Jerrell Anthony Dyer was born September 9, 1942 in LaFayette, Georgia to the late Myra Kilgore Dyer and J.C. Dyer. From an early age, Mr. Dyer always showed a love for sports and the outdoors. One of his favorite past times when he was not at his local fishing spot was watching baseball. He was a huge fan of the...
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Sara Frances Mobley-Stewart, known to many as “Sis,” was born December 22, 1929 in the Chipley Community, now known as Pine Mountain, Georgia, the only girl of four children to the late Daisy Marie Prophitt-Mobley and Grady Mobley. She grew up in the Chipley Community before moving to Columbus in 1942, where she graduated from Baker High School. She married and became the mother...
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Willie James Smith was born June 24th, 1936 to the late Jesse Smith and Jessie Mae Cook-Smith. Mr. Smith was an all-around person. He helped any and every one even if they were broken down on the side of the road. He had plenty of jokes of all topics. He loved his checkers, domino’s, poker, and chess. He also loved...
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Robert Joseph Owen, age 89 of Peachtree City, passed away quietly on January 3, 2019 at the Georgia War Veteran’s Nursing Home in Augusta. He was born November 17, 1929 to coal-miner father, Floyd and mother, Rossie Burr in Palmer, TN. In October of 2015, he suffered a fall at home that left him completely disabled and bed-ridden. Prior to...
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HYLTON RICHARD PARKINSON JR. OBITUARY Hylton Richard Parkinson Jr., age 59, of Stone Mountain, Georgia passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta, GA after battling cancer. He was born on Friday, September 11, 1959, to Johnetta Leola Richardson-Parkinson and the late Hylton Richard Parkinson Sr., in Monrovia, Liberia. He attended St. Peter’s Lutheran...
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Ray Warner Dollar, 91, of Decatur, Georgia, was born in Grady County, Georgia, on January 9, 1927. He was the third child of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dollar. His two older siblings, William Herman Dollar and L. B. Dollar, preceded him in death. Ray attended Cairo High School where he lettered in football, playing quarterback. Following graduation...
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Lorraine E. Rogers, known to most as Dazy, was born May 1, 1937 in Hoquiam, Washington. She was the only child to Elsie Irene Walhmark Nelson and Theodore Archie Nelson. Dazy met the love of her life, James “JR” William Rogers, a sailor in the US Navy, in Pacific Beach, Washington and less that a year later, the two were...
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William Joseph Baker, known to most as “Joe,” was born November 9, 1943 in Columbus, Georgia to Effie Mae Fulcher and Jack Elmer Baker. Mr. Baker grew up in Columbus and always had a draw to the military from a young age. After highschool, Joe joined the United States Air Force and served his Country with honor and pride. He...
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Donna Milissa Whitehead was born May 27, 1959 in Columbus, Georgia to Carolyn Lee Cone and James Robert Cone, Jr. She was one of five children and being older, she was instrumental in helping her mother raise her siblings. She was always a daddy’s girl and somewhat of a homebody. After graduating from Hallie Turner in Columbus, she began working...
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Ken Hensley of Hoschton, Georgia went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. Ken was born in Erwin, Tennessee on November 17, 1956. He was the loving husband of Beth Hensley for thirty-two years and adoring father of their wonderful daughter, Abby Hensley. Ken grew up in Maryland and joined the US Navy...
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