ObituarIES

Jan 27, 2016

Mr. Anthony LaKeith Wimbley passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at his residence in Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Georgia Grove Baptist Church, 4574 Old Savannah Road, Tennille, Georgia, at 11 a.m. with interment in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Mr. Anthony LaKeith Wimbley was born in Baldwin County...

Jan 26, 2016

Mr. Isadore Burden, Jr., formerly of Sandersville, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in Dover, Delaware. Funeral services were held on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Clara-Minnie Memorial Chapel of L.M. Pierce Funeral Home at 3 p.m. with interment in the Sandersville City Cemetery. Minister Perry Burden officiated. Mr. Isadore Burden, Jr., the son of the late Isadore Burden...

Jan 17, 2016

Mrs. Doris Thomas passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Washington County Regional Medical Center in Sandersville, Georgia. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Holly Spring Baptist Church in Warthen, Georgia with interment in the Rest Haven cemetery. Mrs. Doris Thomas was born on June 14, 1933, in Tennille, Georgia, to the late Arthur...

Dec 26, 2015

Mr. Emanuel Kelsey, Jr. entered eternal rest on Saturday, December 26, 2015 in Topeka, Kansas.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Clara-Minnie Memorial Chapel of L.M. Pierce Funeral Home.

Mr. Emanuel Kelsey, Jr. was born June 9, 1963 to the late Emanuel Kelsey, Sr. and Marie Burnett Kelsey.  Emanuel was reared in...

Dec 14, 2015

Mr. Isaac Haynes, Sr. entered into eternal rest on Monday December 14, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family.  Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2015 at New Birth Christian Ministry in Tennille, Georgia ata 1 p.m.  Interment will be in the Union Hill Baptist Church cemetery.

Mr. Haynes was born July 3,...

Nov 19, 2015

Mrs. Ollie Butts, 91, entered peaceful sleep of eternal rest on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.  Funeral services held on Friday, November 27, 2015 at St. James Christian Fellowship Church in Tennille, Georgia with Rev. Mack Jackson officiating.  Interment in the Union Hill Baptist Church cemetery.

Mrs. Butts was born in...

Oct 21, 2015

Mr. Ronald Quinton Heggs transitioned to eternal rest on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at his residence.  Memorial service will be held on Monday, October 26, 2015 at Clara-Minnie Memorial Chapel of the L.M. Pierce Funeral Home.

Mr. Ronald Quinton Heggs was born November 29, 1956 to the parentage of the late Mr. Edward Heggs, Jr. and the...

Oct 5, 2015

On Monday, October 5, 2015, we knew little that morning that God was going to whisper your name.  In life, we loved you dearly; in death, we do the same.  It broke our hearts to lose you; but you’re not going alone, for a part of us went with you the day God called you home.   Funeral services will...

Aug 26, 2015

Mr. Ralph Brown, Sr. 69, of Rochester, NY suddenly transitioned to eternal rest on August 26, 2015 at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York.  Graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at Pine Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Davisboro, Georgia.  Rev. Kelvin Boyer will officiate.

Mr. Brown is survived by his wife; Maxine...

Aug 14, 2015

Evangelist Irene Leona Johnson entered eternal rest on Friday, August 14, 2015 at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.  Funeral services held on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Smith Grove Baptist Church with interment in the Sandersville City Cemetery.  Bishop Richard Peoples officiated.

Evangelist Irene Leona Johnson was born in Philadelphia, PA on August 22, 1945. She...

Aug 6, 2015

Mr. Isadore Mack Jr. departed this life on Thursday, August 6, 2015 at Heritage Inn in Sandersville, Georgia.  Funeral service will be held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Springfield Baptist Church in Sandersville, Georgia.  Interment will be in the Sandersville City Cemetery.  Rev. Henry L. Tanner will officiate.

Isadore Mack, Jr. affectionally...

Jul 30, 2015

Leonia James, of Midway, Georgia entered into eternal rest at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, Georgia on Friday, July 30, 2015.

Leonia was born on November 27, 1938 to the late Mr. & Mrs. Lee Dixon in Sandersville, Georgia.  After moving to Liberty County she became a member of Community Missionary Baptist Church where she served as...

Jul 26, 2015

Mother Lucile Norris of Jacksonville, Flordia entered into eternal rest on Sunday, July 26, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida.  Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 7, 2015 at Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church at 2 p.m. in Jacksonville, Florida.  Dr. Robert E. Herring, Sr. will officiate.

Visitation will be at Buckeye Baptist Church in East Dublin...

Jul 8, 2015

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at his residence, within his own infinite wisdom, Jesus saw fit to remove Mr. Joel “Joe” Merrell from the walks of this life. Funeral services were held on Monday, July 13, 2015 at Greater New Hope Baptist at 2 p.m. with Rev. Jimmy Ellis Cordy, Sr. officiating.  Interment was in the Sandersville City Cemetery....

Jul 5, 2015

Mrs. Julia Pierce Wright was born October 15, 1917 to the late Edmond and Ollie Samuels Pierce in Oconee, GA. Known to her family as “MaJulia”, Mrs. Wright departed this life on Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Serenity Hospice of Dublin, GA. Mrs. Wright was ninety-seven years old.

Funeral services for Mrs. Wright were held on Friday,...

Jul 3, 2015

Mrs. Margie Carswell Tanner ascended to her heavenly home on July 3, 2015 from Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.  Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July11, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Union Hill Baptist Church in Tennille, Georgia with interment in the Union Hill Baptist Church cemetery.

Mrs. Tanner was born on September 11, 1948...

May 24, 2015

Mr. Willie Lee Robinson, Jr. departed this life on Sunday, May 24, 2015 after an extended illness at the University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. Funeral services held on Sunday, May 31, 2015 at 2 p.m., Harrison Spring Baptist Church with Rev. Terrance Pullen officiating.  Interment will be in the Harrison City Cemetery.

He was born March 15,...

May 14, 2015

Mrs. Arebetha Carswell ascended to her heavenly home on May 14, 2015 from Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, Georgia.  Funeral services held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in Deepstep, Georgia with Rev. Bobby Warren officiating.  Interment in the Rest Haven Cemetery.

She thoroughly enriched the lives of her parents as she...

Apr 22, 2015

Mr. Tommie Change, Sandersville, Georgia, died on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at his residence.  Memorial service was held on Friday, May 1, 2015.

Mr. Change was born August 24, 1948 to the late Mr. Clarence and Mrs. Trudie Change.   He was preceded in death by two siblings:  Ennie Lee Change and Ivey “Pee Wee” Evans.

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Mar 5, 2015

Mrs. Verdis Jones departed this life on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at Oconee Health and Rehabilitation Center in Oconee, Georgia.  Funeral services held on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Green Grove Baptist Church in Sandersville, Georgia at 12 noon with interment in the church cemetery.  Rev. Paul Robinson officiated.

Mrs. Verdis Martin Jones was born on April...