OBITUARIES
Forsyth, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Forsyth, Georgia, Monroe County, & Surrounding Areas.
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,...
Velma Parrish Parker
Mar 11, 2020
Velma Grace Parrish Parker passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, March 14, 2020, at First Baptist Church of Forsyth with visitation beginning at 12:30 p.m. Dr. H. Darrell Watson will officiate. Burial will follow in Pinetta Baptist Church Cemetery, 394 Pinetta Road, Ocilla, GA 31774.
Velma, the daughter of the late...
Bertha Kinney
Mar 10, 2020
Mattie Bertha Kinney, 84, of Forsyth passed away on March 10, 2020, preceded by her husband, Grady Donald Kinney Sr. She was born August 21, 1935 in TyTy, Georgia to the late James Edgar Wilbanks and Mattie Irma Slocumb. She retired after working 35 years from Owens Illinois Glass Co. She is survived by her brother Charles Edgar Wilbanks of...
Tasha Vandiver Walton
Feb 27, 2020
Tasha Louise Vandiver Walton passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Maynard Baptist Church. There will no visitation. Burial will be private. Rev. Matthew Bishop will officiate.
Tasha was born December 27, 1973, in Greensboro, Georgia. She was a homemaker.
Tasha is survived by her children, Eric...
Gerald lee Walton
Feb 27, 2020
Gerald Lee Walton passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020, at Maynard Baptist Church. There will no visitation. Burial will be private. Rev. Matthew Bishop will officiate.
Gerald was born September 4, 1998, in Macon, Georgia. He was a graduate of Mary Persons High School.
Gerald is survived...
Betty Ann DeGarmo
Feb 26, 2020
Betty Ann Vossen DeGarmo passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, March 2, 2020, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. at The Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 2617 Vinson Highway, Milledgeville, Georgia 31061. Rev. Mike McMullan will officiate. The family will greet friends from 3 p.m. until 5...
Don Lindsey
Feb 24, 2020
Donald Warren Lindsey passed away Monday, February 24, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, February 28, 2020, at Forsyth United Methodist Church with burial in Forsyth City Cemetery. Rev. Rick Maeser will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, February 27, 2020, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel.
Don, the son...
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