OBITUARIES

Recent Tift County Obituaries

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

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...

Mamie Ethel Walker

Mamie Ethel Walker

Apr 30, 2017

Mamie Ethel Collins Walker, 87, of Tifton died April 30, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held at 11am on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Brantley Seymore officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, May 2, 2017 from...

Jessie R. McLeod

Jessie R. McLeod

Apr 27, 2017

Jessie Ray McLeod, 79, of Tifton died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 4pm Sunday, April 30, 2017 at Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Elmer Golden and Rev. Kenneth Kicklighter officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 29 from 6-8 pm at...

Inez (Surber)  Walker

Inez (Surber) Walker

Apr 27, 2017

Inez Surber Walker, 87, of Enigma died Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Graveside services will be held on Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2:00pm in Turner Church Cemetery with Rev. Larry Cone officiating. The family will have a private visitation.

Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

Mrs. Walker was...

Joyce "Lea" (Manning)  Hunnicutt

Joyce "Lea" (Manning) Hunnicutt

Apr 24, 2017

Joyce “Lea” Manning Hunnicutt, 71, of Tifton, died Monday, April 24, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 27 at 2pm at Albritton Funeral Directors in the chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Lawson officiating. Interment will follow at Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on...

Mary Ella (Wilson)  Gilbert

Mary Ella (Wilson) Gilbert

Apr 16, 2017

Mary Ella Gilbert, 87, of Tifton died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Albritton Funeral Directors chapel with Rev. Rocky Carrington officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 6-8 pm at...

Peggy Elaine Mathis

Peggy Elaine Mathis

Apr 16, 2017

Peggy Elaine Mathis, 67, of Tifton died Sunday, April 16, 2017 at the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at Brookfield Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Cadwell and Rev. Randy Mosley officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family...

Jose Villatoro Solis

Jose Villatoro Solis

Apr 9, 2017

Jose L. Villatoro Solis, 56, of Tifton, died April 9, 2017 in Pearson, Georgia.

Prentice Marshall "Buddy" Horn, Jr.

Prentice Marshall "Buddy" Horn, Jr.

Apr 9, 2017

Prentice Marshall “Buddy” Horn, Jr., 68, of Tifton died Sunday, April 9, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 12 from 5-7 pm at the funeral home. A private family interment will be held at a later date.

Mr. Horn was born on...

Monroe Felton Carr

Monroe Felton Carr

Apr 8, 2017

Mr. Monroe Felton Carr, of Newnan, formerly of Tifton, passed away at his residence on April 8, 2017.  He was born in Irwin County to the late Jackson and Artie Carr.  In addition to his parents, Mr. Carr is preceded in death by his brothers Dalton Carr and J.B. Carr.  Mr. Carr served his country with honor in...