Obituaries

Mar 15, 2025

Celebration of Life Services are set to be held Saturday, March 22, 2025, at 1PM. Location: St. John CME – 504 College Street Gordon, GA 31031. The family will receive guests March 19-21 from 5:00PM - 8:00 PM at 140 Harberson-Walker Road Gordon, GA 31031.

Dearly beloved, Betty Jean Boyd, 73, of Gordon, GA was born to the parentage of the...

Feb 24, 2025

Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Carolyn M. Snead will be held Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 11:00AM. Location: Fountain Grove AME Church 2137 Asbell Road Irwinton, Georgia. Interment will follow at Lewis Cemetery. Rev. Sandra Simmons will serve as eulogist. 

Carolyn Stewart Snead, age 78, of McIntyre, Georgia passed away peacefully after an extended battle with cancer. She was born...

Feb 4, 2025

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Roy T. Baker will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025, at 2:00PM. Location: Fountain Grove AME Church 2137 Asbell Road – McIntyre, Georgia. Presiding Elder Reverend Kimberly McMichael will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Lewis Family Cemetery 134 Dedrick Road – Irwinton, Georgia.

With a heart full of love and a life well-lived,...

Jan 27, 2025

Celebration of Life Services for Ms. Helen Marie Whipple, known as "Ree" to many will be held Saturday, February 1, 2025 at 11:00AM. Location: Brundage Mt. Baptist Church 235 Vinson Road - McIntyre, Georgia. Dr. Wille L. Batts will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Ms. Helen Marie “Ree” Whipple was born in McIntyre, GA to the...

Jan 19, 2025

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Eddie Joe Whipple will be held Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 12:00PM. Location: Wilkinson County High School Auditorium 11481 GA Hwy 57 McIntyre, Georgia. Interment will follow at Cannon Quarters Cemetery – Toomboro, Georgia. Pastor Ernest Whipple will serve as eulogist. 

Eddie Joe Whipple was born on December 17, 1957, in Toomsboro GA to Joseph...

Dec 29, 2024

When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like the sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou has taught me say, "It is well, it is well with my soul."

Mr. David L. Marshall, 61, of Milledgeville, Georgia passed Sunday, December 29, 2024 at Piedmont Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. 

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Dec 26, 2024

Javis Jawon Boyd was born on May 22, 2001, to Travis Bishop and Lakisha Boyd in Macon, GA. He resided in Irwinton, GA until his unexpected transition on December 26, 2024. Javis is preceded in death by his loving grandmother,Ethel Mae Bishop and uncle, Michael Terrell Jackson.

Javis attended Wilkinson County High School in McIntyre, Georgia, as a graduate of the...

Dec 24, 2024

When peace like a river attendeth my way; when sorrows like a sea billows roll; whatever my lot; it has taught me to say; "It is well, It is well with my soul."

Mr. Armsted Lowe, Jr., of Gordon, Georgia was called into eternal rest Tuesday, December 24, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later. 

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Dec 19, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Reginald "Reggie" Smith will be held Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at 1:00PM. Location: Wilkinson County High School Auditorium 11481 GA-57 McIntyre, Georgia 31054. Rev. Eddie D. Smith will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Parker Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.

On Thursday, December 19, 2024, Mr. Reginald Gerard Smith was called to rest. Mr....

Dec 13, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Naomi Howell, will be held Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Dixion Temple COGIC 104 Jefferson Street Toomsboro, Georgia. Elder Enoch Dumas will officiate. Interment will follow at Cannon Quarters Cemetery - Toomsboro. 

Public Viewing will be held Friday, December 20, 2024 from 11:00AM-7:00PM.

Family will receive friends at the home of her daughter,...

Dec 10, 2024

When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well, with my soul."

Funeral Services for Mr. Elliott Carswell will be held Monday, December 16, 2024, at 12:00 Noon at Union Hill Baptist Church Old Balls-Ferry Road, Toomsboro, Georgia. Pastor Warren Harris...

Dec 9, 2024

When peace like a river attendeth my way, when sorrows like sea billows roll; whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say, "It is well, it is well with my soul."

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Javoris T. Lawrence will be held Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 11:00AM. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church 122 Hooks Street Gordon, Georgia. Dr. Kendrick...

Oct 18, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Derrick Tyrone Taylor, Sr. will be held Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 1:00PM at Shiloh First Baptist Church 122 Hooks Street Gordon, Georgia. Pastor Kendrick K. Mack will serve as eulogist. Interment will be held Monday, October 28, 2024 at 1:00PM at Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery 2617 Vinson Highway Milledgeville, Georgia.

Brother Derrick “DT” Taylor,...

Jun 27, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Willie Lee Williams, Jr. will be held Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 1:00PM. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church 122 Hooks Street – Gordon, Georgia. Minister Willie L. Williams, III will serve as eulogist. Interment will be private. 

Willie was born February 6, 1964 to the late Mr. Willie Lee Williams Sr. and Mrs. Rosetta (Williams) Harris....

Jun 25, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Jason B. Lawrence will be held Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 11:00AM. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church 122 Hooks Street – Gordon, Georgia. Pastor Kendrick K. Mack will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery – Gordon.

 Jason Bernard Lawrence, was born the 8th child of the late Tommie Lee and Catherine (Pearl) Lawrence...

Jun 4, 2024

Funeral Services for Mrs. Lisa Woodard will be held Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 3:00PM. Location: New Liberty Baptist Church 120 Jefferson Street – Toomsboro. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery – Gordon. Rev. David G. Flowers will serve as eulogist. 

Lisa Wytina Porter Woodard was born February 22, 1965, to the parentage of Linda Braswell and Willie D. Porter,...

Apr 3, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mr. Adrian Jones will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 2:00PM. Location: Springhill CME Church - Asbury Church Road - Gordon. Bishop Dexter Lamar will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Ramah Cemetery - Gordon. Adrain Le'Kendrick Jones was born August 13, 2007 in Macon, Georgia to Kimberly Jones and Kendrick Shinholster. Adrian...

Apr 2, 2024

Celebration of Life Services for Mrs. Emmie Jean Bass will be held Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at 1:00PM. Location: St. John CME Church 504 College Street Gordon, Georgia. Pastor William Horne will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery - Gordon, Georgia.

Emmie was born April 15, 1954 to John Henry Jackson and Willie Mae Burke in Macon,...

Mar 4, 2024

Funeral Services for Mrs. Sheila Marie Porter Solomon will be held Saturday, March 9, 2024 at 11:00AM. Location: Shiloh Baptist Church 122 Hooks Street – Gordon, Georgia. Pastor Kendrick K. Mack will serve as eulogist. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Sheila Porter Solomon was born May 23, 1972 to the parentage of Linda Braswell and Willie D. Porter,...

Feb 21, 2024