OBITUARIES

Recent Tift County Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Tifton, GA, Tift County & Surrounding Areas

Jeanette (Tanner)  Doles

Jeanette (Tanner) Doles

Dec 16, 2017

Jeanette Tanner Doles, 88, passed away on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Regency Hospital – Macon, Georgia surrounded by her family.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 19th at 2:00pm in the Chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with the Rev. Jack Perrin officiating. Interment will follow in Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends...

Irene Hall Hansel

Irene Hall Hansel

Dec 11, 2017

Irene Hall Hansel, 92, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2017 at Tift Health and Rehab Center.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 13th at 2:00pm in Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Norris officiating. Interment to follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening, December 12th from 6:00 to 8:00pm...

Ricky Lee Miller

Ricky Lee Miller

Dec 7, 2017

Ricky Lee Miller, 57, passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at his residence.

A private celebration of his life will be held at a later date.

Mr. Miller was born April 30, 1960 in Tachikawa, Japan to Ralph Miller, Sr., and Shirley Parker Miller, both of Scott...

Doyle Eston Wiggins

Doyle Eston Wiggins

Dec 6, 2017

Doyle Eston Wiggins, 88, died at his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday, December 6, 2017.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 9th at 2:00pm in the Chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Dr. Fred Evers officiating. Interment will follow in Oakridge Cemetery with Military Honors. The family will receive friends on Friday evening, December...

Betty (Cooper)  Tucker

Betty (Cooper) Tucker

Dec 6, 2017

Betty Cooper Tucker, 83, passed away on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, December 10th at 3:00pm in Chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Justin Atchison officiating and Eulogy by Rick Hodnett. Interment to follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00 to 2:30pm before...

Kyle Brooks

Kyle Brooks

Dec 2, 2017

John Kyle Brooks, 55, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held  2:00 P.M. on Tuesday December 5, 2017 at Albritton Funeral Directors with Pastor Todd Brooks officiating.  Burial will follow at Oakridge Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 12:00 - 1:30 P.M. before the service on...

Perry Samuel Key

Perry Samuel Key

Dec 1, 2017

Tifton - Mr. Perry Samuel Key, 67, of Tifton passed away Friday, December 1, 2017 surrounded by his family.

A celebration of his life will be held at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Bruce Roberts officiating.  A private interment will be held at a later date. The family will receive...

Bobby Joe Pippin

Bobby Joe Pippin

Nov 28, 2017

Chief Bobby Joe Pippin, USN, retired of Tifton, died suddenly in his wife’s arms at their home on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 and went on to be with the Lord Jesus whom he Loved very much. His mission was making and having made Jesus crosses for almost twenty- nine years to be placed on back windows of automobiles.

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Shirley (Bass)  Griffin

Shirley (Bass) Griffin

Nov 24, 2017

Shirley Bass Griffin, 89, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2017 at Southern Oaks Personal Care Home.

Funeral services will be held Monday, November 27, 2017 at 2:00pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Larry Layfield and Rev. Jason Jones officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00...

Drusilla "Dru" Walker Andrus

Drusilla "Dru" Walker Andrus

Nov 22, 2017

Drusilla “Dru” Walker Andrus, 89, passed away on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 2:00pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Dr. Fred Evers and Rev. Craig Nalls officiating. Interment to follow at Harding Methodist Church Cemetery. The family...

Hulen Cullis Jones

Hulen Cullis Jones

Nov 21, 2017

Hulen Cullis Jones, 80, passed away on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at The Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, November 25th in Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Larry Layfield officiating. Interment to follow in Mt. Zion Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, November 24th from...

Phyllis "Pipi" Renee Pritchett

Phyllis "Pipi" Renee Pritchett

Nov 19, 2017

Phyllis Renee “Pipi” Pritchett, 54, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, November 22nd at 2:00pm in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. Noel Collver and Rev. Brent Lastinger officiating. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday...

Ronald Paul Kirby, Jr.

Ronald Paul Kirby, Jr.

Nov 19, 2017

Ronald Paul Kirby, Jr., 55, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at Augusta University Medical Center.

Graveside services will be held on Friday, November 24, 2017 at 3:00pm in Omega Cemetery with Rev. John Thomas officiating. The visitation will be held before the service at Albritton Funeral Directors from 1:00 to 2:30pm. ...

Marvilyn "Lyn" (Harden)  Orr

Marvilyn "Lyn" (Harden) Orr

Nov 18, 2017

Marvilyn (“Lyn”) Harden Orr, 69, died Saturday, November 18, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.  Lyn was born in Tifton, Georgia the daughter of Aileen Grace Harden and Oren Hall Harden, Sr.  Lyn is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Kristine Orr Brown and David Kyle Brown of Atlanta, her son and daughter-in-law Eston Wycliffe Orr, Jr. and Amanda Bauer Orr...

Louis Watson, Jr.

Louis Watson, Jr.

Nov 18, 2017

Tifton - Mr. Louis Watson, Jr., 78 of Tifton died on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Regency Hospital in Macon, Georgia.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, November 25, 2017 in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with Rev. John Thomas officiating. The interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens.  The family will receive friends...

Kathy (Heard)  Houle

Kathy (Heard) Houle

Nov 17, 2017

Kathy Heard Houle, 62, passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at her residence.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00pm on Sunday, November 19th at Albritton Funeral Directors chapel with Rev. Marvin Williams officiating. Interment will follow at Waterloo Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 6:00 to...

Robert Edward Hellwig

Robert Edward Hellwig

Nov 15, 2017

Robert Edward Hellwig, 90, of Tifton, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia.

Funeral services will be held 10:00 A.M. Monday, November 20, in Peace Lutheran Church with Rev. Doug Hudson and Rev. Earl Steffens officiating.  The family will receive friends on Sunday 6:00 – 8:00...

Jane (Watlington)  May

Jane (Watlington) May

Nov 12, 2017

Tifton – Mrs. Jane Watlington May, 80, of Tifton, died Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

Funeral services will be in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 with Rev. Benjy Varnell officiating. Interment will follow at Tift Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday,...

Linda Susan McCrary

Linda Susan McCrary

Nov 9, 2017

Linda Susan McCrary, age 64, of Tifton, Georgia, completed the long journey to her Heavenly home after a courageous battle with cancer on Thursday, November 9, 2017. She passed away at her home, surrounded by loved ones who escorted her, hand in hand, to the outstretched arms of Jesus.

Linda was born...

Roberto Elias Olvera

Roberto Elias Olvera

Nov 8, 2017

Roberto Elias Olvera, 44, of Omega, Georgia passed away on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at Shellman, Ga.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, November 12th at 2:00pm. Interment will follow at Omega Cemetery. Rosary will be Saturday, November 11th from 6:00 to 8:00pm at the funeral home.

Mr. Olvera was born July 28, 1973 in...

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