OBITUARIES

Recent Tift County Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Tifton, GA, Tift County & Surrounding Areas

Sarah Ann Ponder

Sarah Ann Ponder

Oct 24, 2016

Mrs. Sarah Ann Tucker Ponder, 92, of Omega, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, October 24, 2016.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Omega United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery.  The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at...

Thelma Parker Cooper

Thelma Parker Cooper

Oct 21, 2016

Thelma Parker Cooper, 77, of TyTy died Friday, October 21, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, October 24, 2016 at Albritton Funeral Director’s chapel with Larry Stewart officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 23,...

Larry Rex Clark

Larry Rex Clark

Oct 19, 2016

Larry Rex Clark, 57, of Tifton, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Albritton Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Vernon Hughes and Rev. Raiford Walker officiating. Interment will follow at Summers Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday,...

Jack Ernest Keith

Jack Ernest Keith

Oct 15, 2016

Jack Ernest Keith, 71, of Omega passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at his residence.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 2:00 PM in the chapel at Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Benjy Varnell officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 6-8 PM at...

David James Tawzer

David James Tawzer

Oct 10, 2016

David James Tawzer, 64, of Tifton died Monday, October 10, 2016 at his residence.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM at Albritton Funeral Director's chapel with the Rev. Josh Campbell officiating. Interment will follow at Wayside Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 12,...

Verna Laverne (Wilson)  Willis

Verna Laverne (Wilson) Willis

Oct 5, 2016

Verna Laverne Wilson Willis, 85, of Tifton died October 05, 2016 at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.

Graveside service will be held on Sunday, October 09, 2016 at 2:00 PM at TyTy Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Elder Buck Wood officiating.

The deacons of the local Primitive Baptist Churches will...

Franklin Jessie Bodiford

Franklin Jessie Bodiford

Oct 2, 2016

Franklin Jessie Bodiford, 79, of Tifton, died at his residence on October 02, 2016.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, October 05, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Northside Baptist Church with Rev. Jay Shingler, Dr. Fred Evers, and Rev. Charles Parker officiating. Interment will follow at Snowridge Cemetery 345 Snowridge Road Ashburn Georgia. The...

Christopher Michael Milsap

Christopher Michael Milsap

Sep 30, 2016

Christopher Michael Milsap, age 33, of Fort Myers, passed away on September 30, 2016.

He is survived by his parents, Douglas E. Milsap and Virginia A. Franklin Milsap; his sister, Michelle L. Ramsey, her husband, Matthew and children Olivia and Emma Grace; his grandmother, Cleon Franklin; his fiancé Val Seeley. Christopher is survived by...

Leroy Glenn Jordan

Leroy Glenn Jordan

Sep 29, 2016

Leroy Glenn Jordan, 73, of Tifton, died Thursday, September 29, 2016 at his residence.

Funeral Services will be held Monday, October 03, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Albritton Funeral Directors in the Chapel with Rev. Mark Hancock and Rev. Josh Gill officiating. Interment will follow at Macedonia Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

Tinna Diane Webb

Tinna Diane Webb

Sep 29, 2016

Tinna Diane Webb, 37, of Tifton died Thursday, September 29, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral Services will be held Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Albritton Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. John Thomas officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 1,...

Paul Randall McLemore

Paul Randall McLemore

Sep 27, 2016

Paul Randall McLemore, 72, of Tifton, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Pruitt HealthCare in Sylvester.

Funeral Services will be held Friday, September 30, 2016, at 2:00 PM in the Chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with the Rev. Greg Love and Rev. Lance Sumner officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family...

Geraldine Nutt Beggs

Geraldine Nutt Beggs

Sep 27, 2016

Geraldine Nutt Beggs, 92, of Tifton died Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at her residence.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Albritton Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Hank House and Rev. Benjy Varnell officiating. A private interment will be at a later date at Tift Memorial...

Arthur Lee Manning

Arthur Lee Manning

Sep 26, 2016

Mr. Arthur Lee Manning, age 76, of Jonesboro, Georgia, passed away on September 26, 2016.

Mr. Manning is survived by his wife, Louise; children, Carl (Glenda) Manning of Hampton, Mike Manning of Zebulon, Elaine Johnson of Maryland, Sue (David) Whitefield of Locust Grove; siblings, Lamar (Corky) Manning of Tifton, Erma (Jim) Barnett of Tifton,...

Connie W. Johnson

Connie W. Johnson

Sep 21, 2016

Connie W. Johnson, 63, of Chula, died on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Albritton Funeral Directors Chapel with the Rev. Tim Henry officiating. The family will receive friends at 12:30-1:30 PM on Sunday before the...

James Colones Livingston

James Colones Livingston

Sep 19, 2016

James Colones Livingston, 84, of Tifton died at his residence surrounded by his family on Monday, September 19, 2016.

A celebration of life service will be held in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, September 24, 2016 with the Rev. Landon Alberson officiating. A private family burial will be...

Ernestine W. Cosper

Ernestine W. Cosper

Sep 16, 2016

Ernestine Cosper, 75, of Tifton Georgia went to be with her Lord, on September 16,, 2016. She passed peacefully while in the Ocilla Hospital.

A graveside service will be held Sunday, September 18, 2016, at 3:00 P.M. at Turner Church Cemetery with the Rev. Terrell Roberts officiating. The family will receive friends on Sunday...

Diane Thompson

Diane Thompson

Sep 16, 2016

Gloria Diane Thompson, 68, of Sycamore, died Friday, September 16, 2016 at her residence.

Funeral Services will be held Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 3:00 P.M. at Waterloo Baptist Church with Dr. Jeff Pangle, Rev. Landon Alberson and Rev. Tracy Clements officiating. Interment will follow at Waterloo Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive...

Joshua Trey Dennard

Joshua Trey Dennard

Sep 14, 2016

Joshua Trey Dennard, 18, of Tifton, died at his residence on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2016 at 3 P.M. at Journey Church with the Pastor Ronnie Foster and Pastor Benjie Rowland officiating.  Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery.  The family will receive friends...

Theodore A. Wilson

Theodore A. Wilson

Sep 12, 2016

Theodore Wilson, 79, of Tifton died September 12, 2016 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mr. Wilson was a truck driver for the United States Parcel Service for many years. He is survived by his son, John Wilson of Ocala, Fla.

Filipino Macias Martinez

Filipino Macias Martinez

Sep 8, 2016

Filipino Marcias Martiniez, 63, of Enigma, died Friday, September 08, 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center. A Memorial Mass service will be held on Monday, September 12, 2016 at Our Divine Saviour Church in Tifton at 4:00 PM. with the Father Justin Ferguson officiating.

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