OBITUARIES

Forsyth, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Forsyth, Georgia, Monroe County, & Surrounding Areas.

William Kenneth McMurray

William Kenneth McMurray

Mar 25, 2018

William Kenneth McMurray passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at Forsyth Apostolic Church with burial in East Juliette Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Mike Causey and Rev. Jeremy Causey will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the Church. Kenneth, the son of...

Roy Lee Collins, Jr.

Roy Lee Collins, Jr.

Mar 23, 2018

Roy Lee Collins, Jr., age 100, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Dr. Hambric Brooks will officiate. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will be private at a later date in...

Velva Dungan Darden

Velva Dungan Darden

Mar 18, 2018

Velva Dungan Darden passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018, at First Baptist Church of Forsyth with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Dr. Dan Whitaker and Dr. Hambric Brooks will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Monroe...

Troy Lee Swearingen

Troy Lee Swearingen

Mar 18, 2018

Troy Lee Swearingen passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018. A Graveside Service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 23, 2018, at Byron City Cemetery. Rev. Franklin Etheridge will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Mr. Swearingen, the son of the late James Edward...

Donald Joseph Rose

Donald Joseph Rose

Mar 14, 2018

Donald Joseph Rose, 89, of Forsyth, Georgia died while at home on Tuesday, March14, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17 at Sharpsburg Baptist Church, 6413 Hwy. 54, Sharpsburg, Ga. with their pastor and friend Dr. Watson E. Mills officiating. The family will greet friends following the service in the Fellowship Hall. Mr. Rose was...

Syble Adams McCoy

Syble Adams McCoy

Mar 13, 2018

Syble Adams McCoy passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2018. A Graveside Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 16, 2018, at Forsyth City Cemetery. David Herndon will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the graveside. Syble, the daughter of the late George Henry Adams and Eddie Steele Adams was born September 25, 1928, in...

Elizabeth Ross Elkins

Elizabeth Ross Elkins

Mar 5, 2018

Elizabeth Alberta Ross Elkins passed away Monday, March 5, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 8, 2017, at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery. Linda Morison will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the graveside. Mrs. Elkins, the daughter of the late William Eli Ross and Elizabeth Corinne Little Ross was born April...

Ronald Douglas Bostick

Ronald Douglas Bostick

Mar 1, 2018

Ronald Douglas “Ronnie” Bostick passed away Thursday, March 1, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, March 4, 2018, at Maynard Baptist Church with burial in Juliette United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Stanley Harrell and Rev. Mark Goolsby will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Monroe...

Janie Corley Mays

Janie Corley Mays

Feb 25, 2018

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE        A celebration of the life of Mrs. Janie Corley Mays will be held on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. at Bethany Baptist Church in Bolingbroke. Afterwards Mrs. Mays will be laid to rest at Monroe Memorial Gardens on Ensign Road in Forsyth next to her husband Mr. Billy Ray Mays, Sr. who preceded her in death...

Gary McNaughton Powell

Gary McNaughton Powell

Feb 16, 2018

Gary McNaughton Powell passed away Friday, February 16, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 24, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will be private.  The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home. Mr. Powell, the son of the late McNaughton Powell and Inell Cravey Powell was born August 7,...

Katrina Lynn Lavender

Katrina Lynn Lavender

Feb 16, 2018

Katrina Lynn Lavender passed away Friday, February 16, 2018. The family will greet friends Monday, February 19, 2018, from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., at Monroe County Memorial Chapel, with a graveside service to follow at 2:00 p.m. in Roberta City Cemetery, Roberta, Georgia. Pastor Tommy Odum will officiate. Mrs. Lavender was born March 7, 1971, in Macon, Georgia. Her...

Robert Benjamin Floyd

Robert Benjamin Floyd

Feb 10, 2018

VIEW PHOTO COLLAGE            Robert Benjamin “Bobby” Floyd (better known to many as ‘Pops’) passed away Saturday, February 10, 2018, after a month long illness of metastatic malignant melanoma. The family will greet friends from 2:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday, February 12, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with a graveside service to follow at 4:00 p.m., at...

Edward "Ed" Peacock

Edward "Ed" Peacock

Feb 5, 2018

Edward “Ed” Peacock passed away Monday, February 5, 2018. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 10, 2018, in the sanctuary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Gray Ward. Bishop Derek Burns will officiate. Burial will follow at 1:00 p.m., at Riverside Cemetery. The family will greet friends the day of the service...

William Carl Gordon, Jr.

William Carl Gordon, Jr.

Feb 3, 2018

William Carl Gordon, Jr. passed away Saturday, February 3, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will be private.  Reverend Dave Riley will officiate.  The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.   Mr. Gordon, the son of the late...

Charlene Rininger Dorrier

Charlene Rininger Dorrier

Feb 2, 2018

Charlene Mae Rininger Dorrier passed away Friday, February 2, 2018. Services and burial will be announced at a later date. Mrs. Dorrier, the daughter of the late Charles Monroe Rininger and Helen Alvina Tallman Rininger, was born June 6, 1940, in Elkart, Indiana. She was retired from Selmer’s Corporation. Survivors include her daughter, Sonya Jean Ballard of Old Fort, Tennessee;...

Charles Michael Snow Sr.

Charles Michael Snow Sr.

Jan 24, 2018

Charles Michael “Mike” Snow, Sr. passed away Wednesday, January 24, 2018, after a long, courageous fight with many health ailments. Graveside services will be held at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Rocky Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Scott Harrell will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 26, 2018, at Monroe...

Thomas Randy Wells

Thomas Randy Wells

Jan 20, 2018

Thomas Randy Wells passed away Saturday, January 20, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 23, 2018, at Kelly Wells Cemetery, Kelly Road, Jones County, Georgia. Rev. Franklin Etheridge will officiate. The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 22, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Randy, the son of the...

William Walter Jackson

William Walter Jackson

Jan 19, 2018

William Walter Jackson passed away Friday, January 19, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 21, 2018, at Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Rev. Mark Goolsby will officiate. The family will greet friends following the service at the graveside. Mr. Jackson, the son of the late Thomas Elmo Jackson and Minnie Lou Bostick Jackson was born April...

Rev. James Floyd Hunnicutt

Rev. James Floyd Hunnicutt

Jan 18, 2018

Rev. James Floyd Hunnicutt, 90, passed away January 18, 2018, surrounded by his family. Born September 11, 1927 to Grace and Willie Jim Hunnicutt, he lived his entire life in Juliette, Georgia. He met and married the love of his life, Vivian Chambless in 1944 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary shortly before her death in 1994. He served as...

Melda Watkins Grant

Melda Watkins Grant

Jan 13, 2018

Melda Ruth Watkins Grant passed away Saturday, January 13, 2018. A Memorial Service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 17, 2018, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel. Burial will be private.  Reverend Mark Goolsby will officiate.  The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Grant, the daughter of the late Waymon Watkins and Ruth...

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