Robert D. Fountain
Jan 16, 2021
Graveside services for Robert D. Fountain, age 82, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Poplar Springs South Baptist Church. Rev. Baron Powell will officiate. Mr. Fountain died Saturday, January 16, 2021.
Mr. Fountain worked at Mohawk several years and delivered Chappell Mill cornmeal for over twenty years. He was part...
Otis Oscar Powell
Jan 14, 2021
Graveside services for Otis Oscar Powell, age 81, of Montrose, will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, January 18, 2021, at Dublin Memorial Gardens. Elder Spencer Fussell will officiate. Mr. Powell died Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Mr. Powell worked as an electrician at Georgia Kaolin for seventeen years and was plant manager of Gilman Paper Company for...
John Lawrence Hall
Jan 14, 2021
John Lawrence Hall of Dublin passed away Thursday, January 14th. He was 73.
Lawrence was preceded in death by his beloved parents, James Marion Hall Jr. and Robbie Martin Hall; brother, James Marion Hall III and sister, Mary Elizabeth Hall; nephews, James Marion Hall IV and John Hadden Hall.
He will be fondly remembered by...
Deana Marie (Woodard) Hemminger
Jan 14, 2021
Deana Marie Hemminger, age 61, of Enigma, GA, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Deana retired from the State of Georgia where she worked many dedicated years as a Correctional Officer. She was also a former Certified Nursing Assistant. Deana was a homemaker and loved helping others. She loved her family deeply and will be missed...
Charles "Ed" E. Mullis
Jan 14, 2021
Charles E. "Ed" Mullis, age 85, of Rentz, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021.
Mr. Mullis, a native of Laurens County, was born on January 11, 1936, to the late Malcolm and Eva Fountain Mullis. Ed served two years in the United States Air Force, 1954-1956, gaining an education on microwaves and electronics. After his service in...
Laverne Burney Fowler
Jan 13, 2021
LaVerne Burney Fowler passed away on January 13, 2021, at Addington Place in Dublin, GA.
Born December 28, 1930, she was the second child of Robert Franklin Burney and Mamie Scarborough Burney. She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Thomas Fowler, her parents, sisters, Doris Elizabeth Burney, Gladys Edna Thorn, Hilda Elias; and brothers, Charles Burney and...
Peggy Thigpen Kennedy (Flanders) Branton
Jan 11, 2021
Peggy Thigpen Kennedy Branton, of Adrian, GA, passed away peacefully at Serenity Place on Monday, January 11, 2021, surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Branton was born in Minter, GA on June 25, 1941, to the late Rev. W.E. Flanders and Anna Pauline Pope Flanders. Reared as a daughter of a Baptist minister, she was instilled with...
Billie Ann Clark (Scarborough) Willis
Jan 9, 2021
Billie Anne Scarborough Clark Willis, 82, of Dublin Georgia, passed away on January 9, 2021, in Dublin Georgia.
Billie Anne was born in Dublin, GA to the late Malcolm Brigham Scarborough and Ann Lou Gordon Scarborough on June 14, 1938. She was a graduate of Dublin High School and Crandall Business College. She retired from Southeast Paper....
Jane (Simpson) Beall
Jan 8, 2021
Jane Simpson Beall passed away on January 8, 2021, at her home in Brewton, GA.
Mrs. Beall was born April 26, 1924, in Hardwick, GA to the late Roy Keith Simpson and Janie Ross Simpson (Jennings).
She graduated from Peabody High School, where she was First Soprano for the Georgia State College for Women Choir....
Sara Radney (Dominy) Fordham
Jan 8, 2021
Sara Dominy Radney Fordham, age 81, of Dublin, passed away Friday, January 8, 2021.
Mrs. Fordham was born in Laurens County on January 21, 1939, to the late Broadus Dominy and Edith McDaniel Dominy. She married Dr. Joel Radney in 1955 and they were married for 57 years before his death in 2013. Together they started Radney...
Robert Minton Lord
Jan 8, 2021
Robert Minton Lord, age 97, of Dudley, passed away from COVID pneumonia on January 8, 2021, at Fairview Park Hospital after a brief stay.
R. Minton Lord was born in Laurens County, Georgia, on May 22, 1923, the son of Robert Minton Lord, Sr. and Dollie Victoria Nobles Lord. He was one of 18 children, 17 of...
Scottie Rogers
Jan 7, 2021
Scottie Rogers, age 60, of East Dublin, passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2020.
Mr. Rogers was born in Dodge County on March 8, 1960, to the late Charlie Morgan Rogers and Helen Singletary Rogers. He was a retired truck driver and loved to spend time with his friends and family. He was full of life and...
John Edward Buckins
Jan 6, 2021
John Edward Buckins, age 80, passed away on January 6, 2021, after a brief illness.
Mr. Buckins was born December 15, 1940, in Baxley, GA, to the late James A. Buckins and Alene White Buckins. His family moved to Soperton, GA, where he graduated from Soperton High School. John served in the Army National Guard and attended...
Beverly Renee Allen
Jan 5, 2021
Beverly Renee Allen, age 53, of East Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021.
Beverly was born in Laurens County on August 31, 1967. She was a homemaker and loving mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister. She was preceded in death by her father, Joseph F. Lewis.
She is survived by her children, Jody Allen...
Frank Riley Davis, Sr.
Jan 5, 2021
Frank Riley Davis, Sr., age 92, of Dublin, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at his residence.
Mr. Davis was born in Greenville, SC, on October 7, 1928, to the late James and Blanche Fuller Davis. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force and attended Jefferson Street Baptist Church. He was a retired...
John P. Nowell
Jan 2, 2021
John P. Nowell, age 79, of Cumming, GA, passed away on January 2, 2021. He was born on June 27, 1941, in Athens, GA, and was the son of the late George Lewis Nowell, Sr. and Mary Ruth Garrison Nowell, both of Dublin, GA.
John enjoyed playing trombone in the Dublin High School band and playing guitar...
Dr. Lester Lee Porter, Jr.
Jan 2, 2021
Dr. Lester Lee "Buck" Porter Jr. passed away Saturday, January 2, 2020, at the age of 96. Some may have loved Dublin and Laurens County as much as Porter, but no one loved it more.
Porter was born on December 27, 1924, the son of local attorney Lester Lee Porter and educator Ruth Guyton Hicks Porter. His...
Judith (Walker) Dunn
Jan 2, 2021
Judith W. Dunn, age 74 of Dublin, passed away on Saturday, January 2, 2021.
Judy was born in Columbia, SC to the late George Walker, Jr. and the late Julia Webb Walker. She was a member of Jefferson Street Baptist Church.
Mrs. Dunn was a self-employed Beautician and worked at Dublinair Health and Rehab as...
Maisie Rae Pittman
Dec 31, 2020
Maisie Rae Pittman went to sleep in Heavenly peace on Thursday, December 31, 2020. Maisie was born in Odessa, Texas on December 13, 2020, to Desiree Page and Casey Pittman. Maisie is preceded in death by her great-grandfather, Charles Greene; aunts, Paige Rose, and Angela Morgan and great-grandparents, James Pittman, Sr., and Brenda Pittman.
In addition to...
Fred Vernon Crisp
Dec 31, 2020
Fred Vernon Crisp, 68, of East Dublin, Georgia passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, December 31, 2020.
Fred was born May 13, 1952, in Dublin Georgia to the late Rev. Troy and Mozell Crisp. Fred was a self-employed carpenter but worked at various construction sites throughout his career. He was an avid fisherman and loved...