Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
James William Painter
February 3, 2019
Mr. James William Painter passed away at Lillian Carter Health & Rehab Center in Plains, on Sunday, February 3, 2019, just 4 days short of his 67th birthday. Born February 7, 1952, he was row crop and cattle farmer. Mr. Painter was of the Christian faith. All services will be private. To sign our online guestbook and express your condolences,...
Evelyn Jacobs Mcdonald
January 28, 2019
Mrs. Evelyn Jacobs McDonald, age 90, passed away on Monday morning, January 28, 2019, at her home in Plains. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 2, at Plains Baptist Church, with burial to follow in Lebanon Cemetery. Rev. Buck Kinney will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, February 1, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427...
Mitzi Sloke Davis
January 14, 2019
Mitzi Sloke Davis, aged 100 plus, entered eternal life on January 14, 2019. Though Mitzi had made her home in Americus for 48 years, she resided in Gray since 2011. Mitzi grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, the youngest of six children, all of whom have preceded her in death. An early marriage ended in divorce. After graduating from business school,...
Carolyn Harris Durham
January 4, 2019
Mrs. Carolyn Harris Durham, aged 90, of Plains and Albany, Georgia, died January 4, 2019 at Magnolia Manor Nursing Facility in Americus. She was born December 12, 1928 in Quitman County, Georgia, the daughter of the late Ouida Lucile Murphy and Ernest Willie Harris. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Russell Durham. Mrs. Durham joined the Plains...
Charles J. "Joe" Plant, Jr.
December 19, 2018
Mr. Charles J. "Joe" Plant, Jr., age 94, passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services are planned for 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 22, at Lee Street United Methodist Church, with Dr. Dennis Stalvey and Rev. James Earl Duke, Jr. officiating. Interment with military honors will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.The family will...
Richard Wisham
December 9, 2018
Mr. Richard Oscar Wisham, age 75, passed away on Sunday evening, December 9, 2018, at his home in Americus. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 12, from the graveside at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, with Elder Win Kuck and Elder Larry White officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, December 11, between the...
Janice Merck
December 6, 2018
Mrs. Janice Merck, age 65, passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2018, at Lillian Carter Health & Rehab in Plains. A native of Birmingham, AL, she was born February 19, 1953, daughter of the late Henry Rayfield and the late Mary Elizabeth Cross Rayfield. Mrs. Merck was a home maker and was of the Catholic faith. She is survived by...
O.C. Jones
December 2, 2018
Mr. O.C. Jones, age 89, passed away early Sunday morning, December 2, 2018, at his home in Smithville.Funeral services with military honors are scheduled for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, December 4, from the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site, with Rev. Wendy Peacock officiating. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.The family will receive...
Laurence "Larry" William Kobs
November 20, 2018
Mr. Laurence William "Larry" Kobs, age 73, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Augusta VA Medical Center. Memorial services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 24, in Central Baptist Church with Dr. Bryan Myers and Rev. Hugh DeLoach officiating. The family will visit with friends and relatives in the foyer of the church for...
Gerald Richard Vaughan
November 18, 2018
Mr. Gerald Richard "Jerry" Vaughan, age 79, passed away on Sunday evening, November 18, 2018, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 21, at Drayton Baptist Church in Vienna. Rev. Richard Chalk will officiate. The family will receive visitors between the hours of 5:00 and 7:00 PM on Tuesday, November 20, at Hancock...
Elsie D. Plant
November 17, 2018
Mrs. Elsie D. Plant, age 94, passed away on Saturday morning, November 17, 2018, at her home in Americus.Funeral services are planned for 1:00 PM on Monday, November 19, at Lee Street United Methodist Church, with Dr. Dennis Stalvey and Rev. James Earl Duke, Jr. officiating. A private interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery.The family will receive friends on...
Cindy Deanne Spencer
November 16, 2018
Mrs. Cindy Spencer, age 42, passed away very unexpectedly on Friday, November 16, 2018 at her home in Heflin, AL.Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Tuesday, November 20, at Bethel Campground Church in Carrollton, with Rev. J.W. Daniel officiating. All other services will be private.Born June 8, 1976 in Carrollton, she was a daughter of Jerry George and...
Bruce Allen Smith
October 28, 2018
Bruce Allen Smith, 53, of Chelsea, Alabama, died in his sleep at his family home in Americus, Georgia on October 28th, 2018. He was born on Fort Benning, Georgia on January 15, 1965, the third child and second son of Jack and Pauline Smith. He was a graduate of Americus High School and Auburn University and employed by Centro, Incorporated...
Michael Alan Howard
October 12, 2018
Michael Alan Howard, age 64, passed away on October 12, 2018 in Mt. Dora, FL, after an extended illness.A 1973 graduate of Princeton High School in New Jersey, Mike was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, serving from 1974 until 1976. Since 2010, he worked with ISS Facility Services as a resident lock tender on Lake Apopka in...
Jerry Joseph Mcclendon
October 4, 2018
Mr. Jerry Joseph McClendon, age 59, passed away on Thursday morning, October 4, 2018, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center.A memorial service was held on Sunday, October 14, at 7:00 PM at Eastside Baptist Church, with Rev. Sims Jones officiating.Born December 21, 1958 in Jacksonville, FL, he was a son of the late Dennis Joseph McClendon and the late Sarah Ann...
Rex C. Reeves
October 1, 2018
Mr. Rex C. Reeves, age 83, passed away on Monday, October 1, 2018, at his home in Americus.Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, October 4, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Ricky Smarr officiating. The family will receive friends between the hours of 10:00 & 11:00 AM on Thursday at the...
Tommy Lee Holt
September 21, 2018
Mr. Tommy Lee Holt, age 74, passed away on Friday, September 21, 2018 at Montezuma Health and Rehabilitation in Montezuma.All services and burial will be private.A native of Americus, he was born February 4, 1944, son of the late John Holt and the late Katie Lou Harris Holt. Mr. Holt was disabled since early childhood.He is survived by one brother,...
James Ross "Jim" Littlefield, Sr.
September 15, 2018
James Ross "Jim" Littlefield, Sr., of Americus, passed away very peacefully early Saturday morning, September 15, 2018, at the Willson Hospice House in Albany, Ga. Jim was born November 28, 1933, in Newell, Charlton County, Ga. Jim was the son of Joseph Carnie and Eleanor Roberts Ross Littlefield, Jr. Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, September 22,...
Micky Harper Parker
September 11, 2018
Mrs. Micky Harper Parker, age 85, passed away on Tuesday afternoon, September 11, 2018, at Taylor County Health & Rehab in Butler. As was Mrs. Parker's request, all services will be private.Born August 18, 1933 in Americus, she was a daughter of the late W. M. Harper, Jr. and the late Grace Banner Harper. She worked in admissions at Methodist...
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