Obituaries
Pamela Craig Sims
Jun 15, 2023
Mrs. Pamela Craig Sims, 74, of Tazewell, GA, passed away on Thursday, June 15, 2023, at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, June 17, 2023, at Tazewell Cemetery with Rev. Mike Truitt officiating. The family will greet friends after the service. Serving as pallbearers will be her nephews, Terry Whaley, Joey Turner, Craig...
Angela Celeste Eckert
Jun 12, 2023
Angela Celeste Eckert, 47, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Monday, June 12, 2023, at her residence. A graveside funeral will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, June 16, 2023, at Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Randy Comer officiating. The family will greet friends on Thursday, June 15, 2023, from 6:00-8:00PM at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA.
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Mary Winifred Williams Middlebrooks
Jun 8, 2023
Mary Winifred Williams Middlebrooks died peacefully on June 8, 2023 in Anderson, SC. She was surrounded in love by her family, which included her favorite daughter and her other favorite daughter. While dementia had taken her memories, it did not take her personality. She lived her life and managed the cruel disease to the end with the grace and...
Anthony Robert Bair
Jun 7, 2023
Anthony Robert Bair, 17, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Piedmont Regional Midtown in Columbus, GA. A memorial service will be held under the lights on Eagle Field at Marion County High School in Buena Vista, GA, at 7:30PM on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The family will greet friends on the field after the...
John N. Brown
Jun 7, 2023
Mr. John Nardin Brown, 74, of Americus, passed away on June 7, 2023 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center in Americus. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Shiloh Baptist Church with Pastor Stephen Fripp officiating. The family will greet friends in the sanctuary beginning at 1:00 PM until service time.
Mr. Brown was...
George Larry "Jabo" Welch
May 29, 2023
Mr. George Larry “Jabo” Welch, 80, of Montezuma, GA, passed away on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at County Line Baptist Church in Macon County, GA, with Rev. Mark Poole, Rev. Brian Litch, and Lamar Welch officiating. Burial will follow the...
Sonny Frank Thomaston
May 27, 2023
Mr. Sonny Frank Thomaston, 72, of Ellaville, GA, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, GA. Funeral services will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at Ellaville Baptist Church with Rev. Joel Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Ellaville City Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Lee Mitchell, Austin Mitchell,...
Agnes Onajean Treadwell
May 20, 2023
Mrs. Agnes Onajean Treadwell, 68, of Mauk, GA, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2023, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 2:00-4:00PM at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA.
Mrs. Treadwell was born in Sikeston, MO, on August 7, 1954, to William A. and Erma Imogene Harris. She...
Irma Jean Wall
May 13, 2023
Mrs. Irma Jean Wall, 75, of Ellaville, passed away at Piedmont Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Funeral services will be held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Jimmy Chapman officiating. The family will greet friends at the church beginning at 10:00AM until service time.
Burial...
Jessie James "Buddy" Powell
May 10, 2023
Mr. Jessie James “Buddy” Powell, 76, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at New Providence Baptist Church with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Burial will follow the service at Tazewell Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Kaleb Powell, Luke Powell, Jack...
Rebecca A. Cook
May 2, 2023
Mrs. Rebecca A. Cook, 77, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Tuesday, May 02, 2023, at her residence surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday, May 4, 2023, at New Providence Baptist Church with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will greet friends at the church...
Cayce Harold Phillips
Apr 30, 2023
Mr. Cayce Harold Phillips, Jr., 88, of Ellaville passed away at his residence on April 30, 2023. Graveside services will be held at Poplar Springs Cemetery in Preston, GA on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 10:00 AM with Elder Dennis Johnson officiating. The family will greet friends at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Ellaville on Tuesday evening from 6:00 – 8:00...
Shirley Jo Eason
Apr 27, 2023
Ms. Shirley Jo Eason, 72, of Bremen, GA passed away in Carrollton, GA on April 27, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 1, 2023 in the chapel of Way-Watson Funeral Home in Ellaville at 2:00 PM with Mr. Chuck Pless officiating. The family will greet friends prior to the service at 1:00 PM until service time. Burial...
Rosa Margene Sheets
Apr 27, 2023
Ms. Rosa Margene Parris Sheets, 81, of Americus, passed away on April 27, 2023 after an extended illness. Memorial services will be held on May 6, 2023 at 11:00 AM at Shiloh Baptist Church with visitation to follow in the sanctuary.
Ms. Sheets was born June 2, 1941 in Rome, Georgia to Curtis Roland and Leila Beatrice Woods Parris. She was...
Robert L. McCorkle
Apr 27, 2023
Mr. Robert Lee “Bobby” McCorkle, 80, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2023, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Dennis Johnson and Elder Roger McDonald officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will...
Freddie Mae Culpepper
Apr 21, 2023
Mrs. Freddie Mae Barrett Culpepper, 79, of Buena Vista, GA passed away at Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA on Friday, April 21, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Way-Watson Funeral Home, Buena Vista with Rev. David Chapman officiating. The family will greet friends on Saturday evening from...
Linda Faye Coe
Apr 14, 2023
Mrs. Linda Faye Coe, 81, of Ellaville, GA, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2023, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00PM on Monday, April 17, 2023, in the Chapel of Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA, with Rev. Clyde Grimsley officiating. Burial will follow the service at Cedar Rock Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will...
Hilda J. Welch
Apr 14, 2023
Ms. Hilda J. Welch, 80, of Ellaville passed away at her residence on Friday, April 14, 2023. Services will be private.
Ms. Welch was born February 13, 1943 in Anniston, AL to Samuel and Kathleen Lett Jones. She was an avid reader and enjoyed looking through Facebook. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her companion,...
Jimmie Donald Moore
Apr 12, 2023
Mr. Jimmie Donald Moore, 85, of Cusseta, GA, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at the Georgia War Veterans Home in Milledgeville, GA. A graveside service will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Harmony Cemetery in Cusseta, GA, with Rev. Rob McDaniel officiating. The family will greet friends on Friday, April 14, 2023, at Way-Watson...
Sam T. Rigdon, Jr.
Apr 5, 2023
Sam T. Rigdon Jr., Sammy, Sam Bo, Daddy, Uncle Bobo, he carried many names and did each and every one of them justice. Especially Daddy. It is with great sorrow we announce Sammy’s untimely passing, in his home, on Wednesday April 5th 2023. A memorial service will be held in his home town of Marion County, Georgia, at...
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