Obituaries

Feb 11, 2017

Dr. Linda Smith Sweat, age 69, of Adrian, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Tommy Veal will officiate. Honorary pallbearers will be John Gould, James Hutcheson, Randy Thompson, and Ricky Smith. Dr. Sweat was born in Laurens County to the late Brooks and Helen Wood Smith....

Feb 11, 2017

Ronald Eugene Cox, age 59, of East Dublin, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017. Services for Ronnie will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Gethsemane United Methodist Church. Rev. Tommy Veal and Rev. Judd Drake will officiate. The family will receive friends at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home on Wednesday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM....

Feb 10, 2017

Services for Emmett Andrew Lake, age 96, of East Dublin, will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, February 13, 2017, at Gethsemane United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Northview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Sunday at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Mr. Lake died Friday, February 10, 2017.

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Feb 6, 2017

Services for Susie Mae (Sue) Bennett, age 93, of Dublin, will be held at 12:00pm on Friday, February 10, 2017 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home with Bro. Danny Duggar officiating. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday from 11:00am until funeral hour at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home....

Feb 5, 2017

Robert Deward Hester, age 92 of Rentz, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2017 at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.

Services for Mr. Hester will be held at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Milledgeville, at 1:00 PM Friday, February 10, 2017.

Mr. Hester was a retired electrician. He was preceded in death by...

Feb 5, 2017

Funeral services for Dorothy Maxine Brown, age 77, of Dublin, will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Bethsaida Baptist Church. Burial will follow at 2:30 PM at Washington County Memorial Gardens in Sandersville. Rev. Brad Ball will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10:00 AM. Ms. Brown...

Feb 3, 2017

Eleanor K. Thomason of Dublin passed away on February 3, 2017 at the age of 90.She was born in Dublin, GA on August 5, 1926 and moved to Atlanta in 1952. Eleanor was a recipient of the Albert Gallatin Award presented by the U. S. Dept. of Treasury; she retired from the IRS Division after 27 years...

Feb 2, 2017

Kathy Lavey, age 66, of Dudley, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017.

Graveside services will be held at 11:00AM on Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Larry Waldrep will officiate.

Mrs. Lavey was born in Laurens County and was a 1968 graduate of Dexter High School. She attended Brewton-Parker College, Georgia...

Feb 1, 2017

Graveside services for Rebecca Hazel "Becky" Weaver, age 55, of Dudley, GA, will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, February 3, 2017 at the I. J. Duggan Cemetery in Dudley. Brother Paul Brown will officiate.

Miss Weaver, a lifelong resident of Laurens County, was a member of Dudley Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...

Jan 30, 2017

David Wayne Norris, Sr., age 65, of Rockledge, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2017.

Mr. Norris was born in Laurens County on January 19, 1952 and served in the United States Army Reserves. He was a deacon and member of Blue Springs Baptist Church. Mr. Norris was employed with Southeast Paper as a machine...

Jan 29, 2017

Eloise W. Wolfe, age 92, of Dublin, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2017. Services will be held at 12:00PM on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Dr. Joel Dent will officiate. The family will receive friends from 11:00AM until funeral hour on Wednesday at Townsend Brothers Funeral...

Jan 28, 2017

William Robert Smith, 85, went home to be with the Lord on January 28, 2017, surrounded by his family. Mr. Smith was born on June 23, 1931, to Milo Smith, Sr. and Alma Bedingfield Smith. He graduated from Dublin High School in 1949, Middle Georgia College in 1951, and Mercer University in 1953 before joining the United States Army...

Jan 24, 2017

Mary Brantley, age 85, of Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. Services will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, January 27, 2017 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Northview Cemetery. Rev. Darren Talley will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Friday at...

Jan 23, 2017

Services for Rev. Robert Kenneth Hester, Sr., age 76, of Rentz, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, January 29, 2017, at the Graham Memorial Church of the Nazarene. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Jerry Peacock, Rev. Greg Lowery, Rev. David Canen, and Dr. Roy Rogers will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM...

Jan 20, 2017

Funeral services for Nell B. Hawkins, age 97, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 23, 2017, in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Northview Cemetery. Rev. Darren Talley and Rev. J.T. Taylor will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Sunday, at the funeral home....

Jan 19, 2017

Funeral services for C. Wayne Evans will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at Minter Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Minter Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Len Woodard, Rev. Johnny Baggett and Rev. Kenneth Jones will officiate. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM prior to the service at the Church.

Jan 19, 2017

Biography

Robert Glenn Christian, age, 66, of Dublin died Thursday, January 19, 2017, in the Carl Vinson VA Hospital. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Glenn was retired from the Dublin Police Department and served in the US Marine Corps. He was an avid fisherman and hunter and was a...

Jan 18, 2017

Biography

Graveside services for Jeff Horton, age 55, formerly of Dudley, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Buckhorn United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Tim Paulk will officiate. Mr. Horton died Wednesday, January 18, 2017.

Mr. Horton, a member of Buckhorn United Methodist Church, was preceded in death by his father,...

Jan 17, 2017

Kathy Grosch, of Dublin, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Stromsburg, NE, on November 11, 1945, Kathy was the daughter of the late Adolph and Rose Killian Kresha. She attended Country Elementary School, District 64 in Osceola, NE. She was a 1964 graduate of Osceola Public School, and was past...

Jan 15, 2017

A graveside service for Annette Lafaye Brown, age 74, of East Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, January 19, 2017, at Pine Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Brown died Sunday, January 15, 2017.

Mrs. Brown, a homemaker, was preceded in death by her, parents, Harley and Wynette Mosley Sanders, and son, Arnold...