Obituaries
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Local Obituaries for Moultrie, GA & Colquitt County
Virginia Lou Miller Wiard
Dec 29, 2024
Virginia Lou Miller Wiard, 79, of Moultrie, passed away at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday, December 29, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Dwight Marshall and Elder Thad Marshall officiating. Interment will follow at Indian Creek Church Cemetery. Chad Hodges, Nicholas Hodges,...
Zyaire Jupree Mahadeo
Dec 28, 2024
Zyaire Jupree Mahadeo, the infant baby boy of Shanequa Jones and Julian Mahadeo, died at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon, on December 28, 2024.
Charles “Charlie” William Creel
Dec 25, 2024
Charles "Charlie" William Creel, 71, of Moultrie, died at his home on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. A celebration of Charlie's life will be held on Friday, January 3, 2025, at Lake Ellen Baptist Church of Crawfordville, FL. with Reverend Keith Wallace officiating. The family will receive friends at 1:00pm and the services will follow at 2:00pm.
Born on March 6, 1953,...
Faith Elizabeth Scarrow
Dec 25, 2024
Faith Elizabeth Scarrow passed away at the age of 87 on December 25, 2024 in Moultrie, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 28, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Faith was born on May 23, 1937 at Morristown,...
Earnest Lee Hunnicutt
Dec 25, 2024
Earnest Lee Hunnicutt, 81, of Norman Park, passed away at Magnolia Manor of Americus on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.
Graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, December 27, 2024, at Weeks Chapel Church Cemetery with Reverend Blaine Walden officiating.
The family will receive friends following the service.
Born on June 11, 1943, in Norman Park, Georgia, he was the son...
Samuel L. Johnson
Dec 23, 2024
Samuel “Sam” LaVoy Johnson, 50, of Harned, Kentucky, died at Breckenridge Memorial Hospital on Monday, December 23, 2024.
A celebration of Sam’s life will be held at a later date.
Born on February 23, 1974, in Avondale Estates, Georgia, he was the son of Paul LaVoy Johnson and Bettye Torbett Johnson. From a young age, he exhibited a strong work ethic and...
John Lee Evans
Dec 22, 2024
John Lee Evans, 60, of Moultrie, Georgia, died on Sunday, December 22, 2024 at his home.
A private interment will be held at Westview Cemetery in Moultrie.
Arrangements entrusted to Baker Funeral Home and Crematory
Kenneth Roland "Ken" Ryan
Dec 21, 2024
Kenneth Roland “Ken” Ryan, 67, of Moultrie, passed away on Saturday, December 21, 2024, at his home surrounded by family.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Ken was born on January 16, 1957, in Moultrie, Georgia to the late Omer Elton Ryan, Jr. and the late Mary Lou Edington Ryan. Ken was a dedicated truck driver for...
Mary S. Marchant
Dec 18, 2024
Mary Schmittou Marchant, 73, of Omega, died at Colquitt Regional Medical Center on Wednesday, December 18, 2024.
Arrangements entrusted to Baker Funeral Home.
Virginia "Ginger" Opal Allen
Dec 16, 2024
Virginia “Ginger” Opal Allen, 87, of Moultrie, died on Monday, December 16, 2024 at her home.
In keeping with Mrs. Allen’s wishes, she will be cremated and a Celebration of Life will be held at a later date where her ashes will be spread in the mountains of Colorado, of which she loved.
Born on June 2, 1937, in Griffin, Georgia, she...
Tony Edward Branan
Dec 13, 2024
Tony Edward Branan, aged 86, passed away at home in Hiawassee, Georgia, on Friday, December 13, 2024. Tony was born in Cool Springs, Georgia, and raised on a farm; he relished telling childhood stories about curing tobacco, stoking the smokehouse fires, and shaking pecan trees for extra money. As a teenager Tony loved baseball, basketball, and dating his future wife,...
Bueris Keaton Crumpton
Dec 7, 2024
In Loving Memory of Bueris Keaton Crumpton
August 9, 1923– December 7, 2024
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Bueris Keaton Crumpton, a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and pillar of love and grace to all who knew her. She peacefully departed this world on December 7, 2024, at the remarkable age of 101.
Born in Mitchell County, Georgia in 1923, Bueris...
Jackson "Jack" Lowery
Dec 6, 2024
Jackson “Jack” Lowery, 94, of Norman Park, passed away at his home surrounded by family on Friday, December 6, 2024.
Graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, December 9, 2024, at Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Voyles officiating.
Born on July 7, 1930, in Colquitt County, Georgia, he was the son of the late George...
Aubrey Faith Barron
Dec 5, 2024
Aubrey Faith Barron, 36, of Valdosta, passed away Thursday, December 5, 2024, at her home surrounded by her family.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Reverend Jimmy Voyles officiating. Interment will follow at Murphy Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service time.
She...
Aldine Eugene Hart, Sr.
Dec 4, 2024
Aldine Eugene Hart, Sr., 86, of Moultrie, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 8, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Reverend Thomas Parrish officiating. Mr. Michael Perry and Mrs. Suzanne Sumner will be speaking. Justin Hart, Jed Hart, Hart...
James Edward Fender
Dec 2, 2024
James Edward Fender, 87, of Moultrie, died at Colquitt Regional Medical Center on Monday, December 2, 2024.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 7, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Reverend Julian Griner officiating.
The family will receive friends one hour before the service in the chapel.
Born on October 28, 1937, in Lenox, Georgia,...
Mary Patricia Whittington
Dec 1, 2024
Mary Patricia Whittington, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, passed away peacefully on December 1, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to the late Warren Watson Tripp and Mary Pearl Moore Tripp on May 26, 1941.
Pat, as she was affectionately known, lived with an infectious passion that brightened the lives of all who knew her....
Libby Jean Trammell Kennedy
Dec 1, 2024
Libby Jean Trammell Kennedy, 89, of Moultrie, passed away at her residence on Sunday, December 1, 2024.
Graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM on Thursday, December 5, 2024, at Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens with Reverend Randall Kennedy officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
Born on November 30, 1935, in Worth County, Georgia, she was the daughter of the...
Faye Newberne Spence
Nov 30, 2024
Barbara LaFaye Newberne Spence, 87, passed away at the Colquitt Regional Senior Care on Saturday, November 30, 2024.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at Antioch Church Cemetery in Adel, Georgia, with Reverend Julian Griner officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.
Born on February 15, 1937, in Adel, Georgia, she was...
Zanaya Ava Mahadeo
Nov 29, 2024
Zanaya Ava Mahadeo, the infant baby girl of Shanequa Jones and Julian Mahadeo, died at Colquitt Regional Medical Center on November 29, 2024.