Obituaries

Mr. James Levi "J.L." Woodard, 79, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 11 a.m. in Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville Chapel.  Interment will follow in Sand Hill Cemetery. The family will be at Williams Funeral Home Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. to receive...

Theodore Alexander "T.A." Ashfield, 84, died on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 at Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester, Va. Born in Milledgeville, he has been a longtime resident of Newport News, Va. T.A. retired in 1980 from the United States Army at Ft. Eustis as a Master Seargeant with 27 years of service. He was a...

Funeral services for MSG William Myrick USA (Ret) will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, from Griffin Memorial Chapel of Slater's Funeral Home Inc. with interment to follow in Georgia Veteran's Memorial Cemetery. MSG Myrick passed away on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, in an Augusta, Ga., hospital. Survivors...

Lisa Jane Christophersen Abbey, 52, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013. Services will be held at 11a.m. Friday at Hardwick Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Kitchen officiating.    Burial will follow at Baldwin Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Abbey was a native of Sidney, N.Y., and lived in Norwich, N.Y., but made her...

Mrs. Kimberly Denise Sanders Abney, 41, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011, in New Haven Baptist Church of Jones County with the Rev. Sam Lloyd officiating. Mrs. Abney was a native and lifelong resident of Bibb County. She was a member of New Haven...

Mary Ann Abrams of 2054 Holly Hill Drive died on July 7, 2006.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Springfield Baptist Church in Monticello. Burial will be at Hunt's Chapel AME Church in Sparta.

Survivors include a son, Johnny Abrams of Decatur; three daughters, Sharon Abrams and Vickie Abrams, both of...

Zack Abrams, Sr., age 82, of 2828 North Columbia Street died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in a Macon health care facility.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Saint Paul Baptist Church on Meriweather Road with the Rev. Hillman Graves officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Abrams was born in Putnam...

Cheryl Abrams died Friday, September 21, 2007. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 25th at County Line Baptist Church. Burial will be in church cemetary.

The family may be contacted at the residence of Odis Speights, 146 Prestwood Street.

Peoples Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Ms. Bessie Abrams of Conyers died Nov. 6, 2009, in Decatur.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 13, 2009,  at 1 p.m. at Mitchell Chapel A.M.E. Church.

She leaves to cherish her memory her brothers, Robert Walls Jr., William Walls, Walton Walls, Caleb Walls and Joseph Walls; sister, Nettie Mae Boone; two...

Mr. Bennett H. Achord Jr., 73, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Williams Funeral Home of Milledgeville. Interment will follow at Heritage Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday from 5...

Rosa Lee Adams died on Friday, August 18, 2006, in a local hospital.

Friends may visit the residence of Mary Robertson, 408 North Clarke Street.

Slater's Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

John Edward Adams, 44, died on Friday, September 22, 2006.

Services were at 2 p.m. Monday in the Hawkinsville First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry E. Bird and Rev. Bill Jackson-Adams officiating. Burial was in the Byron City Cemetery in Byron.

Mr. Adams was a native of Peach County, a member of the...

Thomas Lee Adams, Sr. of 6711 Church St. Apt. A, formerly of Milledgeville, died Thursday, May 24, 2007 in an Atlanta hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Beulah Missionary Baptist Church in Decatur. Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery in Decatur.

Mr. Adams was the son of Frances Adams Gordon...

Edward Adams



Edward I. "Ed" Adams, age 83, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.

Services were held Monday at Eatonton Presbyterian Church. Burial followed in Pine Grove Cemetery.

Mr. Adams was a native of Eatonton and was the son of Judge M.F. Adams and Sara I. Adams. He was a decorated veteran of World War II,...

Mr. Hudson Adams, of 108 Shiloh Road, passed away Tuesday morning, Sept. 9, 2008.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced at a later time by Slater's Funeral Home.

Friends may visit the family at the residence.

