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Wilcox County Obituary Records
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Zelma Lacey
Handley
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HANDLEY, ZELMA L., 87
Gainesville - Mrs. Zelma L. Handley, 87, died in Gainesville, FL on
Saturday, March 28, 2009. She was born July 5, 1921 in Rochelle, GA. Moved
to the Central Florida area in 1959 from Lawton, OK. Mrs. Handley enjoyed
country western music, reading, dancing and bowling. She was very proud of
the fact that her sons graduated from the University of Florida. Mrs.
Handley was a homemaker, the hardest job of all. Mrs. Handley was of the
Baptist Faith, a member of the Oak Griner Baptist Church. She is survived
by: her son's Jerry Handley of Gainesville, FL and Larry D. Handley of
Oviedo, FL, 4 Grandchildren and 1 Great Grandchild. There will be a
graveside service on Friday April 3, 2009 At 11:00 AM with Rev. Frank
Grant, officiating at Highland Memorial Park, 1515 NE 3rd Street, Ocala,
FL 34471, arrangements by Heirs-Baxley Funeral Services, Ocala Chapel.
Published in Ocala Star-Banner from 4/1 to 4/2/2009
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Mrs. Gatsie
Hannah
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MRS. GATSIE HANNAH
Mrs.
Gatsie Elizabeth Odom Hannah, 80, resident of 572 Richmond St., died
unexpectedly Friday night, She was born in, Wilcox County, but had lived in
Macon for the past two years. She was a member of the Christian Home Baptist
Church in Wilcox County.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Stella Roach and Mrs. Zelma
Holliday, Macon, Mrs. Velma Evridge, Byron, Mrs. Nadine Blackstock, Ocala, Fla.,
Mrs. Tilda Silcox, Weirsdale, Fla., Mrs. Mary Portier, Fernandina Beach, Fla.;
one stepdaughter, Mrs. Katie Mullis, Macon; two sons, William T. Hannah, Byron,
J. R. Hannah, Rochelle, two stepsons, Newton Hannah, Ambrose, Murdock Hannah
Miami, Fla.; one sister, Mrs. Becky Odom, Vienna; 38 grandchildren; several
great grandchildren; several great great grandchildren, and also a number of
nieces and nephews.
Funeral
services will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Christian Home Baptist Church in
Wilcox County. The Rev. Sammy J. Rhodes and Rev. LeRoy Clack will officiate and
burial I will be in the Smith Cemetery in Wilcox County.
Pallbearers will he grandsons: Morvin Hannah, Bobby Evridge, WendelI Portier,
Edwin Mullis, Darrell Evridge, and William Holliday.
Horton-Ivey Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Henry D. Hannah
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May 15 1976
Henry Hannah
SUMMERFIELD, Fla.
Henry D. Hannah, 59, died Wednesday in an Ocala, Fla hospital after a lengthy
illness. Services will be held at 4 p.m. today in the chapel of Frazier and Son
Funeral Home in Rochelle. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery.
Mr. Hannah, a native of Wilcox County, had lived in
Summerfield 25 years. He was a retired roofer.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Marquita Hannah of
Summerfield; a daughter, Miss Susan Leanne Hannah of Summerfield; two sons,
James D. Hannah and Clarence J. Hannah, both of Summerfield; two sisters, Mrs.
John A. Lovette and Mrs. Mack Walker, both of Rochelle; a brother, Jack Hannah
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James R. Hannah
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Tuesday, July 24, 1990
Deaths
Middle Georgia
James R. Hannah
ROCHELLE - James R. "Bud" Hannah, 72, of Route 1 died
Monday in a local hospital.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Frazier & Son
Funeral Home in Rochelle. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery in Rochelle. The
Revs. Emmett McDuffie and Harris Johnson will officiate.
A native of Wilcox County, Mr. Hannah was a World War
II Army Veteran. He was a member of the DAV, Chapter 39-Dewey L. Johnson. He was
also a retired farmer.
