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EDITOR'S NOTE: Obituaries are transcribed word-for-word from each of the respective funeral homes.
Teresa TT Carraway Jones, 59 // passed away Sept. 4 // Williams
•Funeral services for Teresa "TT" Caraway Jones age 59 will be conducted Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 11 A.M. in Victory Baptist Church with Rev. Kenny Walker officiating. Interment will follow in Baldwin Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the church on Wednesday from 10 A.M. until the service hour.
Mrs. Jones was a native of Vidalia, GA and had made her home in Milledgeville for most of her life.
She was predeceased by her father Eugene Caraway, her husband Thomas Jones and son G.E. Jones. She was retired from Haband and was a member of Victory Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Michelle Davis (Chris); mother, Juanita Brooks Caraway; sister, Jean Ramage; grandchildren, Braxton Davis, Dylan Davis and Madison Davis; niece, Marie Donaldson; great nephews, J.W. Donaldson and L.P. Taylor.
Flowers accepted or contributions to Victory Baptist Church or to the charity of your choice.
Randall McCollum, 61 // passed away Sept. 4 // Williams
•Mr. Gary Randall McCollum, 61, passed away on September 4, 2021. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 2PM in the Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Milledgeville with Rev. Terry Cliett officiating. Burial will be in Blountstown, FL on Friday at 2PM Eastern 1PM Central Time.
The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville on Thursday from 1 PM until the service hour.
Mr. McCollum was a native of Florida where he lived until moving to Milledgeville in 1993. He was the son of the late Daniel Morgan McCollum and the late Johnnie Mae Bryant McCollum and was preceded in death by a niece, April McCollum. Mr. McCollum loved to play golf, hunt, and loved the Florida Gators. He was a member of Black Springs Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Sharae McCollum of Tallahassee, Sara Jordan Petty (Mark) of Milledgeville; grandchildren, Alexus McCollum, Daniel McCollum, Danielle McCollum, Cameryn McCollum, Ky'mani McCollum, Grayson Petty; brother, Danny McCollum (Lisa); and several nieces.
The family asks for those attending to please wear masks.
David Self, 63 // passed away Sept. 4 // Williams
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Bonnie Carl Buice, Jr., 89 // passed away Sept. 3 // Williams
• The Reverend Bonnie Carl Buice, Jr. went home to reunite with family and friends on September 3, 2021. He was born in East Point, Georgia, the son of the late Bonnie Carl Buice, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Ramsey Buice. Carl was a U. S. Army veteran where he served at Fort Bragg, NC. He graduated from Mercer University and Mercer Law School. His first career was in the legal profession before he received a call to enter into the ministry. He was very open minded to various faiths and religions and studied for the Episcopal priesthood at Notre Dame, the noted Catholic university. He served as Associate Minister of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Decatur, GA and as the Rector of St. Francis Episcopal Church in Macon, GA. Carl re-entered the practice of law, serving in the firm of Waddell, Emerson, George, and Buice and became a bi-vocational minister, serving part-time as Rector of St. James Episcopal Church in Macon GA. He felt that both the law and the ministry involved supporting people through difficult and painful times and helping them to heal from broken relationships and traumatic experiences. After retiring from the ministry, Carl served as Chair of the Baldwin County Democratic Party as his vehicle for helping people find common ground and to work together for the common good through participatory democracy. In his ministry, legal, and political work, he was informed by the Scripture, “what you do for the least of these you do also unto me.”
Carl and Hulane lived life to the fullest, enjoying visiting with family and friends and travelling world-wide to far flung locales in Western Europe, behind the Iron Curtain to then-East Germany and then-Czechoslovakia, and the Middle East, where they were unwilling spectators/participants in the “Arab Spring” revolution in Egypt at the Cairo International Airport in 2011 (they made it out safe!).
Carl was preceded in death by his son, William Daniel Buice. He is survived by his wife, the Honorable Hulane George, his brother the Reverend Bill Buice of Pensacola, FL, his children, Dr. Merrianne Dyer (Larry) of Gainesville, GA, Shannon Warwick of Victoria, BC, the Reverend Samuel Walton Buice (Margaret) of Clarkesville, GA, the Reverend Christopher Carl Buice (Suzanne) and his stepchildren, Dr. Bryan George (Nikki) of Ashburn, VA, Lt. Col. (US Army Retired) Kyle George (Danyelle) of Macon, GA, Erin George Fulcher (Garry) of Waynesboro, GA and his 15 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Friday, September 10, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. at Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville, GA with services to be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Milledgeville, GA. The service will be live-streamed at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church website www.ststephensga.org. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in memory of Carl to St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, P. O. Box 309, Milledgeville, GA 31059 or to the Chard Wray Food Pantry, care of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
Thomasine "Tomi" Almond Van Horn, 84 // passed away Sept. 3 // Williams
•Mrs. Thomasine "Tomi" Almond Van Horn, 84, passed away on September 3, 2021. A Service in Moss Cemetery in Marble, NC will be announced later.
