Obituaries

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Russell Lee Kellett

Russell Lee Kellett

Dec 11, 2012

Mr. Russell Lee Kellett, 85, formerly of Doty Drive, Thomaston, died Wednesday, December 11th, 2012 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Kellett was a native of Summerville, GA., a son of the late John Henry Kellett and Carrie Cochran Kellett. He served his country in the U. S. Army and was a veteran of World War II. Mr. Kellett...

Mary Doris Cash Watts

Mary Doris Cash Watts

Dec 10, 2012

Mrs. Mary Doris Cash Watts, 88, formerly of Sanders St., Thomaston, died Monday, December 10th, 2012 at Providence Health and Rehab. Mrs. Watts was a native of Rex, GA, a daughter of the late Charles Wesley Cash and Lillie Phillips Cash. Mrs. Watts was a homemaker who, along with her husband, the late George Alexander 'G. A.' Watts, raised...

Harold Lee Dumas

Harold Lee Dumas

Dec 9, 2012

Mr. Harold Lee Dumas, 66, of Molena, died Sunday, December 9th, 2012 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dumas was born in Molena, Ga., on January 21, 1946, a son of the late Herman Lee Dumas and Nettie Ellerbee Dumas. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and after his military service was employed by the Norfolk...

Mildred Christine Ellington Salter

Mildred Christine Ellington Salter

Dec 8, 2012

Mrs. Mildred Christine Ellington Salter, 81, of North Old Alabama Rd., Thomaston, died Saturday, December 8th, 2012 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Salter was born on October 7th, 1931 in Upson County, a daughter of the late J. E. Ellington and Lonie Daniel Ellington. Prior to her retirement she had been a lunch room manager at Rock Hill...

Annie Grace O'Neal Calhoun

Annie Grace O'Neal Calhoun

Dec 7, 2012

Mrs. Annie Grace O'Neal Calhoun, 89, of Thomaston, died Friday, December 7th, 2012 at Providence Nursing Home in Thomaston. Mrs. O'Neal was born in Warm Springs, GA., a daughter of the late William Terrell O'Neal and Sallie Mae Nix O'Neal. She was a graduate of R. E. Lee Institute and lived her life as a homemaker, loving mother and...

Ruth Bennett Heule

Ruth Bennett Heule

Dec 5, 2012

Mrs. Ruth Bennett Heule, 86, formerly of Thomaston, died Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 at the Benton Village Assisted Living Center in Stockbridge. Mrs. Heule was born on January 7th, 1926. She was one of five children of Lambert F. Bennett and Ruby King Bennett. Mrs. Heule began her education in a one-room school building and later finished her high...

Dorothy Ann Mauldin Story

Dorothy Ann Mauldin Story

Dec 4, 2012

Mrs. Dorothy Anne Mauldin Story, 79, of 1989 Atwater Rd., Thomaston, died Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Story was born in Upson County on May 30th, 1933, a daughter of Thelmon Bill Mauldin and Annie Ruth Williams Mauldin. She received her Batchelor's Degree in Education from Tift College and began a long teaching career at Thurston...

Kenneth D. Allen,  Jr.

Kenneth D. Allen, Jr.

Dec 2, 2012

Mr. Kenneth Duke Allen, Jr., 50, of Thomaston, died Sunday, December 2nd, 2012 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Allen was born in Griffin on October, 22, 1962, the eldest son of Maudine Gilbert Allen and the late Kenneth Duke Allen, Sr. He was a 1980 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. Mr. Allen served the State of...

George Mack Hamlett

George Mack Hamlett

Nov 19, 2012

Mr. George Mack Hamlett, 89, formerly of 310 Triune Mill Rd., Thomaston, died Monday, November 19th, 2012 at West Village Retirement Center. Mr. Hamlett was born in Molena on January 4th, 1923, a son of the late George Washington Hamlett and Hattie McCrary Hamlett. At the age of 20 he joined the U. S. Army and served in General...

Benny M. Mathis,  Sr.

Benny M. Mathis, Sr.

Nov 14, 2012

Mr. Benny Mathis, Sr., 73, of Thomaston, died Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 at his home. Mr. Mathis was born in Brookville, MD, on May 15th, 1939. He served his country in the U. S. Army and he and his wife, Mary S. Mathis, moved to Thomaston in 1986. He was a commercial driving instructor for the Commercial Driving Institute...

Rubye Fraser

Rubye Fraser

Nov 14, 2012

Mrs. Ruby Fraser died Wednesday, in McCalls Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC.She is survived by a son Johnny Fraser.

Stacy Bussey Helms

Stacy Bussey Helms

Nov 10, 2012

Mr. Stacy Bussey Helms age 50, died Saturday at his residence. He lived most of his life in Upson County, attended R. E. Lee Institute and was employed by Kendrick Sanitaton. Mr. Helms was a member of New Hope Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Tami M. Helms; two daughters, Dara Helms, Macy Helms;...

William Lawrence "Bill" Dickens

William Lawrence "Bill" Dickens

Nov 9, 2012

William L. “Bill” Dickens, age 81, left this world and joined his Heavenly Father on Friday, November 9, 2012. Bill was born and raised in Thomaston, GA, the son of Franklin and Sara Dickens. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School and went on to Emory University where he graduated with distinction earning a B.S. Degree in Business...

Karen Junkins Jetton

Karen Junkins Jetton

Nov 8, 2012

Mrs. Karen Junkins Jetton, 66, of Cumming, died Thursday, November 8th, 2012 at Embracing Hospice in Cumming. Mrs. Jetton was born on August 6th, 1946 in Thomaston, a daughter of the late Winston L. Junkins and Juanita Walker Junkins. She was a retired bank teller for Wachovia. Mrs. Jetton is survived by her husband, Joseph Jetton; three sons, Stacy...

Mae Dell Duke Anthony

Mae Dell Duke Anthony

Nov 1, 2012

Mrs. Mae Dell Duke Anthony, 93 of Meansville died Thursday afternoon in Brightmoor Hospice in Griffin. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 3, at 2:00 PM, in the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Pitts and Rev. Fred L. Herring officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery . The family will receive friends at the...

Dorothy Vernon Humphries

Dorothy Vernon Humphries

Oct 28, 2012

Mrs. Dorothy Vernon Humphries, 94, died Sunday, October 28th, 2012 at Riverside Nursing Center. Mrs. Humphries will be buried in Culpeper, VA. Mrs. Humphries was born on January 29th, 1918, in Newport News, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. J. Louis Humphries. She moved from Arlington, VA, to Thomaston in April 1979. She was an...

Mantie Byrd Penn Hill

Mantie Byrd Penn Hill

Oct 22, 2012

Mrs. Hill was a native of Upson County, a daughter of the late George Penn and Addie Lou Dickens Penn. She was a retired winder instructor for Thomaston Mills. Mrs Hill was a member of the Yatesville Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Charlene (Jimmy) Stallings of Macon; her son, Wyly Chappell (Valeria) Hill of Barnesville; five...

Joan Legg Smith

Joan Legg Smith

Oct 18, 2012

Mrs. Joan Legg Smith, age 81, of Thomaston, passed away October 18, at Providence Health and Rehab Center. Mrs. Smith was born March 30, 1931, in Molena, Ga, to the late Warren and Lennie Legg. Mrs. Smith worked at Loving Care Day Nursery for over 20 years where she was affectionately known as 'Miss Joan.' She was a member...

Hazel Gertrude Roberts Howell

Hazel Gertrude Roberts Howell

Oct 17, 2012

Mrs. Howell died Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in Brightmoor Hospice, Griffin.