Survivors include three sons, Ruben Hannah of
Rochelle, James Robert Hannah of Fitzgerald and Jack Hannah of Rebecca; two
daughters, Quinnelle Coker of Fitzgerald and Julia Hood of Buford; his brother
William Hannah of Byron; four sisters, Tildia Silcox of Weirsdale, Fla, Zelma
Holliday of Macon, Velma Evridge and Stella Roache, both of Byron; and five
grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 7 until 9
tonight in the funeral home.
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William
Taylor Hannah
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Holliday Sunderman |
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WILLIAM TAYLOR HANNAH
William Taylor Hannah - Byron, GA - William Taylor Hannah, age 82, of 147 Mills
Circle, Byron, died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at his residence. Funeral services
will be held 2 P.M. Saturday, October 27, 2007 in the Chapel of Crest Lawn
Funeral Home, with burial in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens. The Rev. David Clark
will officiate. Mr. Hannah was born in Wilcox County and was a member of
Christian Home Baptist Church, Rochelle. He was retired from Robins Air Force
Base. Survivors include his wife, Emmie C. Hannah of Byron; stepchildren, Edward
Linton of Lake Sinclair, Josephine Oyarzabal of Mountain Home, Idaho; several
step-grandchildren; sisters, Tilda Silcox of Weirsdale, FL, Velma Evridge of
Byron, Stella Roache of Byron; several nieces and nephews. Contributions in Mr.
Hannah's name may be made to the Christian Home Baptist Church, c/o Betty Carol
Helms, 527 Christian Hill Road, Rochelle, GA. The family will be at the
residence and receive friends at Crest Lawn Funeral Home Friday, October 26,
2007 from 7:00 until 9:00 P.M. Crest Lawn Funeral Home has charge of
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Dewey M.
Holliday
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DEWEY M. HOLIDAY
ABBEVILLE - Funeral
services for Dewey M. Holliday, 58, of Pitts, who died Thursday in a Vienna
hospital, were held 3:3 O p.m. today in leasant
View Baptist Church.
The Rev. A. T.
Faircloth, the Rev. George L. Griffin and the Rev. L. R, Meadows officiated, and
burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Holiday, a
native of Wilcox County-, was a farmer. He was a member of Pleasant
View Baptist Church.
Survivors
include his widow, Mrs. Nina Collins Holiday of Pitts; one daughter, Mrs.
Calvin Mays of Findleyson ; one son, Roger Holliday of Pineview; brother, Floyd
E. Holiday of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. A. S. Allen and Mrs. Grady Massey, both
of Cordele; and four grandchildren and several nieces and nephews
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Earl Thomas
Holliday
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FINAL RITES FOR
EARL THOMAS HOLLIDAY
Final rites for Earl Thomas Holliday, 44, were conducted from the Union Baptist
Church, the Rev. Millard Bennett officiating. Interment was in the churchyard.
Mr. Holliday was the son of the late W. A. Holliday and Mrs. Mary A. Holliday.
He was a native of Wilcox county, and a member of the Baptist church.
Survivors are: his wife, four children; Carolyn, William, June Holliday, Pitts;
and Mrs. George Barker, Columbus; two sisters: Mrs. A. F. Allen and Mrs. W.G.
Massey, Cordele; two brothers, Dewey Hollliday, Pitts, Sgt. Floyd E. Holliday,
U. S. Army.
Pall bearers were Charlie Clements, Kim Varnadoe, L. Faircloth, Thomas Holliday,
Tyron Yawn, and Grady Watson.
The Ellis quartet, Cordele, conducted the music, and Dorsey Funeral Home,
Abbeville, was in charge.
Note: Please also see the following article about the
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Police Chief Freed in
Killing At Abbeville
Constitution State News Service
ABBEVILLE, Oct. 31 - Police Chief James Horton, who
was placed in jail following the Tuesday slaying of Earl Holliday, of Rochelle,
was exonerated Friday in the killing at a commitment hearing.
