All Obituaries

Funeral services for Mrs. Osa Snead Banks will be held on Friday, March 22 at 11:00 a.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church, Fort Valley, GA. The family have entrusted the care of the arrangements to CJ Edward's Funeral Home.

Marshallville, Georgia - Mr. Sammie Lee Perry of 206 Bickley Drive, Marshallville, Georgia passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2019 while a patient in the Oaks Nursing Home of Marshallville.  Funeral services for Mr. Perry will held 1:00 pm, Saturday, March 9, 2019 in the sanctuary of the Springhill Primitive Baptist Church in Fort Valley, Georgia.  Burial will follow in the Willowlake Memorial Gardens Cemetery of Fort Valley.  Elder Tony Goggins will be officiating.

Larry Gordon Revear, age 68, of Somerset, NJ, passed away on March 2, 2019 at St. Peters Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ. Larry was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Sylvester and Annie Virginia Revear on March 2, 1951. He attended Ballard Hudson Sr. High School in Macon, Ga and graduated in 1970. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Ga., in 1977.  His career employment, however, was as a Biological lab technician...

Services for Mrs. Dixon are as following: Visitation: Friday, March 8, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Burdens Funeral Home - 847 9th Street - Griffin, Georgia 30223 Graveside Services will be held 2:30 pm on Saturday, March 9, 2019 in Willowlake Memorial Garden - 1854 Willow Lake Road - Fort Valley, Georgia.   Burdens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements

Fort Valley, Georgia - Funeral services for Mrs. Lula Mae Brown will be held on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 1:00 Pm in the sanctuary of the Glorious Hope Primitive Baptist Church of Marshallville, GA.  Mrs. Brown made her transition to be with the Lord on Thursday evening.  Final funeral rites have been entrusted in the care of CJ Edwards Funeral Home; serving this community since 1929. Burial will follow in Willowlake Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

It is with profound sorrow that CJ Edwards Funeral Home announce the passing of the Rev. Preston D. King of Fort Valley, GA. Funeral services for Rev. Preston King will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 in the Anna Lumpkin Auditorium, 200 Spruce Street, Fort Valley, GA 31030   Visitation and Wake has been scheduled for Friday, January 11, 2019 in the Chapel of CJ Edwards Funeral Home from 5:00 pm to 7:00 p.m.  

Mrs. Ruby Woods Little transitioned on Saturday, December 15, 2018 in Kentfield, CA.  Graveside Services will be held on Monday at 11:00 at the Richland Baptist Church Cemetery.

Mr. Tony Ross was born July 27, 1966 to the parents of Robert Ross, Jr. and Jurry Mae Adams Ross in Peach County, Georgia.  On Monday, December 18, 2018, Tony departed this earthly life and quietly waiting at the "Welcome Gates" was his father, Robert Ross, Jr.; two sisters, Stella Mae Ross and Danielle Brown-Holmes and a brother, James Taylor Ross.  As the gates swung open Tony was welcomed in for eternal rest. Tony was educated in the public schools of Peach County,...

Ms. Mildred Smith was born on December 2, 1926 in Macon County, Marshallville, Georgia, daughter of the late Melvin "M.B." Smith and Marie Felton Smith and stepmother, Estella Smith. She was educated in the public school system of Macon County and graduated from Lamson-Richardson School of Marshallville in 1942.  She was employed for a number of years as a housekeeper and later as a custodian at First State Bank of Marshallville, Georgia. At a young age, Mildred joined Mount...

Mr. Noah Respress was born on December 29, 1942 in Crawford County to the late Mr. Joe Brown Respress and Mrs. Minnie Respress.  He attended the local public schools in Crawford County and later transferred to H.A. Hunt High school in Fort Valley, Georgia.  Desiring to serve his country and possessing a desire to see other parts of the world, he enlisted in the United States Army.  While serving in the army, he endeavored in boxing and immediately was drawn into the sport. He...