OBITUARIES
Forsyth, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Forsyth, Georgia, Monroe County, & Surrounding Areas.
Ruby Gossett Champion
May 9, 2020
Ruby Estelle Gossett Champion passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Tuesday, May 12, 2020 in Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery with no formal visitation. Stake President Dennis Appleby will officiate.
Mrs. Champion, the daughter of the late Joseph Jefferson Gossett and Pauline Estelle Ruark Gossett...
Rev. Clyde Bennett
May 5, 2020
Rev. Clyde Bennett passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Thursday, May 7, 2020 in Greenwood Cemetery in Barnesville, Georgia with no formal visitation. Rev. Marty Leverette will officiate.
Mr. Bennett, the son of the late Vondvia Bennett and Fay Harris Bennett, was born June 7,...
Linda Scott Ramage
May 4, 2020
Linda Lee Scott Ramage passed away Monday, May 4, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Thursday, May 7, 2020, in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens with no formal visitation. Rev. Debbie Lefevers will officiate.
Mrs. Ramage, the daughter of the late James Kermit Scott and Elnora Blackburn Scott was born April 19,...
Frances Cheek Agnew
May 3, 2020
Frances Rebecca Cheek Agnew passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, a private graveside service for family will be held Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in East Juliette Baptist Church Cemetery, with no formal visitation. Rev. Mark Goolsby will officiate.
Mrs. Agnew, the daughter of the late Herbert Lee Cheek and Myrtle Ree Beasley Cheek was...
Ray Lechtenberg
May 1, 2020
Raymond Alfred Lechtenberg, 67, of Forsyth, Georgia, passed away on May 1st, 2020 from lung cancer. Services and burial will be private.Ray was predeceased by his parents, John and Louise, his wife Linda, and siblings Regina, Rita and Ralph. He is survived by his son, Kacee Andrew Lechtenberg and his three siblings, Rose Ann, Ruth and Ronald.Raymond will live on...
Olin Trammell
Apr 30, 2020
Lewis Olin Trammell Sr., 84, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, April 30, 2020. He was born at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, GA on October 8, 1935, and was a veteran of the National Guard.
Mr. Trammell, also known affectionately as Olin, Big O, Daddy, Papa T., and Boss, was the patriarch of a...
Margaret Blackmon Nicholson
Apr 22, 2020
Margaret Blackmon Nicholson passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020. A private family graveside service will be held Friday, April 24, 2020 in Salem Cemetery in Upson County. Dr. Jeff Morgan will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.
Mrs. Nicholson, the daughter of the late Jake Blackmon and Maggie Waldroup Blackmon was born August...
Barnes O'Neal
Apr 20, 2020
Oscar Barnes O’Neal of Griffin passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020. He was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina on May 3, 1936. Mr. O’Neal was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Clay and Mabel Jean Barnes O’Neal and brother, Henry Clay O’Neal, Jr.
Mr. O’Neal served in the United States Army and was a graduate of Fitzgerald...
Rosanne Wilson Jerkins Thompson
Apr 12, 2020
Rosanne Wilson Jerkins Thompson, 74, of Forsyth, Georgia, passed away at her home on April 12, 2020 following a valiant fight against cancer. A family graveside service will be held at this time, with a memorial service to follow at a later date.
Mrs. Thompson, the daughter of the late Nadine Shaw Wilson and Howell Montgomery Wilson, Jr., was born...
William Harrell Newton
Apr 6, 2020
William Harrell Newton passed away Monday, April 6, 2020. A private graveside service will be held in Greenwood Cemetery, Barnesville, Georgia, with Steve Sharpe officiating. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.
Mr. Newton, the son of the late William Clarence Newton and Myrtice Jewel Daniel Newton was born March 31, 1940, in Barnesville, Georgia. ...
Johnny Edward Turnbow
Apr 3, 2020
Johnny Edward Turnbow passed away Friday, April 3, 2020. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Johnny, the son of the late Teddy Joe Turnbow, Sr. and Vicky Elizabeth Marsh Turnbow was born April 7, 1967, in Forsyth, Georgia.
Johnny is survived by his children, Caleb Turnbow, Mary Elizabeth Turnbow and Noah Joe Turnbow; brother, Joey Turnbow,...
Teddy Neal Castleberry
Mar 30, 2020
Teddy Neal Castleberry passed away Monday, March 30, 2020. His wishes were to be cremated with no service.
Teddy, the son of the late Charles Edgar Castleberry and Bertha Tidwell Castleberry was born September 7, 1937, in Thomaston, Georgia. His sisters, Dorothy Castleberry Pritchett and Jackie Castleberry Head, and his brother, Ervin Castleberry preceded him in death. He was retired...
Lawrence Ray Darden
Mar 30, 2020
Lawrence Ray Darden passed away Monday, March 30, 2020. Graveside services will be private in Greenwood Cemetery, Forsyth, Georgia. Rev. Allen Newman will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.
Mr. Darden, the son of the late John Thomas Darden and Melba Margaret McBride, was born October 16, 1943, in Monroe County, Georgia. His...
Thomas Jettis "Jr." Toole
Mar 28, 2020
Thomas Jettis “Jr.” Toole passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020. Graveside services will be private at Monroe Memorial Gardens with Rev. Raymond Steinkamp officiating. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.
Jr., the son of the late Franklin Toole and Mittie Driskel Toole was born August 19, 1926, in Forsyth, Georgia. He retired from...
Zella Meeks Fisher
Mar 27, 2020
Zella Mae Meeks Fisher passed away peacefully on Friday, March 27, 2020.
Zella, the daughter of the late Morgan D. McCrackin and Mamie Lee Kemp McCrackin was born on November 24, 1937, in Thomaston, Georgia. Her family later moved to Forsyth where she grew up, married and raised her family. She was married to Robert (Tommy) Meeks for 32 years...
Marion Callaway Peters
Mar 24, 2020
Marion Cornelia Callaway Peters passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020. A private graveside services will be held in Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Stanley Harrell will officiate. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there will not be a family visitation.
Mrs. Peters, the daughter of the late James Edwin Callaway and Willie Mae Davis Callaway was born September 13, 1925, in...
Ronnie Thompson
Mar 22, 2020
Macon . . . John Ronald “Ronnie” Thompson, Sr., former Mayor of Macon, passed away March 22, 2020.He is survived by his daughter, Ronita Thompson Caldwell, and his son, John R “Johnny” Thompson, Jr. (Diana) of Conyers, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Services were private.
In lieu of flowers, John and Ronita request memorials to:The Big House FoundationThe Big House Museum2321...
Bree Young
Mar 20, 2020
Breanna Rose “Bree” Young passed away Friday, March 20, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 11, 2020 at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic mask and social distancing will be required. A celebration of Bree’s life will be held following the service at 142 Meadow Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029.
Bree was...
Rick English
Mar 20, 2020
George Richard “Rick” English passed away Friday, March 20, 2020. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Burial will be private.
Rick, the son of the late Richard Augustus English, Jr. and Ruth Viola Goggans English was born January 13, 1947, in Forsyth, Georgia. He was a 1965 graduate of Mary Persons High School, a graduate of...
Helen Belt
Mar 15, 2020
Helen Miller Belt passed away peacefully at her home in Indian Springs, GA surrounded by her children and family on March 15, 2020.
Helen was born in Lumberton, NC on April 20, 1938 and is survived by her sister Rose White (Melvin) of Stockbridge, GA and sister-in-law, Madeline Miller, of Wilmington, NC. She is preceded in death by her parents,...
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