Mrs. Marie “Ree” English Meadows, age 78, passed away peacefully on February, 14, 2019 at her residence in Atlanta, Georgia.

Visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00 P.M. on Sunday, February 17, 2019 at Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Monday, February 18, 2019 at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, 114 Johnson Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial will follow at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Marie “Ree” peacefully passed away early Thursday morning, February 14th – Valentine’s Day, the day of love when the LORD called His angel home. Marie was born May 20, 1940 in Oglethorpe, Georgia to the late John Thomas English and the late Minnie Louise English. At an early age Marie dedicated her life to Christ and became a devoted member of St. Paul A.M.E. Church until moving to Peachtree City, Georgia to be closer to her daughters. As a faithful member of St. Paul, Marie sang in the choir, served on the Communion and Financial committees.

As a young girl Marie and her sisters (Carrie and Evelyn) competed in singing competitions at Fort Valley State College. Marie was educated in the Macon County school system and was a star basketball player at Macon County Training Center. After graduating high school, Marie attended secretarial school in Macon, Georgia.

On April 15, 1961 Marie married the love of her life, the late C.L. Meadows, and their union was blessed with four wonderful children – Carla, Anita, Pamela and Marcus. Marie and C.L. moved their family to the big city of Atlanta, GA where she began a career as an assistant to a buyer at Rich’s department store. After some time, they decided to return to Oglethorpe. While living in Oglethorpe, Marie worked in positions that allowed her to touch those in the community through the Macon County Extension Agency, D.F. Douglass High School, and Macon County Library (retired 2000).

Marie lived a full life and shared many experiences with her family – weddings, births of grandchildren, graduations and trips to San Destin, Florida; Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bowie, Maryland; and Toronto, Canada. She was an amazing cook and an even better baker. Marie loved the LORD, her church and her family, and faithfully served them all.

Marie leaves a lifetime of memories to her children: Carla Mendes, College Park, Georgia; Anita Mitchell, College Park, Georgia; Pamela (Neal) Taylor, Ellenwood, Georgia; Dr. Marcus (Dr. Nikki) Meadows; grandchildren: Nicholas Lea, Briana Mendes, Morgann Mitchell, Maya Mitchell, Rhana Mitchell, Rhegan Mitchell, Jalen Taylor, Ryan Taylor, Carter Meadows and Mason Meadows; sister Evelyn Bailey Smith, Miami, Florida; brother-in-law Willie Ree Harmon, Chicago, Illinois; sisters-in-law Gretha Meadows and Tammy Meadows; brothers-and-sisters-in-law, A.C & Doris Meadows, Albany, Georgia; Neal & Joanne Meadows, Atlanta, Georgia; Morris & Norma Meadows, Albany, Georgia; Thomas & Lutherine Meadows, Oglethorpe, Georgia; Lee Willie Meadows; aunts Clara English, Odessa Taylor, Beulah Griffin, Anna Little; Ola Williams; cousins Eula Kendrick, Madison Porter, Rev. Freddie Johnson, Mary Jean Callier, plus many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.

New Ray Wallace, Sr., age 82, 484 Old VFW Road, Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Friday, February 8, 2019 at the Heart of Georgia Hospice Inpatient Care., a division of Houston Medical Center, Perry, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be conducted 11:00 A.M., Saturday, February 16, 2019 at the Bethel AME Church, 406 River Road, Montezuma, Georgia, where the Reverend Monica Spencer is pastor. The Reverend Allen Hudson will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Davis Chapel A.M.E. Church Cemetery, 5827 GA Highway 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia.
 
New Ray was born October 9, 1936 in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia to the late Prince Wallace and Sarah Ford Wallace.  He was educated in the public school system of Macon County.  He was united in holy matrimony to the late Mary Emma Hudson and to this union they were blessed with eight children. Mrs. Mary Emma and two children preceded him in death, Patricia Wallace Law and New Ray Wallace, Jr. After many years of dedicated service, he retired as a Farmer.
 
