Mrs. Lucy Toomer Felder Harvey, age 97, 428 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Monday, July 25, 2011 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Monday, August 1, 2011 at the First Salem Baptist Church, Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Oglethorpe City Cemetery, Memorial Drive, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Elder Terry Austin, pastor of St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church, Montezuma and Elder Walter Austin, moderator of the Flint River Primitive Baptist Church Association, will officiate.

Mrs. Harvey was born April 7, 1914 in Perry, Houston County, Georgia to the late Wayman Toomer and Lucinda Baldwin Toomer Law. She was preceded in death by three siblings, James Toomer, Willie B. Toomer and Eula Mae Carlton. She was educated in the public school system of Houston County and Peach County. In 1947 she was united in holy matrimony to the late Lucious Felder, Sr. (who passed away in 1965). She was blessed to be the mother of ten children, two of which preceded her in death, Willie Clarence Felder (2005) and Minnie Ruth Felder Mann (2010).

Being reared in a Christian home she learned early in life her path of duty. She worked alongside her husband on the farm for many years and later she became employed with the Macon County Clinic under the administration of the late Dr. Tom Adam and Dr. Fred Adam where she also acquired her nursing licenses. After the closing of the Macon County Clinic, she became employed as a nurse with the Montezuma Nursing Home under the administration of R. Dean Fowler where she retired after many years of dedicated services.

In 1969 she was married to the late Elder Preston Harvey and to this union she was blessed to be the step mother of Larry D. Harvey.

Her Christian walk with God lead her to joined Promise Land Primitive Baptist Church under the leadership of the late Joseph Bateman. After the closing of Promise Land she moved her membership to St. Paul Primitive Baptist Church of Whiteline Street, where she continued to serve as clerk and committee until her health declined in 2010. Sister Lucy Harvey, as she was affectionately called by her Christian sisters and brothers, was a strong supporter of the Primitive Baptist Faith. She served diligently on every facet of the church whether it was preparing food, cleaning the church and grounds for her meeting and even providing rides for others who needed a ride to the church. She actively attended the various Primitive Baptist Associations through out the Eastern Coast of the United States. She also enjoyed going to Kansas to visit her son, Reverend Dr. Grady Lewis Felder, Associate Pastor of 8th Street Baptist Church.

Mrs. Harvey treasured the times her children and grandchildren would gather at her home. While her grandchildren would run in and out of the house and children laughing exchanging jokes, she enjoyed the sweet smell of food permeating throughout each room. She also enjoyed fishing - the calm water and the excitement of reeling in her catch.

Servant of God, Well Done, Rest from thy love employ, the battle is fought, the victory is won, enter Thy Master’joy. “Firmly I stood on Zion Hill, And view my Starry crown, no power on earth my hope can shake, nor Hell can pull me down.”….from Hymn #353

She leaves a legacy of love and memories to her beloved family, including nine children, Mrs. Edna (Eddie) Snipes, Atlanta, Georgia, Reverend Grady Lewis (Sonja) Felder, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. Wyngia (Reverend Frank) Brown, Hillside, New Jersey, Mrs. Janice Love, Ellenwood, Georgia, Mr. Lucious Felder, Jr., Decatur, Georgia, Reverend Joann (Reverend Alfred) Wynn, Montezuma, Georgia; Mrs. Katheryn (Willie) Mann, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Mr. James F. (Flora) Felder, Stockbridge, Georgia, Mr. Larry Harvey, Americus, Georgia. Son-in-law, Earl Mann, Montezuma, Georgia; brother, Clarence Toomer, Kansas City, Kansas. Thirty four grandchildren, fifty eight great grandchildren and seven great, great grandchildren. A host of beloved nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends including: an adopted daughter, Dr. Marie Bacon, an adopted granddaughter, Candice Duncan, four loving and devoted friends, Sis. Bertha McDonald, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Sis. Lula Brown, Ft. Valley, Georgia, Sis. Lena Hillman and her daughter, Montezuma, Georgia and Sis. Catherine Durham, Andersonville, Georgia.

Mr. Leon Sales, age 47, 202 Northside Dr., Ellaville, Georgia passed Saturday, July 23, 2011.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 29, 2011 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Moody Road, Tazewell, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Church cemetery.

