Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
Russell “Rusty” Barfield
January 23, 2021
Mr. Russell “Rusty” Barfield, age 64, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at his home in Plains. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Monday, January 25, from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery with Rev. Buck Kinney officiating. The Family will receive friends on Monday beginning at 12:00 noon at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St....
Edith Wall Thompson
January 19, 2021
Mrs. Edith Wall Thompson, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at her home in Plains. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 21, from the graveside at Lebanon Cemetery, with Rev. Buck Kinney officating. While they appreciate your outpourings of love and sympathy, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, for the safety of all,...
Kathy Elaine Staines
January 18, 2021
Mrs. Kathy Elaine Staines, age 64, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. All services at this time will be private. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Mrs. Kathy Elaine...
Roy Clyde "Tripp" Frost, Iii
January 17, 2021
Mr. Roy Clyde “Tripp” Frost, III passed away January 17, 2021 at the age of 46, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 25, at Elbert Cemetery in Elbert, Texas with Mr. L.A. Samples officiating. He was born January 31, 1974, in Cordele, to Beth Manuel Frost and Roy...
Joseph Mckenzie Caldwell
January 15, 2021
Mr. Joseph McKenzie Caldwell, age 78, departed this life on Friday, January 15, 2021 at his home in Americus. He was born in Miami, Florida on September 29, 1942, a son of the late Alice McKenzie and the late Joe Caldwell. He was educated in the Miami School System and also attended Miami-Dade Community College. "Mr. Joe", as he was...
Regina Alejo Sánchez
January 5, 2021
Regina Alejo Sánchez was born on January 5, 2021. That same day Regina was reborn into eternal life with the Lord and His angels and saints. Regina is survived by her loving parents, Angelica Sánchez and Juan Alejo, her brother Juan Pablo Alejo, and her sisters, Litzy Alejo and Eva Valentina Alejo, who mourn her loss and look forward to...
Margaret "Peggy" Kavanaugh Adubato
January 3, 2021
Margaret “Peggy” Adubato, age 56, formerly of Atlantic City NJ, passed away on Sunday January 3rd, 2021. Peggy was known mostly for her crazy, funny, loud personality. Anyone who met her eventually called her mom or mommom. Peggy was predeceased by her mother, Helen Burke, her sister Patricia Estrada, her daughter Jennifer Butler, and husband, Michael “Sparky” Jones. Peggy is...
Earl Richard Mccrary
December 10, 2020
Mr. Earl Richard McCrary, age 78, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Services are planned for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 15, in the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. Born December 27, 1941 in Montezuma, he was a son of the late Josephine Jolly. He...
Edna Sue Bailes
November 16, 2020
Dr. Edna Sue Bailes passed away Monday, November 16, 2020. She was born November 25, 1932 in Lee County, Georgia and was predeceased by her parents, Charles Elmore and Caribel Bailes. She attended Georgia Southwestern College and completed her BA in Journalism at the University of Georgia. She received her MA in U. S. History at Florida State University and...
Gerald Marvin Jordan
November 14, 2020
Mr. Gerald Marvin Jordan, age 81, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Born January 29, 1939 in Americus, he was a son of the late Marvin Jordan and the late Irene Jordan. Mr. Jordan was retired from the parts department at Carson Brothers Tractor Company. He was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and...
James Judson Filbey
November 13, 2020
Mr. James “Jim” Judson Filbey, age 93, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. James was born May 5. 1927 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a son of the late Robert Nathaniel Filbey and the late Hattie Graper Filbey. Mr. Filbey graduated in 1948 from the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York where he achieved...
Lenoir Wilson Arnold
November 13, 2020
Mrs. LeNoir Wilson Arnold, age 79, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 15, from the graveside at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Bud Womack officiating. The family received friends directly following the services at the cemetery. Mrs. Arnold was born December 24,...
Laverne Gilbreath Worthy
November 3, 2020
Dr. LaVerne Gilbreath Worthy, age 74, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. All services will be private. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences to the family, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements for Dr. LaVerne Gilbreath Worthy.
Billy Crook
October 26, 2020
Mr. Billy Crook, age 89, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020, at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, October 27, from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Dr. Bryan Myers and Rev. Hugh DeLoach will officiate. The staff of Hancock Funeral Home would like to issue a gentle reminder to all attendees...
Mary Ann Crowley
October 20, 2020
Mrs. Mary Ann Crowley, age 75, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, October 23rd at 11:00 AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church with a committal service to follow at 2:00 PM at Andersonville National Cemetery. Due to COVID 19 restrictions, attendance at...
Betty M. Bryant
October 13, 2020
Mrs. Betty M. Bryant, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, at her residence in Cobb, GA. Graveside services are planned for 2:00 PM on Friday, October 16, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, 120 Upper River Road in Americus, with Rev. Hugh DeLoach officiating. The family will receive friends after the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Central...
David Alfred Evans
October 8, 2020
Mr. David Alfred Evans, age 81, passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 12:00 noon on Monday, October 12, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Marty Dillon officiating. The family will receive friends on Monday beginning at 10:00 AM at Hancock...
Garvin Clyde Woods
October 8, 2020
Garvin Clyde Woods, born April 17, 1927 in Wichita Falls, Texas, and passed away October 8, 2020 in Homestead, Florida. Services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 15, from the graveside at Williams Family Cemetery in Smithville. He was raised in the 30’s by the best carpenter in Wichita Falls, Clyde Willie Woods, and a tremendously God-fearing mother...
Allman Hogsed
October 4, 2020
Mr. Allman Hogsed, age 91, passed away on Sunday evening, October 4, 2020, at his home in Roswell, GA. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, October 7, from the graveside at Lebanon Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 6, between the hours of 6:00 & 8:00 PM at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee...
Brenda Faye Brown Stanfield
September 23, 2020
Mrs. Brenda Faye Brown Stanfield, age 61, passed away on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, September 26, from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Hugh Harbort officiating. Members of M.B. Council Lodge No. 13, Free and Accepted Masons are asked to serve as pallbearers. The...
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