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Shirlene Griffin Adams

3/25/2018

Mrs. Shirlene Griffin Adams, age 68 passed on March 21, 2018 at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at Friendship Baptist Church, 411 Cotton Avenue, Americus, Georgia. Burial will be held at Eastview Cemetery, Ashby Street, Americus, Georgia.

Shirlene was born on December 19, 1949 in Americus, Georgia to Ernest Griffin Sr. and the late Louise King Griffin. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Ernest Griffin Jr., Connie Will Griffin, Albert Douglas Griffins Sr. She educated in the public school system of Sumter County where she graduated from Staley High School. At an early age she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior. She joined Bronwood Baptist Church, Bronwood, Georgia. She was formerly employed as a Secretary for the Middle Flint Behavior Healthcare Center.

She leaves to cherish her memories: her children, Stacey Adams, Lisa Adams both of Americus, Georgia, and Kelsey Adams Sr. (Mary), Leesburg, Georgia; father Deacon Ernest Griffin Sr., Americus, Georgia; twelve grandchildren Shyporshe Gunn (Brien), Japonica Lewis, Morris Daniels (Stephanie), Corey Adams, Markus Adams, Justice Adams, Shamone Adams, Kelsey Adams Jr., Lizzie Adams, Malik Daniels, Khali & Kelcey White; eight great grandchildren; siblings, Peggy Patterson (Will) Akron, Ohio, Pearline Marlin (Harold), Joyce Dice, all of Americus, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including devoted friends Johnny & Frances McDaniel, Oradell Westbrook, Lillie Ruth Pace, Dolores Angry Gore, and her LakeWorth Court neighbors and friends Ms. Gussie, Ms. Jackie, Ms. Leih also friends of the family Mrs. Josephine Thomas, Rusha Gardner & Spencer McDowell, Cathy Wilkerson and Georgia Maye.

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Eddie Cold Baisden

3/21/2018

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Eddie Cold Baisden, age 80, passed on Saturday, March 18, 2018 at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, March 24, 2018 at New Corinth Baptist Church, 220 Spivey Street, Ellaville, Georgia. Bishop Alfred Rushin, pastor will officiate. Interment will follow in the Staley Memorial Gardens, corner of Mayo Street and Southerfield Road, Americus, Georgia.

Eddie Cold Baisden, best known as “LB,” was born on August 3, 1937 to the late Lue Wence Baisden and Tommie Terry-Baisden, in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia. He is preceded in death by four siblings, Baby Boy Baisden, Myra Wedgewood, Myrtice Baisden, and Tommie Lou Payne.

He acquired his education at the Simmie Chapel Schools in Schley County, Georgia. He was a faithful and dedicated member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church under the leadership of Bishop Alfred Rushin. He served as a Merchant Marine in New York and was an electrician at King Custom Builders. He was well known as a handy man around town.

Survivors are a brother Eddie Baisden (Louise) of Ellaville, Georgia; a sister, Ozie Bell Owens of Montgomery, Alabama; four nephews, Dwayne Owens of Houston, Texas, Anthony Owens of Montgomery, Alabama, Tyrome D. Baisden of Ellaville, Georgia and Ray-Ray Adams of Atlanta, Georgia; three nieces, LaTanya R. Baisden Keaton, of Albany, Georgia, Felicia Banks, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Gretha Wedgewood, of Detroit, Michigan; a host of other relatives and friends. Special thanks to the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center doctors, nurses, and staff, and to the Magnolia Manor nurses and staff.

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Arthur Barrett, Sr.

3/21/2018

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Arthur (Artie) Edward Barrett Sr., age 83 passed on March 16, 2018 at Mount Sinai Hospital, Bronx, NY.

The funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Bethel A.M.E. Church, River Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant C.M.E. Cemetery, Whiteline Street, Montezuma, Georgia.

Arthur Edward Barrett was born on November 27, 1934 in Bainbridge, Georgia to the late Nettie Fuller and Claude Barrett. Artie as he was known by family and friends was preceded in death by his son, Michael Barrett, and two siblings, Willie Claude Barrett and Betty Smith. In 1951 at the young age of 17 he joined the United States Air Force and was assigned in Alaska as a Navigator. Following his honorable discharge in 1955 he relocated to Brooklyn, New York and soon found employment with ITT World Communications as a Teletype Operator where he worked faithfully until his retirement.

