OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Americus, Sumter County, Georgia

Frances Delores Chappell

Frances Delores Chappell

June 18, 2023

Mrs. Frances Delores Chappell, age 84, passed away on Sunday, June 18, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Born January 10, 1939 in Center Point in Webster County, she was a daughter of the late Edmund Dillard and the late Lois Black Dillard. Mrs. Chappell was a homemaker, a loving wife and mother, and attended the University of Georgia. She...

Patsy Ruth Short Medlock

Patsy Ruth Short Medlock

June 11, 2023

Mrs. Patsy Ruth Short Medlock, age 85, passed away on June 11, 2023 at her beloved home in Plains, Georgia. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, June 17, at Hebron Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Eubanks, Rev. Josh Speir, and Rev. Patrick Taylor officiating with Jen Buchanan and Mike English providing musical accompaniment. Interment will follow in...

Julio Cesar Rueda Marin

Julio Cesar Rueda Marin

May 24, 2023

Julio César Rueda Marín, the eldest of five siblings from the marriage of Santiago Rueda-Hernández and Margarita Marín de Rueda. Julio was born in Mexico City, D. F. on December 28, 1969. Years later his parents moved the family to the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Julio studied at the Tecnologico de Matamoros studying Mechanical Engineering. Later he moved to Mexico...

Jeanne Davis Wilson

Jeanne Davis Wilson

May 17, 2023

Jeanne Davis Wilson, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, May 16, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. A memorial service is planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, May 20, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee Street. Born February 24, 1943 in Miami, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Mary Elise and Andrew Joseph Davis....

Robert "Bob" Johnston Ledbetter

Robert "Bob" Johnston Ledbetter

April 27, 2023

Mr. Robert "Bob" Johnston Ledbetter, age 64, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 29, at Calvary Episcopal Church with Father Richard Nelson officiating. Interment will be private in Calvary Episcopal Church Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends on Saturday following the services in the Lawrence Parish Hall at Calvary...

Helen Prickett Hawkins

Helen Prickett Hawkins

April 21, 2023

Mrs. Helen Prickett Hawkins, age 96, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Born November 30, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Loy Prickett and the late Mae King Prickett. She was a home maker and a member of Salem United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...

Elizabeth Buchanan Filbey

Elizabeth Buchanan Filbey

April 19, 2023

Mrs. Elizabeth Buchanan Filbey, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 at her home in Americus Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Friday, April 28, at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Daryl Brown officiating. Interment will be private. A visitation will be held on Thursday, April 27, at Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St.,...

Ronnie Lee Ranew

Ronnie Lee Ranew

April 15, 2023

Mr. Ronnie Lee Ranew, age 67, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 6:00 PM on Thursday, April 27, at Saint John's Anglican Church with Rev. Jim Barton, Rector, officiating. The family will receive friends following the services. Born November 5, 1955 in Americus, he was the only child of...

Paul Ernest Preskitt

Paul Ernest Preskitt

April 11, 2023

Mr. Paul Ernest Preskitt, age 90, passed away on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services with full military honors are planned for 2:00 PM on Friday, April 14, from the graveside at Oak Grove Cemetery, with Mr. Gordon Duff officiating. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: London Bass, Preskitt Castleberry, Cole Bell,...

Lila Ruth Spires Howard

Lila Ruth Spires Howard

April 9, 2023

Lila Ruth Spires Howard passed away April 9, 2023, at the age of 89. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, April 13, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St. with Sister Mandy Fuller Barr officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 12, at Hancock Funeral...

Rose Ann Arnett Dupree

Rose Ann Arnett Dupree

April 8, 2023

Mrs. Rose Ann Arnett Dupree, age 88, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at her home in the Gardens of Calvary in Columbus. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Tuesday, April 11, at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Bryan Myers officiating. Interment will follow in Concord Cemetery. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: Melvin...

Larry Douglas "Doug" Dinsmore

Larry Douglas "Doug" Dinsmore

April 5, 2023

Mr. Larry Douglas "Doug" Dinsmore, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Friday, April 7, from the chapel of Hancock Funeral Home, 427 S. Lee St., with Rev. Jim English officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. The following gentlemen are asked to serve...

William Johnson Freeman

William Johnson Freeman

April 2, 2023

William Johnson Freeman, age 92, of Jacksonville, Florida, died on April 2, 2023 at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville. Mr. Freeman was born and raised in Sumter County. He was the son of Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Freeman, Sr. William attended New Era and Americus city schools, graduating in 1948. During his teen and early adult years, he worked at...

Daniel E. "Dan" Rhyne

Daniel E. "Dan" Rhyne

March 26, 2023

Mr. Daniel E. "Dan" Rhyne, age 96, passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at his home. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Thursday, March 30, from the graveside at Sunset Memorial Gardens, with Rev. Daryl Brown officiating, and grandsons serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, March 29, between the hours of 6:00...

Earnest Earl Gammage, Jr.

Earnest Earl Gammage, Jr.

March 26, 2023

Mr. Earnest Earl "Cutter" Gammage, Jr., age 92, passed away on Sunday evening, March 26, 2023, at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Funeral services are planned for 11:00 AM on Saturday, April 1 at Central Baptist Church with Dr. Bryan Myers officiating. The family will receive friends for one hour following services. Interment will be private. A native and life-long resident...

Carlise Peel Moncrief

Carlise Peel Moncrief

March 23, 2023

Mrs. Carlise Peel Moncrief, age 88, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023 in Leesburg, Georgia. Funeral services are planned for 2:00 PM on Saturday, March 25, in the chapel at First Baptist Church with Rev. Rusty Mauldin officiating. Grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. Members of the Camelettes Shriners' Ladies Auxiliary are asked to serve as honorary pallbearers. The family...

Marlene Sanders Dozier

Marlene Sanders Dozier

March 22, 2023

Mrs. Marlene Sanders Dozier, age 80, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services are planned for 3:00 PM on Friday, March 24, at Plains Baptist Church with Rev. Buck Kinney officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery. The following gentlemen are asked to serve as pallbearers: Robbie Welch, Linton Welch, Jimmy...

Sharon Denise Hargrove Mcleroy

Sharon Denise Hargrove Mcleroy

March 21, 2023

Sharon Denise Hargrove McLeRoy, age 62, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center. Born October 28, 1960 in Americus to Jerry Jean Hines Hargrove and the late Benjamin Sanford Hargrove, she graduated from Southland Academy in 1978. She married her husband, John Louis McLeRoy, on May 8, 1982 and they were married for 41...

Christopher Drowne Coakley

Christopher Drowne Coakley

March 18, 2023

Christopher Drowne Coakley was born September 27, 1964 in Portland, Maine and passed away March 18, 2023 in Americus, Georgia. Chris loved working in his garden, picking pecans, and most importantly, his family. He was, in his words, retired and loved every minute of it. Chris would do anything to help someone in need and was fiercely loyal to those...

Verna Gail Hamm Batts

Verna Gail Hamm Batts

March 14, 2023

Verna Gail Hamm Batts, 72, passed away March, 14, 2023 at her residence in Americus, Ga. Ms. Batts was born September 13, 1950 in Macon, Ga. to Vernon L. Hamm & Claire Dickens Hamm where she graduated from McEvoy High School in 1968. She was preceded in death by her parents & older sister, Melba Hamm Parker. She is survived...

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