A Visitation, informal per request, will be held on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 2PM to 4PM at Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville.
Mrs. Van Horn was a native of Andrews, North Carolina and had made her home in Milledgeville since 1995 having moved from El Paso, TX. She was the daughter of the late Charles Winslow Almond and the late Janette Dereberry Almond and was preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Clyde Almond, Fred Dennis Almond; and sisters, Julia Alice Almond Truett, Helen Ruth Stamey, and Bessie Geneva Almond Hembree. Mrs. Van Horn was a member of the Episcopal Church and had been a Red Cross Volunteer for most of her life.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Col Fred Van Horn, Retired; daughter, Mary Jennifer Myers (Daniel) of Macon; grandson, Declan Christopher Myers; granddaughter, Betsy Kate Myers; sister, Mable Maxine Anderson of Robbinsville, NC.
Deanna Darity, 42 // passed away Sept. 2 // Williams
•Mrs. Deanna Allen Darity, 42, passed away on September 2, 2021. A Graveside Service will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 11 AM in Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the cemetery from 10 AM until the service hour.
Mrs. Darity was a native and lifelong resident of Baldwin County where she graduated from Baldwin High School, GMC, and received her Bachelor's Degree from Georgia College and State University. She then received her Master's in Psychology from Argosy University. She worked as a behavior specialist with Central Care for the State of Georgia. She was preceded in death by her mother, Patricia Allen.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Darity; daughter, Anna Grace Darity; and father, Arthur Allen all of Milledgeville; sister, Wendy Allen (Jason) of Gordon; brother, Wayne Allen of Macon.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House.
Bobbie Couture Layfield, 77 // passed away Sept. 2 // Moores
•Bobbie Couture Layfield age 77, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2021. Private graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 4th at Scenic Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mrs. Layfield was born in Berlin, New Hampshire on November 17, 1943, to Robert Couture and Eva Marie Fournier Couture Herring. She was raised in Cherokee, Iowa before moving to Milledgeville in 1958. She had made her home in Haddock since 1999. Mrs. Layfield worked as a medical secretary for many years. She enjoyed her garden, working in her greenhouse and taking care of her fur babies.
Survivors include her husband Otis Layfield of Haddock, a son Chris Prosser, two daughters Kim Prosser Gheesling (Billy) and Cindie Brooks O’Neal (Chip) all of Milledgeville, stepsons, Greg Layfield (Liz) of Haddock, Mark Layfield (LeeAnn) of Macon, Kenneth Layfield (Jennie) of Gray, and Glenn Layfield (Kelly) of Kennesaw, a stepdaughter Denise Layfield of Hendersonville, NC, 18 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
Moores Funeral Home & Crematory has charge of arrangements.
Bruce Collier Sargent, 72 // passed away September 1 // Williams
•Mr. Bruce Collier Sargent, 72, passed away on September 1, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 2:30 in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The Family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home on Monday, Sept. 13 from 1 PM until 2 PM.
Mr. Sargent was a native of Dallas, Georgia and had spent his most recent time in Milledgeville. Mr. Sargent was preceded in death by his father, Jack Sargent and a brother, Michael Sargent. He was a Veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he served in Viet Nam and was a Purple Heart Recipient. He had attended Freedom Church.
He is survived by his daughters, Debbie Sargent Kelly of Chatsworth, GA, Krystal Sargent of Reidsville; sons, Kevin Sargent of Atlanta, Wesley Sargent (Heather) of Milledgeville, Dewayne Sargent of Milledgeville; sister, Shirley Sargent Morgan of Gwinnett Co, GA; brother, Danny Sargent of Douglasville, GA; mother, Irene Tibbits Gibson of Vila Rica, GA.
6 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild and a nuber of nieces and nephews also survive.
Eula Warren, 67 // passed away Sept. 1 // Slater's
• Mrs. Eula Warren, 67, of Milledgeville, Georgia has entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at Atrium Health Milledgeville, Georgia.
Memorial services will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM from the Griffin Memorial Chapel of Slater's Funeral Home.
She is survived by her loving family and friends.
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