Charlie Melvin, age 66, 103 West Walnut Street, Montezuma, Georgia passed Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Antioch/McDonald Cemetery, McDonald Road, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Rev. Allen Hudson will officiate.

Charlie better known as “Mippy” was born October 15, 1945 in Oglethorpe, Macon County, Georgia to the late Willie Bell Hudson and Willie James Melvin. He was educated in the public school system of Macon County where he received his elementary education from the historic Oglethorpe Grammar School and his high school education from the historic D. F. Douglass High School. After high school, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he work with Mead Company for several years. Later he moved Greenboro, North Carolina; there he met and married Sandra Melvin. In 2011 he moved back to his native land and lived with his daughter, Melvyna.

He leave to cherish his memories his beloved children which include Melvyna (Julius Jordan) Curgil (his caregivers), Montezuma, Georgia, Tammy Melvin, Greenboro, North Carolina, Charles Melvin, Greenboro, North Carolina: ten grandchildren and several great grandchildren; one brother, John (Delois) Melvin, Lithonia, Georgia; sister-in-law, Nettie Melvin, Montezuma, Georgia; three aunts, Lula Pearl Hudson, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Dorothy Haynes, Ellaville, Georgia and Catherine Melvin, Andersonville, Georgia; several nieces and nephews; and a host of beloved cousins and friends.

Mrs. Margaret Oliver, age 90, a citizen of Montezuma, Georgia passed Monday, September 24, 2012 at the Peachbelt Health & Rehabilitation Center, 801 Elberta Road, Warner Robins, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Brown Chapel Baptist Church, Georgia Highway 224 East, Montezuma, Georgia. Rev. Bobby Brown, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Church cemetery.

Mrs. Oliver was born January 21, 1922 in Hawkinville, Pulaska County, Georgia to the late Jerrie B. Bembry Loman and Shelton Loman. She was the widow of the late Deacon Dan Oliver. She was a lifetime member of the Brown Chapel Baptist Church and a retired homemaker.

Survivors are a host of nieces and nephews including several devoted, Kimberly (Cedric) Nelson, Warner Robins, Georgia, Rhonda (Leon) Dixon, Buena Vista, Georgia, Herbert Lamont Hall, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Carnell Loman, Orlando, Florida, Shelton (Willene Smith) Loman, Montezuma, Georgia; and a host of great nieces and great nephews including one devoted, Jasmine Stalnaker, Warner Robins, Georgia; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Deacon Charlie Walker, age 76, 128 MLK, Jr. Court, Buena Vista, Georgia passed Thursday, September 20, 2012 at his home.

The funeral service will be at conducted 1:00 P.M., Thursday, September 27, 2012 at the Shelton Temple Church of God and Christ, Second Street, Buena Vista, Georgia. Elder Charlie Kelly, pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Buena Vista City Cemetery, GA Highway 137, Buena Vista, Georgia.

Deacon Walker was born May 27, 1936 in Butler, Taylor County, Georgia to the late James Walker and Leila Black Walker. Deacon Walker was preceded in death by three siblings, Margaret Davis, Mary Hall and Mattie Thompson.

Deacon Walker grew up in a farming community, where God and family took precedent over everything else. He learned early in life his path of duty. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers at Shelton Temple Church of God and Christ under the leadership of the late Bishop Bell. After moving to Buena Vista, Georgia he became employed with the City of Buena Vista Sanitation Department where he diligently rendered his services for forty-two years and retired in 1997.

Deacon Walker was an upright and Christian man, who believed in God, the father. He was loved by his family, neighbors on Martin Luther King, Jr. Court, his friends on the jobs and the community at large.

Those he leaves to cherish his memories include: a loving and devoted niece who was reared as a sister to him, Virginia Hubbard, Cusseta, Georgia; a host of other beloved nieces and nephews including, Gary, Darrell and Bobby Hubbard; and a host of beloved cousins and friends.

Mother Burda L. Gosha, age 100, Leslie, Georgia passed Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the St. Francis Hospital, Columbus, Georgia.

The wake service will be held from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Friday evening, September 28, 2012 at Oglethorpe Funeral Chapel, Inc., 607 Kaigler Street, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:30 A.M., Saturday morning, September 29, 2012 at the Brown Chapel Primitive Baptist Church (formerly Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Church), 184 Holley Street, Leslie, Georgia, with Host Pastor Elder Grier and Elder Eddie Slaughter, presiding. The eulogy will be by Pastor Otis Wells. Interment will follow in the Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Georgia Highway 118, Leslie, Georgia.

