All Obituaries

Dr. Earnest Corker entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, January 7, 2020.  Funeral services for Dr. Corker will be held on Saturday. January 18. 2020 at 11:00 am in the sanctuary of Trinity Baptist Church in Fort Valley, Georgia. Burial will follow in Willowlake Memorial Gardens. Dr. Corker and his family settled in Fort Valley in 1964.  He became a faithful member of Trinity Baptist Church; serving several years as a Trustee.  Dr. Corker taught for several years at Fort...

A Life Well Lived came to a pause early Saturday morning, January 4, 2020; Our Beloved, Mrs. Sarah Montgomery Harris quietly entered into eternal rest. Funeral Service for Mrs. Sarah M. Harris will be held Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 1:00 P.M., Shiloh Baptist Church, Fort Valley, GA. A public viewing will be held on Friday afternoon, January 10th at C.J. Edwards Funeral Home with visitation on Saturday, January 11th from 12:00 - 12:50 at the church. The Family may be contacted at the...

Mrs. Lottie Mae Thomas made her transition to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 31, 2019.  Service for Mrs. Thomas will be Monday, January 6, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.  in the chapel of Edwards Funeral Home.  The family has requested a private service.  Friends are welcome to the burial at Willowlake Memorial Gardens Cemetery immediately after the service.  

Every Life Has A Story… George David Freeman was born on July 24, 1957, in Fort Valley, GA to the late John Walker Freeman, Sr, and Isabel Person Freeman.  He was raised in the Fort Valley community and received his formal education in the Peach County Public School System. After graduating in 1975, George enlisted in the United States Navy serving honorably between the years 1975-1979. On February 12, 1988, George joined Miss Phaethon Ann Simmons in holy matrimony. This union...

Miss Lena Mae Rumph was born on August 19, 1941, in Fort Valley, Georgia to the late Mr. Myles Rumph and Mrs. Bertha Fedrick-Postell- Rumph. Lena gave her life to Christ at an early age, when she joined Central Union Baptist Church. Lena was a graduate of the H.A. Hunt High School. Lena matriculated at Fort Valley State College and pursued a B.A. Degree in English. Lena also obtained a Master's Degree in Library Science from Atlanta University. Upon Graduating from Fort Valley State...

Funeral Services for Ms. Ruth Harris Evans will be held Wednesday, November 27, 2019, at 11:00 AM with Reverend Charles French- Officiating at C.J. Edwards Memorial Chapel, Fort Valley, Georgia.  Burial will follow in Willowlake Memorial Garden. There’s an open gate at the end of the road, through which each must go alone and there is a light we cannot see Our Father claims his own. Ruth Harris Evans passed on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at the Fort Valley Rehab Facility. Ruth...

Master DeShaun, age 10, passed on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at Scottish Rite Children Hospital. DeShaun was a very strong little boy who loved people and naruto and pokemon.  Typical, yet different one of his form of communication was with his side-eye His memories will forever be cherished by his mother, Robin Ragan, Atlanta, GA;  devoted stepfather, DeMorrius McGhee; siblings: Taleigha Ragan, Toron Ragan, and Angelo Ragan; his grandmother, Ruby Ragan; uncle, John Ragan; a...

Prince Jamir Kamori Smith passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at Houston Medical Center.  Jamire was born to D'Asia Hillsman and John Smith on July 24, 2019 at Houston Medical Center He was preceded in death by his great grandfather, Freddie Joe Tennyson, Micky Carter and great grandmother, Louise Davis.  He leaves to cherish his memories, his mother and father, D'Asia Hillsman and John Smith; grandparents, Jewell and Dionne Smith, Denetria Hillsman, Freddie...

Funeral Service for Mrs. Lula Robinson will be held on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Shiloh Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Willowlake Memorial Cemetery.

But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.  Isaiah 40:31 Mertant Earl "Junie" Benjamin, Jr. was born November 13, 1975 to Mertant Sr. and Dorothy Adora Benjamin of St. Croix U.S. Virgin Island.  He drew in the Estate Profit (Machuchai) and Strawberry Hill Community of Christiansted.  Junie attended the public schools of St. Croix.  At a...