Obituaries for July 26
Published 4:39 pm Tuesday, December 6, 2005
W.H. Saunders
NORMAN PARK — W.H. Saunders, 81, of Norman Park died Saturday, July 23, 2005, at his residence.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today at New Hope Holiness Baptist Church with the Rev. Donnie Sloan officiating. Interment will follow at Paulk’s Chapel Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Cloteel Holt Saunders of Norman Park; four sons, Jerry L. Saunders of Sumner, Josh Saunders of Norman Park, Jack L. Saunders of Tifton and Buddy Saunders of Cordele; two daughters, Jeanette Swilley and Janice Truluck, both of Sumner; and two sisters, Irma Campbell of Moultrie and Mary Lou Moody of Quincy, Fla.
Banks Funeral Home of Sylvester is in charge of arrangements.
Beulah Thomas Orange
DOERUN — Beulah Thomas Orange, 66, of Doerun died Monday, July 25, 2005, at Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany.
Arrangements will be announced by Luke Strong and Son Mortuary.
Jestina B. Lewis
MOULTRIE — Jestina B. Lewis, 84, of Moultrie died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at her residence.
Arrangements will be announced by Luke Strong and Son Mortuary.
Mary L. Barnes
MOULTRIE — Mary L. Barnes, 88, of Moultrie died Sunday, July 24, 2005, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements will be announced by Luke Strong and Son Mortuary.
Blanca Estella Rivera Hernandez
MOULTRIE — Blanca Estella Rivera Hernandez, 36, of Moultrie died Friday, July 22, 2005, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 25, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with Deacon Phil Walsh officating. Interment followed at Cobb Suncrest Memorial Gardens.
Born May 31, 1969, in San Antonio, Mrs. Hernandez was the daughter of Seferina Duenes and the late Modesto Rivera. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic faith.
Survivors include her husband, Atenogenes Hernandez of Moultrie; her mother, Seferina Duenes of Kokomo, Ind.; a son, Teno Hernanez Jr. of Moultrie; a daughter, Blanca Isabella Hernandez of Moultrie; eight brothers, Modesto Rivera Jr. of Iowa, Bobby Rivera of Kokomo, Ind., Jorge Rivera, Ricardo Rivera, Pedro Rivera and Fernando Rivera, all of Indiana, and Antonio Rivera and Mario Rivera, both of Texas; and two sisters, Irma Rivera of Florida and Rosalinda Rivera of Iowa.
Cobb Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements.
Mildred Adams Harvey
MOULTRIE — Mildred Adams Harvey, 94, of Moultrie died Monday, July 25, 2005, in Tallahassee, Fla.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 27, at Westview Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Helms officiating.
Born Dec. 6, 1910, in Thomas County, Mrs. Harvey was the daughter of the late Kenneth V. Adams and the late Cora Lee Massey Adams. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John William Harvey Sr.; five brothers; and two sisters.
Survivors include a son, John William Harvey Jr. and wife Mary Frances of Valdosta; two daughters, Bette Harvey Drake and husband Leslie A. of Tallahassee, Fla., and Kahler Harvey Bell and husband Howell P. of Winder; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Harrell-Faircloth Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rosemary Futch Dees
MOULTRIE — Rosemary Futch Dees, 66, of Moultrie died Monday, July 25, 2005 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cobb Funeral Chapel.
Lois W. Gordon
MOULTRIE — Lois W. Gordon, 92, of Moultrie died Monday, July 25, 2005, at Magnolia Manor South.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Cobb Funeral Chapel.
Pauline Griffin Dean
OCHLOCKNEE — Pauline Griffin Dean, 88, of Ochlocknee died Monday, July 25, 2005, in Cairo.
Arrangements will be announced by Baker Funeral Home.
Mary Shaw Odom
PLANT CITY, Fla. — Mary Shaw Odom, 66, of Plant City, Fla., died Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare in Tallahassee, Fla.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Shafter Scott officiating. Interment will follow at Bealsville Memorial Cemetery.
Survivors include a daughter, Edna Pearl Brannon; two sons, the Rev. Robert Clark of Moultrie and Delmus Clark of Reidsville; her mother, Lizzie Shaw; six sisters, Pauline Shaw of Jacksonville, Fla., and Hattie Oliver, Jeanette Thorton, Lizzie Kate Shaw, Linda Shaw and Geraldine Shaw, all of Plant City; and seven brothers, John Shaw, Joseph Shaw, Samuel Shaw, William Shaw and Robert Shaw, all of Plant City, and George Shaw and Charles Shaw, both of Lakeland, Fla.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 29, at Winslow Honors Funeral Chapel in Plant City.
Marion’s Community Funeral Chapel of Avon Park, Fla., is in charge of arrangements.