Mother Gosha was born July 4, 1912 in Leslie, Sumter County, Georgia to the late Rafe Walker and Fannie Walker. She was the widow of the late Deacon George W. Gosha. She was preceded in death by three children: Bernice G. (Milton) Simon, Janie Ruth Gainer, and Pearlie M. Scurry. She was a member and mother of the Mt. Ramah Primitive Baptist Church. She was a retired cook and homemaker. In her years at Magnolia Manor, Columbus, Georgia, she was very active as a fundraiser for the heart association, activities, worship services and especially art classes.

She leaves a legacy of golden memories to her beloved family, which include one daughter and son-in-law, Jennie G. (Pastor Otis) Wells, Lawrenceville, Georgia; seventeen grandchildren, a host of great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; two sisters, Ruth Daniel and Ruby Lee Bailey both of Detroit, Michigan; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Robert Cotton, age 50, of Atlanta, Georgia passed Wednesday, September 19, 2012.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M., Friday, September 28, 2012 at Antioch Baptist Church, Georgia Highway 26 West, Oglethorpe, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Antioch McDonald Cemetery, McDonald Road, Oglethorpe, Georgia.

Robert Cotton was born in New York City, New York April 3, 1962 to Mary Lean Cotton and the late Robert Bailey. He was a 1980 graduate of Kennedy Center, Flint Michigan and he was employed with a local factory as a machine operator. Around 2010, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, the late Mack and Gertrude Cotton, and paternal grandparents, Johnny and Allie B. Bailey. The legacy of a beautiful life will remain a treasure forever in the memories of those who survive which include one daughter, Rachicka Cotton, Morrow, Georgia; one granddaughter, M’Yana Dancy, Morrow, Georgia; mother, Mary Lean Cotton, Flint, Michigan; brothers, Robert Harris, Reynolds, Georgia, Andre (Daphne) Bailey, Douglasville, Georgia and Torris (Cherie) Bailey, Atlanta, Georgia; god sister, Denise Conley, Flint, Michigan; aunts and uncles, devoted aunt, Elois Terry, Oglethorpe, Georgia, Mack (Minnie) Cotton, Lithonia, Georgia, Maxine (James) Gentry, Flint, Michigan, Doris (Fredrick) Thompson, Atlanta, Georgia, Willie (Essie) Cotton Marshallville, Georgia, Annie Cotton, Atlanta, Georgia, Jimmie Cotton, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Mary (George) Harris, Decatur, Georgia, Earlene (Crawford) Pride, Dothan, Alabama, Johnny Bailey, Sr., Lithonia, Georgia, Willie Bailey, Stockbridge, Georgia, Gregory Bailey, Atlanta, Georgia, and Curtis Bailey, Atlanta, Georgia; nieces and nephews; a host of beloved cousins and friends.

Porcheona LaShawn Waller, age 19, 115 Russell St., Oglethorpe, Georgia passed Wednesday, September 19, 2012.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Wednesday morning, September 26, 2012 at First Salem Baptist Church, Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in the Champ Waters Cemetery, Twin Church Road, Montezuma, Georgia. The Reverend Coley Clark, Jr., pastor of Zion Grove Baptist Church, will officiate.

Porcheona LaShawn Waller was born May 10, 1993 to Earl Maurice Mann and Tamu Waller in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia. At an early age, she joined Saint Paul A.M.E. Church, where she was a member of the Ministries In Motion Praise Dance Team. After moving to Saint Petersburg, Florida, she attended Galilee Missionary Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. Porche was educated in the public school system of Macon County, Georgia for the majority of her life. She was an active member of Macon County High School Chorus. After high school, Porche attended Albany State University, Turner Job Corps and online with Middle Georgia Technical College. She was employed by McDonald’s of Montezuma as a cashier for an extended period of time. Porche enjoyed spending time with family and friends, making others laugh and feel loved. Her hobbies included cooking, doing her make-up and hair, especially her baby sister Miniya’s.

She was preceded in death by her maternal great grandfather, Charlie Hinton; her special great aunt, Sharon Hinton; her paternal grandmother, Minnie Mann, with whom she was very close, and her paternal great grandparents, Lucy Harvey and Preston Harvey.

