Obituaries

Carolyn F. Sampson, age 86, of Thomasville, GA, passed away on March 8, 2025.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at Dawson Street Baptist Church at 11:00 AM with Reverend Lee Waller officiating. Burial followed at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Visitation took place one hour prior to the service.
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Jack (Mr. Jack) J. Willis, 90, of Thomasville, passed away on March 12, 2025.
Jack was born on November 15, 1934, to the late Joel David Willis and Gertrude Whiddon Willis.
He graduated from Thomasville High School in 1954. He served in the Army Reserves. He also worked at The Times Enterprise, running a linotype...

The Rev. Thomas Halliburton Johnson, Sr. of Oxford, Georgia, died January 19, 2025, age 95 1/2.
A graduate of Emory University, as a United Methodist minister from 1950 to 1994, he served the following appointments: Carrollton First as associate pastor; then these South Georgia congregations: Martha Bowan (Macon);...

Funeral services for Shirley Jean Hunter, 91, of Thomasville, will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 13th, at Dekle Cemetery in Union County, Lake Butler, Florida at 970 SW 4th Ave, Lake Butler, FL 32054. She will be laid to rest alongside her husband, the late Ormand E. Hunter, who transitioned to his heavenly...

Annie Will (Sloan) Miller, born on December 10, 1934, in Camilla, Georgia, passed away peacefully at home in Buford, Georgia, on February 17, 2025.
She was the daughter of the late Hiram and Annie Grace Sloan. On October 18, 1957, she married Vernon Dwight Miller of Cairo, GA with whom she built a loving family....

Bobby Eugene Griner, of Thomasville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2025 at the age of 76.
He was born on May 12, 1948 in Tifton, Georgia to William E. and Melba J. Griner.
Bobby grew up in the South Georgia communities of Adel, Lenox and Nashville, Georgia. In his early teens, he spent summers in...

Harvey Vernon Arnold passed away Tuesday evening, February 25th at his home in Thomasville Georgia. Funeral Services are to be held Saturday, March 1st at 3pm at Whiddon-Shiver Funeral Home located at 10451 Highway 84E in Thomasville, GA.

Arnold was born on September 6th, 1938, in Smithville, TN as the youngest of...

R.C. (Bob) Balfour III, a life-long native of Thomasville, GA, peacefully entered God's Eternal Kingdom on February 21, 2025. He was 97 years old.
Following in his father's footsteps, he was passionate about the land here in the southern pine forests. He was a hard-working businessman and an avid sportsman who was...

Homer Richwell Pankey, Ed.D., the 10th president of Thomas University, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2025, in Tallahassee, FL.
He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 62 years, Patricia Griffith Pankey; his two sons, Mark Griffith Pankey (Amy Gray) and David Allen Pankey (Kimberly Overholser); his...

Audrey Elizabeth Munns Simpson was born to John Munns and Ella McCullough Munns and was a cherished member of the World of Truth Tabernacle church. She is remembered for her faith, love for her family, and compassionate spirit.
She is survived by her daughter Teresa S. Price, and her son Gerri R. Simpson (Karen)....

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Morrisce Bunton Dockett, a beloved mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She departed this life with grace on February 10, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of love, faith, and kindness that will forever be cherished by those who knew her.
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