Mrs. Sarah Maxie Washington Tookes, age 90, 103 Gene Wilburn Road, Ideal, Georgia passed Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, Georgia.
 
The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Thursday, May 18, 2017 at Lula Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, Highway 26, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial will follow at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia.
 
Mrs. Sarah Maxie Washington Tookes, the daughter of the late Willie and Maxie Washingon, was born April 18, 1927 in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia. She was the fourth of nine siblings and six preceded her in death: John Henry Washington, Fred Washington, Clifford “Some Buddy” Washington, Dorothy Jones, Bernice McDonald and Georgia “Sue” Washington. She was educated in the public school system of Macon County where she attended the historic Flint River Farm School. On January 23, 1943, she was united in holy matrimony to the late Deacon Leroy Tookes and to this union they were blessed with six children. Two preceded her in death: Mary Alice Daniel and Barbara Jean Tookes. 
 
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017 she departed this life. Sarah, also known as “Jill” to many, worked for Moones B. Peterson Book Bindery in New York, New York for many years. She was an active member of the Eastern Star Queen of Sheba Chapter #32 of Brooklyn, New York.  After residing in New York for 38 years, Sarah and Leroy returned to their native home of Georgia.  They had a home built in Ideal, Georgia.
 
Sarah was an Assistant Poll Manager of Ideal, Georgia, Secretary of the Retired Teachers Association, she also dedicated time to other non-profit organizations and was a very active participant with the PTA.  She joined the Primitive Baptist Association and was an active, dedicated member of Lula Chapel Primitive Baptist Church until her death.
 
Sarah was loved and respected by many.  She was the matriarch of this family.  She had values instilled in her that no other could touch.  She was the smallest but strongest woman we have ever known. If she had it, you had it.  To know her was to love her. No one was a stranger, she welcomed all.
 
She leaves to cherish her memories: four children, two loving sons, Luther Tookes (Mishonda), Lithonia, Georgia, Samuel Leroy Tookes, Brooklyn, New York, two loving daughter, Linda Tookes, Ideal, Georgia, Kim Marie Tookes, Columbus, Georgia; one brother, Robert Washington (Lola) and one sister, Lula Norris, all of Brooklyn, New York;  one sister-in-law, Alice Duncan, Oglethorpe, Georgia; eleven grandchildren, one of which she raised as her own, Tiffany Tookes Spencer (Derek), sixteen great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Aldine Hartage, age 84, 158 Green Duck Road, Leslie, Georgia passed May 9, 2017 at the Magnolia Manor Nursing Center, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2:30 P.M., Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the Zion Hope Baptist Church, 1681 US Hwy 19 South, Americus, Georgia. Reverend George Monts, Jr. is pastor.  Interment will follow in the Eastview Cemetery, Ashby Street, Americus, Georgia.

Aldine Hartage was born in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia to the parentage of the late Ernest Hartage and Lizzie Snow Hamilton Hartage. He was preceded in death by two siblings, Emma Lee Davenport, Alfonia Hartage, and a grandson Quentin Lamarr Wilson, Jr. He was educated in public school system of Sumter County. He worked for the Sumter County Board of Education in the Maintenance Department. He also was employed with the Norton Company in Memphis, Tennessee as a stocker.

Aldine was joined in holy matrimony to Emma Lue Smith Hartage and to this union they were blessed with one daughter. At an early age he accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savoir and joined the band of Christian believers at the Zion Hope Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon.

He leaves to cherish his memories: a devoted wife of 45 years Emma Lue Hartage, Leslie, Georgia; one daughter Tamika Hartage, five grandchildren, Marvin Tyrell Johnson, Jr., A’Casia LaShae Hartage, Makayla Sharice Hartage, Jayden Lamarr Hartage, and Haley Quentavia Hartage, all of Leslie, Georgia; one sister, Ruby Jean Hodges, Americus, Georgia; and a host of nieces, including one devoted niece, Lizzie Mae Hodges, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and friends.

Morris Lewis Brown, Sr., better known as “Slim,” passed Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the Macon Medical Center, Macon, Georgia.  

The funeral service will be conducted at 12:00 Noon, Monday, May 8, 2017 at the Shady Grove Baptist Church, White Water Road, Ideal, Georgia, where Reverend David Thomas is pastor.  Reverend Rodney Duncan, pastor of Hopewell Independent Church will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia.
 
Morris Lewis Brown, Sr. was born October 16, 1974 in Reynolds, Taylor County, Georgia to M. L. Ellis and the late Zera Mae Brown Ellis.  He was educated in the public school system of Fulton County where he was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School of Atlanta, Georgia.  He was employed as a forklift driver with Blue Bird Body Company of Ft. Valley, Georgia.  He was the beloved son of the late Zera Mae Brown Ellis; the maternal grandson of the late Bobbie and Eugene Ivory and Willie James Town; the paternal grandson of the late Marie Ellis Meadows and the late Brown Turner, Jr.
 
Survivors are his beloved father, M. L. Ellis, Atlanta, Georgia; sister, Shantel Brown (her fiance, Willie Griffin), Oglethorpe, Georgia; his six children, Satajah Whitehead, Ellaville, Georgia, Morrisha Brown, McDonough, Georgia, Morris Brown, Jr., McDonough, Georgia, Akiyah Brown, Montezuma, Georgia, Unique Hudson, Ft. Valley, Georgia and Zaiden Brown, Ideal, Georgia; his aunts and uncles and their spouses, Barbara Harp (Tarry), Angela Grady, Gwen Leggett (Christopher), Helen Ivory, Patricia Ivory (Katarrius) Fulks, Roosevelt Meadows (Gloria), Gloria Ivory James, Shirley Ivory, Clarice Hicks, Alma Ree Wiggins, Eugene Ivory (Alex), Eric Ivory (Tivisha), Reverend Rodney Duncan (Velma), and Ethel Adams; great uncles and great aunts, James Brown, Joe Walton, Eva Bell Rogers, Major (Rebecca) Ivory, Jeannie Kendrick, Sidney Ivory, Oseola Ivory and Robert Taylor; two loving and devoted nieces, Shanteneka Hubbard and Zeraiah Griffin; a companion, Brittany Gordon; a host of beloved friends including, Jessie Kendrick, Gary Brown, Kareem Burnam, Michael Coates, Ronald Cochran and Robert Hallett.