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Roger Lee Nixon
Nov 20, 2013
Mr. Roger Lee Nixon, 68, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, November 20th, 2013 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Nixon was a native of Upson County. He was employed by Thomaston Mills as a dye mixer and later worked for Thermo King in Chattanooga, TN, in the maintenance division. Mr. Nixon was also a plumber. He was of the Baptist...
Mary Eula Storey
Nov 19, 2013
Mrs. Mary Eula Storey, 88, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 at Riverside Nursing Center. Mrs. Storey was born in Pike County, a daughter of the late Edgar Harrison McDaniel and Mary Sibbie Childs McDaniel. She was employed by Thomaston Mills and retired after 43 years of continuous service. In 1987 she began working part-time at Walmart. Mrs....
Martha Daniel Wilder
Nov 10, 2013
Mrs. Martha Daniel Wilder, 93, of Thomaston, passed away Sunday, November 10th, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab in Thomaston. Mrs. Wilder was born in Thomaston on March 30, 1920, a daughter of the late Cliff and Lila Smith Daniel. She was a member of the R. E. Lee Class of 1936. She and her husband, the late John...
Elsie Storey Hamlett
Nov 9, 2013
Mrs. Elsie Grace Storey Hamlett of Molena, Ga went to be with her Lord on Saturday morning November 9, 2013. She was 93 born April 3,1920 at Lifsey Springs, GA and was a life long resident of Molena. Elsie was a long standing member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Molena, where she served her church with love. She...
Colby W. Eldridge, Jr.
Nov 3, 2013
Mr. Colby W. Eldridge, Jr, age 69, of College Park, GA and formerly of Yatesville, died in Atlanta Medical Center, East Point GA, Sunday morning, November 3, 2013. Mr. Eldridge served in the United States Navy on the Kitty Hawk during the Viet Nam war. Prior to his retirement, he was employed with Delta Air Lines as a Ramp...
Mary Bell Moulton Rigby
Nov 1, 2013
Mrs. Mary Bell Moulton Rigby, 81 of 186 Childs Avenue, Yatesville, died Friday morning, November 1, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Rigby was born in Schley County, Georgia to the late Tom Boy Moulton and Nannie Bell Moulton. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by B. F. Goodrich Martha Mills as a Spinner. She was predeceased by her...
Betty Doris Harp Huckaby
Oct 24, 2013
Mrs. Betty Doris Harp Huckaby, 81, of Thomaston, died Thursday, October 24th, 2013. Mrs. Huckaby was a life-long resident of Thomaston and Upson County, daughter of the late A. T. Harp and Birdie McKinley Harp. She was a retired legal secretary and had most recently been employed by the legal firm of Adams, Barfield and Dunaway. Mrs. Huckaby was...
Christopher D. Huie, Jr.
Oct 11, 2013
Mr. Christopher D. Huie, Jr., 64, of Thomaston, died Friday, October 11th, 2013 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia. Mr. Huie was a native of Miami Beach, FL., but grew up in the Augusta, GA., area. He was a graduate of Richmond Academy where he played football and was a shot putter for the track and field team....
Thurmond Lewis Ellington
Oct 3, 2013
Mr. Thurmond Lewis Ellington, 64, of Thomaston, died Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 at his home. Mr. Ellington was a life-long resident of Thomaston and Upson County, a son of the late Orman I. Ellington and Della Mae Trice Ellington. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. He held the rank of Lance...
Barbara Jean Grier
Sep 23, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Jean Grier, formerly of Triune Mill Road, died in Golden Living Center Monday, September 23, 2013. Mrs. Grier had been employed by Goodies Manufacturing Company, in Manchester and was a homemaker. She attended Wilson Chapel Baptist Church. She was predeceased by a brother, Larry Trice. Mrs. Grier is survived by four children; Jackie Fennell, of Alabama; Cindy...
Sybil Mitchell
Sep 21, 2013
Mrs. Sybil Mitchell died Saturday, September 21, in Peachbelt Health and Rehabilitation, in Warner Robins,Ga. A visitation will be held Wednesday, September 25, from 4 PM until 6 PM at McCullough Funeral Home in Warner Robins GA. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 26, at 12 o'clock noon in Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in South...
Dr. James Olin "Jim" Richards
Sep 20, 2013
Dr. James O. (Jim) Richards, age 76, of 300 Pine Lakes Drive, Thomaston, died Friday afternoon, September 20th, in Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial Services will be held Saturday afternoon, September 28th, at 2 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Christopher Peterson, Dr. Albert E. Simmons and Rev. William R. Conine, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive...
Dorothy T. Maddox
Sep 12, 2013
Mrs. Dorothy T. Maddox, 91, of Yatesville, died Thursday, September 12th, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab in Thomaston. Mrs. Maddox was a native of Cartersville. She was a former elementary school teacher's aide in the Upson County School Board of Education. She had also been employed by the William Carter Company. Mrs. Maddox was a member of the...
Sylvia Marie Hildebrand
Sep 7, 2013
Mrs. Sylvia Marie Renfroe Hildebrand, 68, of Thomaston, died Saturday, September 7th, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Hildebrand was a native of Meriwether County but had made her home in Thomaston for a number of years. She was a retired flight attendant supervisor for Delta Airlines. Mrs. Hildebrand is survived by a cousin, Jean Coleman of Albany; an uncle,...
Ruby Franklin White
Sep 4, 2013
Mrs. Ruby Franklin White, 83, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. White was a native of Upson County. Until her retirement she had worked for 45 years in the Spinning Department of the Martha Mills Division of the B. F. Goodrich Company. She was a member of the North Church Street Church...
Patricia Fallin Poteat
Sep 3, 2013
Mrs. Patricia F. Poteat, 77, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 at her home. Mrs. Poteat was a life-long resident of Upson County and was a graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. She was employed for 38 years at the Martha Mills Division of the B. F. Goodrich Company and served as a key punch operator until her...
Wheeler Davis "Junior" Cooper, Jr.
Sep 1, 2013
Mr. Wheeler Davis 'Junior' Cooper, Jr., 82, of Thomaston, died Sunday, September 1st, 2013 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Mr. Cooper was born in Taylor County on October 22, 1930, a son of the late Wheeler Davis Cooper and Dora B. Thompson Cooper. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War...
Richard H. Levis
Aug 31, 2013
Mr. Richard H. Levis, 49, of Griffin, died Saturday, August 31st, 2013 at the Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Mr. Levis was born in Forest Park on December 23, 1963, a son of the late Howard Levis and Lucile Hagan Levis. He was employed by the Action Electrical and Mechanical Contracting Company, Inc. Mr. Levis was a member of the...
Ruth Beckham Burks
Aug 25, 2013
Mrs. Burks, formerly of 'O' Street, Thomaston, died Sunday, August 25th, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Mrs. Burks was a native of Upson County, a daughter of the late Wesley Beckham and Ella Penn Beckham. She was formerly employed by the B. F. Goodrich Company. Mrs. Burks is survived by a brother, Moses Beckham of Madison, one step-daughter,...
Meredith Ann Butler Buffington
Aug 19, 2013
Mrs. Meredith 'Meribeth' Buffington, 75, of Thomaston, died Monday, August 19th, 2013 at the Piedmont Newnan Hospital. Mrs. Buffington was a native of Portland Oregon but had lived in Upson County since 1972. She was a former secretary for the Collins School Kindegarten and Fellowship Baptist Church. She had also worked as a personal trainer at Curves and Bosom...
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