OBITUARIES

Recent Tift County Obituaries

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

Lucille L. Osborne

Lucille L. Osborne

Jul 17, 2017

Lucille L. Osborne, 84, of Tifton went home to be with the Lord on July 17, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 11am in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Chad Hall and Rev. Brian Allen officiating. Interment will follow at Tift...

Mary L. (Thompson)  Morris

Mary L. (Thompson) Morris

Jul 15, 2017

Tifton - Mary L. Morris, 88, of Tifton died Saturday, July 15, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. on Tuesday, July 18th in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Earl Steffans officiating.  Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery.  The family will receive friends 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. on Monday, July 17th at...

Christine (Adams)  Lovette

Christine (Adams) Lovette

Jul 11, 2017

Americus – Mrs. Christine Adams Lovette, 97, of Plains, formerly of Tifton, died Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus.

Graveside services and interment will be held Saturday, July 15, 2:00 P.M. in Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele.  The family will receive friends on Friday, July 14, 6:00- 8:00 P.M at Albritton Funeral Directors....

James Curtis Pearman

James Curtis Pearman

Jul 10, 2017

Tifton - James Curtis Pearman, 87 of Chula, died Monday, July 10, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Chula with Rev. Larry Layfield officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.  The Pearman family will receive friends at Albritton Funeral...

Wanda Sue (Bowen)  Bruner

Wanda Sue (Bowen) Bruner

Jul 9, 2017

Tifton – Wanda Sue Bowen Bruner, 63, of Sparks died Sunday, July 9, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

A private family celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Bruner was born in Tifton on June 20, 1954 to the late Willie Milford Bowen and Dorothy Nell Dotson Bowen Luke. She...

Wilma Jewell Harbin

Wilma Jewell Harbin

Jul 6, 2017

Wilma Jewell Hamilton Harbin, 87, of Tifton passed away Thursday, July 06, 2017 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 10, 2017 at 2:00 pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Jack Perrin and Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Entombment will follow at Tift...

Kenneth Hawkins

Kenneth Hawkins

Jun 23, 2017

Kenneth Wayne Hawkins, 64, of Tifton passed away Friday, June 23, 2017 at his home.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 26, 2017 at 11 am in Salem Baptist Church with Rev. Andy Ring officiating. Interment will follow at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. The Hawkins family will receive friends at...

Samuel Tyler Russell

Samuel Tyler Russell

Jun 21, 2017

Samuel Tyler Russell, 29, of Ray City passed away Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Clinch Memorial Hospital in Homerville.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2017 at 3pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Mike Hobbs and Rev. Mark Holloway officiating. A private interment will be held at...

Jeanette (North)  Smith

Jeanette (North) Smith

Jun 18, 2017

Jeanette North Smith (Zaruba), 77, of Sparks, previously of Brookfield, died Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 11am in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Shelton Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday,...

Ottis Stone

Ottis Stone

Jun 18, 2017

Ottis Stone, 77, of Enigma died Sunday, June 18, 2017 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 2pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Mark Stone and Rev. Kevin Stone officiating. Interment will follow at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church cemetery...

Bernice Davis Peavy

Bernice Davis Peavy

Jun 5, 2017

Bernice Davis Peavy, 60, of Tifton died Monday, June 5, 2017 at Heart of Georgia Hospice Inpatient in Perry.

Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Thursday, June 8, 2017 in Albritton Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Larry Layfield officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday...

Betty Carol (Jerkins)  Dean

Betty Carol (Jerkins) Dean

May 30, 2017

Betty Carol Jerkins Dean, 77, of Tifton died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Graveside service will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 at 2:00pm in Rose Hill Cemetery in Ashburn with Rev. Larry Dean officiating. The family will receive friends from 12-1:30pm on Friday, June 2, before the service...

Myrtle Grace (Paulk)  Cook

Myrtle Grace (Paulk) Cook

May 30, 2017

Myrtle Grace Paulk Willis Cook, 76, of Omega died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at 3:00 pm in the chapel at Albritton Funeral Directors. Interment will follow at Salem Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Terrell Roberts officiating.  The family will...

Lucy Vivian Brooks

Lucy Vivian Brooks

May 30, 2017

Lucy Vivian Brooks, 76, of Tifton died Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Graveside service will be held on Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 10:00 am in Paulk’s Chapel Cemetery with Rev. Doug Walls officiating. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 from 6-8 pm at Albritton Funeral...

Gaston Elton Barton

Gaston Elton Barton

May 24, 2017

Elder Gaston Elton Barton, 85, of Tifton died Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held May 28, 2017 at 3:00 PM in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. David Barton officiating. Interment will follow at Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Irwin county. The family will...

Sonya Jennifer (Hancock)  Vafias

Sonya Jennifer (Hancock) Vafias

May 22, 2017

Sonya Jennifer Hancock Vafias, 40, of Tifton died Tuesday, May 22, 2017 at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at 4:00pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Shirley Strawter, Rev. B.J. Funk and Rev. Gary Cadwell officiating. Interment will follow at Tift...

Dale Evans

Dale Evans

May 14, 2017

Frances Dale Evans, 70, of Lenox died Sunday, May 14, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 20th at 2pm in Pineview Holiness Baptist Church with Rev. Junior Morgan and Rev. Craig Nalls officiating. Interment will follow at Pineview Holiness Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, May 19th...

Robert C. Patterson

Robert C. Patterson

May 12, 2017

Mr. Robert Charles Patterson, 74, of Tifton, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, at Tift Regional Medical Center.  A private memorial service will be held at later date.

Born April 5, 1943 in South Bend, Indiana to the late Charles Williard and Lulu Pearl Samuels Patterson, he was a veteran of the United States Air Force and...

Patricia Ann Walker

Patricia Ann Walker

May 9, 2017

Patricia Ann Walker, 78, of Columbus, formerly of Tifton died Tuesday, May 09, 2017 in Columbus.

A private celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

Mrs. Walker was born April 24, 1939 in Clio Alabama to the late James Clarence Walker and Lovey Lucille Carpenter Walker. She was a retired social...

Leslie "Roger" Carr Sr.

Leslie "Roger" Carr Sr.

Apr 30, 2017

Leslie “Roger” Carr, Sr., of Jones County, passed away after a lengthy stay at a local hospital on April 30, 2017. Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2017 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., at Hart’s Mortuary Jones County Chapel. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 3, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., at Central Baptist Church, Gray, GA., with...