Obituaries
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Mrs. Earlene F. Vitarelli
Apr 15, 2016
Mrs. Earlene F. Vitarelli, age 93, of St. Petersburg, FL, died Friday morning, April 15, 2015, at Warm Springs Medical Center. Entombment will be at Sunset Memorial Park in Alburquerque, NM, at a later date. Mrs. Vitarelli was born August 30, 1922, in Witchita, KS, to the late Earl Turner and Lyle Lewis. She was a retired Civil Service...
Mr. Wayne Keith Teal
Apr 10, 2016
Mr. Wayne Keith Teal, 58, of Meansville, died Sunday, April 10, 2016, at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. He was born October 2, 1957, in Thomaston, to the late William Frank Teal and Elsie Mae Jackson Teal. Mr. Teal was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. He had worked for Thomaston Mills and as a...
Mr. Ljubie Terriell Thomas
Apr 7, 2016
Mr. Ljubie Terriell Thomas, age 68, of Thomaston, died Thursday evening, April 7, 2016, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services for Mr. Thomas will be held Monday, April 11, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Rex King will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday morning from 10 until...
Mrs. Carol Underwood Kemp
Apr 5, 2016
Mrs. Carol Underwood Kemp, 77, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services will be held Friday, April 8, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate, and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Mrs. Kemp, a daughter of the late Millard and Bessie Dupree...
Mr. James Harris Brantley, Sr.
Apr 3, 2016
Mr. James Harris Brantley, Sr., age 97, of Thomaston, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 6, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home, with Rev. Bill Barber and Rev. Joey Smith officiating. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mr. Brantley will...
Ann Garner
Apr 1, 2016
Mrs. Ann Garner, 72, of Thomaston, died Friday, April 1, 2016, at Spalding Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, April 5, at 4:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mrs. Garner, a daughter of the late Willie James Smith and Sara Frances Selph Smith, was born August 20, 1943, in Columbus, GA. She had been...
Mr. Alan E. Brown
Mar 27, 2016
Mr. Alan Elliott Brown, 59, of Snellville and formerly of Woodbury, died Sunday, March 27, 2016 in Snellville. Funeral services for Mr. Brown will be held on Saturday, April 2nd, 2016 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Pastor Gary Wright officiating. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends...
Mrs. Martha Jones Kent Gordy
Mar 27, 2016
Mrs. Martha Jones Kent Gordy, age 79, of Thomaston, died Sunday, March 27, 2016 at Providence Health Care. Funeral services for Mrs. Gordy will be held on Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Rex King and Rev. Brian McCarthy will officiate and burial will follow in the Lakeview Memory...
Mr. William "Bill" Edward Holloway
Mar 23, 2016
William 'Bill' Edward Holloway, 75, of Charlotte, passed away March 23, 2016. He was born April 14, 1940 in Upson County, Thomaston, Georgia to James and Frances Holloway. He graduated from Yatesville High School in 1958. He was a retired Chief Petty Officer for The US NAVY. He served in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife,...
Mr. William Howard Baughcum
Mar 20, 2016
Mr. William Howard Baughcum, 84, of Ellenwood, died Sunday, March 20th, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mr. Baughcum will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016 at 2pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Elder Tim Mullins and Elder Eddie Wigby will officiate and burial with full military honors will follow in the...
Mrs. Josephine Smith Williams
Mar 20, 2016
Mrs. Josephine Smith Williams, 85, of Thomaston died Sunday, March 20, 2015, at Providence Health Care. Funeral services for Mrs. Williams will be held Wednesday, March 23, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Joey Smith will officiate, and internment will follow in the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Yatesville, GA. The family...
Mrs. Betty Jo Mason Starling
Mar 16, 2016
Mrs. Betty Jo Mason Starling, 92, of The Rock, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Starling was the long-time post master at The Rock Post Office, retiring at age 87. She had also worked at Rock Hill School Cafeteria. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Starling will be held on Monday, March 21. 2016, at...
Mr. Keith Edwin Jording
Mar 11, 2016
Mr. Keith Edwin Jording, 57, of Thomaston, died Friday, March 11th, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Mr. Jording will be held in North Dakota at a later date.
Mr. Levann Lynch
Mar 11, 2016
Mr. Levann Lynch, 79, of Thomaston, died Friday, March 11, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Memorial services for Mr. Lynch will be held on Friday, March 18th, 2016 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Interment of cremains will follow the memorial service in South View Cemetery. The family of Mr. Lynch will receive...
Mr. Richard Miles Russell
Mar 7, 2016
Mr. Richard Miles Russell, 91, of 1273 Vickery Road, Meansville, died Monday, March 7, 2016, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Russell will be held on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016, at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph Wade officiating. Burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mr. Russell...
Mrs. Mary Sams Wilson
Mar 6, 2016
Mrs. Mary Sams Wilson, 82, of Molena, died Sunday, March 6th, 2016 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson will be held on Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Dr. Rex King will officiate and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Wilson was born in...
Mrs. Juanita Herring Nixon
Mar 6, 2016
Mrs. Juanita Herring Nixon, 83, of Thomaston, died Sunday, March 6, 2016, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Nixon will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 2 PM in the chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Mr. Randall Coogler will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Mrs. Nixon was a native...
Mr. Gary Sherwood Fallin
Feb 29, 2016
Mr. Gary Sherwood Fallin, 66, of Decatur and formerly of Thomaston, died Monday, February 29, 2016 at East Lake Arbor in Decatur. Mr. Fallin was born in Thomaston on July 19, 1949. He was a graduate of the R. E. Lee Class of 1967, and attended Georgia State University. Mr. Fallin was once employed by the William Carter Company,...
Mr. Phillip B. Adcock
Feb 20, 2016
Mr. Phillip Byron Adcock, age 65, of Jefferson Street, Thomaston, died February 20, 2015, at Regency Hospital in Macon, GA. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 23, at 2:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with Rev. Jerome Stallings and Rev. Bob Wilson officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1...
Mr. Blake "Todd" Perdue
Feb 19, 2016
Mr. Blake 'Todd' Perdue, age 33, of Thomaston, died Friday morning, February 19, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, February 22, at 4:00 PM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Steve Maguire will officiate, and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Monday...