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Randy PeavyMr. Randy Peavy, age 69 of Meadows Drive in Sandersville passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at his ...
09/03/2026

Randy Peavy

Mr. Randy Peavy, age 69 of Meadows Drive in Sandersville passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at his residence. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Union Baptist Church in Warthen with burial following in the church cemetery. Reverend Bobby Jackson will officiate, and pallbearers will be Fred Peavy, Chris Peavy, Rusty Sanders, Ralph Todd, Cecil Davis, and Eric Thompson. The family will receive friends from 10:00...

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Diane Rowell TaylorMrs. Diane R. Taylor, age 83, of Davisboro, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2026. A memorial servic...
08/20/2026

Diane Rowell Taylor

Mrs. Diane R. Taylor, age 83, of Davisboro, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2026. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held Saturday, August 22, at 2:00 p.m. at Davisboro United Methodist Church, with Reverend Jay Reppert and Reverend Ron Dixon officiating. The family will receive friends, Saturday from 12:00 noon until 1:30 p.m. at the Taylor home on North Main Street in Davisboro. Diane was born and raised in Thomaston, Georgia, the daughter of the late Jacob McKenzie...

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Mary Grace Averett KayMrs. Mary Grace Kay, age 87, of West 2nd Ave in Sandersville passed away peacefully at her home on...
08/18/2026

Mary Grace Averett Kay

Mrs. Mary Grace Kay, age 87, of West 2nd Ave in Sandersville passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Friday, August 21st at 11:00 a.m. at Sandersville Methodist Church. Reverend Jared Middleton and Reverend Jimmy Cason will officiate. Mrs. Kay’s family will greet friends prior to the memorial service beginning at 10:00 in Heritage Hall at the church. Mary Grace was born January 6,1939 in Gainesville,...

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Jessie Elizabeth CochranJessie Elizabeth Cochran, age 63, of Midville passed away on Monday, August 17th following an ex...
08/18/2026

Jessie Elizabeth Cochran

Jessie Elizabeth Cochran, age 63, of Midville passed away on Monday, August 17th following an extended illness. A graveside memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Thursday, August 20th at 11:00 a.m. in Zeta Cemetery, in Tennille. Reverend Randy Carnley will officiate. Her family will receive friends following the graveside service. Jessie was born and raised in Washington County, daughter of the late Wilbur Jessie Tompkins and the late Ida Elizabeth Sellars. She began her working career in...

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Doris Bridges Renfroe DixonMrs. Doris Bridges Renfroe Dixon, age 91 of Tennille, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2026,...
08/15/2026

Doris Bridges Renfroe Dixon

Mrs. Doris Bridges Renfroe Dixon, age 91 of Tennille, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Washington County Extended Care Facility following an extended illness. A funeral service to celebrate her life will be held on Monday, August 17, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Eddie Wiggins officiating. Burial will be private. The family will greet friends on Monday, from 12 noon until the hour of service at the funeral home....

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Bertha Arnett VanSlykeMrs. Bertha VanSlyke, age 91 of Warthen, Georgia, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, Augus...
08/13/2026

Bertha Arnett VanSlyke

Mrs. Bertha VanSlyke, age 91 of Warthen, Georgia, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. A graveside memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Monday, August 17th at 11:00 a.m. at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery on Hamburg State Park Road. Reverend Willie Marion and Reverend Lee Lacey will officiate. Bertha Marie Arnett was born and reared in Bloomington, Indianna where she graduated salutatorian of Bloomington High School. She married soon after high school...

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Gordon David Screws, JrMr. Gordon David Screws Jr., age 84, of Stapelton, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2026, at his r...
08/10/2026

Gordon David Screws, Jr

Mr. Gordon David Screws Jr., age 84, of Stapelton, passed away Saturday, August 8, 2026, at his residence. A funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, August 14th at 11:00 a.m. in May and Smith Funeral Home with burial to follow in Brownwood Cemetery in Sandersville. Reverend Jason Burton will officiate. Mr. Screws family will greet friends on Friday from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of service also at the funeral home. Gordon was born in Wrightsville...

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James "Jimmy" Hall Boatright, IIIBorn in Orangeburg, SC, Jimmy was raised in Washington County, GA, where he resided for...
08/07/2026

James "Jimmy" Hall Boatright, III

Born in Orangeburg, SC, Jimmy was raised in Washington County, GA, where he resided for 51 years and where his family traced their ancestors back to the 1700s. He grew up in Harrison and moved to Sandersville in 1957. As a youth he was active in the Boy Scouts, becoming an Eagle Scout and attending National and World Jamborees in the 1960s. A voracious reader and dedicated Georgia Bulldog fan from childhood, he instilled these passions in his children and...

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Velma Poss DaltonVelma Poss Dalton, 83, of Sandersville, Georgia, peacefully entered her heavenly home on Saturday, Augu...
08/04/2026

Velma Poss Dalton

Velma Poss Dalton, 83, of Sandersville, Georgia, peacefully entered her heavenly home on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at Wesley Woods Senior Living in Newnan. The family will receive friends on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home in Sandersville. Funeral services celebrating the life of Velma Dalton will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the May and Smith Funeral Home Chapel with Andy Yates officiating. Interment will follow at Brownwood Cemetery in...

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Sarah Welch HartleyAfter 104 years of joyous life, Sarah Welch Hartley peacefully passed away during the evening hours o...
07/29/2026

Sarah Welch Hartley

After 104 years of joyous life, Sarah Welch Hartley peacefully passed away during the evening hours of July 27, 2026, at Heritage Inn in Sandersville. Over her many years, “Grandma Hartley”, as she was called by those who loved her, witnessed a world that evolved and advanced around her; however, one thing never changed: her devotion to Christ. Sarah Elizabeth Welch was born in Downs, GA, on March 5, 1922, to Edmund Emanuel and Nora Renfroe Welch, the second of...

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