Frances Janelle Rawls Merritt, age 86, died in Chattanooga, TN, on March 26, 2017. She was born on February 6, 1931, in Cairo, GA, to the late Olin and Nellie Rawls. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, husband William Neal Merritt. She…

Memorial services for William Lavon Barrineau, 75, of Cairo, GA, are at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, March 30, 2017, at William’s old home place. Bro. Rickey Whitley will officiate. Mr. Barrineau passed away at Legacy Village at Plantation Manor in Thomasville, GA, on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Mr.…

Graveside funeral services for Don Wayne Shepard, 59, of Monroe, NC, are at 10:00 a.m., Monday, March 27, 2017, in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Rev. Chris Allen will officiate. Mr. Shepard passed away at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Mr. Shepard was…

Services for Betty Ansley Ponder, 74, of Ochlocknee, GA, will be held at 3:00 p.m., on Sunday, March 26, 2017, at Pine Forest Baptist Church, Ochlocknee, GA. Rev. Dennis Norman, Rev. Stan Godwin, and David Avery will officiate. Interment will be in Pine Forest Baptist Church Cemetery.…

Funeral services for Connie Adelia Roland Harvey, 69, of Valdosta, GA, formally of Cairo, GA, are at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 24, 2017, at the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home, Cairo, GA. Rev. Brian Hatchett will officiate. Mrs. Harvey passed away at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta,…

A mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, teacher and family historian has passed, Alice Mae Ausburn Harrison, age 96, of Crawfordville, Florida died March 20, 2017. Born October 22, 1920 in Grady County, she was the twelfth of fourteen children born to the late James Alexander Ausburn and…

Funeral services for Grace Mosley Colson, 88, of Tallahassee, FL, are at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Whigham, GA. Elder Jon Mizell will officiate. Interment will be in Old Anderson Cemetery, Tattnall County, GA. Mrs. Colson passed away at Capital…

Funeral services for Janice Dozier Maxey, 82, of Tallahassee, FL, are at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 20, 2017, at the Cairo Church of God, Cairo, GA. Pastor DeWayne Atkinson will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Mrs. Maxey passed away at her daughter’s home…

Graveside services for Hazel Louise Reagan Floyd, 92, of Warner Robins, GA, are at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 18, 2017, in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Cairo, GA. Rev. Chris Allen will officiate. Mrs. Floyd passed away at the Gardens of Fayetteville, GA, on Wednesday, March 15,…