In 1957 Artie married the late Margaret Green and moved to Hempstead, New York where they raised their seven children. Later on in life Artie had a second chance at love and married the former, Bernice Jackson.

Artie was a avid golfer, which he loved to play with his son, Arthur Jr. He enjoyed music and was a known trumpet player and karaoke singer. He also loved to travel.

He leaves to cherish his memories: his devoted wife, Bernice Jackson-Barrett; seven children Cynthia Barrett, Michelle Barrett, Carolyn Phillpotts (Gregory), LaShawn Barrett; Arthur Barrett, Jr. (Belinda), Devon Barrett, and Rachel Barrett; stepchildren, Virginia Stevens, Lurgene Loftly (Tonika) and Catherine Sanders; seventeen grandchildren, thirteen great grandchildren; a sister Claudette Belto; sister-in-laws Emma Jean Jackson and Landis Ogburn; brothers-in-law, Fredrick Jackson and Donald Jackson; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends, including his beloved puppy Timmy.

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John Willie Patterson, Jr.

3/20/2018

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Mr. John Willie Patterson, Jr., age 62, of 202 Lavender Street, Fort Valley, Georgia passed on March 18, 2018.

The funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Friday, March 23, 2018, Bethel A.M.E. Church, River Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Burial will follow at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Whiteline Street, Montezuma, Georgia.

John Willie Patterson was born January 15, 1956 to the late Fannie Clara Lucas Patterson and John Willie Patterson, Sr., in Montezuma, Macon County, Georgia. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Grant William Patterson and James Davis.

He was a 1975 graduate of the historic D.F. Douglass High School. He furthered his education and was a recipient of a full basketball scholarship to Mars Hill College in Asheville, North Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Recreation in 1981. He was employed as a Recreation Supervisor with Midstate Correctional Facility in New Jersey where he retired in 2014. He was married to Shirley Jenkins Patterson and to this union two children were born. He was a member of Bethel A.M.E Church in Montezuma, Georgia until he relocated to New Jersey where he became a member of the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church.

He leaves a legacy of love and many fond memories to his two children, Nycole Patterson, Decatur, Georgia and John Willie Patterson III, Willingboro, New Jersey; granddaughter, Alyssa Simone Hamilton; siblings, Rev. Jelverlyn Cole (Gerald), Sanford, North Carolina, Annie Hannor (John), East Point, Georgia, Emily Patterson and Francis Ellis, both of Montezuma, Georgia; nieces and nephews, Stephia Jacobs, Willie Joe Mathis, Jr., Lolita McAuley, Willie J. McDonald III, all of Montezuma, Georgia, Gerald Cole Jr. and Antoine Cole both of Sanford, North Carolina, Janessa Cole, Fayetteville, North Carolina, Elizabeth Ellis, Peer, Belgium, John Hannor, Jr. and William Ragins both of Atlanta, Georgia, Ozanna Stigler, Rex, Georgia, Valarie Davis and a host of great nieces and nephews, one great-great niece, one great-great nephew, and other relatives and friends.

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Alonzo Edwards

3/19/2018

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Mr. Alonzo Edwards, age 67 passed on March 17, 2018.

The funeral service will be conducted at 12:00 noon, Friday, March 23, 2018 at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Andersonville National Cemetery, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Georgia.

Alonzo Edwards was born June 19, 1950 in Reynolds, Macon County, Georgia to the late John Allen Edwards and Eura Bell Edwards.

Alonzo was educated in the public school system of Macon County and was a 1968 graduate of the historic D.F. Douglass High School. He enlisted in the United States Army on August 2, 1968 where he received the Purple Heart Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Bronze Service Star. He was the president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Blind Veterans Association.

Survivors are one brother, John Heard Edwards, Union City, Georgia; a niece Teaunya Edwards, Wichita, Kansas; one goddaughter, Charlette Dixon Taylor, Fairburn, Georgia; and a host of relatives and friends.

