Obituaries

Mar 13, 2018

Jason Ben Fuqua, age 43, of Dexter, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, March 16, 2018 in the Chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Dublin Memorial Gardens. Rev. Brad Nowell will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday from 10:00AM until funeral hour...

Mar 12, 2018

Janette Murphy Pritchard, age 77, of Dublin, passed away on March 12, 2018.

Mrs. Pritchard was a retired LPN of Dublinair Nursing Home. She spent time gardening because of her love for flowers. She was known for her creative spirit which shown in her restorative talents. Mrs. Pritchard had so much love for her family, grand and...

Mar 10, 2018

June Beacham Middlebrooks, age 88, passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018.

Mrs. Middlebrooks was born in Rockledge, GA to the late Rhodus Talbert and Ethel Frances Beacham. She was a Homemaker and a charter member of Pine Forest United Methodist Church. Mrs. Middlebrooks was also a member of the Ben F. Williams Sunday School class at...

Mar 9, 2018

Glynn D. Mullis, age 72, of Dublin, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2018.

Mr. Mullis was a deacon of Jefferson Street Baptist Church and member of the Dublin Civitan Club.  In 1972, Glynn opened his own business, Mullis Electrical Supply, and served his community for many years through his business. He loved to travel and was...

Mar 6, 2018

Hilda Holland, age 83, of Cadwell, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Mrs. Holland was born in Laurens County to the late Birtis and Pearl Branch Roach. She was a homemaker and faithful member of Dexter Baptist Church, serving several years as secretary/treasurer until her health would not allow. In addition to her parents, she was...

Feb 24, 2018

Mary "Peggy" Dickey Wallace, age 96, of Dublin, passed away February 24, 2018.

Mrs. Wallace was a retired bookkeeper for the city of Dublin and also a member of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. William H. Wallace Sr. and her daughter, Carolyn Fordham.

Survivors include her...

Feb 22, 2018

Graveside services for Grace Bedingfield Smith will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 5, 2018 at Northview Cemetery. Rev. Tyler Plaxico will officiate. Mrs. Smith passed away February 22, 2018.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Barron Smith; her parents Walter Eli and Julia Taylor Bedingfield; her brothers, William Osler Bedingfield, Henry Herbert Bedingfield, and...

Feb 19, 2018

Funeral services for Warren Rutherford Carswell, Sr., will be held Thursday, February 22, 2018, at 2:00 PM at Pine Forest United Methodist Church in Dublin, Georgia. A private burial will follow. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. The Reverend Wes Moye will officiate.

Warren, affectionately known as "Tunk" to...

Feb 19, 2018

Susan Hilliard Mullis, age 65, of Dublin, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018.

Ms. Mullis was born in Laurens County on May 31, 1952 to the late Hilton and Gloria Wiggins Hilliard. She retired from the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center and formerly attended Pine Forest United Methodist Church. She was a loving mother and grandmother....

Feb 19, 2018

Tina Rutherford, age 58, of East Dublin, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018.

Services will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Buckhorn United Methodist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. G.W. Darsey and Rev. Jared Middleton will officiate.

Pallbearers will be Storm Wyatt, Red Mason, Joey...

Feb 18, 2018

Dean Denton, age 60, of Dexter, passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018.

Mr. Denton was formerly employed with Rentz Cabinet Company as a supervisor and enjoyed fishing, racing, and going to the beach. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and brother.

He was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd Denton; step-father, Lamar...

Feb 18, 2018

Graveside services for Rebecca "Becky" Strickland White, will be held at 1:00PM on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Poplar Springs North Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Lock Wilford will officiate. Mrs. White passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2018.

Becky was a lifelong resident of Laurens County, was a retired seamstress, and a devoted homemaker to her husband...

Feb 17, 2018

Osler Russell Tipton, age 85, of Rentz, passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2018.

Services will be held at 11:00AM on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Rentz. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Anthony Harmon and Dr. Larry Daniel will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00AM until funeral...

Feb 16, 2018

Duell Lampp, age 88, of East Dublin, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018.

Mr. Lampp was a veteran of the United States Navy where he received a Vietnam Service Medal and a National Defense Service Medal. He then worked in Building Management for the V.A. where he retired.

Mr. Lampp was preceded in death...

Feb 16, 2018

Services for Charles "Danny" Dasher, age 68, will be held at 5:00 PM, on Sunday, February 18, 2018, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.  Mr. Dasher died Friday, February 16, 2018.

Mr. Dasher was preceded in death by his parents, Henry C. and Lucille Mosby Dasher.

Survivors include his wife, Louise Smith Dasher, of...

Feb 15, 2018

Helen Dominy Sikes, a longtime resident of both Laurens and Habersham Counties, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018. She was 94.

Mrs. Sikes was born on August 23, 1923, in Dexter, Georgia, to the late Argene W. and Ida Lee Ellington Dominy. She was also preceded in death by her husband: Matthew Harvey Sikes; infant daughter:...

Feb 14, 2018

Nolie Miller, age 97, of East Dublin, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 surrounded by her loving family.

Mrs. Miller was born in Bulloch County on February 14, 1921 to the late Charlie and Lizzie Murray Motes. She was a resident of Laurens County most of her life and a member of Marie Baptist Church. Nolie...

Feb 13, 2018

John Wayne Dominy, age 70, of Norcross, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 13, 2018.  Wayne was born in Dublin, Georgia on August 7, 1947 to John Wesley and Sophie Clark Dominy.

Wayne was a star basketball player at Laurens High School and went on to graduate from Middle Georgia College and the University of Georgia, with...

Feb 11, 2018

Vivian "Biddie" Dunn was called home to be with our heavenly father on Saturday, February 10, 2018. He passed peacefully at home surrounded by his closest family.

Biddie was a Dublin born native who moved to Warner Robins where he was a very skilled and talented carpenter. There he built many homes and a successful hotel. He...

Feb 11, 2018

Services for Jean Rogers Cannon, age 57, of Dublin, will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 13, 2018, in the chapel of Townsend Brothers Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Dublin Memorial Gardens.  Rev. Henry Dixon and Rev. Jim Rhodes will officiate.  The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 1:00 PM.  Mrs. Cannon died...