Survivors are his loving and devoted children, including Agnes Wallace, Jeffery Wallace, Sherri Williams (Ronnie), Deborah Mathis, (J.D.), Phillip Wallace and Tanya Wallace; daughter-in-law, Frances Wallace; twenty-one grandchildren, Raymond Wallace, Jacqueline Wallace, Latadra Wallace, Ravik Williams, Javian Williams, Winter Williams, Rayburn Wallace, Shanterika Wallace, Keyanna Davis, Lakeisha Hall, Brittany Wallace, Jacqueline Wallace, Jeffrey Wallace, Jr., Jet Wallace, Jaxon Wallace, Jada Mathis, Quay Wallace, Devin Wallace, Amber Wallace, Miriah Wallace and Javlen Wallace;  ten great grandchildren; three brothers, Jessie Ford, Jr., Atlanta, GA, Todd Wallace, West Palm Beach, Florida and Johnny Stradley, Germany; sisters, Joyce Gadson, West Palm, Florida, Clara Mae Zanders (George), New York, Martha Stewart, Andersonville, Georgia, and Betty Ford, Jacksonville, Florida; two devoted aunts, Dorothy Haynes and Lula Pearl Hudson; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Rev. Allen Hudson (Patricia), Maxine Hudson Range (Melvin), Gloria Hudson Meadows (Roosevelt) and Earnestine Livingston; and a host of beloved nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

​Helen Denise McMurray, age 69, passed on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Columbus Hospice House, 7020 Moon Road, Columbus, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Josh B. Gibson Center, 20 Gibson Way, Buena Vista, Georgia. Her body will lay in state from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. prior to the service. Reverend George Monts will officiate.
 
As written by her daughter
A Time to be Born_ Ecclesiastes 3:34
Helen D. McMurray was born July 30, 1949 in Buena Vista, Georgia. She was the 3rd born child to Rev. Robert Crumbley and Maxie Crumbley.
 
A Time to Live- Amos 3:4
Helen McMurray can best be remembered as a devoted mother, grandmother and great grandmother to Yolanda, Yuri, Megan and Ariane. She was an honest woman and a committed friend to everyone she encountered. Helen was raised with her 13 siblings in a house built by her father. She fought with them, nurtured them and loved them her entire life. Helen was a trailblazer, a “boss”, who broke through barriers and hardship early in life. She endured the loss of a child, Taronda Denise McMurray and her beloved husband, Odie C. McMurray.
 
Her life was an example of virtue, hard work and respect. Helen was an excellent cook and enjoyed hosting her friends and family with collards, cakes, pies, and southern goodness. She was employed as a cook at Marion County Nursing Home, influencing her daughter’s career as a Registered Nurse in long term healthcare and Schley County High School, in Ellaville, Georgia. She enjoyed traveling with friends and family throughout her life. Travel destinations included, Schweinfurt, Germany, Bahamas, Las Vegas, New York, Mexico, etc. Her favorite place was Destin, Florida where she spent quality family time.  She was an unapologetically strong woman. Helen usually meant what she said, except when it came to her children who she found pleasure in spoiling. She was gifted to chastise you and make you feel loved. She spoiled her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her firm “no”, usually ended with an actionable “yes”. 

​Mr. Darrow Hubbard, age 59, passed on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at the Medical Center Navicent Health, Macon, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., on Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Drayton Road, Byromville, Dooly County, Georgia. The Rev. Governor Gibson, Pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Champ Waters Cemetery, 191 Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia.

Darrow better known as Jack, Gus and Bat Might, was born April 25, 1959 in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia to the late Anias Hubbard Sr. and the late Helen Louise Beal Hubbard. Two brothers, Willie B. Hubbard and John Thomas Hubbard, and one sister-in-law, Joann C. Hubbard and a great niece, Ta’Mya R. Collier, preceded him in death.