She leaves a legacy of love and memories to her beloved family which include, her mother, Tamu Waller, Oglethorpe, Georgia; her father, Earl Maurice Mann (Demetress), Macon, Georgia; her ten siblings, Martravious Mann, Martavian Mann, Tramarvious Hosley, Martea’ Mann, Earl Maurice Mann Jr. and Markayla Witchard all of Montezuma, Georgia. Bradley Waller, Ocheona Waller and little miss Miniya Brown all of Oglethorpe, Georgia. Qudrevion Phillips of Americus, Georgia; five Stepsisters, Deondra Whitby, LaJardan Whitby, Keyona Whitby, Teyona Whitby and Sophia Knight, all of Macon, Georgia; her paternal grandfather Earl Mann Sr., Montezuma, Georgia; maternal grandparents, Leornard Waller, St. Petersburg, Florida and Betty Johnson, Oglethorpe, Georgia; uncles and aunts, Reginald Mann (Beverly) Oglethorpe, Georgia, Taryl D. Mann (Renada) Montezuma, Georgia, James Waller (Elijah) Utah, John Waller, St. Petersburg, Florida, Malcolm Waller Oglethorpe, Georgia, Leonardo Waller, Colorado, and Candace Waller New Jersey; a host of other relatives, including a devoted cousin whom she loved dearly, Erica Thomas, St. Petersburg, Florida. A host of friends including two devoted friends, Ashley Johnson Ideal, Georgia and JacQuail Telfair St. Petersburg, Florida.

Mrs. Annie Clara Hartage Milliner-Times, age 93, of Hartford, Connecticut passed Tuesday, September 4, 2012.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, September 9, 2012 at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 138 Bridges Road, Buena Vista, Georgia. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Ebenezer Road, Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia.

Mrs. Annie was born in Schley County to the late Reverend George Washington Hartage & the late Laura Jane Battle Hartage on October 6, 1918. She retired from St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, as a food service technician. She served as an usher at the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Hartford, Connecticut and the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Buena Vista, Georgia.

Annie Clara Hartage Milliner-Times lived a great life, and now joins other angels who preceded her in death: a son Awron Milliner, two daughters, Mary Ann Milliner Hicks and Ocilla Milliner Williams, a great grandson, Jarrell Warmington, and a daughter-in-law Alberta Times Hartage.

She is survived by one daughter, Arelena (John) Warmington, Hartford, Connecticut and four sons: Chester Hartage, Buena Vista, Georgia, Winifred (Mary Ann) Milliner, Windsor, Connecticut, Robert (Bobbie) Milliner, Windsor, Connecticut, and Nathaniel (Katie) Milliner, Bloomfield, Connecticut and a devoted son-in-law, Walter Hicks, Sr., Buena Vista, Georgia.

Mrs. Times also leaves ten grandchildren: Nathan Milliner, Ricky Milliner, Cassandra Milliner, Bernard Milliner, Delroy Warmington, Ray Allen Hartage, Varick Williams, Pamela Milliner, Wilhelmina Hicks, and Walter Hicks, Jr.; seven great-grandchildren: Ricky Milliner Jr., Rylan Milliner, RaShawn Warmington, Laila Warmington, Ramon Hartage, Elizabeth Hartage, and Kendall Mary Ann Hicks; one great great grandchild, Mariah Hartage; a host of nephews, nieces including a devoted niece “Margie“ Storey; other relatives and friends including a lifelong friend, Edith Durrah.

Emma Nelson Carter, age 90, 1006 Philemon Road North, Leesburg, Georgia passed Monday morning, September 3, 2012 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, September 8, 2012 at the Shady Grove Baptist Church, Georgia Highway 195, Leesburg, Georgia. The Reverend Sterlie Calhoun, Jr., pastor, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Sue Walker Cemetery, Buck Nelson Road, Cobb, Georgia.

Mrs. Emma Nelson Carter was born January 6, 1922 in Leesburg, Lee County, Georgia to the late Jerry Nelson and Darkis Johnson Nelson. Born in a family of twelve, Emma was the last of the children. On Monday morning, September 3, 2012 Emma joined those who has gone on before her. She was the queen of hearts. Her service to her family and mankind had no boundaries or limits.

At an early age she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the band of Christian believers New Beulah Baptist Church and later she moved her membership to Jackson Grove Baptist Church to be with her husband and family. In the later years after moving further south in Lee County she joined the Shady Grove Baptist Church of Leesburg. She served faithfully on the Deaconess Board and Women Missionary Auxiliary Board.

