Area Obituaries

Lamar Courson, 69 of Lake City, Fl passed away Sunday, August 21, 2022 at his residence. He was born November 11, 1952 to the late Marvin Willie Courson & Mildred Fay Smith Courson. Lamar was a Christian and a freedom seeker. He owned his own body shop, Courson Body Shop in Valdosta and Tifton for…

Mrs. Doris Raper, 92 of Thomasville, formerly of Adel passed away Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Archbold Medical Center. Mrs. Raper was born on June 21, 1930 in Copeland, Arkansas to the late Daniel Edward Burt & Mary Maretta Barnes Burt. She was a member of Springhead Baptist Church. Mrs. Raper knew Christ was her…

Mrs. Patricia “Patti” Mann Klika, age 74, of Adel, Georgia, passed away on August 22, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.  She was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 3, 1948 and her parents were Wayne and Mary Theresa Dempsey Mann.  She was a retired child care administrator. Mrs. Klika is survived…

Mr. Russell “Rusty” McCranie, Jr., age 52, of Adel, Georgia passed away on August 24, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.  Rusty was born on March 31, 1970 in Valdosta, Georgia to Russell W. McCranie, Sr. and Mary Ann Rogers McCranie.  He lived all of his life in Cook County and was…

Johnny William Lynch of Adel, Georgia died on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Tifton Regional Medical Center at the age of 88 years young. He was well-known in the community for his love of animals, especially horses.  Johnny was born in Berrien County, Georgia to John William and Nancy Jane Lynch in 1934. For most…

Rev. Lawton Watson, age 93, of Adel, Georgia passed away on August 22, 2022 at his residence.  Rev. Watson was born on June 1, 1929 in Cook County to the late Thomas Aaron Watson and Elon Estelle Bennett Watson.  He lived all of his life in Cook County and retired as a supervisor at Aluminum…

Margaret Anne Swindle Shaw was born April 19, 1943, to the late Emory Swindle and Margaret Swindle Darsey.  Following in her mother’s footsteps, she pursued a career in education.  She married Loyd Shaw on June 12, 1964, and they recently celebrated 58 years of marriage  When her first grandchild was born she forever became “MA”…

    Gregory “Greg” Joseph Soyke, 48, of Adel, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, surrounded by his family at Tift Regional Medical Center. He was born June 8, 1974 in Oakland, CA, but spent most of his life in Binghamton, NY and in Adel, GA. Greg was a master carpenter by trade, and…

Herman Lashley, 57, of Dublin, formerly of Adel passed away July 29, 2022 in Macon. Purvis Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Billie Sue Futch, age 89, of Adel, Georgia, passed away on August 7, 2022 at Southwell Health and Rehab in Adel.  She was born in Adel on February 6, 1933 and her parents were John Hammond Dampier and Johnnie Nell Deal Dampier.  She lived in Cook County all of her life where she was…