Obituaries

Jan 8, 2014

Graveside services for Bobbye Jean Parkerson, age 82 of Dublin, formerly of Dalton, will be held at 2:30PM on Sunday, January 12, 2014 in Cadwell City Cemetery. She passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. Mrs. Parkerson was a homemaker and a member of Cornerstone Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, R.T. and Estelle...

Jan 6, 2014

Services for Lawrence Hirsch "Larry" Hickman, age 88 of Dublin, will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, January 9, 2013 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Father Stephen Pontzer will officiate. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at the church. Mr. Hickman died Monday, January 6, 2014...

Jan 5, 2014

Services for Richard Eugene Holloway, age 65, of Dublin will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 8, 2013 in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Mike Mertz and Mr. Edward Clements will officiate. Mr. Holloway died Sunday, January 5, 2014. Mr. Holloway graduated from East Laurens High School. He...

Jan 4, 2014

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Services for Esther Sandra Tanner, age 55, of East Dublin will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 8, 2014 in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Matt Anderson will officiate. Mrs. Tanner died Sunday, January 5, 2014 after an extended illness. Mrs. Tanner was the daughter...

Jan 4, 2014

A memorial service for Gordon A. Brooke, age 64 of East Dublin will be held Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 10 AM until 11 AM. Rev. Dewayne Bedingfield and Rev. Matt Haywood will officiate. He died Saturday, January 4, 2014. Mr. Brooke was born in Gardiner,...

Jan 2, 2014

Services for Doyle Robert Lindsey, age 85, of Dublin will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, January 4, 2014 at Marie Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Rentz City Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate. He passed away on Thursday, January 02, 2014. Mr. Lindsey was born in Rentz, GA to the late Albert and Clyde Knight Lindsey. He was...

Jan 1, 2014

Services for Alene Graham Wilkes, age 91 of Rockledge, will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, January 4, 2014 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Blue Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Al Soles and Rev. Ike J. Branch will officiate. She passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2014. Mrs. Wilkes was the daughter...

Dec 31, 2013

Services for Wayne "Peanut" Elliott Graham, age 48 of East Dublin, will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, January 3, 2014 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pleasant Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Donnie Baker and Rev. Ike J. Branch will officiate. He passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2013. Mr. Graham was a...

Dec 26, 2013

Roy Hall, Jr. age 82 of Dublin, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, December 29, 2013 in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Dr. Jack Key will officiate. Mr. Hall was the son of the late Roy, Sr. and Ruth Hall of Kite, GA. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force...

Dec 25, 2013

Biography

Services for Barry Elmer Brown age 67 of Laurens County will be held graveside at the Pine Mountain Holiness Cemetery in Meansville, GA at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 28, 2013. Barry was a native of Pike County, and was a resident of Laurens County for the past several years. He was an Aqua Culturist. He was preceded in...

Dec 24, 2013

Nell Robinson Smalley died at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, GA on December 24, 2013. She was a native of Macon County and was the daughter of the late Alva and Lucille Robinson of Oglethorpe, GA. She was preceded in death by a brother and two sisters; her husbands, Sam Griffin and Dr. Derrell Smalley; infant daughter, Debra...

Dec 23, 2013

Edward Arch "Ed" James was born in 1935 at Dierks (Howard County), Arkansas, the son of Arch L. and Lela W. James. He passed away Monday morning, December 23, 2013 at a Macon hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Thomas Raymond James, of Colorado Springs, and sister, Olene, who died as a child. Ed was...

Dec 22, 2013

James Calvin Fordham, Sr. February 7, 1929 - December 22, 2013

Graveside services for James Calvin Fordham, Sr. age 84 of Rentz, will be held at 2:00PM in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Tom Vann will officiate. He passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2013. Mr. Fordham was farmer and a member of Rentz Baptist Church. He was...

Dec 21, 2013

Services for Emma Nell "Big Ma" Garnto, age 92 of Rockledge, will be held at 3:00 PM Monday, December 23 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Rev. Larry Waldrep, Rev. Barry Peavy, and Mrs. Nell Garrett will officiate. Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Garnto was a lifelong resident of Laurens County. She was...

Dec 19, 2013

Eunice W. Purvis of Dublin passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at the age of 100. She was preceded in death by her husband, R.M. Purvis; parents, Ed and Irene Willis; daughter, Peggy Thionville and eight siblings. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Don and Mary Anne Purvis; brother, Cecil Willis; sister-in-law, Wilma Willis; son-in-law, Paul C. Thionville...

Dec 18, 2013

Services for Ullis Foskey, age 91 of East Dublin, will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 21, 2013 at Union Baptist Church. Rev. Dahl McDermitt, Rev. Mike Mertz, and Rev. Keith Smith will officiate. Burial will follow at Minter Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Foskey died Wednesday, December 18, 2013. Mr. Foskey was a lifelong resident of Laurens County. He...

Dec 17, 2013

Services for Ralph C. Graham, age 80 of Rockledge, will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, December 20, 2013 at Resurrection Assembly of God Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant Springs Cemetery. Dr. Michael Kennedy, Rev. Hugh Spivey, and Rev. Paul Brown will officiate. Mr. Graham died Tuesday, December 17, 2013. Mr. Graham, a U. S. Army veteran, was retired...

Dec 15, 2013

Services for Betty B. Coleman, age 77 of Glenwood, will be held at 11:00AM on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Nolon McDaniel and Rev. Jimmy Napier will officiate. She passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2013. Mrs. Coleman was born in Dublin,...

Dec 12, 2013

Mrs. Millie Anne Couey, age 79 of Dublin, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013. Services will begin at 11:00 AM on December 16th in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Dublin, GA. Mrs. Couey was a beautiful spirit and humble woman. She was devoted first to her Lord and Savior and then to her children and grandchildren. They...

Dec 12, 2013

Evelyn Barnes Wallace of Dublin died on Thursday, December 12, 2013, at the age of 76. She was born on July 17, 1937 to Grady and Mae Barnes who preceded her in death. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 52 years, James Albert Wallace. Mrs. Wallace attended high school at Jordan High School in...