Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

Oct 17, 2012

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

Oct 12, 2012

Mrs. Opal Louise Stone Cowart age 92, of Thomaston died in Providence Health Care Friday night. Graveside service will be held Sunday, October 14, at 2:00 PM, in Upson Memorial Gardens. Rev. Charles Bennett will officiate. Mrs. Cowart was predeceased by her husband, Amos E. Cowart. She was a member of Hightower United Memorial Methodist Church for Fifty years....

Oct 11, 2012

Mr. Herman Hugh Renfroe died Thursday, October 11, 2012 at Community Hospice of Northeast Florida, Earl Harlow Center in Jacksonville, Florida after a long fight with heart disease. Mr. Renfroe was born and raised in Adrien, GA. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II in the Pacific campaign, then moved to Thomaston after the war...

Oct 9, 2012

Following an extended illness, Lynda Gail McSwain of Atlanta, went home to be with her Lord on October 9, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. H. G. McSwain and Mrs. Gladys Hudson McSwain of Thomaston, and her sister, Mrs. Gerry McSwain Bartlett of Atlanta. A graduate of R. E. Lee High School in Thomaston and...

Oct 3, 2012

Mrs. Betty Hunt Crider, 81, of Thomaston and formerly of Griffin, died Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 at Providence Health Care. Mrs. Crider was born in Griffin on September 12, 1931, a daughter of the late Edna Bartholomew Hunt and Dallas Hunt, Jr. She was a 1951 graduate of Sullins College of Bristol, TN, and married Richard L. Crider in...

Oct 2, 2012

Mr. Terry Watts, age 55, of 110 Park Lane died Tuesday, October 02, 2012 at his home. Funeral services for Mr. Watts will be held Saturday, October 6th, 2012 at 11:00 a. m., in the Chapel of the Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home. Rev. Sid Chapman and Rev. Greg Rosenthal will officiate and burial will follow in South View Cemetery. Mr....

Oct 2, 2012

Mrs. Mason was a native of McIntosh, FL. She taught Kindergarten classes in Hialeah, FL., before moving to Thomaston in 1973. She became a homemaker, and also volunteered with the Upson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary. She was a member of the Church of Christ and served as a Sunday School teacher. Mrs. Mason is survived by two daughters, Judy...

Sep 30, 2012

Mr. Ryan died at his home in Barnesville. In accordance with his wishes, he will be cremated and his family will inter his cremains in Illinois at a later date. He is survived by seven daughters, Mary Ryan, Bernadette Ryan (Steven) Spiewak, Rita Ryan (Neil) Waring, Patricia Ryan (John) Thulin, Eileen Ryan (Jerry) Kealy, Nancy Ryan (Matthew) Belew, and...

Sep 25, 2012

Sep 25, 2012

Mrs. Antoinette Hardage 'Toni' Greene died peacefully at West Village Retirement Center in Thomaston on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012. Toni was born in Thomaston, GA., on Easter Sunday, March 23rd, 1913 to Ruth Antoinette Watson Hardage and Oscar Andrew Hardage. She was a member of Thomaston First Baptist Church since the age of eleven and was very active in...

Sep 23, 2012

Mrs. Carol June Daniel Hardage, 82 of 105 Bland Avenue, Thomaston, died September 23, 2012, in Brightmoor Hospice, in Griffin. She was born in Upson County to the late Lucille Williams Daniel and the late Ernest William 'Bill' Daniel. She graduated from R. E. Lee Institute in 1947 and Georgia Southwestern College in 1949. She was employed for many...

Sep 17, 2012

Dr. Janet A. McNeely, age 76, died Monday, September 17, 2012 at the McCall Hospice in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Dr. McNeely was preceded in death by her parents, W. E. and Margaret McNeely. She is survived by step-mother, Mary Ellen Starling McNeely, Thomaston ; sister, Dr Annette Young, Easley, South Carolina; brother, Tom (Susan) McNeely, Conyers, Georgia. She is...

Sep 5, 2012

A graveside service will be held Monday, with Dr. Edwin L. Cliburn officiating. Mr. Fincher was a native of Rhine, GA, and was a graduate of the R. E. Lee Class of 1955. He served in the Air Force as an Aircraft Gunner from 1955 until 1977. After retiring from the Air Force, Mr. Fincher was employed with the...

Sep 4, 2012

Mrs. Katie Elizabeth 'MeMe' Thompson, 66, of 418 4th Avenue, Thomaston, died Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 at her home. Mrs. Thompson was born on September 22, 1945 in Alamo, GA. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Britt Oil Company and was most recently shop manager for Traditions of Thomaston. She was a member of the First Baptist Church....

Aug 30, 2012

Mrs. Lillian Carden Shurley, 98, of Thomaston, died Thursday, August 30th, 2012 at Riverside Nursing Center. Mrs. Shurley was born on September 18th, 1913, in Junction City, GA. She was a daughter of the late Robert Griggs Currington and Georgia Mae O'Hearn Currington. She attended the Martha Berry School in Rome, Ga., and was employed by Thomaston Mills in...

Aug 29, 2012

Aug 28, 2012

Mrs. Lillian Hayes Turner, age 92, of 434 Delray Road died Tuesday morning at her residence. Turner was a Native of Alabama, a member of the Baptist Tabernacle, Homemaker, Grandmother, and Great Grandmother. Mrs. Turner was a retirie of the William Carter Co. She was Preceded in death by her husband Dolph Turner. Mrs. Turner is Surrived by a...