Obituaries

Jun 20, 2010

Mrs. Johnson was a native of Gilmer County, but had lived in Thomaston for 80 years. During her working life she was employed by the Martha Mills Division of the B. F. Goodrich Company as a spinner. Mrs. Johnson was a member of the Golden Club and volunteered as a Pink lady with the Upson Regional Medical Center Auxiliary....

Jun 19, 2010

Jun 10, 2010

Mrs. Bridges was a native of Upson County. She was a 1937 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. She was a homemaker and was a member of the Antioch United Methodist Church. Mrs. Bridges was preceded in death by her husband, Jake Bridges in 1977 and by a special friend, Bill Herbener in 2010. Mrs. Bridges is survived by...

Jun 9, 2010

Mrs. Whitten was born in Ellaville, GA but moved to Thomaston as a young girl. She was a retired inspector for Thomaston Mills. Mrs. Whitten was preceded in death by her husband, James G. Whitten and her son, Delmas Whitten. She is survived by her granddaughter, Kimberly Whitten, and several nieces and nephews.

Jun 8, 2010

Mr. Grier was a native of Jackson County, Ga., and had lived in Thomaston for the past six years. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and was a retired pipefitter for the Ford Motor Co., plant in Hapeville. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Mr. Grier is survived by his wife,...

Jun 1, 2010

Mrs. Bentley was a native of Bartow, GA., a daughter of the late Willie Williams and Lula Smith Williams, but had lived in Thomaston for 75 years. She was a homemaker and also worked for nine years as a seamstress for the William Carter Company, and later as an aide at Rock Hill Elementary School. Mrs. Williams was a...

May 25, 2010

Mr. Blankenship was a life-long resident of Upson County. He was a 1982 graduate of R. E. Lee Institute. He also graduated from the Art Institute of Atlanta and graduated from Flint River Technical School with a degree in computer science. He was employed by Moreland Altobelli Associates, Inc., of Norcross as a project engineer. Mr. Blankenship was a...

May 24, 2010

Dr. Roberson was a native of Rome, GA. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. Dr. Roberson pastored the following churches since 1975: Crawford Baptist Church in Crawford, AL; Parkview Baptist Church in Eufaula, AL; Johnson Chapel Baptist Church in Cusseta, AL; Liberty Baptist Church in Opelika, AL; Valley Grove Baptist Church in Thomaston; Thundering Springs Baptist...

May 23, 2010

Mrs. Tanya Nicole McBride, age 35, of 88 Long Farm Court, Molena Ga, died Sunday afternoon in the Macon Medical Center.Mrs. McBirde worked at Yahama in Newnan as a security guard for U. S. Security. She was a member of the Heatherwood Baptist Church in Riverdale. Funeral Services will be held in the Heatherwood Baptist Church, Wednesday March 26,...

May 22, 2010

Mr. William E. (Gene) Johnson, age 71, of 105 L. Street, died Saturday Morning in Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held Monday Afternoon at 2 o'clock in Clark's Chapel Baptist Church. Rev. Dean Hemphill will officiate. Interment will be in Upson Memorial Gardens, with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Johnson was a native...

May 22, 2010

Mrs. Nettie McFarlin Chastain, age 100, formerly of North Main Street, died Saturday Afternoon in Riverside Nursing Center. Funeral Services will be held Monday Aftenroon at 2 o'clock in the East Thomaston Baptist Church. Rev. Joey Smith and Dr. Rex King will officiate. Interment will be in South View Cemetery, with Pasley-Fletcher Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs....

May 13, 2010

May 12, 2010

Mr. Marshall Hammond Callaway, Jr., age 82, of Molena, died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Emory University Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services for Mr. Callaway will be held Friday, May 14, 2010 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Molena. Rev. Mark Harris will officiate and burial will follow in the Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Callaway was a...

May 8, 2010

Mrs. Lillie Maude Holloway Jones, age 90, of 115 Willow Court, Bostic, NC, died on May 8th at Fair Haven Nursing Home. Mrs. Jones was born in Ellaville, GA on September 16, 1919. She was married to the late Mr. W. Felda Jones, who was born in Cochran, GA. They spent their married life in Thomaston, GA. Surviving Mrs....

May 7, 2010

Jack Milton Hawkins died May 7th at the Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in Highlands, N.C. He was 74 years old. Dr. Hawkins was a graduate of Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. and Emory Medical School. He practiced psychiatry in Atlanta for 40 years and was a retired member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, as training and supervising Psychoanalyst with the Emory-Columbia...

May 4, 2010

Mr. Millard Josh Cates, age 85, of Lithonia, died Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. Graveside funeral services will be held Friday, May 7th, 2010 at 11:00 a. m., in Hillandale Memorial Gardens in Lithonia with Rev. Keith Johnson officiating. Mr. Cates was a native of Culloden, GA., but had lived in...

May 4, 2010

Geraldine Howell age 82, of Thomaston, died Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at Upson Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Friday, May 7, 2010 at 2 pm at the First United Methodist Church with Dr. John Page officiating. Interment was in the Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery. Miss Howell was a life-long resident of Thomaston, a daughter of Charlie...

May 1, 2010

Mrs. Hammond was born in Yatesville on April 7, 1920, a daughter of the late Jack Stallings and Ida Reynolds Stallings. She was a homemaker and enjoyed baking, cooking and sewing. Mrs. Stallings also took great joy in taking care of small children. Mrs. Hammond was a member of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church. Mrs. Hammond is survived by...

Apr 19, 2010

Mrs. Josephine Coolman Ellerbee, age 92, formerly of South Bethel Street, died Monday Night in Tifton. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday Afternoon at 4 o'clock in the First Baptist Church. Rev. Bill Barber will officiate. Interment will be in South View Cemetery, with Pasley-Fletcher Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Ellebee was a native of Delaware, Oklahoma. She...

Apr 19, 2010