Bertha Mae Walker Walton, age 83, 1237 Highway 26 East, Buena Vista, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Moody Road, Tazewell, Georgia. Rev. Joe Oglesby, Pastor will officiate.  Burial will follow at the Church cemetery. 
 
Bertha was born May 30, 1934 to the late Robert Walker Sr., Janie Clifford Walker in Marion County, Georgia.       
 
She was one of fourteen children with five siblings preceding her in death Paul Walker, Robert Walker, Handsome Walker, Albert Walker, and J.C. Walker. 
 
She acquired her education in Marion County Public School System.  She joined Mt. Olive Baptist Church at the age of 14 and supported every facet of the church she loved so well.  She was a member of the Marion County Senior Citizen Group.
 
She was united in holy matrimony to late Willie Clarence Walton.  She was blessed to be the mother of nine children; one preceded her in death, Bobby Ramsey, and one grandson, Sherrod Ramsey. 
 
She leaves to cherish her memories children, Johnny Ramsey (Brinda), Palm Bay, Florida, Robert Ramsey, Jerome Ramsey (Mozelle), Beverly Crumbley (Irvin), and Brenda Walton (Robert Cotton) all of Buena Vista, Georgia, Dyie Ann  Berryhill (John ) Americus, Georgia, Jimmy Ramsey, Miami, Florida, and Dennis Ramsey, Tallahassee, Florida; eighteen grandchildren twenty great grandchildren; siblings Sarah Vauss, Decatur, Georgia, Arthur Walker (Mary Alice), Kissimee, Florida, Grace Brown (Glen), Mary Alice Paggett (William), Gloria Broxton, and David Walker all of Atlanta, Georgia, Evelyn Brownlee, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,  John Walker (Effie Raines), Ellaville, Georgia; sister/brother-in-law Betty Walker Buena, Georgia, Annie Bell Walker, Miami, Florida ; a host of great nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including several devoted.  ​

​John Willie Mitchell, Sr., age 74 of 1404 Madison Street, Americus, Georgia, passed Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.
 
A wake service will be held from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Friday, February 23, 2018 at Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, 132 Bumphead Road, Americus, Georgia.
 
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 24, 2018, Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, 132 Bumphead Road, Americus, Georgia. Burial will follow  at the Eastview Cemetery, Ashby Street, Americus, Georgia.      
 
John was born February 27, 1943 to the late Charlie Mitchell and Hester Brown. He was one of twelve children with six siblings preceding him in death, John Lee, Clyde, Sammie, Roosevelt, Arrie Dean and Annie Maude. He acquired his education in the 28th District of North East High School in Americus, Georgia. He joined Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church where he served faithfully on the Stewart Board, Men and Senior Choir, Custodian and Trustee Board Ministries. He also was a member of the Sons of Allen Organization. 
 
He was united in holy matrimony to Eva Jewel Asberry in 1961 and to this union they were blessed with four children; one preceded him in death, Jeffery.
 
He leaves to cherish his memories a beloved wife of 57 years, Eva Jewel Mitchell, Americus, Georgia; three children, John Mitchell, Jr, (Loretta), James Dennis Mitchell all of Americus, Georgia and Valerie L. Mitchell and a devoted friend Terry Jackson, Covington, Georgia; daughter-in-law, Bridget Mitchell, Covington, Georgia; nine grandchildren, Yazmine Draines, Ashley Mitchell, Amber Mitchell, Damion Walton, Jason Hudson, Kayla Hudson, Brandon Thomas, Jalisa Thomas and Darious Tyner; sixteen great grandchildren; six siblings, Jesse Mitchell, Passaic, NJ, Willie Mitchell, Hartford, CT, Eddie Frank Mitchell (Barbara) and Clarence Mitchell (Mariah), all of Americus, Georgia, Arma Jean Brown, Buffalo, NY and Dosha Watts, Columbus, Georgia. sisters/brothers-in-law, Artis Johnson (Sara), Rev. Robert Coleman (Lodenia) and William Asberry, all of Americus, Georgia, Hannah Asberry, Morrow, Georgia, Bertha Kate, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Lois Asberry, Dianne Asberry Wilson (John), Jennie Asberry, Wylene Asberry and Roy Lee Asberry all of Hartford, CT and Walter Lee Towns of Ideal, Georgia; aunt/uncle, Jessie Hopkins, Americus Georgia and Jimmy Asberry, Andersonville, Georgia; his loving companions and pets, Mickey and Coco and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including Tony Willis, Michael Steward, David Waymon and Tom Yearby.

Mrs. Lorine Kaigler Frazier, age 63, passed on February 10, 2018 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.
 
The funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Mt. Pleasant/Travelers Rest C.M.E. Church, 315 Norris Street, Montezuma, Georgia. Rev. Desmond Rawls, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Champ Waters Cemetery, 191 Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia.
 
Lorine was born January 29, 1955 to the late Pomie Lee Mason Kaigler and  Paul Kaigler, Sr. in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia. At an early age, she joined Travelers Rest C.M.E. Church where she served on the Stewardess Ministry. Following the merger of Mt.Pleasant/Travelers Rest C.M.E. Church, Lorine served faithfully as President of the Stewardess Ministry and church Treasurer. She was a faithful and dedicated member. Lorine was educated in the public school system of Macon County. She was a 1973 honor graduate of the historic D.F. Douglass High School and a 1977 graduate of Georgia Southwestern State University with a Degree in Business Administration and Accounting. In 1976 she was employed as a Lab Technician at Southern Frozen Foods, Inc. After Southern closed she was employed with Tyson Foods, Buena Vista, Georgia as a Plant Manager. Later she worked and retired as an Educator from the Sumter County Middle School. She is preceded in death by two brothers, Freddie L. Smith and Paul Kaigler, Jr., and a daughter, Stacey L. Holston.
 
Lorine will forever be remembered as a person who touched many lives. She loved Jesus and her family. Those who saw her daily knew her faith was sufficient and also knew that her faith continued to flourish as she drew strength from God.
 
She was married on June 19, 1999 to Carvis Lewis Frazier, who cherishes the memory of their lives together. 
 
Survivors are her husband, Carvis Lewis Frazier, Montezuma, Georgia; her children, Clifton J. (Veronica), Holston Montezuma, Georgia, Casey Perry, Warner Robins, Georgia, Tracey Perry, Perry, Georgia and step-son, Loboyd Frazier, Warner Robins, Georgia; her granddaughter, Mi’Youna Perry, Perry, Georgia; siblings, Delores Smith, Saint Petersburg, Florida, Jesse L. Kaigler, Montezuma, Georgia, Peter Kaigler, Montezuma, Georgia, and Viderial K. Cheatham, Albany, Georgia; sisters-in-law Bernice Adams and Mary Fredrick both of Dooling, Georgia, Eula Fraizer, Miami, Florida, and Pauline Adams, Macon, Georgia; aunts, Mattie Mason, Oglethorpe, Georgia and Sylvia Williams, Tampa, Florida;  a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
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