Mr. Franklin Ray (Bubba) Thurmond, Jr. 45 of 663 Brim Rd. in Sasser died May 13, 2008 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. The funeral service will be Thursday 11 AM at Kimbrell-Stern. Rev. Wesley Kaylor officiating. Interment will follow in Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Albany, Mr. Thurmond has lived in Sasser for the past four years. He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Albany, 19 81 gra duate of Westover High School and a graduate of St. Andrew’s ...

Melissa Gail Weaver Donley, 38, of Enigma died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Phoebe-Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, 2008, at Liberty Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Tucker and Rev. Gerald Purvis will officiate with burial to follow in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Donley was born on May 26, 1969 in Bainbrid...

Vivian Martin Blair, 48, of Tifton died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. at Brookfield Baptist Church. Rev. Gary Cadwell will officiate with burial to follow in Lawrence Cemetery. Deacons of Brookfield Baptist Church will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be employees of the Georgia Agrirama. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Ho...

Mr. Billy Storey, 76, of LaGrange, formerly of Albany, died Friday, May 9 , 2008 at Florence Hand Nursing Home in LaGrange. A memorial service will be held at the graveside at 4 PM Monday at Mt. Enon Church Cemetery in Mitchell County. The Rev. Chad Boyd will officiate. A native of Columbus, Mr. Storey had lived in Albany since 1961. Mr. Storey joined the United States Air Force and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict. He retired from the United Sta...

Dorothy Wylene Dixon Greene, 85, of Tifton died Friday, May 9, 2008, at her residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, 2008, in Tift Memorial Gardens. Dr. Bill Frye will officiate with burial to follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Saturday, May 10, 2008, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Mrs. Greene was born on April 23, 1923 in Berrien County and was the daughter of John N. Dixon and Fannie Sm...

Donnie Lee Dillard, 60, of Tifton died Friday, May 9, 2008, at Langdale Hospice Center in Valdosta. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 12, 2008, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Salone Green and Rev. N. C. Spradley will officiate with burial to follow in Salem Memorial Gardens. Steve Griffin, Andy Griffin, Alan Griffin, Jason Griffin, Doug Carter and Randy Dominque will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be nephews. The family will rece...

Mrs. Louise Mills, 82, of 323 Byron Plantation Road, died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Palmyra Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2008 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Albany, GA with interment to follow at Riverside Cemetery. The Very Rev. Mark Jones will officiate. Mrs. Mills was born March 14, 1926 in Paris, TX. After graduating from high school in Waco, TX, she went on to earn a teaching degree from Southwest Texas State Teachers Coll...

Ruth “Mama” Jones, 87 of Albany died Thursday, May 8, 2008. Her funeral service will be 11 AM, today, May 10, 2008, graveside at Floral Memory Gardens. Rev. Charles Jones will officiate. A native of Sylvester and a life long resident of Albany, Mrs. Jones was known as “Mama Jones” to hundreds of kids and parents attending to the activities of the Allison Skating Rink. She was a long time member of the Albany Gospel Chapel, and was an accountant for S&S Chemical and Albany P...

Jacqueline (Bunny) Champion, 62, of 1017 Pearson Rd., Worth County. died Thursday at her residence. Funeral service will be held Monday 11 AM at Crown Hill Cemetery with Rev. Michael A. McAfee and Rev. Ann Heinemann officiating. A native of Virginia, Mrs. Champion had lived in the Albany area for many years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church Survivors include her husband James P.(Jimmy) Champion, III, a daughter, Fran Sheffield and her husband Tony of Cairo , ...

Byron Richard Rice, 82, of Albany, died Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. His funeral service will be MONDAY 3 PM at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Revs. Nathan Godley and Nancy Scarbrough will officiate. The family will receive friends at Kimbrell-Stern on Monday prior to the service from 1:30-2:30 PM. A native of Vero Beach, FL, Mr. Rice had lived in Albany since 1965. He was a member of Porterfield Memorial United Methodist Church and served in the US Navy ...

Monty Latham, 55, of Cordele, formerly of Albany, died Thursday at Crisp Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be held Monday 1 PM at Kimbrell-Stern with Rev. Dorsia Atkinson Officiating. Interment Crown Hill Cemetery. A native of Albany, Monty was a member of the First United Methodist Church and attended Sunday School at First Baptist Church. He was a cook at McDonalds for several years and attended Happy House School for special needs children. He was ...

GYSGT, Edward Neal, 38, of Albany died April 30, 2008 in Miami, FL. His funeral service will be held Saturday May 10, 2008 3:00PM at Rhema Word International Church. Bishop Victor Powell will be officiating. Interment will be held at Crown Hill Cemetery with full military honors. A native Torrence, CA, Mr. Neal joined the United States Marine Corp. in 1991 where he was in Military Police and Physical Security. He served two tours in Iraq, and was stationed in Ari...

Veronica Kleeman (Bits) Sineath, 87, of Albany, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Bits was a member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. Bits enjoyed needlework, camping, and serving in various organizations in her church and community. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, James A. Sineath. Bits is survived by her daughter: Patty Murphy and husband John of Knoxville, TN; son: Buster Sineath and Jennifer LeClair of Lees...

Edward Lamar Powell, 89, of Hilton Head, South Carolina, formerly of Omega, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at Life Care Center of Hilton Head in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Omega Cemetery. Rev. Grant Abernathy will officiate with burial to follow in Omega Cemetery. Mr. Powell was born on October 25, 1918 in Tift County and was the son of Ed Lee Powell and Laura Averitt Powell, both deceased. He was also preceded i...

Mae Powell Pitts, 77, of Omega died Monday, May 5, 2008, st Santa Rosa Medical Center in Milton, Florida. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at Antioch Baptist Church in Colquitt County. Rev. Danny Smith, Rev. Wayne Boykin and Rev. Tom Studstill will officiate with burial to follow in Omega Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The women of Antioch Baptist Church in Colquitt County will serve as honorary pallbearers. The family will receive friends on ...