Obituaries
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Mrs. Rose Meeks Walker
Nov 20, 2021
Mrs. Rose Meeks Walker, age 91, of Thomaston, died Saturday, November 20, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Walker will be held Tuesday, November 23, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Travis Graham will officiate and the interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at...
Mr. Thomas Richard "Dick" Huguley, Jr.
Nov 15, 2021
Mr. Thomas Richard “Dick” Huguley, Jr., age 68, of Carrollton, Georgia, died Monday, November 15, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Huguley was born November 6, 1953 in Thomaston, Georgia, to the late Thomas Richard Huguley, Sr. and the late Louise Ferrell Huguley. He received his Master’s in Journalism from the University of West Georgia, where he was later employed....
Mrs. Patricia "Pat" Ritch Perdue
Nov 13, 2021
Mrs. Patricia "Pat" Ritch Perdue, age 90, of Ball Ground, Georgia, died Saturday evening, November 13, 2021, at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral services for Mrs. Perdue will be held Wednesday, November 17, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Andy Cunningham will officiate and the interment will follow in Glenwood Cemetery. The family...
Mr. Carey Steven Goldin
Nov 11, 2021
Mr. Carey Steven Goldin, age 67, of Thomaston, died Thursday, November 11, 2021, at Orlando Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. Mr. Goldin was born on February 2, 1954, in New York, New York, a son of the late Samuel Goldin and the late Hope Cecil Swimmer. He was salesman for Pepsi. Mr. Goldin is survived by his sisters, Gail...
Mrs. Betty Frances Short
Nov 8, 2021
Mrs. Betty Frances Short, 81, of Thomaston, died Monday, November 8, 2021, at Navicent Health in Macon, GA. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Short will be held Wednesday, November 10, at 3:00 PM in Upson Memorial Gardens with Rev. Mickey Corley officiating. Mrs. Short was born February 16, 1940, in Hollonville, Pike County, GA. She was retired from B....
Mrs. Janette Bransford Bedford
Nov 6, 2021
Mrs. Janette Bransford Bedford, 93, of DeLand, FL, and formerly of Thomaston, died Saturday, November 6, at Parkside Health and Rehabilitation Center in DeLand. Joint memorial services for Mrs. Bedford and her son, Doug will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2021, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home at 2:00 PM. Her remains will be placed beside her...
Mrs. Rachel Buchanan Piland
Nov 6, 2021
Mrs. Rachel Buchanan Piland, 65, of Thomaston, died Saturday, November 6, 2021, at her residence. Memorial services for Mrs. Piland will be held Tuesday, November 9, at 6:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Jason Weems will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until the service hour. Mrs. Piland...
Mrs. Juanita "Nita" Beverly Irvin
Nov 5, 2021
Mrs. Juanita "Nita" Beverly Irvin, 91, of Thomaston, died Friday, November 5, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Irvin will be held Sunday, November 7, at 2:00 PM, at South View Cemetery with Rev. Andy Cunningham officiating. Mrs. Irvin was born in Thomaston on October 24, 1930, to the late Clio Gray Beverly and...
Mrs. Doris Bankston Allen
Nov 4, 2021
Mrs. Doris Bankston Allen, 96, of Thomaston, died Thursday, November 4, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Allen will be held on Sunday, November 7, at 2:30 PM, at the First United Methodist Church of Barnesville. Dr. Cyndi McDonald and Dr. Rex King will officiate, and burial will follow in Lamar Memory Gardens. The family...
Mr. Donald L. Mckissick
Oct 31, 2021
Mr. Donald L. McKissick, age 79, of Thomaston, died Sunday, October 31, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. The family of Mr. McKissick will receive friends on Wednesday evening, November 3, from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mr. McKissick was born September 29, 1942, in Upson County, a son of the late Leonard Lafayette McKissick...
Mrs. Elizabeth Juliette Arnold Greivell
Oct 30, 2021
Elizabeth Juliette Arnold Greivell November 1, 1933 - October 30, 2021 American painter Juliette died peacefully at Seasons Hospice in Cumming, Georgia, with family by her side. A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 11:00 AM, in Glenwood Cemetery with Rev. Andy Cunningham officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday, from 10:00 until...
Mrs. Dolores "Dee" Digioia
Oct 27, 2021
Mrs. Dolores "Dee" DiGioia, 84, of Thomaston, and formerly of Pennsylvania, died Wednesday, October 27, 2021, at the residence of her daughter. Memorial services for Mrs. DiGioia will be held at a later date. Mrs. DiGioia was born in Johnstown, PA, on February 23, 1937, to the late Arthur Daughenbaugh and Josephine Elizabeth Cooke Daughenbaugh. She was a graduate...
Rev. Joseph "Jabbo" Lamar Allen
Oct 26, 2021
Rev. Joseph "Jabbo" Lamar Allen, 70, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Funeral services for Rev. Allen will be held Friday, October 29, at 11;00 AM, at the Silvertown Baptist Church. Rev. Jim Pitts and Rev. Travis Graham will officiate. Burial will be in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in...
Mr. Roy Steffan Trawick
Oct 21, 2021
Mr. Roy Steffan Trawick, 76, of Thomaston, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021, at his residence. Funeral services for Mr. Trawick will be held Sunday, October 24, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate, and interment will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 23, from...
Mr. Richard Laurence Crider, Jr.
Oct 17, 2021
Mr. Richard Laurence Crider, Jr., 59, of Thomaston, died Sunday, October 17, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Mr. Crider will be held later. Fletcher-Day Funeral Home of Thomaston is in charge of all arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Pamela "Pam" English Coonrod
Oct 16, 2021
Mrs. Pamela "Pam" English Coonrod, 67, of Thomaston, died Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Mrs. Coonrod will be held at Mountain View Baptist Church on Saturday, October 23, at 1:00 PM, with Dr. Ryan Christopher and Rev. Chet Yates officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 12;00 PM until...
Mr. Joseph "Joe" Watts Gordy
Oct 15, 2021
Mr. Joseph "Joe" Watts Gordy, 88, of Thomaston, died Friday, October 15, 2021, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin, GA. Funeral services for Mr. Gordy will be held Monday, October 18, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Tim South will officiate, and interment will follow in Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...
Mrs. Annette "Annie" Watson Hunter
Oct 11, 2021
Mrs. Annette "Annie" Watson Hunter, 85, of Griffin, died Monday, October 11, 2021, at Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Barnesville, GA. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Hunter will be held on Thursday, October 14, at 2:00 PM, at South View Cemetery in Thomaston, GA. The family will receive friends at the cemetery from 1:30 until 2:00 PM. Mrs. Hunter...
Mrs. Virginia Pitts Lynch
Oct 6, 2021
Mrs. Virginia Pitts Lynch, 84, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Graveside memorial services will be held on Friday, October 15, 2021, at 2:00 PM, at South View Cemetery with Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Mrs. Pitts, a native Upsonian, was born July 22, 1937, to the late Robert J. Pitts and Edna Pilkenton...
Mrs. Vickie Brown Miles
Oct 5, 2021
Mrs. Vickie Brown Miles, age 71, of Thomaston, died Tuesday evening, October 5, 2021, at her residence. Graveside services for Mrs. Miles will be held Friday, October 8, at 11:00 AM, at the Pine Mountain Church of the Nazarene Cemetery with Rev. Ken Horton officiating. The family will receive friends Thursday evening, October 7, from 5:00 PM until 7:00...