Leon was born December 3, 1963 to Mary Williams Sales and the late Vermon Sales, Sr. He was a 1981 graduate of Tri-County High School, Buena Vista, Georgia. Leon was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. He was a self-employed professional painter.

Survivors are a loving mother, Mary Williams Sales, Ellaville, Georgia; a companion, Patricia Ann Brown, Americus, Georgia; five siblings, Valda Danette Boykin, Atlanta, Georgia, Vermon Sales, Jr. (Carolyn), Freddie Dean Sales, all of Ellaville, Georgia, Shirley Sales Sims (Frank), Americus, Georgia, and Marvin Eugene Sales, Ellaville, Georgia; aunts and uncles, Corene Respess, Mattie Crumbley, both of Ellaville, Georgia, Gladys Tatum, Waycross, Georgia, Wanzie Sales (Versa Lee), Jacksonville, Florida, Eddie Ruth Turner, Orlando, Florida and Johnny Williams (Emily), Atlanta, Georgia; nieces and nephews, Valinda Boykin, Raven Royal, Shayla Royal, Ketorie Sales, Marcus Sales, Garion Sales and Gary Boykins, Jr.; a host of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Ella Bess Green Bateman, age 80, McMurray Court, Buena Vista, Georgia passed Saturday morning, July 23, 2011 at the Phoebe Sumter Hospital, Americus, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Bridges Street, Buena Vista, Georgia. Interment followed in the Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Road, Buena Vista, Georgia.

Mrs. Ella Bess was born in Buena Vista, Marion County, Georgia on October 10, 1930 to the late Rosie Lee Green Lockhart. She was educated in the public school system of Marion County. She was preceded in death by three siblings, Willie Mae Lockhart, Lovie Jane McCauley and John Wesley. She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. For some fifty years, she served faithfully in every facet of the Church she loved so well. For a number of untiring years, she served as the Mother of the Church. She will long be remembered as a great cook, especially known for her sweet potato pies.

She was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Moses Lee Bateman, Sr. She was blessed with ten wonderful and loving children. She had the guiding hand that held them together in loving, sharing and keeping them in the word of God. She leaves a legacy of love, sweet and cherish memories to her beloved children and family, ten beloved children and their spouses: Moses Lee Bateman, Jr. (Sue), Abbeville, Georgia, Willie Lee Williams (Joe), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Ella Mae Robinson (Courtney), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Willie Rose Bateman, William Tucker Person, Wiley Bateman, Janice Walton (Harrell), Barbara Walton (Terrace), Terry Hall, all of Buena Vista, Georgia and Sherry Ann Bateman (Adrian), Atlanta, Georgia; 17 grandchildren, including three devoted grandchildren, Shetria, Briana and Mack; 12 Great Grandchildren; 1 Great Great Grandchild; three siblings, Annie Ruth Terry (Ulysses, Sr.) Indianapolis, Indiana, Inez Ivory, Buena Vista, Georgia and James C. Lockhart, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; brother-in-law, Bonnie Lockhart, Sr., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; a host of beloved nieces, including devoted niece Paula Nelson, Columbus, Georgia, nephews, other relatives and friends, including a very devoted employer and friend, Julie VanMeter, Buena Vista, Georgia.

Naomi Ruth Jackson Volley, age 62, a citizen of Americus, Georgia and a native of Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia passed Friday, July 22, 2011 at the Emory Midtown Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1;00 P.M., Saturday, July 30, 2011 at the Mount Zion Baptist Church, Mt. Zion Road, Ellaville, Georgia. Reverend Freddie Baisden will officiate. Interment will follow in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Volley was born September 20, 1948 in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia to Ola Mae Murray Smith and the late Carl Jackson. She was a 1966 graduate of John Lewis High School. At an early age she joined the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church whereas she attended Sunday school and sang in the choir. She joined the Job Corp in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She also attended Temple University of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1987, she was united in Holy Matrimony to Edward Volley. She held various jobs in the Americus community including working at the Americus High School as a Librarian and she was a great homemaker.