He was educated in the public school system of Macon County where he was a 1977 graduate of the historic D.F. Douglass High School. In 1977 he enlisted into the United States Army. He continued to serve his country as a soldier in the National Guard Armory and was honorably discharged. His time of service was from 1977-1981 and was called for active duty May 1, 1992.

He joined Travelers Rest C.M.E. Church as a young boy and later moved his membership to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Byromville, Georgia under the leadership of Rev. Governor Gibson where he served faithfully as a Deacon.

Left to cherish his memories are a beloved grandmother, Beatrice Roberts; brother Anais (Laura) Hubbard, Jr. and reared together like a sister Brenda Ellis; aunts and uncles, Myra Oliver, Mary Louise Collier, Annie (SJ) Thomas, Vera Solomon, Linda Johnson, Frank (Hattie) Hubbard, Millard (Jannie) Beal, Robert (Vera) Beal, Annie Lou Smith, Obbie Beal, Tommie (Cynthia) Beal, Raymond Beal, Beverly (Hayward) Harper, Willie Sanders, Ernestine Sanders and Harriett Sanders; nieces/nephews, Tammi (Marcus) Lumpkin, Janet (Jermaine) Johnson, Jacinta, Demarcus, Jamila, Jalil, Evita (Kelvin) Glover, Kyndall (Marqist) Baisden, Berneka, Anquilitus, Deon, Jermaine Jr., Ja’Kayla, Roderick Jr, Ta’Rige, Joi, Jameica, George, Jr. and Skyy; devoted cousins and friends, Anthony (Jackie) Brown, Clarence (Joann) Witchard, Gary (Jackie) Roberts, Willie (Angela) Roberts, Marvin Joiner, Bobby Joiner, Ronnie Standifer, James Fudge, James Tookes, Robert C. Hillmon, Eugene Hubbard and Melvin Griffin; and a host of other relatives and sorrowing friends.

​Bettye Jean Morgan, age 68, passed on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 415 Cotton Avenue, Americus, Georgia. Bishop Melvin McCluster, Pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, 260 W Allen Street, Leslie, Georgia.
 
Bettye Jean Wilson-Morgan was born August 1, 1950 in Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia to the late Gertrude Girven-Wilson and the late Willie Wilson, Sr.  She was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles Wilson and David Wilson (and his wife, Chermon).  She was educated in the public school system of Sumter County where she was a graduate of Union High School of Leslie, Georgia.  She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the fellowship of Zion Hill Baptist Church during her youthful life.  In later years she has a new awakening in her Christian life and joined the band of Christian believers at Friendship Baptist Church of Americus, Georgia.
 
She was united in holy matrimony to the late Mathew Morgan, and they moved to Tampa, Florida.   After many years as a domestic worker, she retired and moved back home where she resided until her demise. To know her was to love her.  She was a very sweet person and full of laughter.  She will be truly missed by her family and friends.  She will always be remembered for her warm sense of humor and precious smile.
 
Survivors include her loving and devoted family: two siblings, Willlie Wilson, Jr. (Cowanda), and Rosa Elaine McClary (Oliver),  both of Leslie, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Annie Maude Daniels, James L. Wilson, Minnie Estella Howard, Henry Howard, and Reba Wilson; nieces and nephews, Shankeia Wilson, Atlanta,Georgia, Earnest Floyd (Jessica), Kimberly Wilson, both of Americus, Georgia, Michael Floyd, New York, City, Steven Floyd, Valdosta, Georgia, Shantressa Wilson,  Amercus, Georgia, Tharon McClary, Keywata McClary, both of Leslie, Georgia, and Quanterious Wilson, Albany, Georgia; a host of great nieces, nephews, cousins, other relative and friends.

​Mr. Ulysses Franklin,  age 66 of Buena Vista, Georgia passed on January 30, 2019.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 8, 2019, Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel Inc, 607 Kaigler Steet, Oglethorpe, Georgia.