Slater's has charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Hudson Adams, of 108 Shiloh Road, passed away Tuesday, September 9, at his residence.



Funeral services for Mr. Hudson will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2008, with the body to lie-in-state in the Chapel of All Faiths from 12:00 noon until the funeral at 1:00 pm. Interment will follow in Wood Place...

Miss Samantha Lynn "Sam" Adams, age 21, of 4394 Sunhill-Grange Road in Sandersville died Saturday, December 5.



Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday December 8 in the New Bethel Baptist Church with burial in the New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Jim Dunn and the Rev. M.D. Cabe will...

MACON - Roxie Adams of 1212 Gray Hwy Apt. 818 Macon, Georgia died on Monday, February 8, 2010 at a healthcare facility in Macon, Georgia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.

Peoples Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.

Celebration of Life for Mrs. Roxie Adams of 1212 Gray Hwy Apt. 818 Macon, Georgia will be held on Friday, February 12, 2010 at Kingdom Hall Of Jehovah's Witnesses 1:00 p.m. 2701 Irwinton Road Milledgeville. Intement will follow at Bone Cemetery. Remains will lie in state at the church at 12:00 noon. The cortege will...

Mr. Craig Adams II of 2301 Leo Court died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced later. Friends may visit the family at the residence. Slater's Funeral Home Inc. has charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Lorine Adams of 718 Green St. Apt. B-107, Fort Valley, died Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010, at her residence. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced later.  The family may be contacted at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lindsey, 100 Crystal Ridge Drive, Milledgeville. Peoples Funeral Home is in...

Graveside services for Mr. Grover C. Adams will be held at noon Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 at Forest Hill Memorial Gardens, 722 Conley Road, Jonesboro. Mr. Adams, formerly of Milledgeville, passed away on Sunday in a Conyers hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include his daughter, Ms. Tamara Adams of Macon;...

A memorial service for Ms. Marion Diane Adams will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, June 15, 2012, from Shiloh Baptist Church. Ms. Adams of 108 Shiloh Road entered into rest Monday afternoon. Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Serlenia Veal of Milledgeville; three grandchildren; one sister, Miss Charlotte Wilcher of...

Alice Rebecca "Becky" Adams, 31, passed away, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013, at Oak Grove Methodist Church with the Rev. Roy Kittle Officating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home of...

Mrs. Corine Griswell Adams, 45, of Eatonton passed away Tuesday. She was a native of Clinton, S.C. and had made her home in Eatonton for a number of years. She was the daughter of the late Pansy Ann Campbell Griswell and was a member of Marshall Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Dean Adams;...

Helen Walker Adams passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 at the age of 84. Services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, August 14, at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Danuser and Rev. Jason Danuser officiating. Burial will follow at West View Cemetery.
Mrs. Adams was born on a farm in Johnson County, GA...

Lavinia Tisdale Adams age 83 passed away Tuesday, September 20, 2016. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 22, at West View Cemetery with Rev. Jerry Bradley officiating.
Mrs. Adams was a native of Conyers but had made her home in Milledgeville. She was a graduate of Peabody High School and was a...

Sarah Joan Adams age 66 passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016. Services will be held at 2PM Monday, January 2, 2017 at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with Rev. Ed Smith, Rev. Larry Massey and Rev. John Stanley officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Joan was a life-long resident of...

Mr. Benny "Ben" Lee Adams Jr., 45, passed away Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, at Northside Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Adams Family Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, from 6...

Lonza "LD" Adams, 86, passed away Monday, May 7, 2018. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 10, at Gordon United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Snow Hill Cemetery with full military honors.
Mr. Adams was a native and resident of Gordon. He was retired from the United States Air Force as a Senior...

Minister Josephine Baker Adams of 100 Sycamore Road Milledgeville, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at a local hospital. Services will be held Monday, June 10, 2019, 11 a.m. at Victory Baptist Church, 640 Meriwether Road, Milledgeville. The body will lie in state from 10 a.m. until service time.
Visitation will...

