OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia

Ruthie Oliver

Ruthie Oliver

August 18, 2022

Mrs. Ruthie Oliver, age 80, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Summerhill Nursing Home in Perry. Funeral services are planned for 3:00 PM on Sunday, August 21, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. William Hall officiating. Interment will follow in Leslie Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday at Hancock...

Olive Belle Fussell Powell

Olive Belle Fussell Powell

August 17, 2022

Olive Belle Fussell Powell, 93, of Parrott, Georgia, passed away in Gainesville, Georgia on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at the home of her son. Mrs. Powell was born in Dawson, Georgia to the late John Oliver and Bertha LouAnne Bolton Fussell on June 20, 1929. Olive was a member of Parrott Baptist Church where she played the piano and served...

Esther Lucille Lynn Freeman

Esther Lucille Lynn Freeman

August 11, 2022

Esther Lucille (Lynn) Freeman, (99), went to be with her Lord August 11, 2022, in Americus GA. Born May 19,1923 in Kansas City, KS, she was the daughter of Roy and Thelma Lynn of Kansas City MO. A member of Vallejo Bible Church in Vallejo CA, she was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Harold F. Freeman, on April...

Elizabeth Bearden

Elizabeth Bearden

August 3, 2022

Mrs. Elizabeth Bearden, age 96, passed away on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at her home in Dawsonville, GA. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Monday, August 8, at Bethel Baptist Church, with Rev. Steven Golden officiating. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: Andy Rudder, Joe Herren, Casey Pierce, Joseph Saraceni, Marcus McManious, Blake Shattles, and...

Nena Kate Perry

Nena Kate Perry

July 29, 2022

Miss Nena Kate Perry, age 95, of Americus, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services will be held in the Martha McDonald Moore Memorial Chapel at Magnolia Manor on Saturday, August 6, at 2:00 PM with Rev. Keith Parks officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends for...

Oscar Lawrence "Larry" Comer, Ii

Oscar Lawrence "Larry" Comer, Ii

July 28, 2022

Oscar Lawrence “Larry” Comer II, a Sumter County native, passed away on July 28, 2022 after a brief illness. Larry was born in Plains, GA, on June 18, 1933 to Caleb Fred Comer and Bert Jones Comer. He was a 1950 graduate of Americus High School, who later moved to Atlanta where he attended and graduated from Georgia Institute of...

Donna Leigh Richardson

Donna Leigh Richardson

July 24, 2022

Mrs. Donna Leigh Drake Richardson, age 59, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022 at Southeast Health Medical Center in Dothan, Alabama. Services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, July 30, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. William Hall officiating. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 29, at Hancock Funeral...

William Donald "Donnie" Smith

William Donald "Donnie" Smith

July 20, 2022

Mr. William Donald "Donnie" Smith, age 72, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Pruitt Health Palmyra in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 3:00 PM on Saturday, July 23, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. with Rev. Steven Golden officiating. Private burial will follow in Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...

Robert E. "Bobby" Bacon

Robert E. "Bobby" Bacon

July 6, 2022

Mr. Robert E. "Bobby" Bacon passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at his home in Plains. He was 82. Funeral services are planned for 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 23 at Plains Methodist Church with Pastor R.T. Beverly officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: Carl Lowell, Ron Miller, Robbie...

Ladonna Kay Bowden

Ladonna Kay Bowden

July 5, 2022

Mrs. LaDonna Kay Bowden, age 62, of Barnesville, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at her home. LaDonna was born on Monday, February 15, 1960, in Gastonia, North Carolina, to John Weldon Skelton & the late Catherine Myrtle Norris. She was preceded in death by her mother, Catherine Myrtle Norris. LaDonna loved her grandbabies. She was a Georgia...

Sandra Farnsworth

Sandra Farnsworth

July 1, 2022

Mrs. Sandra "Sandy" Hodge Farnsworth, age 73, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022 at her home in Americus. Services are planned for 2:30 PM on Sunday, July 10, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Hal Farnsworth officiating. The family will receive friends beginning at 2:00 PM on Sunday at Hancock Funeral Home, as...

Kent Michael Sole

Kent Michael Sole

June 22, 2022

Kent Michael Sole passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at his home in Americus. Born August 3, 1938 in Steubenville, Ohio, he was a son of the late Kent and Elizabeth Sole and Betty Dornan Sole. Raised in Weirton, West Virginia, he was a resident of Americus from 1965 until his death. In addition to his parents, he was...

Bessie F. Dinkins

Bessie F. Dinkins

June 22, 2022

Mrs. Bessie F. Dinkins, age 93, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at the Fellowship Home at Cordelia Manor in Cordele. Funeral services are planned for 12:00 noon on Tuesday, June 28, in the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site with Rev. Bryan Bentley officiating. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. Born April 27, 1929 in Anniston,...

Ladelle Preston Smith

Ladelle Preston Smith

June 21, 2022

Ladelle Smith left this troubled world and entered the glories of Heaven on June 21, 2022. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, June 24, at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Bryan Myers and Rev. Hugh DeLoach officiating. A private family-only burial will follow. Deacons of Central Baptist Church are asked to serve as pallbearers. The family will...

Barry A. Spencer, Sr.

Barry A. Spencer, Sr.

June 12, 2022

Mr. Barry Anthony Spencer, Sr., age 66, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022 at his home in Hollis Crossroads, Alabama. Services are planned for 12:00 noon on Saturday, June 25, at Whitesburg Recreation Center, 50 Booster Field Road, Whitesburg, GA 30185, with Eric Spencer officiating. The family will receive friends on Saturday beginning at 11:00 AM at Whitesburg Recreation...

Jean M. Stanfield

Jean M. Stanfield

June 8, 2022

Mrs. Jean M. Stanfield, age 88, passed away on Wednesday morning, June 8, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Services are planned for 6:00 PM on Saturday, June 11, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Robert Orr officiating. Private interment will follow. The family will receive friends on Saturday at Hancock Funeral Home, between...

Robert Harold Spurlin

Robert Harold Spurlin

June 5, 2022

Mr. Harold Spurlin, age 78, passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2022 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Services were held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 8, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, with Rev. Brenda Lawson officiating. The family received friends for a short time following the services. Burial was private in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born November 10,...

Rev. Bill Dupree

Rev. Bill Dupree

June 4, 2022

Well known Americus citizen Rev. Bill Dupree died on June 4, 2022 at age 89. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, June 11, at the First United Methodist Church of Americus, with Rev. Daryl Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Members of the Epworth Sunday School Class and all ministers in attendance are requested...

June Hale Shumake

June Hale Shumake

June 4, 2022

Mrs. June Hale Shumake, age 90, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 7, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Kevin Brown officiating. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends on Tuesday beginning at 10:00 AM...

Donald Frank “Don” Whitaker, Sr.

Donald Frank “Don” Whitaker, Sr.

May 26, 2022

Mr. Donald Frank "Don" Whitaker, Sr., age 83, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home on Lake Sinclair late on May 26, 2022, with family. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, June 1, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Keith Parks officiating. Mr. Whitaker will lie in state...

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