Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Mr. Billy Mack Phillips Sr.

Mr. Billy Mack Phillips Sr.

Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Billy Mack Phillips, Sr., 83, of Thomaston, died Thursday, July 23rd, 2015 at Golden Living Center. Funeral services for Mr. Phillips will be held on Saturday, July 25th, 2015 at 11:00 a. m., at the First Baptist Church of Thomaston with the Rev. Bill Barber officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in South View Cemetery. Mr. Phillips...

Mrs. June Jones Hardy

Mrs. June Jones Hardy

Jul 18, 2015

Mrs. June Jones Hardy age 89, of Thomaston, died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at her home. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Hardy will be held on Monday, July 20th, 2015 at 11:00 a. m., in Glenwood Cemetery with the Rev. Herb Flanders officiating. Mrs. Hardy was born in Turner County, GA., on May 20th, 1926, a daughter of the...

Mrs. Wilma Pitts Hooper

Mrs. Wilma Pitts Hooper

Jul 16, 2015

Mrs. Wilma Pitts Hooper, 90, Thomaston, Ga. died Thursday, July 16, 2015. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 18th at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Herb Flanders will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. She worked for the U.S. Forest Service for 29 years and retired to her hometown...

Mr. Thomas Dickson Adams Jr

Mr. Thomas Dickson Adams Jr

Jul 16, 2015

Mr. Thomas Dickson Adams, Jr., 71, of Thomaston, died Thursday, July 16, 2015 at his home. Memorial services for Mr. Adams will be held Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Thomaston with Dr. Albert E. Simmons and the Rev. Hubert Harvey officiating and longtime friends Dr. Jim Elsey and Betsy Williams delivering...

Mr. Jerome Smith

Mr. Jerome Smith

Jul 7, 2015

Mr. Arthur Jerome Smith, 78, a life-long resident of Thomaston, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at his residence. He was the only child and son of Arthur William Smith and Ruthelle Ellis Smith also of Thomaston. Mr. Smith was an avid outdoorsman, and a peerless handler of dogs. He and his dad spent their lives raising and breeding the...

Mr. William Joseph Shumate

Mr. William Joseph Shumate

Jun 24, 2015

Mr. William Joseph 'Bill' Shumate age 93, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Graveside funeral services for Mr. Shumate will be held on Saturday, June 27th, 2015 at 11:00 AM in Upson Memorial Gardens with Rev. Joey Smith and Rev. Jerome Stallings officiating. Mr. Shumate was born in Thomaston on March 20, 1922,...

David Windham Ellerbee

David Windham Ellerbee

Jun 14, 2015

Mr. David Windham Ellerbee, 68, of Thomaston, died Sunday evening, June 14, 2015, at Golden Living Center. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, June 16, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher Day Funeral Home with Rev. Steve Morgan officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Hendricks Baptist Church Cemetery. The family of Mr. Ellerbee...

Mr. William Bradford "Brad" Hammock

Mr. William Bradford "Brad" Hammock

Jun 13, 2015

Mr. William Bradford 'Brad' Hammock, 50, of Thomaston, died Saturday, June 13th, 2015, at Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 17th, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home, and burial will follow in New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family of Mr. Hammock will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral...

Linda F. (Standard) Teal

Linda F. (Standard) Teal

Jun 13, 2015

Linda F. (Standard) Teal of Thomaston GA, passed away on June 13, 2015 ,at the age of 63 after fighting her long battle with cancer. Linda quit school to marry her high school sweetheart, Dennis Teal. In her early years, Linda worked at Thomaston Mills as a machine operator and then became a maintenance technician. Once leaving the mill...

Juanita Gibson Bush

Juanita Gibson Bush

Jun 12, 2015

Juanita Gibson Bush of Barnesville, GA, died Friday, June 12, 2015, at Heritage Inn Nursing Home in Barnesville, GA. Funeral services for Ms. Bush will be held Monday, June 15, at 11:00 in the chapel of Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Ms. Bush will receive friends Sunday evening, June 14, from...

