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GRAVESIDE SERVICE Wednesday, October 9, 2019 2:00 PM Cedar Hill Cemetery Dawson, Georgia

Mary Elizabeth Jones Bacon, 85, of Dawson passed away on September 9, 2019. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Harvey Funeral Chapel. A visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Rev. David Martin will officiate. Mary was born in Webster County on September 22, 1933. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Jones and Irene Morris Jones; husband, Horace Ernest Bacon; and siblings, Arrie Jones, Emory Jones,...

Doris McPherson Kenney, age 88, passed away on August 6, 2019 to be with the Lord. Doris was sweet and kind, always helping her family, friends and church. She was an amazing wife to Bob Kenney for 61 years, mother, MiMi, friend, educator and neighbor. She loved Dawson, Georgia. Doris was a lifetime active member of Dawson First Baptist where she served on the hospitality committee for years. She was an educator for over 40 years, making a difference for so many students. Doris was a...

Marjorie Elizabeth Seay Hudgins, 90, of Parrott, Georgia passed away at her home on August 4, 2019. Mrs. Hudgins was born in Tazewell County, Virginia on August 17, 1928. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Randolph Seay and Martha Alice Hale Seay and her husband, Earl Cannon Hudgins. She is survived by her children, Carole Wilborn, Earl Hudgins, Jr. and Beth Davis; grandchildren, Scott Wilborn, Trey Hudgins, Robyn Weaver, Adrian Wilborn, Jr., Allie Davis and Caitlin Davis; and...

Leslie, GA--Mrs. Ina Hudson Wilson, 87, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Pruitt Palmyra Nursing Home in Albany.  The funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. at the graveside in Oak Grove Cemetery in Americus with Rev. Wesley Kaylor officating. Mrs. Wilson was a lifelong resident of Sumter County, daughter of the late John Issac Hudson and Minnie Marshall Hudson.  She was married to th late James Reid Wilson, Jr. of Leslie.  Ina was...

Dawson, GA --Marvin L. Fletcher, 70, died on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.  The funeral will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 2:00 P.M.   at Dawson First Baptist Church with Pastor Bill Parker officiating.   Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 10th, 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Harvey Funeral Home. Marvin was born on September 8, 1948 in Randolph County, Georgia.  He was the son of the late Richard Alvin...

Ann Herring Jennings, 92, of Dawson, died Monday June 17 at the Oaks @ Oakland Plantation Senior Living Facility. The service will be held at Harvey Funeral Home in Dawson on Friday at 11:00 with visitation beginning at 10:00. Interment will follow the service at Cedar Hill Cemetery with Rev. Allen Carmichael and Rev. Eddie Braswell officiating. Ann was an active member of Dawson United Methodist Church serving as treasurer for 12 years. She was a former member of the administrative board...

Eddie Leon Miller, Sr., 81, passed away at home on June 14, 2019. A funeral service will be held at Harvey Funeral Chapel on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Parrott City Cemetery. Rev. Allen Carmichael will officiate. Mr. Miller was born August 6, 1937 in Terrell County, Georgia. He was the Meat Market Manager for Colonial Store and Big Star Market. He was a member of the Graves...

On Saturday, June 8, 2019, Beverly Johnson, loving wife, mother and grandmother, passed away at her home in Dawson, GA at the age of 74. Beverly was born on March 5, 1945 in Corning, Arkansas to Lester and Anna (Pender) Kesterson. She graduated from Jefferson City High School in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1963. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia in 1967. On September 2, 1967, she married Orville “Buck” Johnson. Then in November...

Thomas Roy Dale Sr., "Tommy", 76 of Dawson passed away on Monday June 3, 2019 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville. A memorial service will be held Saturday, June 8 at 11:00 a.m. at Dawson United Methodist Church. Tommy was born on July 29, 1942 to Alma Lee Dale and Dixie Morgan Dale. He grew up farming in rural Terrell County at the "forks of the creek", and enjoyed growing things throughout his life, even continuing to farm after he went to work for Norfolk...