Area Obituaries

Mr. Steve R. Walker, 59, of Sparks, Georgia, passed away on July 13, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Georgia.  He was born in Tifton on May 25, 1963.  Mr. Walker lived in Rockdale County for a period of time but resided in Cook County for most of his life.  He was retired…

Mrs. Kay Moore, age 80, of Adel, Georgia, passed away on July 15, 2022 at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in Macon, Georgia.  She was born on May 7, 1942 in Adel.  Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late Leaf L. Davis and the late Flora Belle Young Davis.  She lived in Cook County…

Mrs. Helen Martin Register, 96 passed away July 16, 2022, in the Berrien Nursing Center. Mrs. Register was born October 15, 1925, to the late Clifford and Donnie Mae Martin. She was a homemaker and resided in Cook County most of her life. Survivors include her children, Lynda (Joe) Maine, C. W. Register; several grandchildren,…

Mrs. Jane Gandy, 94 of Sparks, Georgia passed away July 8, 2022 at her residence. Mrs. Gandy was born May 22, 1928 at Lenox, Georgia to the late Samuel Thomas Gandy and Sally Taylor Gandy.  She lived 50 years of her life in Albany, Georgia where she worked as a cosmetologist for 41 years before…

Mrs. Charlene “Charli” Shealey, 72, of Willacoochee, Georgia passed away on July 5, 2022 at her residence.  She was born on January 23, 1950 in Hahira, Georgia to the late Charles Butler Gaskins and Marisa Petzen Gaskins.  She was an accountant with L & M Supply.  Mrs. Shealey lived in Florida for many years before…

Mrs. Pat Giles, 83, of Cumming, Georgia passed away July 9, 2022 at the Berrien Nursing Center in Nashville, Georgia.  Mrs. Giles was born on December 19, 1938 in Dawson, Georgia to the late Kay Mac Sullivan and Zelma Brannon Sullivan.  She lived most of her life in Dawson.  She was a member of New…

Willette “Tutta” Ensley, 82, of Sparks, Georgia, went home to be with her Lord Jesus on Thursday, July 7, 2022. She was born November 14, 1939 in Cook County. She retired from teaching math at Cook High School and Cook Junior High School.  She played piano and organ in church and later served as pastor’s wife…

Mr. John L. “Buddy” Guy, 75, of Adel, Georgia, passed away on July 6, 2022 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta.  He was born on August 13, 1946 in Tifton, Georgia and was the son of John Thomas “Monk” Guy and Helen Henry Wiggins.  Mr. Guy lived in Irwin County before moving to Cook…

Mr. Johnny Ellis Taylor, 76 of Nashville, Georgia, formerly of Sparks, Georgia, passed away on July 9, 2022 at Southwell Health and Rehabilitation Center in Adel, Georgia.  Mr. Taylor was born on September 14, 1945 in Valdosta, Georgia to the late Edward Rountree Taylor and Eva Rowan Taylor.  Mr. Taylor lived most of his life…

Freddie Joe Gann passed away on June 13, 2022. Joe as called by his friends and family was born on a very cold winter night on January 24, 1948, in Booneville Mississippi. His parents were the late Eldon and Edna Crowe Gann. He is proceeded in death by his older brother R.V. Gann. He is…