Obituaries
Southwest Georgia

Charles Raymond Burke, Sr.

DONALSONVILLE — Charles Raymond Burke, Sr., 80, of Donalsonville died April 1, 2008 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 P.M. in the funeral home chapel with interment in Rock Pond/Olive Grove Church Cemetery in Iron City. Visitation will be Friday form 6-8 P.M. at the funeral home.

Evans-Skipper Funeral Home
Donalsonville 229/524-2789

Barbara Moore Cooper

PELHAM — Barbara Moore Cooper, 33, of 2442 HWY. 93, Pelham died April 3, 2008 at Grady General Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Nathaniel Thomas & Son Home For Funerals
Pelham 229/294-4869

Charles Robinson

TIFTON — Charles Robinson, 70, of Tifton died March 29, 2008 at Tift Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be Saturday at 2 P.M. at the funeral home with interment in Oakridge Cemetery.

Southview Mortuary
Tifton 229/387-7046

Mae Fields

CORDELE — Funeral service for Mrs. Mae Fields of Cobb, will be held on Sunday at 2:30 in the sanctuary of the New Zion Baptist Church, Cobb and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Fields died April 1, 2008.

J.W. Williams Funeral Directors
Cordele 229/273-2683

James F. Griffin

FITZGERALD — James F. Griffin, 77, of Fitzgerald died April 2, 2008 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 11 A.M. Friday, at the funeral home chapel. interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 Thursday at the funeral home.

Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald 229/423-2033

Eddie Henry

CORDELE — Funeral service for United States Air Force Veteran Mr. Eddie Henry of Warner Robins will be held on Saturday at 2:30 P.M. in the Sanctuary of the St. Mark Baptist Church and burial will follow in the Vienna City Cemetery. Mr. Henry died March 29, 2008.

J.W. Williams Funeral Directors
Cordele 229/273-2683

Predolia Kelly

BAINBRIDGE — Mr. Predolia Kelly, 82, of 172 Kelly Collins Rd., Climax, died April 3, 2008. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Bruton Mortuary
Bainbridge 229/246-6042

J. Frank Kirkland

AMERICUS — Rev. J. Frank Kirkland, 82, 228 Taylor St., passed away on Tuesday night, April 1, 2008, in Sumter Regional Hospital East. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 P.M. on Friday, April 4, in the First Baptist church of Americus with the Rev. Dr. Robert Whitmire officiating. Interment will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers will include Broadus Willoughby, Dr. Richard Reese, Bobby Peacock, Gordon Duff, Shaw Fletcher, and Buzzy Smith. among those who are requested to serve as honorary pallbearers are Jack Carroll, Dr. Jim Herron, George Ellis, Butch Killebrew, Rev. Bill Dupree, Dr. Harvey Simpson, Bobby Peacock, Jr., John Lane, Bobby Avant, Larry Smith, Julian Whatley, Jack Busby, Jack Keeling, and Cliff Pilcher.

Born March 7, 1926, in Tattnal Co., Rev. Kirkland was the son of the late Walter Wright Kirkland and Annie Mae Youmans Kirkland. A graduate of Mercer University in Macon and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., he was a retired Baptist minister. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and was pastor emeritus of the Fellowship Baptist Church. He had also served as the pastor of Southern Baptist churches in Fulton, Mo, Carbondale, IL, Calhoun, Mo, Macon, Ga., Winterville, GA. and a field of churches at White Plains, Ga.

The family will receive friends at Hancock Funeral Home from 6-8 P.M. on Thursday, April 3. At other times, friends may call at the family residence on Taylor St.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Venetta McCullough Kirkland of Americus; a daughter, Claire Phillips of Topeka, KS; three sons, Clayton Kirkland and wife Jan of Denver, CO, Gary Kirkland of Kansas City, MO, and Hamilton Kirkland and wife Cathy of Shawnee, KS; a sister, Mrs. Erin Gilbert and husband Jimmy of Barnesville; a brother, Ned Kirkland and wife Pauline of Macon; a sister-in-law, Eloise Kirkland of Douglas; five grandchildren, Rebecca Phillips and Laura Phillips, both of Topeka, KS, Matthew Kirkland and Alexander Kirkland, both of Shawnee, KS and Luke Kirkland of Denver, CO; and several nieces and nephews.

Hancock Funeral Home
Americus 229/924-3645

Eddie Mann

TIFTON — Eddie Mann, 65, of Tifton, died March 30, 2008 at Tift Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be at St. John Holiness Church, Saturday at 4:30 with interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Family will have Wake Friday 6-7 Friday at the funeral home.

Southview Mortuary
Tifton 229/387-7046

Edwin D. Richey

FITZGERALD — Edwin “Eddie” Richey, 65, of Ben Hill Co., died April 2, 2008 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 2 P.M. Saturday at Salem Baptist Church in Ben Hill co. interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 P.M. Friday at the funeral Home.

Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald 229/423-2033

Deandreous Riley

CORDELE — Deandreous Riley, 16, of Cordele died April 2, 2008 at his home. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

J.W. Williams Funeral Home
Cordele 229/273-2683

Yvonne Thomas Robinson

CORDELE — Funeral service for Mrs. Yvonne Thomas Robinson of Cordele will be held on Saturday at 11 A.M. in the Sanctuary of the Beulahland Baptist Church and burial will follow in the Bethel Cemetery. Mrs. Robinson died March 31, 2008.

J.W. Williams Funeral Directors
Cordele 229/273-2683

Koreasha Williams

ARLINGTON — Koreasha Williams (Nikki), 29 of 101 Thompson St., Damascus, died April 2, 2008 in an automobile accident in Camilla. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Murray & Son Funeral Home
Arlington 229/725-4267

Beatrice Wright

TIFTON — Beatrice Wright, 44, of Tifton, died March 26, 2008 at Tift Regional Hospital. Funeral service will be April 5 at 11 A.M. at Beulah Hill Baptist Church with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

Southview Mortuary
Tifton 229/387-7046

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