Obituaries

Aug 26, 2018

Gary Mayes Starley, age 59, of Dublin, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018.

Mr. Starley worked for Little Ocmulgee EMC for more than 20 years. He enjoyed playing golf, fishing, wood working and football season.  Gary was preceded in death by his parents, Prentice and Doris Starley and brother, Buddy Starley.

Survivors include his...

Aug 26, 2018

Thomas Ray Perry, age 91, of Dublin, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018.

Mr. Perry was a WWII Veteran of the United States Navy and served on the USS Julius A. Raven and the USS Chimaera. He was a member of Bethsaida Baptist Church and a farmer. He enjoyed gardening and was a great servant to...

Aug 23, 2018

Kirsten Marie O'Quinn, age 18, of Dublin, went home to be with the Lord August 23, 2018.  A Celebration of Life service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, August 26, 2018, at Marie Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Jeremy Ikner and Rev. Bobby Hutto will officiate.  The family will receive friends from 5:00...

Aug 22, 2018

Ruby Lee Fordham, age 94, of Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018.

Mrs. Fordham was born in Wilkinson County on December 14, 1923 to the late Willie and Martha Sheffield Little. She was a homemaker and worked many years as a bus driver for the Laurens County Board of Education. Mrs. Fordham was a member...

Aug 20, 2018

Edward "Earl" Foskey, age 62, of Dublin, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2018 surrounded by family at Augusta University Hospital. He was a kind, jolly Christian fellow.

Earl was retired from Piggly Wiggly after many years of dedicated service. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Shirley Foskey, and best friend and brother-in-law,...

Aug 18, 2018

Services for Debra S. Hobbs will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Mount Zion Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Rentz Cemetery with Rev. Jody Martin officiating. Visitation will be from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. Hobbs was a native of Laurens County.  She was the...

Aug 3, 2018

Obituary

Mary Eva Scarborough

Mary Eva Scarborough, affectionately known to her family as "Meme," died at Spanish Oaks Retreat and Hospice in Savannah, Georgia on August 3, 2018.  Born September 11, 1921 Meme always maintained that "a lady who would tell her age would tell anything" therefore her family leaves it to readers to do...

Aug 2, 2018

Mrs. Ann Hobbs Buice, age 88, of Waycross, passed away on Thursday, August 2, 2018 after a courageous battle with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.

Mrs. Buice was born in Laurens County on January 14, 1930 to the late Willie Horace and Inez Jones Hobbs. She graduated from Tift College cum laude with a major in English and minor...

Aug 1, 2018

Helen Gail Sutton, age 70, of Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2018.

Mrs. Sutton was a homemaker and loved to read romance novels. Her hobbies included coloring, dancing, and cooking. Helen also loved dressing up, jewelry, roses, butterflies, and Betty Bop. She loved her husband, kids and grandkids deeply. She was preceded in death by...

Jul 28, 2018

Olene S. Shackelford Woodard, age 91, died on July 28, 2018, in Macon.  Services will be held Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home, with burial to follow in the Westview Cemetery, Wrightsville, GA.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Born May...

Jul 28, 2018

James Anderson "Jim" Hawkins, Sr. age 80, of Dublin, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2018.

Mr. Hawkins was born on February 2, 1938 in Rutherford, N.C. to the late Paul S. Hawkins and the late Mary Emma Smith Hawkins. He married Bobbie Putnam on May 10, 1955 at the home of her parents; Mr. and Mrs....

Jul 25, 2018

Juanita O'Brien Williamson passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2018. She was born October 17, 1923 in Metter, Georgia to John O'Brien and Bessie Jordan O'Brien.

Mrs. Williamson graduated from Metter High School, after which she lived in Dublin, Georgia for the remainder of her life. As a young single woman she worked first at Woolworths and then...

Jul 24, 2018

Services for Delmer Gay, age 65 of Rentz, GA, will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday July 28, at Baker Baptist Church.  Burial will follow in the Rentz Cemetery.  Rev. Joey Diers and Rev. Jeffrey Coleman will officiate.  Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.

Delmer was a lifelong...

Jul 23, 2018

Henry Beeman Cottle, Jr., age 77, born July 3, 1941, passed away on Monday, July 23rd after a short illness. Henry served in the United States Army with a tour in Korea, and he was a current and longstanding member of Masonic Lodge 15 in Savannah. Retiring at age 53 from Morgan's Inc., he found new life in Montrose...

Jul 20, 2018

Ronald Wade Daniel, Sr., 74, of Dublin, went to be with his Lord on Friday, July 20, 2018 following a brief illness.  Ronald is survived by his wife Janice of 50 years, his daughter Ronda Ely (Brad), son Wade Daniel, granddaughter Callie Jae Daniel, nephew Kenny Daniel (Darlene), great-nieces Ashley Petrie (Robbie), Kassie Middlebrooks (Bill), and Brittany Joiner (Jesse),...

Jul 16, 2018

Graveside services for Iva Dukes Evans (10/27/1934 - 07/16/2018), age 83, of Rentz, Georgia will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, July 19, 2018, at Blue Water Baptist Church Cemetery. The address is: 2663 Highway 441 South, Dublin, GA 31021.

Mrs. Evans was a member of Oakdale Baptist church in Cedar Grove, Georgia. She was a loving...

Jul 16, 2018

JoNell A. Lee, age 69, of Dublin, passed away on Monday, July 16, 2018.

JoNell (aka Hunny by her grandchildren) was born in Minot, North Dakota and relocated to Dublin with her family in 1960.   She graduated from Dublin High School in 1967.   For over 20 years she worked as an administrator for the Naval Diving and...

Jul 13, 2018

Ricky Lee Brand, age 69 of Griffin, GA journeyed home to be with his Lord, Friday, July 13th, 2018.

Born in 1949 in College Park, GA, he grew up in a family of four other brothers and one sister.  While his siblings and loving parents did struggle financially, this never impeded Ricky's interest in both art and...

Jul 12, 2018

Wadean Jones, age 77, Dublin, passed away on Thursday, July 12, 2018.

Wadean loved all people, especially children. She spent a lifetime enjoying all types of arts and crafts from making children and doll clothing, to quilting and ceramics. She preferred to be outside working in her flowers and always said she felt closer to God when...

Jul 10, 2018

Ann Robinson Webb, 79, passed away July 10, 2018 in Savannah, GA.

She was born in Dublin, GA July 23, 1938 to the late Edwin and Carolyn Robinson. She graduated from Dublin High School in 1956. She soon thereafter started working for Gold Kist, Inc in Atlanta as a secretary. She proudly worked for William Gaston and...