Obituaries

Dec 6, 2009

Mr. Hamlett was a native of Molena, GA., and grew up in the Mount Olive Baptist Church in Molena. He had lived in the Crest Community of Upson County for a number of years. He was employed for 42 years in the Piece Goods Department of the Thomaston Mills Bleachery. Mr. Hamlett was known to area residents as 'The...

Dec 6, 2009

Helen Moore Turner, age 95, died at her home December 6, 2009. She was born October 28, 1914 in Lamar County to Walter Herbert Moore and Cora Bankston Moore. Educated at The Rock High School, Gordon College, and the Artistic Institute, she was owner operator of Helen's Beauty Shop for thirty five years. She was a member of The...

Dec 6, 2009

Helen Moore Turner, age 95, died at her home December 6, 2009. She was born October 28, 1914 in Lamar County to Walter Herbert Moore and Cora Bankston Moore. Educated at The Rock High School, Gordon College, and the Artistic Institute, she was owner operator of Helen's Beauty Shop for thirty five years. She was a member of The...

Dec 4, 2009

Judge Ben J. Miller, Sr., age 73, of Thomaston, died Friday Morning in Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial Services will be held Saturday Morning at 11 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Albert E. Simmons will officiate, with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the Church following the memorial service. In...

Dec 4, 2009

Judge Ben J. Miller, Sr., age 73, of Thomaston, died Friday Morning in Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial Services will be held Saturday Morning at 11 o'clock in the First Presbyterian Church. Dr. Albert E. Simmons will officiate, with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the Church following the memorial service. In...

Nov 27, 2009

Mrs. Hardy was born on May 16th, 1924, the only child of Lucile and Shade Bartlett. She was the salutatorian of her Molena High School Class and graduated from Bessie Tift College in 1946. Following graduation Mrs. Hardy taught English and coached basketball in Fayette County and Pike County, then was employed by AT & T in Atlanta. In...

Nov 27, 2009

Mrs. Jefflyn Ruth Bartlett Hardy, age 85, formerly of 980 Lawrence Rd., Molena, died Friday, Novbember 27th, 2009 at the home of her son, Willis 'Dick' Hardy, Jr., of 980 Yatesville-Barnesville Rd., Yatesville. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 29th, 2009 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in Thomaston with Rev. Billy Lawrence officiating....

Nov 26, 2009

Nov 26, 2009

Mr. Adkerson died at Upson Regional Medical Center. It was his wish that he be cremated. His family will have a memorial service at Woodlawn Cemetery in Orlando, FL. He is survived by a son, Mike Adkerson of Virginia, and two sisters, Anne Story and Carolyn Lovett, both of Thomaston.

Nov 22, 2009

Nov 20, 2009

Jewel Davis Mathews died peacefully at home November 20, 2009. Jewel Mathews was born in Talbotton, Georgia on July 25, 1914, to Carolyn Louise Birdsong and Clarence Earnest Davis. She attended The Pleasant Hill School. Her Grandfather, Dr. J. C. Birdsong was President of the Board of Trustees. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of...

Nov 15, 2009

It was Mr. Ward's wish that he be cremated. No services are planned at this time. Mr. Ward was a native of Meriwether County. He was a warehouseman in the clothing industry prior to his retirement. Mr. Ward is survived by his sister, Elaine (Harold) Barry of Thomaston and his brother, Danny E. Ward of Warner Robins.

Nov 9, 2009

Mr. Mameli was a native of Brooklyn, NY, born to Italian immigrants Luigi and Lina Mameli. He was a 1942 graduate of Manual Training High School in New York. Mr. Mameli continued his education after high school and in January of 1944 was graduated from the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, Long Island University. He was employed by Schwarz Laboratories,...

Nov 6, 2009

Mrs. Mary Willis Park was a native of Bibb County, Ga. She had lived in Upson County for 28 years. She was a homemaker and a member of Ramah Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Park is survived by her husband, Mr. Harry N. Park, Sr.; daughters, April Park (Don, Jr.) Mapp,Barnesville, Sherry Park (Mark) Farr, Yatesville; son, Neil (Toiee) Park,...

Nov 4, 2009

Nov 3, 2009

Oct 28, 2009

A 1942 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, she was born April 18, 1925, in Macon County, GA, and the family moved to Thomaston, GA, later that year. She was a retired Lab Technician for Thomaston Mills, where she was employed for 50 years. She was a member of the R. E. Hightower Chapter, Order of the Eastern...

Oct 28, 2009

Mrs. Wilson was born in San Diego, CA but had lived in Thomaston for many years. She attended R. E. Lee High School. Mrs. Wilson was a former employee of MRS Home Care in Thomaston but was primarily a homemaker. She was a member of the Valley Grove Baptist Church. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her father,...

Oct 26, 2009

Mr. Taylor was a native of Thomaston, born to the late Charlie Lewis Taylor and Elva Lee Hawkins Taylor. He was a 1963 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute and later graduated Gordon Military College. He continued his education at the Southern School of Pharmacy and graduated with a B. S. degree in Pharmacy. He worked as a self-employed...

Oct 24, 2009

Mrs. Lindsey was born July 31, 1911, in Thomaston, GA to J. Gordon and Beulah Turner Vining. She graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in 1930. She attended the Georgia Teachers College after graduation. Following her marriage to Grady L. Lindsey, she moved to Forest Park, GA in 1942 where she taught school during the war years, and...