OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia

Ruby Josephine Richardson

Ruby Josephine Richardson

July 11, 2012

Mrs. Ruby Josephine Richardson, age 73, died at her residence on Tulip Drive near Americus on Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Visitation will be conducted from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 16, at Hancock Funeral Home. Memorial services will follow at 2:00 p.m. in the cemetery at Andersonville National Historic Site. Friends are invited at other times to...

Agnes Hansen Parker

Agnes Hansen Parker

July 8, 2012

Agnes Hansen Parker, 97, of Highland View, FL, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012 in Tallahassee as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 14, 2012 from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Parker was a wonderful mother and homemaker who, when younger, did her...

Cora L. Banks

Cora L. Banks

July 6, 2012

Mrs. Cora Augustine LaPointe Banks, 80, passed away Friday afternoon, July 6, 2012, at her residence in Americus. A funeral mass is planned for Monday, July 9, 2012, at 10:00 AM at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Father Clif Marquis will officiate. A visitation will be held Sunday evening, July 8, 2012, at Hancock...

John Edward Parker

John Edward Parker

July 5, 2012

John E. Parker, 65, of Highland View, FL, passed away Thursday, July 5, 2012 in Apalachicola, FL as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 14, 2012 from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Mr. Parker served in the US Air Force, and trained in Hurlbut...

James Leon Jordan

James Leon Jordan

July 4, 2012

Mr. James L. Jordan, 93, of Americus, passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 4, 2012, in Winder, GA. Funeral services are planned for Sunday, July 8, 2012, at 2:00 PM at Central Baptist Church. Rev. Hugh DeLoach and Dr. Bryan Myers will officiate. Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held Saturday evening, July 7, 2012, between...

Jay Williams

Jay Williams

June 30, 2012

John O. Williams, Jr. (Jay), (age 31) born July 11, 1980, died Saturday, June 30th due to injuries from a fall. Jay was a graduate of Georgia Southwestern State University with a degree in Exercise Science. He worked with the family peanut business, Williams Warehouse, in Plains, GA. Jay was an avid sports enthusiast. He loved to run, climb, bike...

Mildred Carlton Albritton

Mildred Carlton Albritton

June 28, 2012

Mrs. Mildred Starling Carlton Albritton, 86, 2001 South Lee Street, Americus, passed away on Thursday morning, June 28, 2012, in Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment, without ceremony, will follow in the church cemetery. Grandsons will serve as active pallbearers, and members of the Dorcas...

Frank J. Cardamone, Sr.

Frank J. Cardamone, Sr.

June 14, 2012

Doing it “My Way”, as the old Frank Sinatra hit recording that he loved so much put it, Frank J. Cardamone Sr. lived a wonderful life filled with family and friends, a life that ended peacefully June 14, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ. Frank J. Cardamone, Sr. was born October 31, 1919, in Barrack Ville, West Virginia. He was a son...

Richard Angelo Cobb

Richard Angelo Cobb

June 14, 2012

Officer Richard Angelo Cobb, 37, of W Glessner St. in Americus, passed away Thursday morning, June 14, 2012, while on patrol with the Oglethorpe Police Dept. Funeral services are planned for Monday, June 18, 2012, at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. A private interment will follow in Arlington Park Cemetery in Jacksonville,...

Evan Augustine Castro

Evan Augustine Castro

June 11, 2012

Evan Augustine Castro, the infant son of Augustine and Tasmin Castro of Preston, died at birth on June 11, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church at a time to be announced later. To sign our online guestbook or express your condolences, please visit www.hancockfuneralhomeinc.com Hancock Funeral Home,...

Calvin T. Williams

Calvin T. Williams

June 9, 2012

Mr. Calvin T. Williams, 74, passed away Saturday evening, June 9, 2012, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday, June 12, at 11:00 AM from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held Monday evening, June 11, between the hours of 5:00 & 7:00 PM at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St....

Walter Guy Spann

Walter Guy Spann

June 9, 2012

Walter Guy Spann, 87, of Plains died Saturday, June 9, 2012. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 12 at Lebanon Cemetery in Plains with Dr. Dan Ariail officiating. The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, and at other times at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Short near...

Don William Gay

Don William Gay

June 1, 2012

Mr. Don William Gay, 71, of Americus, passed away Friday evening, June 1, 2012, at Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, GA. Funeral services are planned for 1:00 PM Tuesday, June 5, 2012 from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. Interment, with military honors, will follow at Andersonville National Cemetery. A visitation will be held...

William Raymond Shutters

William Raymond Shutters

May 31, 2012

Mr. William Raymond Shutters, 74, of Americus, passed away Thursday morning, May 31, 2012 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services with military honors are planned for 2:00 PM Monday, June 4, 2012 from the committal shelter at Andersonville National Cemetery. Chaplain Todd Wainman will officiate. A visitation will be held Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Hancock Funeral Home, 427...

Ercelle Williams Blackmon

Ercelle Williams Blackmon

May 22, 2012

Mrs. Ercelle W. Blackmon, 99, passed away Tuesday morning, May 22, 2012, at McGraw Center for Caring in Jacksonville, FL. Funeral services are planned for Saturday, May 26, 2012, at 11:00 AM from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Rev. Bill Dupree will officiate. A visitation will be held directly preceding the funeral at the cemetery, beginning at 10:30 AM....

Marjorie Allen Stokes Hodges

Marjorie Allen Stokes Hodges

May 10, 2012

Mrs. Marjorie Hodges, age 70, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2012, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, AL. Funeral services will be held Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 3:00 PM graveside at the Hodges Family Cemetery on Old Stage Rd. in Andersonville. Rev. Chet Ragsdale will officiate. The family will receive friends a short time after the service at the cemetery....

Larry Alton Perry

Larry Alton Perry

May 5, 2012

Larry Alton Perry, 67, of 1137 US Highway 280, East, Americus, GA, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, May 5, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 7, at Lee Street United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The Reverend Matthew Stewart & The Reverend Larry Roberts will...

Zelma Tucker Vissage

Zelma Tucker Vissage

May 1, 2012

Mrs. Zelma Tucker Vissage of Brunswick, GA, died due to declining health early Tuesday morning, May 1, 2012, at her son's home in Brunswick, GA. Mrs. Vissage was born in LaGrange, GA to Claude and Ophelia Twilley Tucker, and grew up in Macon, GA where she attended Lanier High School and Mercer University. She moved to Americus in 1951 where...

Pauline White Ryle

Pauline White Ryle

April 22, 2012

Mrs. Pauline Alley White Ryle, 97, of Piney Woods Drive at Magnolia Manor, passed away very unexpectedly Sunday morning, April 22, at her home. Funeral services were held on Friday, April 27, at 2:00 PM from the graveside at Bellview Cemetery in Boone County, Kentucky. Rev. Frank Oden officiated. A Celebration of Life will be held from 6:30 until 8:00...

Virginia Williams

Virginia Williams

April 20, 2012

Mrs. Virginia Williams of 304 Church St., Plains, GA, died on April 20, 2012 at her home at the age of 88 years old. Virginia was born in Marion County, Georgia, on a farm known as the "Rees Place" on November 25, 1923. She moved with her family to the Plains area in 1934. Her parents were Ernest W. and...

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