Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia
Robert M. Moore
April 22, 2015
Dr. Robert M. Moore, Sr., age 90, passed away on Wednesday afternoon, April 22, at his home in Americus. A musical celebration of his life is planned for 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 25, from Lee Street United Methodist Church. Born January 5, 1925 in Lake Worth, FL, he was a son of the late Murvale H. Moore and Mary...
Rebecca Burns Fretwell
April 20, 2015
Mrs. Rebecca Burns Fretwell, age 94, passed away on Monday afternoon, April 20, 2015, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, April 24, from the Martha McDonald Moore Memorial Chapel at Magnolia Manor. Pastor Lorenzo Hanna will officiate. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery in Moultrie. Friends may call on Friday at the...
Geneva Gerry Spencer
April 14, 2015
Ms. Geneva Gerry Spencer passed away on Monday afternoon, April 14, 2015, at her home in Carrollton, GA, surrounded by her loving family. Born January 8, 1936 in Newnan, GA, she was a daughter of the late Homer Reynolds and Ledella Bates Reynolds. Ms. Spencer was of the Christian faith, and was retired from work as a machine operator for...
John Winthrop Evans
April 10, 2015
Mr. John W. Evans, Sr., age 87, passed away on Friday morning, April 10, 2015, at his home in Americus. Funeral services, with military honors, are planned for 11:30 AM on Tuesday, April 14, from the committal pavilion at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, with Rev. Judith L. Kalom officiating. Mr. Evans, born April 23, 1927 in Utica, NY, was...
Jesse Hubert Greene
April 10, 2015
Jesse Hubert Greene of Americus died April 10, 2015 at Magnolia Manor. He had resided in Americus since 1967. Dr. Greene was born in Weston, Webster County, Georgia on December 8, 1919 to Jesse Walton Green and Susie Ethel Smith Green. He was in the last graduating class of Weston high school in 1935. He graduated from Berry College in...
Doris Wood Daniel
April 5, 2015
Mrs. Doris Wood Daniel, age 93, died on Sunday, April 5, 2015, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. She was a resident of Magnolia Manor. She was born on June 11, 1921, to the late Frank William Wood and Julia Estelle Barfield Wood. She was the widow of the late Joseph Daniel. Funeral services are planned 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April...
Richard Stephen Hanken
March 26, 2015
Mr. Richard Stephen Hanken, age 72, passed away on Thursday evening, March 26, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services, with military honors, are planned for 2:00 PM on Monday, March 30, from the committal pavilion at Andersonville National Historic Site, with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. Born October 9, 1942 in Worcester, Mass., he was a son of...
Robert "Ron" Abel Bradham
March 22, 2015
Robert "Ron" Abel Bradham, age 73, of Ellaville, passed away on Sunday, March 22, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. He was born June 17, 1941 in Dexter, MO, the son of Omar Bradham and Opal Lipe Bradham. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 24, from the graveside at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro....
William Murray Walters, Jr.
March 3, 2015
Dr. William Murray Walters, Jr., 71, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, NY. No funeral services are planned at this time. 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....
Mary Faye Thomas Dudley Powell
March 2, 2015
Mary Faye Thomas Dudley Powell passed away at 3:20 AM Monday, March 2. She was at peace, surrounded by family, and anticipating the greatest adventure of all, where she would be greeted with the peace that surpasses all human understanding and enveloped in the purest love. She did not want people to be sad for her loss, but to celebrate...
Jane Chappell Short
February 28, 2015
Mrs. Jane Chappell Short, 80, passed away shortly after noontime on Saturday, February 28, at Phoebe-Sumter Hospital. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, at Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Ron Perry officiating. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church following the service. Born September 9, 1934, she was...
Gerald Glanus Stokes
February 28, 2015
Mr. Gerald Glanus Stokes, 92, passed away on Saturday evening, February 28, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 3, from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery. Rev Betty Lou Miller will officiate. The family will receive friends on Tuesday morning, beginning at 10:00 AM, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427...
Jean Deloach
February 24, 2015
Ms. Jean DeLoach, 74, passed away on Tuesday morning, February 24, at Kindred Hospital in Atlanta. Services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 28, at Smithville United Methodist Church with Rev. Eddie Braswell officiating. Burial will follow in Smithville Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday beginning at 10:00 AM at Smithville United Methodist Church. Born December...
Elizabeth H. Miller
February 19, 2015
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Miller, 75, passed away on Thursday evening, February 19, at Wynfield Park Health & Rehabilitation in Albany. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 AM Saturday, March 7, in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Brooks Partain officiating. A private interment will be held at a later time in Riverside Cemetery...
Hazel Eloise Bass
February 13, 2015
Mrs. Hazel E. Bass, 93, passed away on Friday evening, February 13, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17, at Liberty Primitive Baptist Church, with Elder Tony Marshall officiating. Burial will follow at 3:00 PM in Mars Hill Cemetery in Calhoun County. The family will receive friends on Monday evening, February...
Julian Cromer
February 9, 2015
Mr. Julian Cromer, 88, passed away on Monday evening, February 9, at Perfect Care. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Thursday, February 12, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Rev. Andy Hines will officiate. Interment will be private. Born May 19, 1926 in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Clarence...
Laverne Mackin Comer
February 2, 2015
Mrs. Thelma LaVerne Mackin Comer of Magnolia Manor Nursing Center passed away February 2, 2015, just three days shy of her 103rd birthday. The older of two children, LaVerne was born in 1912 to Shivington and Lena Page Mackin of Lawrenceville, GA. She was the widow of former Butts County School Superintendent James Madison Lynwood Comer to whom she was...
Mary Earle Mackin
February 1, 2015
Miss Mary Earle Mackin, 88, passed away Sunday afternoon, February 1, 2015, at Magnolia Manor Nursing Center, just one day before her sister, Mrs. LaVerne Mackin Comer, passed away. A double visitation for the two of them will be conducted at Hancock Funeral Home from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2015, with graveside funeral services for...
Gordon Hunter, Jr.
January 29, 2015
Rev. Gordon A. Hunter, Jr., 94, died Thursday evening, January 29, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross following a brief illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 2, 2015, in the Mitchell Chapel at Baptist Village Retirement Communities. Graveside services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Rehoboth Baptist Church Cemetery....
Sara Evelyn Martin
January 28, 2015
Mrs. Sara Martin passed away on Wednesday evening, January 28, at Elysian Hospice in Keller, Texas. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 10:00 a.m. until noon on Saturday, February 7. Funeral services will be conducted that afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home with interment to follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Dr....
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