Chief Horton Tuesday arrested Holliday and Ernest Ball,
but agreed to release the men on bond with the provision they leave town. Horton
said the men returned to town later in the day and called him out at his home.
The Chief said an argument ensued and he shot at Holliday in self defense.
The hearing was conducted by four Justices of the
Peace, E. T. Dunaway, T.L.W. MacDonald, Arthur Carsons and Maxwell Lasseter, who
ruled that the Police Chief was justified in shooting at Holliday.
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Mary Ada
Holliday
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Sunderman |
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THE ABBEVILLE CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JULY 1,
1943
Last Rites for Mrs. Mary Holliday
Mrs. Mary A. Holliday died at her home near PItts,
Monday, June 28.
She was the widow of the late Will A. Holliday.
She had lived at the same place for thirty years.
She leaves three sons: E.L. and D.M.
Holliday, Pitts; P.E. Holliday of the U.S. Navy; two daughters, Mrs. W. G.
Massey, Abbeville, and Mrs. A.F. Allen, of PItts; 13 grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren.
She was a member of Union Baptist
Church, and had been for 50 years.
The funeral service was held at Union
Church Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. M.J. Bennett, her pastor assisted by
Rev. R.G. Braziel. The Ellis quartette, of Cordele, furnished the music. Burial
was in the family lot in the cemetery there.
She was 67 years old and was born in Wilcox
County and had lived in the county all her life.
Pall bearers were: Jim Champion, Chas. Champion,
John Champion, Thomas Champion, Ashley Faircloth, and Jim Yawn.
Dorsey Funeral Home of Abbeville, was in charge.
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William
Earl Holliday
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Sunderman |
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The Telegraph
Saturday, January 20, 2007
VIENNA- William. E. "Bill" Holliday, age 63, Vienna died
Thursday in an Albany hospital.
Born in Rochelle, he was the son of the late Earl
Thomas Holliday and Zelma Hannah Holliday. He worked at Pactiv Corporation in
Macon. Bill was a devoted family man and love helping others. He also enjoyed
hunting and fishing.
Survivors: wife Marilyn A. Holliday of Vienna; son Lee
Holliday (Sharon) of Bonaire; daughters, Lisa Sunderman (Patrick) of Byron; Lara
Moore (Bob) of Byron; stepson Wade Williams of Unadilla; stepdaughter Dawn
Fletcher (Bobby) of Unadilla; sisters, Carolyn Wyant (Bob) of Colorado Springs,
CO; June Wilkerson (Melvin) of Rochelle; ten grandchildren.
His granddaughter, Kelsey Dianne Weeks, preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Sunday in
Christian Home Baptist Church near Rochelle. Interment will follow in the church
cemetery.
The family will greet friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.
Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to American
Heart Association, c/o Betty Warbington, 3200 Tippettville Road, Vienna, GA
31092 or to American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 1132 Fairfax, VA 22038-1132.
Those who wish may sign the online registry at
www.branne-nesmith.com.
Bannen-NeSmith Funeral Home of Vienna has charge of
arrangements.
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Zelma
Hannah Holliday
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Crest Lawn
Maurice Barnett Milton Adams
HOLLIDAY, Zelma H.; 74, of 572 Richmond St. died Tuesday in a Lawrenceville
nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Christian Home
Baptist Church in Wilcox County. The Revs. Hicks Brown and David Clark will
officiate and burial will be in Christian Home Baptist Church Cemetery. The
family will receive friends from 7 until 9 tonight in Crest Lawn Funeral Home
and may be contacted at the home of Lisa Weeks, 2985 Emerson Circle. Crest Lawn
Funeral Home has charge of arrangements. |
Maude
Stanley Hughes
Contributed by
Elaine Turk Nell |
clipping from unnamed, undated newspaper - probably a
Fitzgerald, GA newspaper August 1966
Mrs. Fred Hughes' Last Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred (Maude Stanley) Hughes were conducted at 4
p.m. Wednesday Aug. 17, from Arbor Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hughes died Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in Ben Hill County Hospital.
