James Lafayette Clinkscales
Sep 3, 2022
James LaFayette Clinkscales passed away on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at the age of 57 at Flowers Hospital due to complications from heart surgery. Jim was the youngest son of the late Samuel Jefferson Clinkscales and Jean Davis Clinkscales. Jim was a lifelong resident of Blakely, GA. He was born on November 17, 1964. Jim graduated from Southwest Georgia Academy...
Charles Douglas Coss
Aug 31, 2022
Charles Douglas "Buddy" Coss was born November 27, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Charles A. and Mary Elizabeth (Baird) Coss. Buddy passed away August 31, 2022 at the age of 80 in his home in Edison, Georgia under hospice care. Buddy attended school in Nashville, Tennessee and graduated from Central High School. He also attended Lipscomb University. Buddy...
Joyce Giles Corbitt
Aug 30, 2022
Joyce Giles Corbitt of Charlotte, NC passed away Tuesday August 30, 2022 there will be a graveside service 2pm Saturday September 3, 2022 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery, Ft. Gaines ,GA
John Robert Moseley
Aug 27, 2022
John Robert Moseley, 71, of Blakely, died Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at his home on Hwy. 62. He was born in Blakely on October 11, 1950, son of the late Ben and Jewell Lane Moseley. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church. After graduating from high school, he married the late Stephanie Waller. He is survived by...
James "Jim" David George
Aug 20, 2022
James David George died after an extended illness on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 82 years of age. He was born in Blakely, GA on May 31, 1940, to Lloyd Lamar and Jeanette Tarver George. Jim later attended Blakely Union High School. After graduation, he studied at The University of Georgia where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in...
Jessie Mable Mcgriff
Aug 18, 2022
Jessie Mable McGriff of Blakely, GA passed away on August, 18, 2022 at Southeast Health, Dothan, AL. Mable was born September 30, 1940 in Early County GA to the late J. D. Peterson and Eunice Peterson. She was a member of While Plains Freewill Baptist Church in Lucile, GA. Other than her parents she was preceded in death by one...
Darice Alday Busby
Aug 16, 2022
Darice Busby, 79, of Blakely, died early Tuesday morning at Early County LifeBrite Nursing Home, Blakely, GA. She was born in Alliance, Florida and moved to Blakely, GA in 1960 where she met the love of her life, Donald "Pete" Busby. She and Pete were married for over 50 years and have three sons. She and Pete would plant a...
Bobby Craft
Jul 14, 2022
Bobby Craft, 61, of Blakely, GA, passed away Wednesday night after a long-fought battle with cancer, July 13, 2022, in a family home. His funeral will be held on Saturday July 16, 2022, at 10 a.m. at Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home, Blakely, GA with Danny Brewer officiating. Pallbearers include Craig Gordon, Dustin Land, Tommy Temples, Wendall Craft, Hardy Dollar,...
Dorothy White Hilton
Jul 8, 2022
Dorothy Hilton passed away at Early Memorial Nursing Home Friday, July 8, 2022. She was born on April 2, 1940 to the late Clyde White and Jinnie Owens White. She is survived by two daughters, Janice Cook and Sybil Norris, one son, Richard Hilton, all who loved her very much.
Inez White Bonner
Jul 6, 2022
Inez White Bonner of Arlington, GA passed away on July 6, 2022 at the age of 91 at Miller County Hospital in Colquitt, GA. She was an avid gardener and farmer all her life. Mrs. Bonner is survived by two sons-Leonard Bonner (Marion) of Bainbridge, GA; Michael Bonner (Joy) of Arlington, GA; one daughter Jane B Lovering (Randy) of Colquitt,...
Mary Anderson Bruner
Jul 4, 2022
Mary Anderson Bruner November 10, 1933- July 4, 2022 Mary Anderson Bruner peacefully passed away July 4,2022 at the age of eighty-eight. Born in Alma, Georgia to the late Wailey S. Anderson and the late Irene Elizabeth Medders Anderson. She was raised in Waycross, Georgia. She met the love of her life and husband, Gerald Bruner while both were serving...
James Dennis Kopkie
Jul 1, 2022
Posted as courtesy for Zeigler Funeral Home James Dennis ‘J.D.’ Kopkie, age 77, of Athens, passed away on Friday, July 1, 2022, at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. James was a native Battleground, WA and former resident of Blakely, GA before moving to McMinn County in 2018. He was the son of the late Ella Kopkie Canfield. He is also...
Patricia Ann Avery
Jun 29, 2022
Patricia A. Avery, 76, passed away peacefully on June 29th, 2022 at her residence. She was born March 30, 1946 to the late Hoyte and Elle Mae Ussery. There will be a visitation for family and friends at Manry Jordan Hodges Funeral Home, Thursday, June 30, 2022, from 5 PM until 7PM. A graveside service with be Friday, July 1,...
William Odell Welch
Jun 23, 2022
William Odell Welch, 79, of Blakely, GA, passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at home surrounded by his family. He was born on December 2, 1942, to Eunice Earl and Lannie Oakley Welch. He was the fifth of twelve children. Odell was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1964 and enjoyed regularly attending meetings at the local Kingdom...
Janette Watson Mcdonald
Jun 22, 2022
Jeanette Watson McDonald peacefully entered the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 surrounded in love by her family. Born September 21, 1935 to the late George and Addie Lou Floyd, Janette was raised in Early County. She was a graduate of Blakely Union High School where she met the man who her heart adored. In 1953, Janette...
Rosalyn Rimes Moberly
Jun 20, 2022
Rosalyn Moberly, 84, of Dothan, AL, died Monday, June 20, 2022 at Flowers Hospital after a short illness. Ms. Moberly was born in Blakely, GA, November 7, 1937, to the late Millard Rimes and Nettie White Rimes. She retired from the department store, J. C. Penney’s, after several years as a Retail Associate. She was preceded in death by her...
Olin Fletcher Thompson, Jr
Jun 15, 2022
Olin Fletcher Thompson, Jr. died after a short illness on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. He was 78. Born at home on January 24, 1944 to the late Mary Louise Wiley Thompson and Olin Fletcher Thompson Sr.; he was a lifelong resident of Blakely, GA. He was a graduate of Blakely High School and the University of Georgia. He was married...
Jerry Howard Smith
Jun 9, 2022
Jerry Howard Smith, 83, of Simpsonville, SC, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 9, 2022. He was at his home, surrounded by family. He was born in Baker County, Georgia, November 4, 1938, to the late Thomas Frederick and Emily Irene Thornton Smith. He farmed from the time he was big enough to reach the handles of...
Mack Ray Davis, Jr
Jun 2, 2022
Mack Ray Davis Jr, age 56, passed from this life Thursday, June 2, 2022. He was born in Dothan, AL, on February 19, 1966, to Mack Ray Davis Sr. and Wanda Sheffield Davis (Mashburn). Ray is preceded by: Mack Ray Davis Sr. (father), Olen B. Davis Sr. and Myrtie Mae Palmer, Wallace M. Sheffield and Sebie Lois Still (grandparents). He...
Gerry Michael Bennett
May 29, 2022
Not many people knew him as Gerry. His coworkers all called him Clone. The family always called him Mike. Gerry Michael Bennett was born on June 11,1956 in Macon, GA to the late Claude Monroe Bennett and Betty Faye Martin Bennett. Mike was a carpenter by trade for over forty years. Yep, he could build anything you wanted. His last...
