Obituaries

Feb 12, 2014

Mrs. Vera Duncan Watts died Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Riverside Nursing Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Watts will be held at the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home Chapel at 3:00 PM on Sunday, February 16, 2014, with interment at South View Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until the service hour. Mrs. Watts was born in Marion...

Feb 12, 2014

Mr. Johnny Howard, 94, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 at Roberta Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mr. Howard will be held Saturday, February 15th, 2014 at 11:00 a. m., in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Crystal Hill Cemetery. The family of Mr. Howard will receive friends at Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home...

Feb 9, 2014

Mrs. Rachel Boyt, 94, formerly of Yatesville, died Sunday, February 9th, 2014 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Mrs. Boyt will be held on Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Rev. Dean Hemphill will officiate, and burial will follow in the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Yatesville. Mrs. Boyt...

Feb 8, 2014

Mrs. Cheryl Strawder Hendrix, age 68, of Macon GA, died at her residence Saturday morning February 8, 2014. She was a native of Albany GA, born to the late Joseph W. Strawder and Edna Larue Brown Strawder. Mrs. Hendrix was a graduate of Warner Robins High School and had worked for Mauldin and Jenkins CPA Firm as an administrative...

Feb 3, 2014

Mrs. Janelle 'Big Mama' Waller Daniel, 82, of Meansville, died Monday, February 3rd, 2014 at the Christian Ministries Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services for Mrs. Daniel will be held on Wednesday, February 5th, 2014 at 2 pm at Smyrna Baptist Church with Rev. Jeffrey Zimbelman and Rev. J. B. Teal officiating. Burial will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mrs....

Feb 1, 2014

Dr. Edwin L. Cliburn, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church, died after a brief illness at his home in Thomaston on Saturday, February 1, 2014. Funeral services for Dr. Cliburn will be held Friday, February 7th, 2014 at 2 pm at the First Baptist Church in Thomaston. Rev. Bill Barber, Rev. Ted Kandler and Rev. Jack Maguire will...

Jan 31, 2014

Mr. James Lee Connally 56, of Fayetteville GA, died in Piedmont Fayette Hospital January 31, 2014. He was a native of Macon. Mr. Connally is survived by his mother and step father, Tommie and James Aldridge, of Thomaston; sister, Tabatha Christie Dempsy, Canada; step borthers, Timothy Crosby, Jones County: Ray Sapp, Byron. Numerous aunts and uncles also survive. A...

Jan 23, 2014

Miss. Edna Ruth Mitchell, age 96, died Thursday, January 23, 2014, in Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Miss Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Upson County and was born to the late G. W. Mitchell and Myrtle Shearon Mitchell, After graduation from Tift College with an Education Degree, Miss Mitchell was employed by the Upson County Board of Education...

Jan 23, 2014

Mrs. Betty Maddox Melton, age 81, of Thomaston, died Thursday, January 23, 2014, in Christian Ministries Hospice, in Griffin. She was a native of Fayette County, GA, born to the late Brooks Maddox and Tommie Lue Oglesbee Maddox, Mrs. Melton lived most of her life in Spalding County, GA. Mrs. Melton was a homemaker and a member of Union...

Jan 22, 2014

Laura Summers Murray of Atlanta, GA died on January 22, 2014 in Camden, SC at the age of 85. Born on May 16, 1928 in Barnesville, GA, she was the second child of Laura Belle Brewster Summers and Riley Summers. After moving at a very young age to Thomaston, GA, she graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in...

Jan 17, 2014

Mr. Garry Hamilton Ledbetter, Sr., 67, of Thomaston, died Friday, January 17th, 2014 at his home. Mr. Ledbetter was a native of Bakersfield, CA. He served his country in the U. S. Navy as an aircraft mechanic from 1965 until 1968. Mr. Ledbetter owned and operated Gary's Auto Service in Thomaston for over 48 years. He was of the...

Jan 14, 2014

Jan 14, 2014

Mr. William H. 'Bill' Howell, 83, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Howell was a native of Upson County, a son of the late Jim Henry Howell and Allie Boyt Howell. He served his country in the U. S. Air Force and the U. S. Army, and retired after 22 years of...

Jan 12, 2014

Mrs. Mildred Lindsey Brantley, age 89, of Griffin Avenue, Thomaston, died Sunday evening, January 12, 2014, in Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Brantley was born in Lancaster, SC, to the late William and Mary Lindsey. She was a registered nurse and was employed as Operating Room Supervisor at Upson Regional Medical Center until her retirement in 1983. Mrs....

Jan 5, 2014

Mrs. Betty Howell Blackstock, 88, of Thomaston, died Sunday, January 5th, 2014 at Providence Health Care. Mrs. Blackstock was a life-long resident of Thomaston, a daughter of the late Jim Henry Howell and Allie Boyt Howell. She was a seamstress for the William Carter Company for many years. She was a faithful member of the Clark's Chapel Baptist Church....

Jan 5, 2014

Miss Elaine Elliott, 79, of the Thurston Community of Upson County, died Sunday, January 5th, 2014 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services for Miss Elliott will be held on Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 at 1 pm in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Wright will officiate and burial will follow in the Hendricks Baptist Church...

Jan 2, 2014

Dec 31, 2013

Mrs. Edna Pryor Dickens, 88, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 at Riverside Health and Rehab. Funeral services for Mrs. Dickens will be held on Friday, January 3rd, 2014 at 2 pm at East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith and Rev. John Blackmon will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Mrs. Dickens was born...

Dec 28, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ruffin Fowler, age 101, formerly of Macon and Yatesville, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, in Sunny Grove Assisted Living in Barnesville. She was born in Pike County to the late Aca Lee Ruffin and Mardell Kennedy Ruffin. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Ruffin was predeceased by her husband, Frank A. Fowler, daughter, Ellen Fowler Reid, and son,...

Dec 27, 2013

Mrs. Ronae Reynolds Morris, 32, a native of Thomaston, died at her residence in Buchanan, GA on December 27, 2013. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, Robert David Morris, of Buchanan, father, Jimmy Reynolds and step-mother, Teresa Reynolds, of Thomaston; mother Sharon Lee Dean, Canton, GA; daughter, Kaity Fulcher, of Thomaston; son, Sam Fulcher, of...