She leaves loving memories to her beloved family, including her husband, Edward Volley, her children, Stacey Willis (Michael), Chandler, and Floyd Jackson, Her beloved mother Ola Mae Murray Smith (Mr. L.C. Smith); three grandchildren, Michael Willis, Jr., Miklela Willis and Myles Willis; five siblings, Bertha Anne Carter (Larry), Leola Wilson (Marvin), Deborah Pitts (Marshall), Phyllis Wright (Archie), and Timothy Smith (Angela); three nieces, Michelle Dyer (Chris), Angela Wilson, and Andrea Lundy; three nephews, Clyde Daryl Slappey (Kamolrat), Alex Slappey (Gabrielle), and Eric Carter; aunts and uncle, Carrie Baisden Varner, and Irene Kleckley (Henry); sisters-in-law/brothers-in-law, Aldene Monts (Michael), Charlei Mae Woods (Willie), Fannie Mae Flowers (Tyrone), and Connie Cooper, Robert Lee Robinson and Willie Charles Battle; a host of beloved nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mr. Willie Lee Law, Jr., age 75, 206 McClendon Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Flint River Community Hospital, Montezuma, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at Jehovah Baptist Church, 201 Chatham Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Burial will follow in the Andersonville National Cemetery, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Georgia with military honors.

Willie Lee was born April 2, 1936 in Macon County, Georgia to the late Willie Lee Law Sr. and Mamie White Law. He was educated in the public school system of Macon County. He was a Veteran of United States Army, after he was honorably discharged on April 7th 1961.

He joined the New Pond Baptist Church of Cross Road Community. He was a member of Oglethorpe Masonic Lodge #291. After many years of dedicated service, he retired from Southern Frozen Foods, Inc. as a forklift operator.

He was united in holy matrimony to the former Vivian Sykes; and to this union they were blessed with six children. A son, Alvin C. "Curtis" Law, preceded him in death.

Survivors include a devoted wife of 53 years, Vivian Law, Oglethorpe, Georgia; children, Angela Crittendon of Hampton, Georgia, Cheryl Law (Irad), Judy Smith (Jeff), both of Oglethorpe, Georgia, Billy Ray Law, Ellenwood, Georgia and Travis Law, of Baltimore, Maryland; eight grandchildren, Tara Hamilton, Shonda Pettway, Carla Crumpton, Keisha Law, LaTasha Terry, Kortnee Smith, Darius Smith, Jameko (Curt) Law, and Joshua Law; 12 great-grandchildren; siblings, Betty Jean Jackson (Hayward) Hartford, Connecticut and Annette Milner (Willie), Winsor, Connecticut; aunts, Ruth Cranston, Altomonte Springs, Florida, Vera Braswell, Austell, Georgia, Clara Mae White, Daytona Beach, Florida, and Rilla Mae Gibson, Atlanta, Georgia; a host of other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Antoinette Turner Rice, age 56, 102 Jodibrook Court, Maudlin, South Carolina passed Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 6425 Jalappa Road, Byromville, Georgia. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery. The Reverend Alvin Turner, pastor, will officiate.

Mrs. Antoinette Turner-Rice was born October 10, 1954 in Tampa Hillboro County, Florida to the late Roy Turner, Sr. and Ozzie Trice Turner, she acquired her education in the public school system of Macon County. She was a 1972 graduate of D.F. Douglass High School. She attended Albany Technical College and received her certificate in nursing. She was united in holy matrimony to Jimmy Rice who preceded her in death July 16, 2007. She retired from Walter Mills Manufacturing Company of Monroe, Georgia as an inspector, after her job closed down she and her husband moved to Maudling, South Carolina where she remained until her demise. She was a member of Laurel Creek United Methodist Church of Greenville, South Carolina.

Survivors are her devoted siblings, Barbara Daniel, Eugene Turner, Roy Turner (Jackie), Tommy Felton (Pearlie) and Cassandra Johnson (Clarence) all of Montezuma, Georgia; brothers-in-law / sisters-in-law; Robert E, Rice, Tony Rice, Michael Rice and Mark Rice all of Greenville, South Carolina, Billy Rice, Columbia, South Carolina, Stanley Rice (Michelle), Winston Salem, North Carolina, Caroline Jackson, Brenda Brockman, Teena Williams, Terry Thompson (Charles), Vickie Thompson (Robert) and Alexandria Williams (Audrey) all of Greenville, South Carolina; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Doris Bentley Chatman, age 65, 903 Barnard Street, Montezuma, Georgia passed Sunday morning, July 17, 2011 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M, Saturday, July 23, 2011 at First Salem Baptist Church, Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in Champ Waters Cemetery, Montezuma, Georgia.