Mr. Josh Jackson Riggins

Mr. Josh Jackson Riggins

Jun 7, 2015

Mr. Josh Jackson Riggins, 70, of Thomaston, died Sunday, June 7th, 2015. Funeral services for Mr. Riggins will be held on Wednesday, June 10th, 2015 at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. Rev. Dean Hemphill and Rev. Steve Craven will officiated and burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mr. Riggins was a son of...

Mrs. Pauline Chapman Thompson

Mrs. Pauline Chapman Thompson

May 24, 2015

Mrs. Pauline Chapman Thompson, 92, of Thomaston, passed away on Sunday, May 24th, 2015 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Mrs. Thompson was born in Macon to the late Ben and Carrie Chapman. She worked and retired from the Peerless Mill. She was married to the late John W. Thompson. She was a longtime member of the First Assembly of...

Mrs. Laverne Stevens Mccrary

Mrs. Laverne Stevens Mccrary

May 19, 2015

Laverne Stevens Birdsong McCrary knew most people in Thomaston in some fashion. She may have taught you in 4th grade or she may have taught your child. Perhaps she did your hair before she became a teacher or she may have continued to do it if you were one of the lucky few who joined her on Thursday evenings...

Mrs. Maxine Hendrix Starley

Mrs. Maxine Hendrix Starley

May 13, 2015

Mrs. Maxine Hendrix Starley, 72, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Starley was born in Thomaston on October 31, 1942, a daughter of the late James Bartow Hendrix and Daisy Blevins Hendrix. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Starley is survived by two sons, Vence (Melinda Smith) Starley of Thomaston and Lance (Samantha)...

Mr. John Davis "J.D." Dickens

Mr. John Davis "J.D." Dickens

May 10, 2015

Mr. John Davis 'J.D.' Dickens, 93, of Thomaston, passed away on May 10, 2015, at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Dickens will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, at 11:00 AM at East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith and Rev. John Blackmon will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Dickens was a...

Mr. George W. Parker

Mr. George W. Parker

May 9, 2015

Mr. George W. Parker, 83, of Thomaston, died Saturday, May 9th, 2015 at Providence Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Parker will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with the Rev. Joe Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the Valley Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family of Mr. Parker...

Mrs. Beverly Irvin Dupree

Mrs. Beverly Irvin Dupree

May 5, 2015

Mrs. Beverly Irvin DuPree, 58, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. DuPree will be held on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at 11:00 a. m., at the First United Methodist Church. Rev. Herb Flanders will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the Church...

Mrs. Gayle Becham Thomas

Mrs. Gayle Becham Thomas

Apr 30, 2015

Mrs. Gayle Becham Thomas, 77, of Thomaston, died April 30, 2015, at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 3, 2015, at 4:00 PM, at the First United Methodist Church of Thomaston. Burial will follow in South View Cemetery. The family of Mrs. Thomas will receive friends Saturday evening, May 2, from 5-7 PM at...

Mrs. Eleanor Sye Hendricks

Mrs. Eleanor Sye Hendricks

Apr 29, 2015

Mrs. Eleanor Sye Hendricks, 88, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, April 29th, 2015. Funeral services for Mrs. Hendricks will be held on Saturday, May 2nd, 2015 at 11:00 a. m., at Flint River Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Pat McCoy, Elder Parker Sye and Elder Lavone Anderson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hendricks was born in...

Mr. Claude Manring Walton

Mr. Claude Manring Walton

Apr 28, 2015

Mr. Claude Manring Walton, 74, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 at Golden Living Center. Memorial services for Mr. Walton will be held on Sunday, May 3rd, 2015 at 3 pm at the Hightower Silvertown United Methodist Church with Rev. Greg Rosenthal and Dr. Sid Chapman officiating. Mr. Walton was born on August 18, 1940 in Waverly, AL,...