Obituaries
Recent Obituaries

Walter Samuel Holliman, Sr.
Mar 26, 2011
Mr. Walter S. (Sam) Holliman, Sr., age 85, of 746 Sunnyside Road, died Saturday Morning, March 26th, in Golden Living Center. Mr. Holliman was a native of Upson County. He was an Army Veteran of World War II and was a prisoner of war. He was retired from the Automotive Parts Department of the Georgia Department of Transportation. Mr....
Betty P. Depriest
Mar 17, 2011
Betty P. DePriest was born February 9th, 1934 to Victor and Dagney Pierre3t in South Dakota. She was retired from B. F. Goodrich and the Walmart Garden Center. She loved bowling, crochetting, reading and the outdoors. She also loved animals. Betty was a member of St. Peter the Rock Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Mrs. Geneva Reeves Pryor
Mar 3, 2011
Mrs. Pryor was born in Roberta, GA, a daughter of the late Wade Hampton Reeves and Mary Lucile Moncrief Reeves. She was a registered nurse and, before her retirement, was employed by Upson Regional Medical Center for numerous years. Neva, as she was known to most, was married to Mr. Hartford N. Pryor for 61 years. She was a...
Dianne Evans
Feb 28, 2011
Miss Dianne Evans, age 60, of 240 North Green Street, died Monday Night in Upson Regional Medical Center. Miss Evans was a native of Nicholls, Georgia. She had been a resident of Upson County for 58 years. Miss Evans was a client of the Gilmore Center for 45 years. She was a member of Clark's Chapel Baptist Church and...
Rita D. Mameli
Feb 27, 2011
Mrs. Rita D. Mameli, 82, of Thomaston, died Sunday, February 27th, 2011 at Riveside Nursing Center. Mrs. Mameli was a native of Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of the late Abraham Sigberman and Eleanor Dell'Abate Sigberman. On October 6th, 1951 Rita married the late Angelo Mameli and she became a homemaker. They moved to Thomaston in 1994. Mrs. mameli is...
Theron Hayes
Feb 22, 2011
Mr. Theron Hayes, 85, of 608 Fourth Avenue, Thomaston, died Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Hayes was a native of Griffin but had lived in Thomaston since childhood. He was a U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, serving on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was a retired machine overhauler for the Martha Mills...
Jewell M. Conley
Feb 16, 2011
Mrs. Jewell M. Conley of 710 South Green Street Thomaston, died Wednesday February 16, 2011 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Jewell was the daughter of Will and Nellie McGill. She was born in Florence, Alabama on April 22, 1918. Jewell was married to the late J.W. Conley of Thomaston. She was a member of the Church of Christ, the...
Charlie Smith
Feb 14, 2011
Mr. Charlie Smith, age 67, of 1829 Waymanville Road, died Monday Afternoon, February 14th, at his residence. Mr. Smith was a native of Upson County. He was retired from Allied Wastes as a truck driver and was an Army Veteran of the Vietnam War, having been called in the last draft for the war. He was a member of...
Evelyn Conley Ussery
Feb 9, 2011
Mrs Ussery passed away on Wednesday February 9,2011 at West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero, La. Born in Milan, Ga. she lived in Barnesville, Ga. before movinging to Louisiana where she has lived for the past 52 years. She is preceded in death by her parents the late W.A. and Eddie Horn Conley, a sister Helen C.Bevil, a brother...
Michael Keith Goodwin
Feb 7, 2011
Funeral Services will be held on Friday in Buckhannon, West Virginia under the direction of Poling St. Clair Funeral Home. Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Rev. Jeffrey Lee "Skeet" Hewett
Feb 2, 2011
Rev. Hewett was a life-long resident of Thomaston. He attended R. E. Lee Institute and Gordon College before receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Georgia State University. He was a former lot manager for Clayton Mobile Homes. Rev. Hewett attended the Holy Ground Worship Center. He was preceded in death by his father, Eddie Lee Hewett, Jr. Rev....
Cecil Daniel Dunnahoo
Feb 2, 2011
Mrs. Dunnahoo was a native of Upson County, a daughter of the late Alvah and Georgia Mae Reeves Daniel. She was a homemaker and she and her husband, the late Summie Dunnahoo, lived in Tennessee for several years. Mrs. Dunnahoo was active in the Eastern Star and was Past Matron, Lenoir Chapter #188, Lenoir City, TN. Mrs. Dunnahoo was...
Mitchel Smith
Jan 29, 2011
Mr. Mitchel Smith, age 90, of Thomaston, died January 29, 2011, in Riverside Health and Rehab. Mr. Smith was born in Upson County to the late Ben Hill Smith and Mattie Bell Dickens Smith. He will be remembered for his many years of service to the Silvertown Baptist Church, where he was a charter member, a deacon and Sunday...
David Livingston Hanson
Jan 27, 2011
David Livingston Hanson is survived by his sister, Mary Pratt, and his brother and sister-in-law, Wallace and Florence Hanson, his aunt, Mary Myrl Mallory, several cousins and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wallace and Ruby Hanson and his two older brothers, Paul and Robert Hanson. He was a poet, artist, composer and...
Edgar R. "Ed" Bragg, , Jr.
Jan 22, 2011
Mr. Bragg was born on January 4, 1918 in Fitzgerald, GA. He was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Air Force. He was a civil service employee at Cochran Field and Robins Air Force Base until his retirement in 1974. Mr. Bragg lived in Macon for a number of years. He was an active member of...