In honor of Mr. Edwards, the family asks that you donate to the Blind Veterans Association. You may send your donations using the following information:

BVA-GRG- ATL. GA. CHAPTER. Alonzo Edwards
ATTN: Elizabeth Holmes
6842 Bartow Way
Midland, GA. 31820

Phone: 706-615-3346
Email: [email protected]

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Jeanette Clayton

3/18/2018

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In Loving Memory of The Late Mrs. Jeanette “Connie” Clayton

Celebration of Life services for Mrs. Jeanette Clayton will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. at St. Paul A.M.E Church, 110 Johnson Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia 31068.

Interment will be held at the Traveler Home Missionary Baptist Church Lebanon Cemetery, located at 903 Travelers Home Church Road, Ideal, Georgia 31041.

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Patricia Annette Wallace Law

3/16/2018

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Patricia Annette Wallace Law, age 56, Vienna, Georgia passed Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted 1:00 P.M., Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Elder Lee Willis Hall, pastor, From Disgrace to God’s Ministries, Inc., Montezuma, Georgia, will officiate. Burial will follow in the Davis Chapel A.M.E. Church Cemetery, Hwy 26, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Patricia was born November 22, 1961 in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia to New Ray “NR” Wallace, Sr. and the late Mary Emma Hudson Wallace. She was preceded in death by one brother, New Ray Wallace Jr. She attended D. F. Douglass High School. She later attended the Job Corps of Albany, Georgia.

Patricia was a CNA with High Cotton Homes of Vienna, Georgia. She was a Security Officer with various companies which include Southern Frozen Food, Inc. of Montezuma, Georgia, Walmart of Americus, Georgia, and Tyson Food Inc., Vienna, Georgia. She attended various churches in the community and later became an evangelist.

She leaves to cherish her memories: a loving father, New Ray Wallace, Sr., Oglethorpe, Georgia; siblings, Agnes Wallace, Ellaville, Georgia, Jeffery Wallace, Kansas City, Kansas, Sherri Williams (Ronnie) Maryland, Deborah Mathis (J.D.), Phillip Wallace and Tanya Wallace all of Oglethorpe, Georgia; aunts/uncles, Martha Stewart, Andersonville, Georgia, Betty Ann Ford, Jacksonville, Florida, Joyce Gadson, West Palm Beach, Florida, Todd Wallace, West Palm Beach, Florida, Clara Mae Zanders, New York City, New York, Gloria Meadows (Roosevelt), Ideal, Georgia, Maxine Range (Melvin), Oglethorpe, Georgia, Albert “Billy” Hudson, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Ernestine Hudson Livingston, Ideal, Georgia and Rev. Allen Hudson (Patricia), Albany, Georgia; great aunts, Dorothy Haynes, and Lula Pearl Hudson; sister-in-law, Francis Wallace, Montezuma, Georgia and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Deacon T. J. Barner, Jr.

3/14/2018

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Deacon T.J. Barner, Jr., age 87, passed on March 11, 2018.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Friday, March 23, 2018, St. James C.M.E. Church, 215 Railroad Street, Marshallville, Georgia. Burial will follow in the Colonel Felton Cemetery, Marshallville, Georgia.

Deacon T.J. Barner Jr., was born September 13, 1930 in Marshallville, Georgia to the late T.J. Barner Sr. and Nonie Jackson. He was preceded in death by his devoted wife, the late Bertha Mae Barner; a daughter, Mittie Petty; a grandson, Gregory Bearden, Jr.; and three siblings, Claude Barner, Sr., Larry Barner, Sr. and Lawrence McGhee. He was educated in the public school system of Macon County. At an early age he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. He joined Springhill Missionary Baptist Church where he served faithfully on the Deacon Ministry. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #297. He was employed with A.C. Gas Services for many years as a Repair Technician.