Emma was united in holy matrimony to her one and only love, the late Deacon Mospell Carter. To this union they were blessed with six children. They will especially remember her legacy and memories, the quiet soft-spoken voice, the lovely smiles, her teaching, and most of all her love. Survivors are four daughters and two sons (their spouses), Mercides Carter, Leesburg, Georgia, Walker (Mary) Carter, Brockton, Massachusetts, Dorothy (Jessie) Mercer, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Roosevelt Carter, Atlanta, Georgia, Willa (Joseph) Seabrooks, McDonough, Georgia, and Betty Vereen, Middletown, Connecticut; four grandchildren, Jessie Mercer, Jr., Cedric Carter, Keisha Vereen, and Romero C. Brooks; one great granddaughter, Sunali Marie Carter; a host of nieces, nephews, including one devoted niece, Marie Jones, Albany, Georgia; a host of beloved relatives and friends, including her maid of honor, Mrs. Margaret Wright, Cobb, Georgia.

Mrs. Rose Mae Draines, age 91, 101 Poplar Street, Ideal, Georgia passed Sunday, September 2, 2012 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 12:00 noon, Friday, September 7, 2012 at First United Holiness Church, 510 Morse Avenue, Montezuma, Georgia. Interment will follow in Andersonville National Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Elder Michael Coley, Jr., pastor, will officiate.

Mrs. Rose was born July 23, 1921 in Ideal, Macon County Georgia, to the late Henry Kaigler and Emma Collins Kaigler. She was the eldest of five children. She acquired her education in Macon County, Georgia School system. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Henry Draines and to this union they were blessed with five children; three preceded her in death, Emma Gilbert, Gregory Draines and Barbara Draines.

In 1956, Rose accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal savior and joined the Bronx Refuge Temple in New York. Rose later moved back to Ideal, after her husband demise to care for her ailing father, the late Henry Kaigler. She was a faithful member of First United Holiness Church, until her demise.

Rose leaves a legacy of memories to her daughter, Gwendolyn Draines Kerr, Cleveland, Ohio and her son Duane Draines of Ideal, Georgia; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; her church members, other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Pauline Williamson Stewart, age 78, 303 A Cedar Court, Ellaville, Georgia passed Saturday morning, September 1, 2012 at her home.

The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, September 6, 2012 at the Forth United Holiness Church, Thompson Street, Ellaville, Georgia, where Elder Steve Anderson is pastor. Bishop Arthur Fulton, Overseer, will officiate. Interment will follow in the Spring Hill A.M.E. Church Cemetery.

Mrs. Stewart was born January 31, 1934 in Ellaville, Schley County, Georgia to the late Albertus Williamson and Ida Bell Wilson Williamson. She was educated in the public school system of Schley County. At an early age she accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and joined the William Grove Baptist Church. Later in life she has a new awakening in her life and joined the Forth United Holiness Church.

Mrs. Stewart and her family moved to Detroit, Michigan. She was employed as a domestic worker in a private home for several years. And after retiring she moved back to her native land.

Pauline as she was affectionately called was married to the late Ruben Hart and to this union they were blessed with one daughter, Ethelene. Later in life she married James Stewart.

Pauline was a great cook, always cooking special dishes for special folks. She enjoyed hosting dinners for her family and friends. Her kitchen was always lite up with the best smelling and the most tasteful food in town.

Pauline leaves a legacy of love and golden memories to her beloved family which include: her daughter and son-in-law, Ethelene (William Paul) Mason, Ellaville, Georgia; her four grandchildren and their spouses, Keiko (Milton) Harp, Wayne A. (Wylene) Hart, Michelle (Leon) Robinson and Stephanie (Otis) Hudson all of Ellaville, Georgia; seven great grandchildren, Dexter Mason, Ladarius Hart, Iesha Hart, Jakim Williamson, Agyalea Armond, Aukeviah Thornton and Yasmine Robinson; three great, great grandchildren, Malaysia Jones, Marcus Jones and Miqueal Hart; four siblings, Geraldine Jones, Ideal, Georgia, Ida Lois Ruffins, Springfield, Massachusetts, John Lee Williamson, Thomaston, Georgia and Russell Williamson, Pikeville, North Carolina; aunt, Catherine Melvin, Andersonville, Georgia; a host of beloved nieces and nephews, including two devoted, Lisa Hartage and Erica Pina; and a host of other relatives and friends.