Rev. I. R. Hobby officiated at the services with interment following in
Evergreen Cemetery.
Born Aug. 30, 1901, in Wilcox County, Mrs. Hughes was the daughter of Anna
Mary Powell [sic; should be Rowell] and Jesse E. Stanley. She had lived in
Fitzgerald since 1940.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Hughes, Fitzgerlad; three sons, Milton
Gibbs, Ocala, Fla.; Clifford Gibbs, Waycross, and S/Sgt. Billy Gibbs, Robins
A.F.B.; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Futch, Rochelle; Mrs. Mildred Spears, Macon;
two sisters, Mrs. Butal [sic; should be Berta] Rooks, Panama City, Fla. and Mrs.
Cora Bellflower, Tifton; 14 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
clipping from unnamed, undated newspaper - probably a Fitzgerald, GA newspaper
August 1966
Mrs. Fred Hughs [sic; should be Hughes]
Fitzgerald - Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Hughs, 64, who died Tuesday in the
Ben Hill County Hospital, will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Arbor Baptist
Church. The Rev. I. R. Hobby will officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mrs. Hughs was a native of Wilcox County and a member of Arbor Baptist
Church.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Hughs of Fitzgerald; three sons, Milton
Gibbs of Ocala, Fla., Clifford Gibbs of Waycross and Sgt. Billy Gibbs of Robins
Air Force Base; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Futch of Rochelle and Mrs. Mildred
Spears of Macon; two sisters, Mrs. Berta Rooks of Panama City, Fla. and Mrs.
Cora Bellflower of Tifton; 14 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Notes from submitter: My great-grandmother, Maude Carrie Stanley, was born on
30 Aug 1901 in Wilcox Co., GA, the daughter of Jesse Exela "Oliver" Stanley &
Mary Anna (Rowell) Stanley. She married my grandfather, Henry Ezekiel Gibbs, on
1 July 1916 in Wilcox Co., GA. He died on 23 Oct 1949 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
Co., GA and she then married Fred Hughes on 10 June 1951 in Ben Hill Co., GA.
Maude's grandparents were William Henry Stanley & Mary Matildy (Sexton) Stanley
of Dooly Co., GA and John R. Rowell & Margaret E. Shirey of Dooly Co., GA.
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Uriah
Simon Keen
Contributed by Robert K. Nobles Jr. |
Sunday, April 10, 2005
11:15 PM on Sunday, April 10, 2005
Uriah Simon Keen, 85, of Winter Haven, died of heart failure on Saturday,
April 9, 2005, at the Life Care Center in Winter Haven.
He was a native of Abbeville, Ga., who moved to Winter Haven in 1947.
He was a truck driver and a member of Siloam Baptist Church in Abbeville.
He is survived by his wife, Grace Keen of Winter Haven; a daughter,
Johnnynell Baxter of Fort Myers; a son, Drew Keen of Lakeland; three
sisters, Faustine Sherfield of Fitzgerald, Ga., Francis Mattox of Fitzgerald
and Irene Hawkins of Hawkinsville, Ga.; and 14 grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Central Florida
Casket Store and Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be in Rochelle, Ga.,
at the Frazier and Son Funeral Home.
Central Florida Casket Store and Funeral Chapel in Lakeland
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Dudley Hughes Lacey
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MEMORIAL OBITUARY -- DUDLEY HUGHES LACEY
SR.
Entered Into Eternal Rest
Monday, May 2, 1977
Funeral services for Dudley H. Lacey, Sr., age 67, of Rt. 6, Cassidy Road,
will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 1977 at Dekle Funeral Chapel
by the Rev. Doyle C. Smith of Moultrie, the Rev. Melvin Kuhn and the Rev. A.T.
