All Obituaries

Services for Shawn Derick Sapp, 51 of Dublin will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 20, 2018, in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.  Rev. Billy Daws and Rev. Gerald Frazier will officiate, and burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens.  Visitation will be Sunday one hour prior to the funeral at the funeral home. Shawn served in the US Army for 4 years.  He was employed with Dublin Glass...

Services for Gene Odom, age 83, of Adrian, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, May 17, 2018, at Poplar Springs Methodist Church.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  Rev. Mark Hardin, Rev. Matthew Bowden, and Rev. Karl Senn will officiate.  The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Wednesday at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.  Mr. Gene died Monday, May 14, 2018.  Bill Cranford, Kyle Odom, Colby Owens, Greg Brown, Jason Owens, and...

James Hardy Warnock, age 92, died on May 13, 2018. He was born in Laurens County to the late Hardy Warnock and Mary D. McCoy on February 11, 1926. He worked for over 40 years at JP Stevens and Forstmann and retired in 1988. He was a member of Union Baptist Church for over 70 years. James Hardy loved fishing and hunting. He will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. He leaves behind two...

Ricky Merlin Maddox, age 47, of Rentz, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Mr. Maddox was born in Laurens County and was a graduate of West Laurens High School. He enjoyed coaching softball, and was an avid hunter and fisherman. Ricky was a self employed taxidermist and worked in sales with AgraMed. He was a friend to many and loved his family deeply. Ricky was preceded in death by his father, Keith...

Mary Jane West, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, May 11, 2018 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends from on Friday from 10:00AM until funeral hour at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Mary Jane was born in Blakely Georgia, to Walter and Stella West, the last of 11 children.  All preceded her in death.   Her father was a barber, and her...

215 West Jackson Street P.O. Box 754 Dublin, GA 31040 www.townsendfuneralhome.com       Mr. Joe W. Smith, age 97, of Dublin, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.   Mr. Smith was a native of Laurens County.  He was the son of the late Hardy Smith and Inez Sessions Smith.  He was a retired Newspaper Printer and was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr....

Glenis Gay, age 70, of Dublin passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2018. Graveside services for Mr. Gay will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at Mount Zion Baptist Church. Rev. Kevin Moore and Dr. Larry Daniel will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. Born in Laurens County, Glenis was son of the late Elvis Gay and Loriene Flanders Smith; also proceeded in death by sister and brother-in-law...

Roy Bracewell, Jr., age 88, of Dublin, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018. Services will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at Rock Springs Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Kevin Tanner will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church. Mr. Bracewell was a veteran of the...

Reverend Ralph Haywood, 96, went to be with his Lord and Savior on April 25, 2018, and was able to hear those words from Jesus: “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Ralph was preceded in death by his first wife of 42 years, Mae Evelyn Braddy Haywood, second wife of 29 years, Nadine Hobby Willis Haywood, five sisters and one brother. Survivors include son, Van Haywood (Angie), daughter, Wanda Swanson; step-children Keith Willis (Lynn), David Willis (Lynn), Stanley Willis...

Anne Sharpe Warren, age 63, of Dudley passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Mrs. Warren was born August 22, 1954 in Vidalia, Georgia to the late Willie Claude Sharpe and Hazel Phillips Sharpe. She was a Registered Nurse, serving as Director of Nursing and Administrator of Nursing for various nursing homes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, James Wesley...