Turner County High School Georgia Alumni Obituaries

Ms. Merline Dotson Brown daughter of Mazzie Lee Little Dotson and Simmie Dotson Sr. was born June 3 1945 in Terrell County Georgia. She attended the public schools of Terrell County Georgia and graduated from George Washington Carver High School in 1962. At an early age she joined Bethel African Met...

Robert Leon Bowman Jr. 85 of Whitwell Tennessee was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 23 2025. Born on December 25 1939 in Sewanee Tennessee he was the son of Robert Leon Bowman and Mable ONeal Bowman. He was a graduate of Marion County High School and served in the United State...

Joseph L. Peterson Jr. was born to the late Joseph and Eddie Belle Demps Peterson on August 23 1938 in Quitman Georgia. He received his early education in the public schools of Brooks County and graduated from Washington High School in the Class of 1957. Furthering his education Joseph attended Alba...

Homegoing services for Mrs. Gloria Sanders will be 1100 a.m. Saturday January 17 2026 at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church 311 1st Street SE Havana Florida 32333 with the interment concluding in Barber Cemetery Concord Bainbridge Road. was born on July 8 1952 to the late Willie G. Johnson and ...

James Oliver DeVeaux affectionately known asGeneorDocto his friends was born on September 20 1955 in McCormick South Carolina. He peacefully departed this life on November 11 2025 at the age of 70 leaving behind a legacy of love laughter and generosity that will forever be cherished by those who kne...

On September 17 1935 in Dawson Terrell County Georgia Richard Marshall and Queen Ester Shirley became the happy parents of a beautiful baby girl. They named her Mattie Pearl Marshall. On her birthday September 17 2025 God dispatched his angels to Pruitt Health in Sylvester Georgia where she gained h...

Home going celebration for Elder Willie Florence Brihm Gainer who went home to be with her Heavenly Father on December 25 2025 will be held on Saturday January 3 2026 at 1100 a.m. at St. John Cathedral 3401 E. 25th Avenue 3401 Bishop Eddie Newkirk Way Tampa Florida 33605 with Senior Pastor Dwight Ne...

Harry Howard Burgess, age 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 at 2:15 PM. He was born on June 19, 1937 in Murphy to the late Luther Burgess and Orpha White Burgess. He lived most of his life in Cherokee County and was a 1955 graduate of Murphy High School. He married Virg...

Nancy Ann Sparkman Bell passed away on Jan 12 2026. She was born in Doyle Tennessee in White County on April 8 1936 to Martha Jane Earles and Thomas Lansford Sparkman. She was the youngest of seven children raised on a farm near Doyle. She graduated from White Count High School in Sparta and attende...

Gloria Jean Shipley 89 of Roseville affectionately known to family and friends as Jeannie passed away peacefully on December 9 2025 at the Helen Purcell Home in Zanesville Ohio the very same town where she was born on March 16 1936 to the late Clarence and Thelma King Browning. She grew up in a lovi...

Willaseaina M. Shore lovingly known as Sena daughter of the late James McCoy and Jerusha Spriggs peacefully entered eternal rest on Monday January 12 2026 surrounded by her devoted family. She was preceded in death by her stepson Desie Scales. Sena was a faithful member of United Metropolitan Missio...

Mr. Willie M. Ivey Bill entered rest Wednesday January 21 2026 at VCU Health Medical Center Richmond Virginia. He was born September 20 1947 in Sussex County Virginia to the late Eddie Monroe and Effie Gilliam Ivey Parker. He was preceded in death one sister Pauline H. Ivey and his stepfather Revere...

Frances I. Turner Wenner 86 of Bendertown Road Orangeville went home to be with the Lord on Thursday morning January 1 2026 at the home of her daughter and soninlaw in Conway South Carolina. Born May 4 1939 in Southdale Huntington Township she was the oldest daughter of the late George L. and Grace ...