All Obituaries

Mrs. Elvia “Vita” Hernandez Melendez, 44, of Omega passed away Monday, January 25, 2021 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held Thursday, January 28, 2021 at 2:00 P.M. in Omega Cemetery with Rev. Mr. Steven Mancuso and Rev. Mr. Eric Windmoller officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. and the Rosary being prayed at 6:00 P.M. with Father Kevin O’Keefe officiating at the funeral home. Mrs....

  Ronnie Richard Ryles age 79, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021. Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 26, at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with Rev. T.J. Mauldin officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Ryles was born in Macon, Georgia on June 11, 1941 to William Levi Ryles and Daisy Quinn Ryles. He was a graduate of Warner Robins High School. He had made his home in Tifton for the past 10 years and worked for...

  Mrs. Polly Jolley Parnell, 90, of Cocoa Beach, Florida formerly of Tifton passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at her daughter’s residence.   Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 24, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Larry Daughtry officiating. Interment will follow in Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, January 23, 2021 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Michael Hocko, Cody Jolley,...

  Mrs. Sandra “Sandy” Warren Arrington, 64, of Tifton passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 4:30 P.M. in Tift Memorial Gardens with Rev. Greg Love officiating. Mrs. Arrington was born November 8, 1956 in Seymour, Indiana to the late David Max Warren and Virginia Mae Ward Warren. Mrs. Arrington was a member of CrossView Baptist Church of Tifton and employed with South Georgia...

  Mr. David Art Holden, 71, of Tifton passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 3:00 P.M. in Tift Memorial Gardens with Rev. Jerry Riggs officiating. Eulogy will be given by Jeff Dixon. Covid precautions have been requested by the family during the funeral service.  Mr. Holden was born October 2, 1949 in Colquitt County to the late Robert M. Holden and Beatrice Henderson Holden. In addition...

  Mrs. Laverne Willene Wright Partin, 82, of Waterloo Community passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia. Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. in Landmark Baptist Church Cemetery in Waterloo with Dr. Jeff Pangle and Rev. Donnie Wright officiating. Casey Joyner, Joe Wright, Adam Wright, Craig Harpe, Luke Walker, Chad Sutton and Jacob Joyner will serve as pallbearers. Mrs. Partin was born May 5, 1938 in...

  Mr. Donald Millar Macdonald, 96, passed away on January 12, 2021 at The Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.  Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 22, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors wtih military honors and Reverend Doctor Hugh B. Ward and Reverend Doctor C. Jarred Hammet, Jr. officiating. A direct burial will follow at 2:30 P.M. in Georgia Veterans Memorial Military Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was born in...

  Ruby Inez Johnson was born January 20, 1919, in Berrien county, Georgia and died on Saturday, January 16, 2021 at her son’s home in West Berrien.  She was the fourth of six children, and the daughter of the late Neal Edward and Mattie Drawdy Griner.  She is preceded in death by her husband, William Joseph Johnson and her oldest son Jerry William Johnson. A graveside funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:00 A.M. in Pine Grove Baptist Church...

Roger Dale Womack, 71, of Tifton passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Chula, GA with Rev. Aaron Frazier and Rev. Larry Layfield officiating. Brother Fleming and Mr. Womack’s sons will deliver eulogies. Due to Covid-19, all guests and attendees are requested to wear face masks and to maintain social distancing at all times. Jason Womack,...

    Michael Lance Smith, 56, of Americus passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at his residence. Michael was born August 25, 1964 in Tifton, Georgia, to Billy Hue Smith and Louise McBrayer Smith. He grew up in Tifton and Waycross, Georgia, and was a 1982 graduate of Ware County High School. Michael earned his Bachelors in Business Administration (Marketing) from Valdosta State University in 1987 and Masters in Religious Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological...