All Obituaries

William Calvin “Bill” Daniel, 89, of Oxford, Georgia, formerly of Dawson, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington. A funeral service will be held at the graveside in Parrott City Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 15, 2020. Pastor Obbie Todd and Mr. Ken Wynne will officiate. The family will visit with friends after the service. Mr. Daniel was born in Terrell County, November 9, 1930, son of John Cheslie Daniel, Sr. and Laura Tommie...

Nina Everett Blankenship, 100, of Dawson passed away at Dawson Health and Rehabilitation on February 23, 2020. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Harvey Funeral Chapel in Dawson. Pastor Alan Sanders will officiate. A visitation will be held at Harvey Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 25, 2020 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Mrs. Blankenship was born in Webster County on May 5, 1919 to Henry Everett and Ella Norman Everett. She was a member of Calvary Baptist...

William “Bill” Jackson Miller, 86, of Dawson passed away at home on February 17, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Harvey Funeral Chapel. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Bill was born in Terrell County on June 21, 1933 to Turner Jackson Miller and Gennell Turner Miller. He was a veteran, retiring from the U.S. Navy after a 30-year commitment. He also had an extensive career in rental property ownership...

Pauline Helms Lovett passed away at Phoebe Putney Hospital in Albany, Georgia on February 05, 2020. Born to Henry and Eugenia Sewell Helms on January 22, 1928, in Wilcox County Georgia, Pauline was raised in the Wilcox County area with her three siblings. Pauline married her husband Delma Lovett on February 12, 1944. Together they built a loving home for their two children: Charlene Gunn (Charles) and Michael Lovett (Rita). They eventually settled in Dawson, Georgia where they raised their...

Clyde Richard “Dick” Merritt was born on September 9, 1928 at home, in Weston, Georgia to Eddie Roox Merritt and Estelle Henderson Merritt. He attended schools in Weston and Preston, Georgia. He graduated from high school at Preston in 1945. He attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton two years. He then took a year off to farm, returning to college at the University of Georgia where he majored in Agricultural Economics, graduating in 1949. Dick joined his father...

Myrtle Lee Johnson Taylor, 83, of Dawson passed away at home on January 7, 2020. Funeral services will be held at Harvey Funeral Chapel at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 10, 2020 with interment to follow in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Rev. Jeff Henry will officiate. A visitation will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, January 9, 2020 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Mrs. Taylor was born in Nicholls, Georgia on September 12, 1936 to George W. Johnson and Alfie Tanner Johnson. She was preceded in death by...

Blanche McCarty Morgan, 91, of Graves, Georgia passed away quietly at her home on January 4, 2020. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held for family and friends between 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Harvey Funeral Home, 184 Crawford Street, NE, Dawson, GA 39842. Blanche was born in Telfair County, Georgia on December 16, 1928 to James Freeman McCarty and Mildred Louise Brown McCarty. She attended Dodge High and then moved to Macon, where she worked at a...

Pamela James Wilson, 66, of Leesburg, passed away on December 19, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Harvey Funeral Chapel in Dawson. Rev. Tommy Mason will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Survivors include her parents, Dick and Corrine Spurlin; husband, James Reid Wilson III; children, Melody Reddock, Shanell Weissinger (John); step-children, James Wilson and Lindsey Wilson;...

Carolyn Kennedy, 90, of Webster County passed away at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center on December 19, 2019. Funeral services will be held at Harvey Funeral Chapel in Dawson at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 21, 2019. Rev. Raymond Smith will officiate. A visitation will be held at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Carolyn was born in Webster County on April 2, 1929, daughter of Gartrell Wills and Christine Sears Wills. She was married to Johnny Lee Kennedy. She worked as a...