Michael Coy Adams, 55, passed away Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Blackstock, South Carolina. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 8 at Lakeside Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Oliver officiating.
Coy was born in Milledgeville on May 22, 1968, to James Hiram Adams and Bess Estes Adams. He was an over-road...

James Richard "Dickie" Adams, 74, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with the Rev. Bob Hamilton officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Adams was born in Milledgeville, Georgia to the late James R. Adams and...

Gussie Mae Adams Schofield, 86, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014. Services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at West View Cemetery with the Rev. Joel Embry officiating. Mrs. Schofield was a native Milledgeville and lived in Raleigh, N.C. for many years before moving back to Milledgeville. She was a retired...

James Roy Adams, Sr. passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at the age of 87. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 29, in the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Danuser and Rev. Jason Danuser officiating. Burial will follow at West View Cemetery.
Mr. Adams was born and lived his entire...

Floyd Addison



EATONTON-Floyd J. "F.J." Addison, age 68, died Saturday, March 29, 2008.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Chapel of Fairview Memorial Park Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Ledford officiating.

Mr. Addison was a native of Atlanta and had lived in Eatonton since 1992. He was a builder...

Dennis James Addy, 58, passed away Nov. 17, 2019. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home.
Mr. Addy was a native of Saint Marys but had made his home on Lake Sinclair for over 20 years. He worked in the banking industry for over 30 years. He worked with First National...

Mr. Gerald Adkins of 299 Youngblood Circle, S.E. occurred on Friday, February 13, 2009 in an Atlanta hospital.

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 20, 2009 at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, Loretha Adkins of Milledgeville, GA; four children Rev. Jamal...

Funeral services for Mrs. Ammie Castanna Adolphus Harmon will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2014 from the Griffin Memorial Chapel of Slater's Funeral Home Inc. Mrs. Harmon entered into rest on Monday at a local health care facility Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Shirley Temple Hodges of Milledgeville;...

IRWINTON- Zelda Tucker Akins, 88 of Asbell Street died Wednesday August 27, in Macon.



Services will be held Friday August 29, 2008 at 11:00 am in the Irwinton Baptist Church. Burial will be at 3:30 pm in Brushy Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery near Ocilla, GA. Rev. Bob Murphy will officiate.



Mrs. Akins...

Mr. Abdul Al-Amin of 126 Ramsey St., Milledgeville, entered into rest Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the V.A. Medical Center in Augusta. Funeral plans are incomplete and will be announced later. Express condolences to the family at www.peoplesfuneralhomemilledgeville.com. Peoples Funeral Home is entrusted with...

Mrs. Linda "Grace" Kitchens Albrycht passed away on July 19, 2014. A gathering of family and friends will be at her residence, 378 Kitchens Road, Haddock on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 5 p.m. Mrs. Albrycht, 64, was a lifelong resident of Baldwin County and had retired from Rheem Manufacturing Company. She was...

Staff Sgt. Alex French IV of the Georgia Army National Guard's 48th Brigade died Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, in Afghanistan.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time but will be announced at a later time.

Friends may visit the family at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex and Gwendolyn French, 106 Loreta Lane...

Mr. Willie Cleveland Alexander, 74, of 4244 Springfield road, Sparta, died Sept. 30, 2008, at his Sparta residence.

He leaves to cherish his memories wife, Dorothy J. Alexander; children, Willie Henry Alexander, Marquin Demille Alexander, and Asia S. McGhee all of Sparta, Robin Baker and Shawn McGhee of Riverdale,...

Mr. William "Hank" Alexander of Sparta died Sept. 16, 2009, at his Sparta residence.

Ingram Brothers Funeral Home Inc. has charge of arrangements, which are incomplete.

