Obituaries
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Mr. Julius Elliott Stewart
Jan 13, 2022
Mr. Julius Elliott Stewart, 50, of Thomaston, died Thursday, January 13, 2022, at Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Stewart will be held on Tuesday, January 18, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Elder Billy Mullis will officiate, and interment will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Monday...
Mrs. Mary Frances Dawkins Deal
Jan 13, 2022
Mrs. Mary Frances Dawkins Deal, known as Boots to her beloved husband, Dickie, died on Thursday, January 13, 2022, at West Village Retirement Community in Thomaston, GA. Her family will hold a memorial service at a later date. Frances was born on August 14, 1928, the sixth of nine children, to the late Franklin Thomas Dawkins and Myrtle Mae...
Mrs. Shirley Leigh Owsley
Jan 8, 2022
Mrs. Shirley Leigh Owsley, 83, of Thomaston, died Saturday, January 8, 2022, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Owsley will be held on Wednesday, January 12, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Dean Hemphill and Rev. Marc Pritchett will officiate, and interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will...
Mr. Bobby Hamby
Jan 6, 2022
Mr. Bobby Hamby, age 70, of Thomaston, died Thursday, January 6, 2022, at his residence. Memorial services for Mr. Hamby will be held on Sunday, January 9, at 2:00 PM, at Twin Oaks Baptist Tabernacle. Pastor Kevin Stroup will officiate. The service will be live streamed at TOBT4ME.ORG. The family will receive friends following the service at the residence...
Mr. Wayne Hughes, Jr.
Jan 5, 2022
Mr. Wayne Hughes, Jr., age 67, of Molena, GA, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022, at his residence. The family will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Monday, January 10, from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM. A brief eulogy will follow. Mr. Hughes was born in Summerville, GA, on February 17, 1954, to Virginia Lois Hughes Gordy and the...
Mrs. Bobbie Kendrick Corley
Jan 1, 2022
Mrs. Bobbie Kendrick Corley, 84, of Thomaston, died Saturday, January 1, 2022, at Heritage Inn Health & Rehab of Barnesville. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Corley will be held on Tuesday, January 4, at 2:00 PM, in South View Cemetery with Rev. Ted Kandler officiating. Mrs. Corley was born in Thomaston on December 5, 1937, to the late Robert...
Mr. David Ronald "Ronnie" Taylor
Dec 28, 2021
Mr. David Ronald "Ronnie" Taylor, age 74, of Thomaston, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at his residence. Memorial services for Mr. Taylor will be held Thursday, December 30, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Rex King and Mr. Andrew B. Taylor will officiate, and he will be laid to rest in the Mountain...
Mrs. Janelle Lowe Howell
Dec 27, 2021
Mrs. Janelle Lowe Howell, 84, of Thomaston, died Monday, December 27, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Howell will be held on Thursday, December 30, at 4:00 PM, at Antioch United Methodist Church. A private family interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Howell was born in Griffin, GA, on February 6, 1937, to...
Mr. James Alton Bland
Dec 27, 2021
Mr. James Alton Bland, 90, of Thomaston, died Monday, December 27, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Bland will be held Thursday, December 30, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Rex King will officiate, and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 1:00 PM...
Ms. Connie Watson Adams
Dec 23, 2021
Ms. Connie Watson Adams, age 69, of Thomaston, died Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Graveside services for Ms. Adams will be held Sunday, December 26, at 2:00 PM, at Friendship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Jason Weeks will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home from 12:30 until 1:30 PM....
Ms. Janice Earline Morris
Dec 20, 2021
Ms. Janice Earline Morris, age 70, of Thomaston, passed away at Harborview Health Care on Monday, December 20, 2021. Ms. Morris was born in Columbus, GA, on December 14, 1951, to the late Faye Reed and Robert Morris. She was a phlebotomist by trade and had been employed with Upson Regional Medical Center. She enjoyed working with people. In...
Mrs. Nancy Luise "Mimi" Flem
Dec 19, 2021
Mrs. Nancy Luise “Mimi” Flem, of Thomaston, was surrounded by her loving family and precious husband all week, then on Sunday morning, December 19, 2021, she went to be with Jesus, at Riverside Health and Rehab. She was 83. A service to honor and celebrate the life of Mrs. Flem will be held by the family on Monday, December...
Mr. James Madison Barron
Dec 18, 2021
Mr. James Madison Barron, 93, of Marietta, GA, died Saturday, December 18, 2021, at his residence. Graveside memorial services for Mr. Barron will be held on Thursday, December 23, 2021, at 1:00 PM, in Glenwood Cemetery with Pastor Jereme Chaney officiating. Mr. Barron was born in Thomaston, GA, on August 15, 1928, to the late Alvah Votelle Barron and...
Mrs. Rosa Lee Mangham King
Dec 17, 2021
Mrs. Rosa Lee Mangham King, age 105, of the Lifsey Springs community in Pike County went to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, December 17, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. A celebration of her life will be held on Wednesday, December 22, at 2:00 PM, at the Beulah Baptist Church in Pike County. Interment will follow in...
Mr. Jerry Duane Gay
Dec 14, 2021
Mr. Jerry Duane Gay, age 88, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at his residence. The family will hold a memorial service to honor and celebrate Jerry’s life on Saturday, December 18, at 1:00 PM, at Pike Assembly of God in Zebulon with Rev. Tommy Smith officiating. Jerry was born in Union, Mississippi, on August 3, 1933, a...
Mr. Howard Lester "Mutt" Ward
Dec 9, 2021
Mr. Howard Lester "Mutt" Ward, 64, formerly of Yatesville, GA, died Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Azalea Manor in Marietta, GA. Memorial services for Mr. Ward will be held Saturday, December 11, at 4:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Andy Cunningham officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2:00 until...
Mr. Thomas H. Morton
Dec 9, 2021
Mr. Thomas H. Morton, 99, of Molena, GA, died Thursday, December 9, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Morton will be held Saturday, December 18, 2021, at 2:00 PM. at Oak Hill Church in Griffin, GA, with Rev. John Nance and Rev. Vernon Ritchie officiating. Interment will be private for family only at Westwood Gardens in Griffin,...
Mrs. Frances Taylor Beverly
Dec 7, 2021
Mrs. Frances Taylor Beverly, age 83, of Stockbridge, Georgia passed away, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Frances was born November 28, 1938, in Thomaston, a daughter, of the late Perry L. Taylor and the late Sophie Eudine Taylor. Frances enjoyed cooking, collecting, and spending time with her family. In addition to her parents, she was...
Ms. Amy Richelle Dunn
Dec 5, 2021
Ms. Amy Richelle Dunn, age 51, of Thomaston, GA, died December 5, 2021, at her residence. No services are planned at this time. Ms. Dunn was born on September 21, 1970, to the late Richard and Lounell Burns. She was retired from Publix Supermarkets. Survivors include her daughter, Mira Grace Dunn of Thomaston; her son: Bo Dunn of Haines,...
Mrs. Linda Kaye Presley Shepard
Dec 1, 2021
Mrs. Linda Kaye Presley Shepard, 75, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Mrs. Shepard will be held Saturday, December 4, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Blackston officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday morning from 10:00 AM until...