Mrs. Chatman was born December 1, 1945 in Macon County, Georgia to the late Collin Bentley and Thelma Curgil Bentley. She was married to the late Charles Chatman. One niece, Joan Bentley, preceded her in death. She was a member of Universal Deliverance Church of Montezuma, Georgia.

She retired from Macon County Board of Education as a cook. She served as Co-Pastor of Universal Deliverance Church and also served on the Sick Committee.

Survivors are one son, Clifton Jackson, Montezuma, Georgia, four daughters, Nadine Jackson, Austell, Georgia, Beverly Smith (John) Americus, Georgia, Charlotte Nolton (Willie) Bonaire, Georgia and Yolanda Jackson, Montezuma, Georgia; 19 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; siblings, Marie Walker (George Jr.) Montezuma, Georgia, Mary Young, Montezuma, Georgia, Willie B. Williams, Orlando, Florida, Rebertha Weeks, Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Spivey, Atlanta, Georgia, Lilla Bentley, Montezuma, Georgia; mother-in-law, Rosa M. Chatman, Cochran, Georgia; brother-in-law /sisters-in-law, William Chatman, Susanne Chatman, and Catherine Chatman, all of Cochran, Georgia; three godchildren, Catina Whitehead, Ideal, Georgia, NeQueva Harp, Montezuma, Georgia, and Juanita Mathis, Oglethorpe, Georgia; grandson she helped to rear, Tawan “T.J.” Shivers, Jr., a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Mr. Brian C. Smith, age 30 of Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Friday, July 15, 2011.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Macon County High School Gymnasium, Carl Peaster Highway, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment followed in Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, 6425 Jalappa Road, Byromville, Dooly County, Georgia. The Reverend Alvin Turner will officiate.

Brian Christopher Smith was born February 7, 1981 to Sandra K. Smith and the late Deacon Jeffery A. Smith. He graduated from Macon County High School in 1999. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1999. During his tenure, he was awarded the following decorations, medals, badges, citations, and campaign ribbons: Air Force Training Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, NCO Professional, Military Education Ribbon, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award w/ 3 OLCs, Maintenance Badge. He served as an aircraft mechanic at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California until his honorable discharge in 2005. After returning home, he worked at Robins Air Force Base as an aircraft technician.

Brian committed his life to God at an early age and was baptized at the Mount Olive Baptist Church of Dooly County, where in his youth he served in the Usher’s Ministry and Sunday School.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #291 in Oglethorpe, Georgia. Brian served as a Senior Warden.

Brain was married to Ebony McKenzie Smith and is survived by his beloved daughter, Brisha Smith and stepson Semontae McKenzie, mother Sandra Kendrick Smith, Oglethorpe, Georgia, two brothers, Kelvin Smith (Ariel), Byron, Georgia and Marcus Smith, Oglethorpe, Georgia, an adopted sister, Christie Smith of Duluth, Georgia, a sister-like cousin Kimberly S. Clayton; goddaughter, Kayla Clayton; grandmother, Rosetta S. Kendrick, Montezuma, Georgia; grandfather, Ozzie Mack Anderson, Ellenwood, Georgia; aunts/uncles, Alfreda Smothers (Will), Andra Kendrick of Montezuma, Georgia, Cynthia Foxx (Jeffrey), Columbus, Georgia, Dwayne Kendrick (Veronica), Montezuma, Georgia, Alfred Smith III (Kellie), Bainbridge, Georgia, Gloria Barber, Lithonia, Georgia, Patricia Jackson (Lucious), Albany, Georgia, Melvin Smith (Anna Lou), Albany, Georgia, Marvin Smith (Anna), Thyron Smith, Baconton, Georgia, Marty Smith (Darlene), Forsyth, Georgia, Earman Smith (Georgette), Camilla, Georgia, Bridgette and Albert Anderson, Atlanta, Georgia, Sarah McKinney, Leary, Georgia, Martha Campbell, Willie Simpson (Christine), Atlanta, Georgia, George Smith, and Katherine Smith, both of Baconton, Georgia; also he leaves a host of beloved cousins, other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Ocilla Fulks Hunter, age 91 of Montezuma, Georgia passed Monday, July 11, 2011 at Flint River Community Hospital, Montezuma, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 15, 2011 at Shady Grove Baptist Church, 5311 Light Plant Road, Ideal, Georgia. The Reverend David Thomas, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in Bertha Dozier Cemetery, Walnut Street, Montezuma, Georgia.

