Eddie Willie Mercer Sr., age 70, passed on January 25, 2017 at Miona Geriatrics and Dementia, Ideal, Georgia.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Old Corinth Baptist Church, 425 Brown Small Road, Americus, Georgia, where the Reverend Dr. C.L McKinstry is pastor. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.

Eddie was born on March 12, 1946 in Americus, Georgia to the late Roosevelt Mercer and Mary Lizzy Dowdell. He was preceded in death by five siblings, Iona Bell Dowdell, Anna Sue Robinson, Elizabeth Green, Willie Lou Dowdell, Willie Fred Dowdell, and two grandchildren, Dontrell White and Kenson Hunt. He was educated in the public school system of Sumter County. At an early age he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers at Old Corinth Baptist Church. He worked as a farmer for many years at Frazier Farms.

He leaves to cherish his memories: five children, Deborah Ann Wilkerson (Timothy), Americus, Georgia, Eddie Mercer (Alice), Jerome Mercer (Teresa), Brian Keith (Kathy), Carolyn Harper, all of Americus, Georgia; 16 grandchildren, Cheryl Wilkerson, Sherry Wilkerson, Kristie Wilkerson, Melissa Wilkerson, Marquita Clark, Deandria Watson, Aaron Cooper, Tyrus Hunt, Eddie Jerome Mercer, Eddie Latrell Mercer, Clarence Smith, Shequita Dorso,  Shatia Mercer, Deandrae Harper and Taneshia Harper; 19 great grandchildren; one brother Charles Dowdell ( Willimenia); a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.           

​Eugene Harris, age 80, passed on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be held at 12:00 P.M., Monday, January 30, 2017 at Davis Chapel A.M.E. Church, Hwy 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia, where the Reverend Norris Harris is Pastor. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.
 
Eugene was born March 28, 1936 in Oglethorpe, Georgia to the late Gus Harris and Ethel Lee Taylor Harris. He was preceded in death by a son, Curtis Harris, and four sibling,s Wylene Harris, Annie Will Harris, Henry Lee Harris, and Lucile Maddox. Eugene was known as a hard worker. He enjoyed employment through Merlan M. Williams Farms as a Farmer; Simmons Construction as a Construction Worker; and Mulco in the Shipping Department. On September 29, 1963 Eugene was joined in holy matrimony to Ollie Hill.
 
He leaves his cherished memory to his wife of 53 years, Ollie Harris, Oglethorpe, Georgia; three children, Shelia Schofield Burnam (Gerald), Montezuma, Georgia, Reginald Harris (Kalandra), Oglethorpe, Georgia, and Bruce Harris (Jeannie Wilson), Oglethorpe, Georgia; eight grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; one sister, Odessa Harris, Fort Valley, Georgia; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Deacon J.D. Hill (Lula) Ideal, Georgia, Pearlie Mae Hill Joseph, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Larry Hill, Atlanta, Georgia, Douglass Hill, Vero Beach, Florida, Mary Hill Cochran, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Shirley Hill Outler (Clarence) Covington, Georgia, Lemuel Hill, Dennis Hill, Melvin Hill  and Gwendolyn Hill Rucker (Minder), all of Oglethorpe, Georgia;  a host of other relatives and friends including devoted friends, Leroy Cephus, Atlanta, Georgia, Stanley Walker and Edras Washington, both of Oglethorpe, Georgia.

​Mrs. Thelma Harris Hall, age 73, passed on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Davis Chapel A.M.E. Church, Georgia  Highway 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia, where the Reverend Norris Harris is Pastor. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. Bishop James Lundy, pastor of Tabernacle of Faith Holiness Church, Spivey Street, Ellaville, Georgia, will officiate.
 
Thelma was born on March 20, 1943 to the Christean Harris and late Delmas Harris, Sr. in Oglethorpe, Georgia. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Nathaniel Harris,  Theodore “Bill” Harris, and one sister, Odessa Harris Redding.  She was educated in the public school system of Schley County and was a graduate of John Lewis High School in Ellaville, Georgia. For many faithful years, she worked and later retired from Arrow Shirt Company in Atlanta, Georgia as a Seamstress. She was joined in holy matrimony to  Leonard Hall.  She enjoyed cooking and socializing with family and friends.
 
She leaves to cherish her memories: a mother, Christean Harris, Ideal, Georgia; a brother, Delmas Harris, Jr., Ellaville, Georgia; nephews and nieces, Travis Holloway, Atlanta, Georgia, DeWayne Harris (Jalandra), Newnan, Georgia, Brant Acey, Thomaston, Georgia, Jeffery Harris, Ideal, Georgia, TheErica Harris, Atlanta, Georgia, Pamela Harris, Ideal, Georgia, and Paula H. Smith (Robert); great nephew and nieces, Rashad Smith (Vashae), San Diego, California, Shantericka Harris, Americus, Georgia, Jermaine Harris, Ideal, Georgia, Aubree Griggs, Atlanta, Georgia, Gabriel Harris, Americus, Georgia; a host of other relatives and friends.

Ollie Lee Thompson age 67, passed on January 2, 2017, at the Pine Pointe Hospice and Palliative Care, 6261 Peake Road, Macon, Georgia. 

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, January 7, 2017 at Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. The Reverend Angela Roberts will officiate.     

Ollie Lee Thompson was born on December 2, 1949 the late Julius “Jack” Thompson and Elnora Hall Thompson. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Arthur James Hall and Larry Hall. He was educated in the public school system of Macon County.  Over the years he worked as an independent Truck Driver.

He leaves to cherish his memories: four siblings, Bunice Turner (George), Montezuma, Georgia, Nettie Mae Melvin, Montezuma, Georgia, Evelyn Whitehead, (Nathaniel), Greensboro, Georgia, Lula Mae Scott, Montezuma, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends including a close and devoted friend, Tommie Felton.