OBITUARIES
Forsyth, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Forsyth, Georgia, Monroe County, & Surrounding Areas.
Steven Edward Skinner
Dec 20, 2022
December 20th, 2022, Steven Edward Skinner, went to be with his Heavenly Father. Steve was a loving husband, father and grandfather of four and an active member in the church and community. Born on February 9th, 1963, in Okinawa, Japan, to his parents Fred and Mary Skinner; he is the third of five children. Steven married the love of his...
Emmett Benjamin Cook, Sr.
Dec 16, 2022
Emmett Benjamin Cook, Sr. of Forsyth, Georgia passed away Friday, December 16, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday 21, 2022 at Shiloh Baptist Church with visitation one hour prior to the service. Rev. Ricky Niblett will officiate. Interment will follow in Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Georgia. Mr. Cook was born January 12, 1933 in Geneva, Georgia to...
Killis Bennett
Dec 16, 2022
Killis Bennett was born January 4th, 1933, to William Roy and Sarah Frances Pierson Bennett of Culloden Ga. He graduated from Mary Persons High School where he participated in sports and FFA. Killis was a quarterback for the Bulldogs and scored the very first touchdown on Mitchell Field. He was also a state finalist in the FFA cattle division. After...
Elaine White
Dec 15, 2022
Venetia Elaine “Pearl” Elliott White, born October 2, 1959, 63, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, December 15, 2022, surrounded by her family.
She married, Keith White, the love her life on December 1, 1979. The Lord blessed Elaine and Keith with their first son, Matthew Elliott and their second son, Patrick Lanier. Elaine...
Curtis E. Waites, Sr.
Dec 13, 2022
Curtis E. Waites, of Duluth, GA, passed away on Tuesday, December 13th 2022, at age 98 of natural causes. Born in Forsyth, GA on May 27, 1924, he attended Mary Persons High School. After graduation, Curtis served in the US Army in World War II in the European theater. He graduated from University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Business...
Gertrude Standridge Akins
Dec 10, 2022
Gertrude Standridge Akins passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022 at her residence in Jackson, Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 11:30a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2022 at First Baptist Church of High Falls with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Akins was born October 8, 1930 in Walhalla, South Carolina to...
Richard Wallace Graham Jr.
Dec 8, 2022
Richard Wallace Graham Jr. formed a lasting impression in the lives of every person he met. He was an unforgettable man with a big heart. Richard W. Graham Jr. passed away peacefully at his home in Forsyth, Georgia on December 8, 2022. Born to Richard W. Graham Sr. and the Late Rita K. Graham on May 16, 1960, in Pensacola...
Jean Watts Jackson
Dec 8, 2022
After a long life of loving family, flowers, books, and her dogs, Jean Carleton Watts Jackson, 93, passed away on December 8, 2022.
She was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 26, 1929, to Wayland Merle and Bernice Carleton Watts. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Elbert Jackson; her son, Jim Jackson; and her brothers Wayland Watts and...
Dale Alan Barbour
Dec 7, 2022
Mr. Dale Alan Barbour, age 62 of Forsyth, passed away Wednesday December 7th, 2022 at Monroe County Hospital in Forsyth, GA.
Mr. Barbour was born in York, Pennsylvania and has been a resident of Forsyth since 1990. He was a veteran in the US Army and a truck driver for 35 years.
Mr. Barbour is preceded in death by his...
Brandon Keith Baxter
Dec 7, 2022
Brandon Keith Baxter passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Pastor Harold Clark will officiate.
Brandon was born May 6, 1997 in Macon, Georgia. His mother, Paula Ann...
Keith Golden
Nov 28, 2022
Wesley "Keith" Golden passed away peacefully at his home Monday, November 28, 2022.
Keith was born June 08, 1954, in Dawson, Georgia to Grace Hancock Golden and Wesley Bernard Golden. He is survived by his wife, Paula Golden, and daughter, Jennifer Tanner, three sons, John Golden, Scott Golden, and James Starks, and 10 grandchildren, J.B. Starks, Tyler Starks, Nathaniel Starks, Carter...
James William Stephens
Nov 24, 2022
James “Jimmy” William Stephens passed away Thursday, November 24, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Rev. Ricky Niblett will officiate. Mr. Stephens was born February 25, 1944 in Portsmouth, Virginia to the...
Bonnie Johnson
Nov 23, 2022
Bonita “Bonnie” Johnson (Bond), age 63, of Culloden, Georgia, loving wife, mother, and Granny, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Atrium Navicent Health surrounded by loved ones.
Born to Horace and Nadell (McDaniel) Bond on January 28, 1959 at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia.
She attended Southwest High School in Macon, Georgia. She was a grill operator at...
Harold Lee Smith Sr.
Nov 20, 2022
Harold Lee Smith, Sr., beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and uncle, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2022. Harold, the son of Curtis M. Smith, Sr. and Catheryn Smith, was born on July 31, 1944, in Forsyth, Georgia.
Harold is predeceased by an infant daughter, Amy Elizabeth; his parents; his brothers, Curtis M. Smith, Jr. and Robert L. Smith, and his...
Ann Catherine Land
Nov 19, 2022
Ann Catherine Land, age 86, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022. She was born on August 13, 1936, in Macon, Georgia. She was a graduate of Mount De Sales class of ’54 in Macon, Georgia. She and her husband moved to Monroe County in 1969 to raise their family. She spent 40 years working in the shipping department of the...
Sherrill Ann Henderson
Nov 17, 2022
It is Well with my Soul….Sherrill Ann Henderson, 55, was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania on September 7, 1967, and passed away at her home in Forsyth, Georgia, November 17, 2022 She is predeceased by her father, Eugene Kirklin, and her mother, Beverly Parks. She is survived by her husband, Allen Henderson; her 12 children: Jason (Chelsea), Ryan (Kim), Nick (Jess),...
Albert Clyde Jones
Nov 15, 2022
Albert C. Jones of Forsyth passed away peacefully at his home, Tuesday November 15, 2022.
Albert was born January 6, 1936 in Butler, Georgia to Jesse Clyde Jones and Maggie McChargue Jones.
Albert is preceded in death by his parents, beloved wife Elaine Wheeless Jones, brother, Felton Jones, sisters Gladys Jones and Christine Jones. He is survived by his sons...
Richard Edward Evans
Nov 15, 2022
Richard “Rick” Edward Evans, 77, of Jackson, Georgia passed away at Navicent Health Center on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, Rick was born May 10, 1945, in Birmingham, Alabama to Clementine Augusta and June Arnold Evans. Rick was preceded in death by his parents. Evans is survived by his three children: Blair (Dorcas) Evans of Cairo, Georgia; Jay (Wendy) Evans of...
Katharine Weaver Simms
Nov 11, 2022
Lord, You have been my dwelling place
Katharine Ella Weaver Simms, 97, was born in Jacksonville, Florida on September 5, 1925 and passed away at her home in Culloden, Georgia, November 11, 2022. She is predeceased by the love of her life, Virgil Ray Simms, Jr., her father Julius Gideon Weaver, her mother, Estelle Kelly Weaver, her brother, Julius Whatley...
Glover Stuart
Nov 10, 2022
James Glover Stuart was born on February 29, 1928, and passed into God’s peace on November 10, 2022. Monroe County Memorial Chapel oversees arrangements. A visitation will be held Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with a home going service and burial at New Providence Baptist Church in Smarr, Georgia on Monday Nov. 14 at 11 a.m....
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