Sunday, July 29, 2012
By Obit Clerk

Edward A. Compton
Edward A. Compton, 48, of Washington, Ga., husband of Tammy Reese Compton, entered into rest on July 23, 2012.
Funeral services will be held on Wed., July 25, at 12 noon at Columbia County Christian Church. Interment will be in Mt. Olive Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends at the church on Tues., July 24, from 7-9 p.m.
McNeill Funeral Home & Cremation Service is handling the arrangements.

George Crawford, Jr.
Funeral services for Deacon George Crawford, Jr., 78, of Appling, Ga., will be held on Wed., July 25, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Popular Spring Baptist Church in Appling. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
D.T. Brown Memorial Mortuary of Thomson, Ga. is handling the arrangements.

Jeanette S. Davis
Jeanette Steed Davis, 89, of Louisville, Ga., mother of Jean, Carol, Glenn, & Beth, entered into rest on Sun., July 22, 2012.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wed., July 25, at James Funeral Home Chapel in Wrens, Ga. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:30-3 p.m. Interment will be in Westview Cemetery in Thomson, Ga.

Joann Jordan
Funeral services for Joann Jordan, known by her friends as "Jo Jo," of Wrens, Ga., will be held on Wed., July 25, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Stone Springfield A.M.E. Church in Stapleton, Ga. Interment will be in Gethsemane Baptist Church in Avera, Ga.
Freeman Funeral Home of Wrens is handling the arrangements.

Albert Kemp
Funeral services for Albert Kemp, 64, of Sparta, Ga., will be held on Sat., July 28, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Thankful Baptist Church in Sparta. The body will lie in state at Dawson's Mortuary of Warrenton, Ga. on Thurs., July 26, from noon until 6 p.m. and at Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta on Fri., July 27, from noon until 6 p.m.
Dawson's Mortuary is handling the arrangements.

Lois Mathis
Funeral services for Lois Mathis, 68, of Warrenton, Ga., mother of Patricia Reynolds, Charlene Reese, Elizabeth Mathis, Suzanne Merriweather, & Kelly Mathis, will be held on Fri., July 27, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Warrenton.
Dawson's Mortuary of Warrenton is handling the arrangements.

Harvey Pearson
Harvey Pearson, 72, of Warrenton, Ga., husband of Melba K. Pearson, died on Tues., July 24, 2012.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Fri., July 27, at Fort Creek Baptist Church & Cemetery in Dearing, Ga. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the service.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thurs., July 26, at Lowe Funeral Home in Warrenton.

Samuel Sparks
Memorial services for Samuel Sparks, 72, of Warrenton, Ga., husband of Luvada Sparks & father of Geraldine Sparks, will be held on Fri., July 27, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Warrenton.
Dawson's Mortuary of Warrenton is handling the arrangements.

John Warther, Jr.
John Martin "Marty" Warther, Jr., of Lincolnton, Ga., husband of Jane List Warther & father of Mark & Jon Warther, Marsha deFontes, & Janine Sharpe, entered into rest on July 20, 2012.
Funeral services will be held on Thurs., July 26, at 2:30 p.m. at Georgia Veterans Cemetery in Milledgeville, Ga.
Beggs Funeral Home of Lincolnton is handling the arrangements.

Mary M. Wilkerson
Mary Margaret Wilkerson, 84, of Appling, Ga., wife of the late Richard Lewis Wilkerson, entered into rest on Sun., July 22, 2012.
Graveside services were held on Tues., July 24, at Westover Memorial Park. The family received friends following the service.
Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors of Augusta handled the arrangements.


To get these obituaries in print, see the Sun., July 29, edition of The McDuffie Progress.





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