Obituaries

Apr 17, 2013

Services for Leola Sirmons Collins, age 92 of Chester, will be held at 10:00AM on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Chester United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Buckhorn United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Wayne McDaniel and Rev. Gary Mimbs will officiate. Mrs. Collins passed away on April 17, 2013. Mrs. Collins was born in Laurens County to the...

Apr 16, 2013

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Services for Betty Howard Watson, age 75 of Montrose, will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, April 20, 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Elder Garry Hall, Elder Stephen Dyar and Elder Franklin Bryant will officiate. Mrs. Watson was born in Laurens County to the late...

Apr 15, 2013

Services for Nina Brown Jones, age 82 of Dublin, will be held at 3:00PM on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Cedar Grove United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Rev. W.L. Currie and Joey Jones will officiate. Mrs. Jones was a member of Oak Dale Baptist Church. She was a homemaker but worked for many years...

Apr 15, 2013

Graveside services for Alice Evans Alligood, age 88 of Dexter, will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Alligood Cemetery. Rev. Larry Waldrep will officiate. Mrs. Alligood was born in Laurens County to the late Elijah Evans and the late Leara Lee Horn Evans. She lived in Florida for many years moving back to Laurens County...

Apr 15, 2013

Deloris Carswell Cannon, age 80, passed Monday, April 15, 2013, at Shamrock Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extensive illness. She was also under the loving care of United Hospice. Services will be at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Rev. Jack Sapp will officiate. Burial will follow at Northview Cemetery. Mrs. Cannon was a...

Apr 15, 2013

Services for James Calvin Williams, age 81 of Dexter, will be held at 2:00PM on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Greg Lowery will officiate. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:00PM until funeral hour. Mr. Williams passed away on Monday, April 15, 2013. Calvin was...

Apr 12, 2013

Services for Willis Cannon, age 82 of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, April 14, 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Pleasant Plains Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM until funeral hour. David Scott Cannon will officiate. Mr. Cannon was the son of the late...

Apr 9, 2013

Services for Hazel Tanner Martin, age 74, of East Dublin, will be held at 2:00PM Friday, April 12, 2013 in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Graham Memorial Nazarene Church Cemetery. Rev. Curtis Vincent and Rev. Kelly Maddox will officiate. Mrs. Martin died Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Mrs. Martin was the daughter of the...

Apr 6, 2013

Services for Mary Sue "MeMa" Young, age 75 of Dublin will be held at 2:00PM on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Bethsaida Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Jerry Collins will officiate. Mrs. Young was a member of Bethsaida Baptist Church, the Rainbow Sunday School Class, WMU and the Joy Club. She loved to cook...

Apr 5, 2013

Services for James Edward Beckham, age 72 of Wrightsville, will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow at 2:30PM in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville. Rev. Arthur Conley will officiate. Mr. Beckham was a member of the Roger Lacey Masonic Lodge No. 722. He...

Apr 5, 2013

Janet W. Taylor, age, 62 of Dublin, GA died Friday, April 5, 2013. Graveside services will be held at 1:00PM on Monday, April 8, 2013 at Rock Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Nolon McDaniel will officiate. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5:00PM until 7:00PM at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.

Apr 4, 2013

Services for Gary M. Smith, age 73 of Dudley, will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral with burial to follow in Centerville Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Ed Ellington and Dennis Johnson will officiate. Mr. Smith was a member of Dudley United Methodist Church. He was retired from Skeeters Body...

Apr 3, 2013

Services for Hilda Evans Ivey, age 79 of Augusta, will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, April 5, 2013 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will be in Northview Cemetery. Steven Wyatt will officiate. Mrs. Ivey was born in Cadwell to the late Bertrel Evans and the late Opal Faulk Griffin. She lived most her life...

Apr 3, 2013

Biography

Enman J. Sheppard, Jr. age 78, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at Serenity Hospice in Dublin, GA following extended illness from Alzheimer's. "EJ" is survived by his wife Vivian Tomlinson Sheppard; three daughters Connie Sheppard Queen, Betsy Lea Sheppard, and Amy Sheppard Arthur; his four grandchildren Justin Queen, Hilary Queen, Ashley Arthur and Courtney Arthur; and great granddaughter,...

Apr 2, 2013

Edith Fay Massey was born April 8, 1939 to the late Carl and Mollie Raffield Hitson. Fay was a graduate of the Dublin High School Class of 1957 and attended Georgia Baptist School of Radiology. She married Bobby John Massey of Memphis, TN on February 11, 1970. Fay worked as Activities Director at Dublinair Nursing Home and then pursued...

Apr 1, 2013

Services for Eugenia (Jean) Cobb, age 91, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, April 03, 2013 at the Graham Memorial Nazarene Church. Burial will follow in the Cobb Family Cemetery. Rev. Janice Lassiter and Rev. David Canen will officiate. Miss. Cobb died Monday, April 01, 2013 at Serenity Hospice House. Miss Cobb was the daughter of the...

Mar 28, 2013

Memorial Services for Leon Herschel Cochran, age 62, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00PM Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at his residence, 1673 McLendon Road, Dublin. Earl Perry will officiate. Burial will be private. Mr. Cochran was born in Eastman and was a self-employed paint contractor. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Cochran was preceded in death by his...

Mar 27, 2013

Reverend Jerry Martin celebrated his 66th birthday with his Lord and Savior after entering Heaven on March 27th following a courageous battle with cancer. Jerry was born in Dublin, Georgia, March 28, 1947. He attended Dublin High School and was a veteran of the U. S. Navy. He was called into the ministry in January 1977, serving as pastor of...

Mar 26, 2013

Services for JoAnn DiFazio, age 77, of Dublin, GA will be held at 11:00 AM Friday March 29, 2013, in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home with burial to follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Father Richard Hart and Rev. Donnie Baker will officiate. Visitation will be at the funeral home Thursday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Mrs....

Mar 23, 2013

Services for Victor Bruce Lawson, age 60 of Dudley, will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Earnie Pirkle, Mr. Don Bryant and Rev. Ed Ellington will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Mr. Lawson...