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Norvis Sanders

2/3/2015

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Mrs. Norvis Malcolm Sanders, age 87, 145 Reynolds Street, Apt 35, Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Monday, February, 2, 2015 at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 12:00 Noon, Friday, February 6, 2015 at the Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, 201 Chatham Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Rev. Glenn Bryant, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia.

Mrs. Sanders was born October 16, 1927 to the late Lonzo Malcolm and Mary Kendrix of Simboro, Lincoln Parrish, Louisiana. She was married to the late Roosevelt Sanders, Sr., and to this union they were blessed with eight children. Roosevelt moved his family to Oglethorpe, Georgia around 1955 where she remained until her demise. She joined Jehovah Missionary Baptist Church, under the leadership of the late Rev. G.G. McCarters, where she supported every facet of the church she loved so well. She loved her children and that love was reciprocated. She made sure that they knew their savior Jesus Christ by taking them to Sunday School.

Norvis was preceded in death by three children, Alfred Malcolm, Roosevelt Sanders, Jr. and Ernest sanders; two grandchildren, Kimberly Kendrick and LaNorris Miller; eight siblings, Ernest Malcolm Sr., Shelton Malcolm, Willie Malcolm, Lessie Malcolm Walsh, Alonzo D. Malcolm, Mary B. Malcolm Franklin, Otis Charles Malcolm, and Robert Malcolm; and daughter-in-law, Barbara M. Sanders. 

She leaves a legacy of loving and many fond memories to her children: Wesley Jean Malcolm, Hampton, Georgia, Shirley S. Kendrick, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Marie Sanders (companion, Dale Love), Riverdale, Georgia, Earl Sanders, Hampton, Georgia, and Gracie Sanders, Oglethorpe, Georgia; twenty-three grandchildren; thirty-three great grandchildren; six great great grandchildren; daughter-in-law, Betty Sanders, Lithonia, Georgia; sisters-in-law, Beatrice Gaines, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Marie Spikes, Montezuma, Georgia, Agnes Wright (Larry), Maryland, Laura Ann Harris, Oglethorpe, Georgia; and a host of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends, including a devoted friend, C.T. Ford.  

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Eva Lou Lester Green

2/2/2015

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Mrs. Eva Lou Lester Green,  age 80, 212 Ivy Street, Montezuma, Georgia passed Friday, January 30, 2015.
 
The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Drayton Road, Byromville, Dooly County, Georgia.  The Reverend Governor Gibson, pastor, will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Church cemetery.
 
Mrs. Eva Lou Lester Green was born July 23, 1934 in Byromville, Dooly County, Georgia to the parentage of the late Fred Lester and Willie Maude Rackley Lester. At an early age, she joined Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she served every facet of the church diligently.  She worked faithfully on the Usher Board Ministry, Choir Member, and the Mother of the Church.   She was member of the George Winter Fellowship Choir of Dooly County.  She was educated in the public school system of Dooly County.   After many dedicated years of service, she retired from Southern Frozen Foods, Inc., Allens Company, and the United Methodist Church of Montezuma, Georgia. 

In 1951, she was united in Holy matrimony to the late Gilbert Green, Jr.  She was preceded in death by one God Given Son, Romauldize Lester; four siblings preceded her in death, Freddie Mae Trice, Albert Lester, James Lester and Arthur Lester.
 
Left to cherish her memories are her God Given Children, Alana Lester, Kiara Lester,  Jerramiyan Joiner and Alberta Ray; her siblings, Betty Jean Waddell, Montezuma, Georgia, Ezell Lester, Roosevelt Lester (Delorius), all of Tampa, Florida, Johnny B. Lester (Betty), Decatur, Georgia, Evelyn Miller (Bob), and Annie Lester, all of Montezuma, Georgia; her aunts, Leila Lester, Tampa, Florida, Bertha Lee Hamilton, Tampa, Florida, Maggie Lean Fudge, Montezuma, Georgia, Lena Redding, Danny Walters, Green Walters, Jr. Little Lloyd Walters and Anthony Walters, all of Akron, Ohio; a host of beloved nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Sergeant First Class James Oliver Watts

2/2/2015

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Sergeant First Class James Oliver Watts (fondly known as J.O. passed Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Emory Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 7, 2015 at St. John Baptist Church, 224 East Allen Street, Leslie, Georgia. Reverend Calvin James, pastor, and Reverend Jesse Watts will officiate. Interment will follow in St. John Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylor Road, Leslie, Georgia.

