Obituaries
Terry Rigsby
Sep 28, 2024
Mr. Terry Rigsby, 65, passed away peacefully on September 28, 2024. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at Shema Baptist Church at 11:00AM with Bro. Troy Fripp officiating.
Mr. Rigsby was born January 19, 1959, in Buena Vista, GA to Elgie and Ruth Underwood Rigsby. He was a hard-working father, who loved his family dearly. Mr. Rigsby...
Sara J. Hamlet
Sep 25, 2024
Sara J. Hamlet, 82, of Mauk, GA, passed away September 25, 2024 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was married to her late husband Billy Hamlet for over 62 years. Together they have 4 children: 3 sons, William Hamlet, Jr. and his wife Debra, Steve Hamlet and his wife Crystal, and Tommy Hamlet and his wife Betty; a...
Gene Carl Okrusch
Sep 23, 2024
Mr. Gene Carl Okrusch, 75, of Buena Vista, passed away peacefully at his residence on September 23, 2024. Services will be private.
Mr. Okrusch was born January 28, 1949 to Melvin C. and Donna Okrusch in Green Bay, WI. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served two tours of duty in Vietnam. Mr. Okrusch enjoyed being...
Jo Ann Horne
Sep 23, 2024
Mrs. Mary Jo Ann Pope Horne, 87, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Monday, September 23, 2024, at her residence. A graveside funeral service will be held at 10:00AM on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating.
Mrs. Horne was born in Juniper, GA, on May 8, 1937, to Johnny Fred and...
Sherrill E. Prior Powell
Sep 21, 2024
Mrs. Sherrill E. Prior Powell, 85, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Saturday, September 21, 2024, at her residence. A graveside funeral service was held on Monday, September 23, 2024, at 10:30AM in Buena Vista Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Serving as pallbearers were Payton Powell, Patrick Powell, David Ellis, Jr., Dwayne Hale, Guy Grimsley, and Kenneth Grimsley.
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Zachery Cooper, Jr.
Sep 16, 2024
Zachery Cooper. Jr., 15, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Monday, September 16, 2024. There will be a private family service held with Rev. Wayne Dunson officiating.
Zachery was born in Columbus, GA, on July 9, 2009, to Carrie Brooke Shoemaker Cooper. He attended Lakeview Full Gospel Church. Zachery was full of life everywhere he went. He liked to joke...
Mary Fiveash Wilkinson
Sep 15, 2024
Mrs. Mary Fiveash Wilkinson, 81, of Americus, passed away peacefully on September 15, 2024 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM, Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Salem Methodist Church in Americus with Rev. Mark Carter and Rev. Michael Hammond officiating. Burial will follow in DeSoto Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Mike Horne, Brock Gurley, Mike Gurley, Brett Sellars,...
Lillian McMichael Miller
Sep 12, 2024
Mrs. Lillian McMichael Miller, 96, of Cusseta, GA, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, September 15, 2024, at Cusseta United Methodist Church with Rev. Mike Webb officiating. Burial will follow the service at Harmony Cemetery in Cusseta, GA.
Mrs. Lillian McMichael Miller was born on December 19, 1927,...
Jeannie C. Tyler
Sep 8, 2024
Jeannie Ann Cathey Tyler, 70, of Buena Vista, GA, died Sunday, September 8, 2024, at Piedmont Midtown in Columbus, GA. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 1:00PM in Union Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating.
Mrs. Tyler was born in Columbus, GA on June 19, 1954, the daughter of Anne Tillery Cathey and Bob Loyd Cathey....
Robert Albert Frantz
Sep 7, 2024
Mr. Robert “Bob” Albert Frantz, 96, of Ellaville, peacefully and quietly slipped life’s earthly bounds on September 7, 2024. Bob, a former resident of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and Naples, Florida, was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 1927, and grew up in the Weissport/Leighton, Pennsylvania, areas. Interment will be with his Liebe Barbara in the Columbarium of St....
Nicky Alan Hortman
Sep 3, 2024
Mr. Nicky Alan Hortman, 62, of Oglethorpe, passed away after an extended illness on September 3, 2024. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at Still Water Chapel, 3550 GA Highway 240, Ideal, GA at 11:00AM with Rev. Roy Peterson officiating. Burial will follow the service in Oglethorpe City Cemetery. The family will greet friends beginning in...
Geneva Z. Edwards
Sep 2, 2024
Mrs. Geneva Zuback Edwards, 95, of Buena Vista, passed away at Magnolia Manor of Marion County on September 2, 2024. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 10:00AM in Parkhill Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating. The family will greet friends at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, from 6:00-8:00PM.
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Ruby H. Lewis
Aug 30, 2024
Mrs. Ruby H. Lewis, 87, of Box Springs, passed away peacefully at her residence on August 30, 2024. Graveside services will be held on Monday, September 2, 2024, at 9:30 AM in Buena Vista Cemetery.
Mrs. Lewis was born September 11, 1936, in Arlington, GA to Elton and Roxie Rolland Harrison. She was a member of Fort Perry Baptist Church....
Tom Wyrick
Aug 29, 2024
Mr. James Thomas “Tom” Wyrick, 86, of Mauk, GA, passed away on August 29, 2024, at Taylor County Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at Spring Hill Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Brian Fuller officiating. Music will be provided by his grandson, Silas Fuller. Burial will follow the service in the...
Estelle Driver Battle
Aug 16, 2024
Mrs. Estelle Driver Battle, 95, of Ocala, FL, passed away on August 16, 2024. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM in Ellaville City Cemetery. The family will greet friends at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Ellaville on Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00 PM.
Mrs. Battle was born June 10, 1929 in Ellaville, GA to Wesley and...
Jeanne Wittkamp MacMinn
Aug 16, 2024
Mrs. Jeanne Wittkamp MacMinn was born August 31, 1931, in Hollywood, FL to Arthur Morrison and Helena Wall Wittkamp. Jeanne Wittkamp MacMinn, resident of New Smyrna Beach, Florida and Ellaville, Georgia, has departed from her physical form to join her spiritual family. She was born August 31, 1931, and passed August 16, 2024, and lived life to the fullest of...
Shirley Ann Halstead Watson
Aug 15, 2024
Ms. Shirley Ann Halstead Watson, 80, of Ellaville, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Way-Watson Funeral Home in Ellaville with Rev. Larry DeLoach officiating. The family will greet friends beginning at 1:00 until service...
Robert Lanier Cook
Aug 8, 2024
Mr. Robert Lanier Cook, 97, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Phoebe-Sumter Medical Center in Americus, GA. A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00PM on Saturday, August 10, 2024, at New Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. David Chapman officiating. The family will greet friends after the service in the church Fellowship...
Charles Rainey Hodge
Aug 8, 2024
Mr. Charles Rainey Hodge, 88, of Buena Vista, GA, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2024, at Magnolia Manor of Marion County. Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, August 15, 2024, in the Chapel of Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista, GA, with Bro. Troy Fripp and Rev. C. J. Yarbrough officiating. The family will greet friends...
Hunter Boysen Jones
Jul 29, 2024
Mr. Hunter Boysen Jones, 68, of Mauk, GA, passed away on Monday, July 29, 2024, at his residence. Services will be held at a later time.
Mr. Jones was born December 25, 1955, in Beaumont, TX. He moved to the Mauk area in 1975 and began working in the chicken industry, before starting his own trucking company, Hunter B. Jones Trucking,...
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