obituaries

Sep 7, 2009

The funeral service of John Arthur (Tippy) Hicks will be conducted Saturday, September 12, at 1:00 p.m., at the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 8825 River Road, Camilla. Reverend Jermaine King will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. John Arthur Hicks was born on October 17, 1936 to the late Busy and Ella Mae Hicks of Pelham, Georgia. At...

Aug 29, 2009

Waymond Sanders died Saturday, August 29, 2009, at his residence. The funeral service will be conducted Saturday, September 5, 2009, at 12:00 noon, at the Saint James Missionary Baptist Church, 144 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Baconton. Interment will follow in Saint Mary Memorial Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of St. James Missionary Baptist Church. Active Pallbearers will be...

Aug 22, 2009

The funeral service of Corene Thompson will be conducted Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Saint Mary Missionary Baptist Church, 6829 St. Mary Road, Baconton, Georgia. Reverend Ananias Hopkins, III, pastor. Interment will follow in St. Mary Memorial Cemetery. Corene Thompson was born the third child of Simon and Willie Randall Marcus on June 30, 1912. She...

Jul 12, 2009

The funeral service of Curtis Nelson, will be conducted Thursday, July 16, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 3370 Georgia Highway 97, Camilla. Reverend Michael Chapman will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Corey Silas, Calvin Stewart, Daniel Stewart, Grover Stewart, Kyron Stewart, Phillip Stewart, Derrick White, Robert Williams. Curtis Nelson,...

Jun 19, 2009

The funeral service of Willie Mae "Big Mama" Threatts, will be conducted Saturday, June 27, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 7141 Pipeline Road, Camilla, Georgia. Reverend Leroy Thompson, Jr., will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be MSGT Darryl Bryant, MSGT William Bryant, Emmanuel Drakes, Herbert Pitts, Sr., Curtis B....

Jun 2, 2009

The funeral service of Betty J. Williams, will be conducted Saturday, June 6, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 331 Peachtree Street, Camilla. Dr. Joe R. Thomas will officiate. Interment will follow in the St. Mary Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Alex Carter, Rodney Childs, Anthony Donaldson, Eric Gervin, Terrence King, Nick Nickerson, Edgar Pelham, Kerry...

May 26, 2009

The funeral service of Julia Butler, will be conducted Saturday, May 30, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., at First Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Newton. Reverend Jerome Pace will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.

Julia Butler was born in Mitchell County, Georgia, on November 8, 1950 to Gillis Butler and Sadie Butler.

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May 21, 2009

The funeral service of Evins Styles, will be conducted Thursday, May 28, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 331 Peachtree Street, Camilla. Reverend Sylvester Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of Beulah Missionary Baptist Church and Class of 1973. Active Pallbearers will be Aaron...

May 17, 2009

The graveside funeral service of Patricia Ann Edwards, will be conducted Saturday, May 23, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., at Thomas Gardens of Memory. Reverend Jimmy Johnson will officiate. Mrs. Patricia Ann Edwards, was born on November 6, 1958 in Mitchell County, Georgia to the late Mr. Emanuel Edwards and Mrs. Willie Bell Edwards. She was a member of New Hope...

May 5, 2009

Jalen Ahmad Williams passed peacefully surrounded by family on May 5, 2009. He was born at 5:58 p.m. and met the eyes of Jesus at 9:25 p.m. the same day. Jalen is deeply loved by his mother, Shequilla Williams of Pelham, Georgia; maternal grandparents, Joanne Edwards, Kelvin Edwards and Michael Williams of Camilla, Georgia; paternal grandparent, Rena Hobbs of Meigs,...

Apr 26, 2009

The funeral service of Fannie Esther Anderson White, will be conducted Saturday, May 2, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 331 Peachtree Street, Camilla. Reverend Sylvester Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Kerry Alexander, Bruce Brown, Rodney Childs, David Harris, James Spence, Craig White.

Fannie Esther Anderson White...

Apr 17, 2009

The graveside funeral service of Mamie C. Cornelius, will be conducted Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at Woodland Memorial Park Cemtery in Macon.

Mamie C. Cornelius was born in Camilla, Georgia to the late Reverend W.F. Johnson, Sr. and Emma Lula Scurry Johnson on June 23, 1914.

She received her elementary...

Apr 14, 2009

The funeral service of Joyce Carolyn Smith Daniels will be conducted Saturday, April 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Union Missionary Baptist Church, 70 Thompson Street, Camilla. Reverend Andrew Cannon will officiate. Interment will follow in the Oakview Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Keith Freeman, Bruce Reese, Robert Simmons, Robert Taylor, Jr., Reginald Yates. Joyce Carolyn Pinkins Daniels was born...

Apr 3, 2009

The funeral service of Deacon James "Ted" Johnson, will be conducted Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at Brown Chapel Church, 100 Thompson Street, Camilla. Evangelist Ida P. Eley will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be Minister James Brown, Deacon Terry Burley, Sr., Eric Drakes, Deacon Robert Eley, Sr., James Gardner, Jr., Richard Gardner,...

Mar 1, 2009

The funeral service of Tangie Dynette McGee Holton, will be conducted Saturday, March 7, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., at Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 418 Love Street, SW, Pelham. Reverend Charles Dorsey will officate. Interment will follow in Pelham Cemetery. Tangie Dynette McGee Holton was born October 5, 1966 to Jessie Pearl Brown and the late Gene Moore. Later in...

Feb 22, 2009

The funeral service of Charlie Bell, will be conducted Saturday, February 28, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at Robert Jester Mortuary. Discourse will be by Brother Willie David Thomas. Interment will follow in the Oakview Cemetery.

Charlie Bell, the son of the late Jack Bell and Lilly Bell, was born October 25, 1924 in Mitchell County, Georgia.

Jan 27, 2009

The funeral service of Kenneth Thomas, will be conducted Saturday, January 31, 2009, at 12:00 noon, at Greater Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 1345 Highway 311, Camilla. Reverend James Turner will officiate. Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be Norris Akins, Calvin Bowens, Thomas Gaines, Chris Harris, Dez McNair, Bernard Slappey. Active Pallbearers will be Michael Bush,...

Jan 13, 2009

Aaron Maeweather died Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at Miller County Nursing Home in Colquitt. A memorial service will be conducted on Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., at Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church, 3065 Collins Street, Meigs, Georgia. Reverend Estelle Arrington will officiate. Aaron Maeweather, Jr., was born March 2, 1929 in Mitchell County, Georgia, to the late Aaron Maeweather,...

Jan 11, 2009

The funeral service of Robert Lee "Dankum" Hampton, will be conducted Saturday, January 17, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church, 331 Peachtree Street, Camilla. Reverend Sylvester Williams will officiate. Interment will follow in Bethany Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be his fellow truckdrivers. Active Pallbearers will be Horace Coleman, R. D. Gilbert, Rufus Jackson, Johnny Jones, Tony...

Jan 9, 2009

The funeral service of Joe Malone Dye, will be conducted Friday, January 16, 2009, at 1:00 p.m., at the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 217 South Washington Street, Albany. Reverend Alfred Reid will officiate. Interment will follow in Riverside Cemetery. Honorary Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Kamran Dye and Karston Dye; Monroe High School Class of 1966; Brothers of Omega...