Mrs. Virgina Alexander, 83, of  Union Point passed away Feb. 27, 2012 at the Greene Point Health and Rehabilitation Nursing Home of  Union Point. Funeral arrangement are incomplete at this time. Ingram Brothers Funeral Home Inc., of Sparta, has charge of arrangement.

Funeral services for Mr. Larry Alexander of Sparta will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 13, 2012, at Springfield Baptist Church, Sparta, the Rev. Derek Hill Sr. pastor. Interment is in Springfield Baptist Cemetery. Larry Alexander leaves to cherish his memories his sisters, Bertha M. Hall of Atlanta, Jessie Bell...

Mack F. Alford Jr., age 65, died Friday, March 21, 2008.

Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at Baldwin Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include two sons, Christopher Alford of Jackson, Tenn., and Michael Alford of Jacksonville, Fla.; his mother, Dorothy Lanier Alford of Warner Robins; two brothers, Bill Alford of Warner...

Dorothy Lanier Alford, 91, entered into rest on April 10, 2008.

Mrs. Alford was born on July 9, 1916, in Toombs County. She and her husband were the proud owner of Alford's General Merchandise of Milledgeville from 1947 to 1978. She made Warner Robins her home about twelve years ago. She was a member of Shirley...

SUWANNEE, FLA.-Delmer C. Alford, age 87, of Suwannee passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Mr. Alford moved to Suwannee 20 years ago, having previously lived in Milledgeville. He was a member of Suwannee Baptist Church and he loved to fish.

Survivors include his...

Delmer Clifford Alford, age 87, of Suwannee, Fla., formerly of Milledgeville, died Friday, May 16, 2008, at a Gainesville, Fla., nursing home.

Memorial services will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church with the Rev. Jim Nipper officiating.

A native of Washington County, Mr. Alford was a U.S. Navy...

Nicolas Wade Alford, 16, passed away Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. Services will be held at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 at Greenwood Baptist Church in Gray with the Rev. Joe Ferguson officiating. Nicolas was a lifelong resident of Haddock and was a 10th grade student at Jones County High School. He was preceded in death by...

Funeral services for Travis Lee Alford, 36, will be conducted Friday, May 31, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Williams Funeral Home of Gordon with Rev. Christopher Collins officiating. Interment will follow in Snow Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the Williams Funeral Home in Gordon Wednesday from 5-7...

Linda Tuner Alford, 76, passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2023. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday July 1, at West View Cemetery in Milledgeville.
Ms. Alford was born in Milledgeville on Aug. 4, 1946, to the late Wilbur Thomas Turner and Catherine Veal Turner Preston. She graduated from Baldwin High School and...

Joann Daniel Allen, 65, died Monday, July 17, 2006.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Sammy Allen officiating with entombment at Baldwin Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Allen was a lifelong resident of Milledgeville. She was the daughter of the late Albert K. and...

Roy Sam Allen Jr. of 145 Pinewood Dr. died Friday December 1, 2006. Services will be 2 PM at Manley Memorial Baptist Church Sunday December 3, 2006.

Visitation will be 6 - 8 PM December 2, at Vining Ivy Hill Chapel.

Survivors include a daughter, Paula Allen of Jacksonville, Fla., three brothers, Albert Allen of...

Charles Lamar Allen, 79, died Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with burial in Scenic Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Allen, a native and resident of Milledgeville, was a retired manager of Hodges Furniture Company. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was...

Richard Binion Allen, 80, died Thursday April 12th, 2007.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the chapel of Moores Funeral Home with The Rev. Billy Hargrove officiating. Burial will be in Memory Hill Cemetery.

Mr.Allen was born in Milledgeville on January 29th, 1927. In New Orleans he is widely renowned as the...

Andrew Allen Jr. died Monday, June 18, 2007. The body will lie-in-state Saturday at Mitchell Zion Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until the funeral hour. Services will be at 11 a.m. with burial in Scott C.M.E. Church Cemetery.

Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Steele of Gordon; two granddaughters; his mother, Fannie...