Mrs. Ocilla Fulks Hunter was born September 29, 1919 in Macon County, Georgia to the late Reverend Levy Spaniel Fulks and Lenora Turner Fulks Williams. She received her education from the Macon County public school system. She was married to the late Frank Perkins and to this union they were blessed with five children. She later married the late Jack Hunter and to this union they were blessed with three children. She was the beloved mother of eight children, three preceded her in death, Willie B. Perkins, Eddie Lee Hunter and Jacqueline Hunter Mallard; three grandchildren, Richard Ager, Patricia Sanders and Robert Perkins; great grandson, Malek W. Ager; and three great great grandchildren, Mekyle, Mekayle and Jaylen Ladd.

She retired from Southern Frozen Food, Inc. of Montezuma, Georgia around 1992 after twenty years or more of dedicated services.

She joined the Travelers Home Baptist Church and later moved her membership to the Union Baptist Church where she served on the Usher Board Ministry. Around 2001, she moved her membership to Shady Grove Baptist Church, Ideal, Georgia.

Survivors include children, Ida Walters, Montezuma, GA, Jimmy Perkins, Atlanta, GA, Betty Ager, Oglethorpe,GA, Mattie Sturdivant, Atlanta, GA and Mary Ann Hunter, Snellville, GA; siblings, Florene Pool, Stone Mountain, GA, Elzie Fulks, Ideal, GA, Lola B. James (Earl), Byromville, GA, Ethelrene Coakley (Emmett), Jacksonville, FL and Annie Lois Byse, Middleburg, FL; 26 grandchildren; 62 great grandchildren; 28 great, great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Mr. James Redding, Sr., age 62, 512 Gordon Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Thursday, June 30, 2011. The memorial service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M., Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. The Reverend Governor Gibson will officiate.

James Redding, Sr. was born in Dooly County, Georgia December 21, 1948 to the late J. C. Turner and Callie Redding Jones. He was educated in the public school system of Dooly County and he received his Christian training in the local churches. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and joined the band of believers at the Shady Grove Baptist Church of Drayton, Georgia. He was preceded in death by two siblings, Willie Redding and Bertha Jones. He was also preceded in death by two children, Katreca Redding and Tina Redding.

He was united in holy matrimony to the former Angela Denise Robinson December 12, 2001. On Thursday, June 30, 2011 the death angel sealed the lips of our beloved while convalescing at the Miona Geriatric and Dementia Center, Ideal, Georgia.

He leaves a legacy of love and memories to his beloved family, which include a loving and devoted wife of ten years, Angela Denise Redding, Oglethorpe, Georgia; four children, Tony Redding, Sr., Meridian, Mississippi, James Redding, Jr. (Demetrica), LaMennie Redding all of Montezuma, Georgia and Marcus Redding, Decatur, Georgia; three stepchildren, Sean Lamont Robinson, Marshallville, Georgia, Quinten Kentrelle Johnson and Marquis Dwayne Johnson both of Oglethorpe, Georgia; nine grandchildren, Calvin Goggins, Antron Redding, Tony Redding, Jr., Tina Redding, Amber Goggins, Jasmine Goggins, Justin Redding, Marcus Redding and Adrien Goggins; ten siblings, Jessie James (Lester), Mattie Jones (Morris), Bobbie Mason (Johnny), Betty Lockett (Timothy), Carrie Johnson, Sophia Porter, all of Cordele, Georgia, Bertha Mae Turner, Byromville, Georgia, Eli Jones (Elaine), Ruckersville, Virginia, Joe Jones and Willie Jones both of Cordele, Georgia; mother-in-law, Fannie Pearl Robinson Allen, Marshallville, Georgia; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Rose Walker (Charles), Melinda Taylor, and James Robinson all of Marshallville, Georgia, Mary Williams (Jimmy), Oglethorpe, Georgia and Frank Robinson, Greenwood, South Carolina; a host of beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.