell Melton, age 76, died at her residence on December 12,2013. She worked at Playtex Manufacturing in Manchester, GA. for 27 years and attended Liberty Worship Center. She also assisted her son and daughter-in-law in their store in Woodbury. Mrs. Melton enjoyed sewing, cooking, baking and painting ceramics. Mrs. Melton was preceded in death by her husband,...

Dec 9, 2013

Mrs. Sue Hardman Crawford, 80, of Dacula, died Monday, December 9th, 2013 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Crawford was born in Columbus, GA., on August 28th, 1933, daughter of the late James Gilbert Hardman and Nora Davis Hardman. The Hardmans moved to Thomaston in 1936 and she was a 1951 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. Mrs. Crawford...

Dec 8, 2013

Dr. Paul L. Dawkins, age 88, formerly of Thomaston, died Sunday morning, December 8, 2013, in Brightmoor Nursing Center, Griffin. He was born in Gastonia, NC, to the late Franklin Thomas Dawkins and the late Myrtle Mae Tarbush Dawkins. Dr. Dawkins was a graduate of the 1943 class of R. E. Lee Institute and the 1951 class of Palmer...

Nov 30, 2013

Mrs. Betty Howell, age 80, of McDonough,GA, died Saturday, in Westbury Health and Rehabilitation Center of McDonough. She was a native of DeKalb County, Georgia. Mrs. Howell was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband, Robert 'Bobby' Howell, of McDonough, daughter, Mrs. Terri (Mike) Weaver, of Atlanta, sons, Greg Howell, of McDonough, Randy Howell,...

Nov 21, 2013

Rozell Gatlin Orrick, 76, of Donalsonville, passed away on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Seminole Manor Nursing Home in Donalsonville. Mrs. Orrick was born April 21, 1937 in Thomaston to the late George Howard Gatlin, Jr. and Nancy Ann Yeargin Gatlin. She was a retired seamstress from Thomaston Mills and member of First United Methodist Church of Thomaston...