Obituaries
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Moultrie, GA & Colquitt County
James Edward Whittington
Jan 9, 2023
James Edward Whittington, 86, of Norman Park, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Born May 12, 1936, in Scooterville, Georgia, he was the son of the late Gip Whittington and Alma Hawkins Whittington. He was an...
Wayne Harold Morris
Jan 6, 2023
Wayne Harold Morris, 65, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023, at his home surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be held on Monday, January 9, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The eulogy will be given by his son-in-law, Matt Hilton. The family will receive friends immediately following the service....
Frank Edward Gay Sr.
Jan 6, 2023
Frank Edward Gay, Sr., 68, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Rev. Klay Luke officiating. Interment will follow at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Born on October 13, 1954, in Moultrie, Georgia,...
Sonya Montgomery Phelps
Jan 6, 2023
Sonya (“Granny”) Phelps, 62, of Moultrie, Georgia, went to her heavenly mansion with Jesus on Friday, January 6th, 2023, peacefully but unexpectedly at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Reverend Josh Owen will officiate. Interment will follow at Funston City Cemetery. The...
Theresa Dell
Jan 2, 2023
Theresa Dell, 76, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2023, at her home. Graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at New Elm Church Cemetery. Pastor Trey Eakins will officiate. Born June 14, 1946, in Quitman, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Ellis Franklin Dell and Mattie Mae Asbell...
Eugene Edwin Reid Jr.
Jan 1, 2023
Eugene Edwin Reid, Jr., 88 of Moultrie Georgia, passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2023, at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 6, 2023, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Jimmy Elder Officiating. Inurnment will follow at West View Cemetery. Nephews: Walt Greene, Matt Green, Ty Greene, Clay...
Albert LaVaughn Whitfield
Dec 31, 2022
Albert LaVaughn Whitfield, 67, of Colquitt County, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022. Mr. Whitfield was born on November 5, 1955, in Moultrie, Georgia, to the late Albert Asbury Whitfield and Eunice Hancock Whitfield. He was a retired mechanic and was of the Baptist Faith. Albert was a kind and gentle soul, especially towards animals and most especially...
Felix Velazquez
Dec 31, 2022
Felix Velazquez, of Moultrie, died Saturday, December 31, 2022, at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, January 8, 2023, at 3 pm in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Father Alfonso Gutierrez officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, January 5, 2023, from 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. with a rosary to be recited at...
Charlotte Lee McKellar
Dec 29, 2022
Charlotte Lee Tanner McKellar, 83, of Norman Park, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. A private family service will be held on Saturday, December 31, 2022, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Hugh Ward officiating. Interment will follow at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Patrick Holman, Louis Jackson, Stephen Holman,...
Jody Van Houten
Dec 26, 2022
Jody Van Houten, 54, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022, at Archbold Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Arrangements have been entrusted to Baker Funeral Home.
Jason Lynn Truelove
Dec 24, 2022
Jason Lynn Truelove, 42, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away at his home on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, December 28, 2022, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Shannon Partain officiating. Jerome Clark, Christian Truelove, Jacob Truelove, “KT’ Wilson, Nooner, Josh Fender, Cameron Truelove, and Braxton Truelove will serve...
Judith Ann Williams
Dec 22, 2022
Judith Ann Williams, 78, of Norman Park, Georgia, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. There will be no formal services held at this time.
Suzanne Johnson Twedell
Dec 21, 2022
Suzanne Helen Johnson Twedell, 75, of Marshallville, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, at The Oaks Nursing Home. A private service will be held at a later date. Born on March 3, 1947, in Pensacola, Florida, she was the daughter of the late James Edward Johnson and Virginia Ruth Austin Johnson. Mrs. Twedell was a homemaker and a...
Matthew Wayne Howell
Dec 21, 2022
Matthew Wayne Howell, 37, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. There will be no formal services held at this time.
Delbert Brown
Dec 20, 2022
Delbert Neil Brown, 91, of Lenox, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at his home. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 pm on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Cool Springs Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Marlon Daniels officiating. Born on November 30, 1931, in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late William...
Mary J. Johnson
Dec 20, 2022
Mary Jane Wilson Johnson, 82, of Moultrie, died Tuesday, December 20, 2022, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. A visitation will be held on Thursday, December 22, 2022, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home from 5 pm- 7 pm. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday, December 23, 2022, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home with...
Alice M. Taylor
Dec 19, 2022
Alice Marjorie Taylor, 82 of Davenport, Florida, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 19, 2022. She was born in Riverside, New Jersey, the daughter of Harold L. and Marjorie A. Shinn Rollman. Alice was a retired school teacher and a member of the First Baptist Church of Kissimmee. She is survived by her sons: Paul Michael Taylor (Felicia Suzanne) and...
Jason McCollum
Dec 17, 2022
Jason Chad McCollum, 44, of Moultrie, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Moultrie. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Caleb Davis officiating. He will be laid to rest at Old Prospect Church Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Born on May 21, 1978,...
Geraldine Strawder Conger
Dec 15, 2022
Geraldine Strawder Conger, of Thomasville, Georgia, born in Moultrie on February 4, 1937, went home to be with her Heavenly Father, family, and many brothers and sisters in Christ on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at her home in Baxley surrounded by her beloved family. Geraldine Conger, born to Abbie Preston and Minnie Lee Ward Strawder, developed her strong and well-known...
Kashton Deson Williams
Dec 14, 2022
Kashton Deson Williams, infant, passed away on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Graveside service will be held at 11:00 PM on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at Westview Cemetery with Rev. Ricky McLaughlin officiating. He was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandmother, Peggy Elkins; paternal great-grandparents, Bernice and John Williams; and paternal great great grandmother, Kaye...