Sergeant First Class James Oliver Watts was born on May 18, 1957 in Lee County Georgia to the late Rev. Arthur Watts and the Late Clara Watts. He was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur Watts Jr.

At an early age, he joined St. John Baptist Church in Leslie, Georgia. In his youth, he was educated in the Lee County school system; however, in 1976, he graduated from Union High School in Leslie, Georgia. After graduation, James joined the military (Army), retiring with honors at the age of 37, after 20 full years of service. During his decorated military career, he proudly served as a mechanic, drill sergeant and instructor. As a soldier, he dutifully served his country in Operation Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War. Even after retirement, James continued his service to the military as a general contracted mechanic and instructor in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It was in Saudi Arabi that he survived the bombing of his compound in Riyadh after the 9/11 attacks.

He leaves to cherish his memories his wife of 33 years Doshia Watts, Columbus, GA, and their three children, Lakinia (Theopolis) Ramsey, Emeryville, CA, Zachary Watts (fiancée, Porscha Armour), Ellenwood, GA and Yasmin Watts, Ellenwood, GA; a grandchild, Camden Gibson, Ellenwood, GA; siblings, Arthur Mae Watts, DeSoto, GA, Pastor Georgia (Floyd) Deriso, DeSoto, GA, Mary Alice (Ward) Wilson, Philadelphia, PA, Cleveland Watts, DeSoto, GA, Rev. Jesse (Louise) Watts, DeSoto, GA, Minister David Watts, DeSoto, GA, Pastor Anthony (Lashonda) Walker, Americus, GA and Randy Walker, DeSoto, GA, a devoted cousin, Bridget (Jeff) Champion; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Clarence (Miranda) Mitchell, Roosevelt (Bobbie Jean) Mitchell, Eddie (Barbara) Mitchell, all of Americus, GA. Essie Mitchell, Leslie, GA, and Willie Mitchell, Hartford, CT; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A devoted husband and father, an honored and committed soldier…J.O. will truly be missed.

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Annie Maude Jones

2/2/2015

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Annie Maude Searcy Jones, age 88, passed Sunday, February 1, 2015 at her residence.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Friday, February 6, 2015 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church,  Oglethorpe, Georgia, where Rev. Norris Harris is pastor. The Rev. David Thomas, Pastor of Shady Grove, will officiate. Interment will follow at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia.  


Annie Maude Searcy Jones, the daughter of the late Jim Searcy and Essie Mae Collins, was born February 28, 1926 in Charing, GA.

She lived in Georgia until moving to Florida in the mid 1960s.  There she became a member of the Baker Street Church of God in Christ in Leesburg, Florida where she was filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues. She moved back to Georgia in the early 70s and later moved to Oglethorpe, Georgia to take care of her ailing mother.  After the passing of her mother, she remained in Oglethorpe and served faithfully on the Mother’s Board of Shady Grove Baptist Church.  She was known for her love of God, love of flowers, and for her great cooking.

She leaves to mourn her passing four children: daughter, Arber Marshall, Ashburn, GA; son, Thomas Searcy, Oglethorpe, GA; daughter, Sandra (Rev. Marcus) Burke, Thomasville, GA; and daughter, Janie S. Banks, Lithonia, GA; daughter-in-law, Barbara Grooms; fourteen (14) grandchildren; twenty (20) great grandchildren; six (6) siblings, Virgin Jenkins, Chicago, IL, Ocie Troutman, Atlanta, GA, Reba Riley, Atlanta, GA, Mary Webb, Atlanta, GA, Ozzie Jenkins, Atlanta, GA, and Johnny Jenkins, Oglethorpe, GA.

She was preceded in death by brothers, one son, Jerry Grooms, and one granddaughter, Brianna Searcy.

Further cherishing her memory are a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends who will miss her dearly. 

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