Moye, with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Mr. Lacey passed away Monday, May
2, 1977 at Archbold Hospital after an extended illness. A farmer and retired
carpenter, Mr. Lacey was born Aug. 16, 1909 in Wilcox County, son of Seaborn
and Minnie Henderson Lacey. He lived most of his adult life in Thomas County.
He was a member of the Freewill Baptist faith. He was married Feb. 19, 1928 to
the former Frances Adams, who survives. Also surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Lois Eddings, Mrs. Frances Dene Croft, Mrs. Ruby Whiddon, Thomasville;
Mrs. Mary Odom, Douglasville; four sons, Coy Lacey, Tifton; Earl C. Lacey,
Quitman; Waymon M. Lacey, Hernando, Fla.; D.H. (Buddy) Lacey, Moultrie; a
brother, Lodge Lacey, Ocala, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. Eula Bruce, Dixie; 29
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
(Thomasville Times-Enterprise, May 3, 1977)
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Frances Dora Lacey
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OBITUARY NOTICE FOR FRANCES DORA ADAMS LACEY
Frances D. Lacey
Services for Frances D. Lacey; 88 of Thomasville, are at 3 p.m. Wednesday,
April 26, 2000, at Allen & Allen Funeral Chapel.
The Rev. Jimmy Love will officiate, and interment will be in Laurel Hill
Cemetery. Mrs. Lacey died Monday; April 24, 2000 at Archbold Memorial
Hospital.
Born April 20,1912, in Wilcox County, Ga., .she was a daughter of John Frank
Adams and Nettie E. Mitchell Adams, both of whom preceded her in death.
She was married to Dudley Hughes Lacey Sr., who also preceded her in death in
1997, on Feb. 19, 1928 in Wilcox County.
She was a homemaker, retired from Archbold Hospital and a member of the
Nazarene Church. Survivors include sons, Coy Lacey of Tifton, Earl Lacey of
Quitman, Dudley Hugh Lacey Jr. of Moultrie; daughters Lois Lacey Eddings, Dene
Croft both of Thomasville, Mary Lacey Odom of Villa Rica, Ruby Lacey Dove of
Tallahassee, Fla.; sister, Ethel McDuffie of Rochelle; 30 grandchildren; 56
great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Waymon Mitchell Lacey. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Allen &
Allen Funeral Home.
Allen & Allen Funeral Home
(Thomasville Times-Enterprise, April 25, 2000)
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James Rasmus Lacey
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Teresa Griffis |
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OBITUARY NOTICES FOR JAMES RASMUS LACEY
SOURCE: WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD, Thursday, August 23, 1934
James R. Lacey, age 78, died this morning at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Coffee, 1031 Albany avenue, following an extended illness.
The body will be sent to Rochelle where funeral and interment will take
place tomorrow, Friday afternoon, at 4 o’clock. Interment will be in the
family burial ground at Christian Hill Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. J. M.
Lumpkin, officiating.
The deceased is a retired farmer, but has made his home here for the past
four years.
The survivors include: two sons J. W. Lacey of Waycross and J. H. Lacey of
Rochelle; two daughters: Mrs. J. B. Coffee of Waycross and Mrs. S. M. Wilson
of Barnesville; one brother, Seab Lacey of Pine View; two sisters Mrs. Martha
Dozier and Mrs. Patsy Ball, both of Rochelle.
W. L. Hinson and Company are the directors in charge of arrangements.
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James Rasmus Lacey - Funeral Notice
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Rod Lacey and Teresa Griffis |
SOURCE:
WAYCROSS JOURNAL-HERALD, Friday, August 24, 1934
Funeral services were held at Rochelle this afternoon for James R. Lacey,
78, who died here yesterday at the home of his daughter Mrs. J. B. Coffee.
Services were held at the Christian Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include J. W. Lacey of Waycross, a son and Mrs. Coffee of
Waycross, a daughter, also other children.
W. L. Hinson and Company was in charge of arrangements.
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