He leaves to cherish his memories: fourteen children, Mary Crocker, Freddie Bryant (Essie), Annette Simons, Melvin Jones (Diane), Easter Mae Jones, Sandra Cosby, Blanche Porter (Fredrick), Mary Ann Colbert, Olivia Frazier (Anthony), Terry Barner, Thomas Brad Barner (Gloria), Valerie Johnson (Lyndon), Wynelle Spivey (Bobby), and Jurusha Moss (Andrew); 28 grandchildren; a host great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; siblings, Vertis Fuller, Joyce Askew, Imogene Barner, Robert T. Barner (Betty), James T. Barner (Bertha), Hamp Barner, and Roger Barner; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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Mary Lynn Cotton

3/14/2018

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Ms. Mary Lynn Cotton age 74, of Flint, Michigan,   passed away Thursday, March 8, 2018.

The funeral service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Saturday, March 17, 2018 at Antioch Baptist Church, 4826 Georgia Hwy 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.

Mary Lynn Cotton was born July 12, 1943 in Andersonville, Georgia to the late Mack and Gertrude Cotton. She was preceded in death by one son Robert Cotton. She attended the public school system of Macon County. At an early age she moved to New York and later moved to Flint, Michigan where she remained until her passing. At an early age she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior.  She was a member of El Bethel Evangelistic Missionary Baptist Church. Mary loved to play cards, working crossword puzzles and spending time with her family.

Mary Lynn Cotton leaves to cherish her memory: a granddaughter, Rachicka Cotton; great granddaughter, M'Yana Dansby; seven siblings, Elois Terry of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Maxine Gentry of Flint, Michigan,  Mack  Cotton (Minnie) of Lithonia, Georgia,   Doris Thompson of Atlanta, Georgia, Willie C. Cotton (Essie),  of Marshallville, Georgia, Annie Cotton of Stone Mountain, Georgia, and Jimmie L. Cotton (Towonna) of Grayson, Georgia; and a host of nieces,  nephews,  other relatives and friends, including special friends, Charles and Ann Thomas.

The family of Mary Lynn Cotton would like to give special thanks to Heartland Manor and the staff Brittany, Grady and Kim.

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Rose Marie Joiner

3/8/2018

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Ms. Rose Marie Joiner,  age 56, passed on February 22, 2018.

Memorial services will held 11:00 A.M., Saturday, March 10, 2018 at Faith Memorial C.M.E. Church, Brooks Road, Ideal, Georgia. Burial will follow at Hopewell Independent Church Cemetery, Rupert, Georgia.

“There is therefore now know condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit, of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do.  By sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh in for sin, he commended sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the spirit. For those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who lives according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit.  Romans: 8: 1-39.”

Ms. Rose Marie Joiner was born March 31, 1961 in Macon County, Montezuma, Georgia. She attended the D.F. Douglass High School and was a member of the class of 1980. At an early age, Rose took her faith and joined the Faith Memorial C.M.E. Church.  Rose was one who had a big heart and many hidden talents to include cooking, sewing, and most importantly she loved to dance. After many years of living in Ideal, Georgia, Rose moved to Atlanta where she lived until her demise.  On February 22, 2018, God knew his child had become weak and weary in this life and he took her to live with him.

Rose will be missed by many who knew her and loved her. She leaves to mourn and cherish her memories a daughter, Ms. Lakisha Marie Joiner, Atlanta, Georgia; her mother, Mrs. Ruthie Mae Joiner Howard, Ideal, Georgia; siblings, Mrs. Annie Powe (Ernest), Oglethorpe, Georgia, Ms. Regina Joiner, Rivera Beach, Florida, Mr. Barry Joiner (Pua), Fort Worth, Texas, Melissa Joiner, Ideal, Georgia, Charlie Howard, Jr., Americus, Georgia, Catina Marshall (Charlie), Montezuma, Georgia; aunts, Mrs. Mae Chambers, Miami, Florida, Ms. Ella West (Bennie) Miami, Florida, Ms. Bertha Joiner and Ms. Betty Joe Joiner, Montezuma, Georgia.

A host of nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends. Special friends: Mr. Van McKenzie and Mrs. Cathy Green.

“When you hear of my homegoing, don’t worry about me. For I am in a better place where I can rest for eternity. As you go about your lives let the life you live speak for you; getting closer to GOD is the best that you can do. No matter what is said or done after I am gone, just know I’ve found myself a place called HEAVEN and I have made it my new home. Live your life to the fullest and embrace it every day and give your life to Christ and I will surely see you again one day."

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