Obituaries

Recent Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Moultrie, GA & Colquitt County

Aubrey Faith Barron

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

Rex Williams

Rex Williams

Nov 26, 2024

James Rex Williams, 75, of Hartsfield, passed away at home surrounded by his family on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, December 1, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Reverend John Eubanks officiating. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Hartsfield, Georgia. Michael Heard, Jayce Heard, Timmy Norman, Billy...

Annie Keigans

Annie Keigans

Nov 22, 2024

Annie Margaret Smith Keigans,80, of Moultrie, passed away at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday, November 22, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM on Sunday, November 24, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Reverend Stephen Massey, Reverend Wayne Smith, Ed Revels, and Reverend Alan Tillman officiating. Chase Keigans, Billy Keigans, Andrew Flythe, Danny Trejo, Dewayne...

Cornelia Tillman Kent

Cornelia Tillman Kent

Nov 22, 2024

Cornelia Tillman Kent,77, of Moultrie, passed away at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida on Friday, November 22, 2024. 

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, November 24, 2024, at Hopewell Church Cemetery with Reverend Josh Purvis officiating. 

Born on September 26, 1948, in Moultrie, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Jonah Lee Tillman, Jr....

Jackie F. Johnson Roberts

Jackie F. Johnson Roberts

Nov 15, 2024

Jackie F. Johnson Roberts, 79, of Moultrie, died at her home on Friday, November 15, 2024.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, November 18, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Rich Wright and Reverend Julian Griner officiating. Interment will follow at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens. Scott Brown, Russell Brown, Tim Todd, Justin Johnson,...

Verlene Summerlin

Verlene Summerlin

Nov 14, 2024

Verlene Summerlin, 62, of Moultrie, died on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after a lengthy illness.

Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, In the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Mrs. Becky King and Ms. Claudia Tyson officiating. 

The family will receive friends immediately following the service.

Born on October 1,...

Betty Weldon Rhodes

Betty Weldon Rhodes

Nov 12, 2024

Betty Weldon Rhodes, 90, of Moultrie, died on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at The Residence at Oak Grove.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Pinecrest Memory Gardens.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in...

Mark Edward Williams

Mark Edward Williams

Nov 11, 2024

Mark Edward Williams, 54, of Berlin, passed away at Colquitt Regional Medical Center on Sunday, November 10, 2024. 

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 23, 2024, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, with Reverend Marlon Daniels officiating. Inurnment will be held at Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. 

The family will receive friends one hour before the...

Ann Alvis Tillman

Ann Alvis Tillman

Nov 8, 2024

Ann Elizabeth Alvis Tillman, 85, of Moultrie, died at Magnolia Manor on Friday, November 8, 2024.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2024, at China Grove Baptist Church, with Reverend Jackie Cabiniss officiating. Interment will follow at China Grove Church Cemetery. Terry Tillman, Marion Tillman, John Tillman, Scott Tillman, Stacey Tillman, and Whitney Tillman will...

Hazel Wilson

Hazel Wilson

Nov 7, 2024

Hazel Lavern Bates Wilson was born on August 27, 1943, and went to her heavenly home on November 7, 2024, while she was surrounded by her family. 

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Weeks Chapel Church with Reverend Walter Powell officiating. Logan Hampton, Eli Crosby, Daniel Wilson, Wilson Powell, Dell Powell, Jonathan Harvin,...

Kimberly Wilkes Carroll

Kimberly Wilkes Carroll

Nov 7, 2024

Kimberly Wilkes Carroll, 58, of Moultrie, passed away at her home on Thursday, November 7, 2024. 

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Doerun Church of God, with Reverend Billy Wilkes officiating. Michael Edge, Jeffery Johnson, Leo Martinez, Zack Boyd, Damon Hart, and Chris Hart will be pallbearers. Eddie Chitty, Billy Hart, Bobby Hart,...

Clyde Welch

Clyde Welch

Nov 5, 2024

George Clyde Welch, 99, of Moultrie, passed away at Legacy Village at Park Regency on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. 

A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, November 11, 2024, at Hopewell Church Cemetery, with Reverend Julian Griner officiating.

Born on November 3, 1925, he was the son of the late Andrew T. Welch and Lillie Mae Reynolds Welch...

Veronica Kathleen Kempton

Veronica Kathleen Kempton

Nov 4, 2024

Veronica Kathleen Kempton,  73, of Moultrie, Georgia, died at her home on Monday, November 4, 2024.

The burial will be held at Baker/Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.

Born on May 23, 1951, in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was the daughter of the late Anthony Kempton and Fern Wingerter Kempton. She was a licensed nurse who served at Pruitt Health- Brownwood and Pruitt Health Magnolia...

Gary M. Luff

Gary M. Luff

Nov 4, 2024

Gary Michael Luff died November 4, 2024, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. He was born February 20, 1939, in Independence, Missouri, to Edgar Paul Luff and Jennie Lee Bascomb Luff. 

After ROTC in high school, Gary attended the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, where he earned his undergraduate degree and was subsequently commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army. While...