Cobb Funeral Chapel

SALE CITY, GA - Samuel Albert "Al" Connell, 62, of Sale City, Georgia, passed away on July 16, 2022, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Monday, August 1, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with pastor Austin Deloach officiating. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow at Lakeland City Cemetery in Lakeland, Georgia. Born September 9, 1959, in Homerville, GA, he was the son of the late Annette Thornton Bowling. He was a maintenance technician at Albany Advocacy Resource Center in Albany, GA. Known as a Nascar enthusiast and Florida Gator fan, Mr. Connell was a family man, loving...

MOULTRIE, GA - Peggy Hamilton Welborn, 74, of Moultrie, passed away on June 4, 2022, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, GA. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with Reverend Randall Kennedy officiating. Interment will follow in Pinecrest Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Her grandsons will serve as casketbearers. Born October 11, 1947, in Adel, GA, she was the daughter of the late Marcus Hamilton and Beatrice Kilgore Hamilton. Mrs. Welborn graduated from Moultrie High School and Valdosta State College. She retired from the Georgia State Department of...

Doerun, GA- Marie Gay Saunders, 83, of Doerun died June 4, 2022 at her home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church Doerun, Georgia with Dr. David Benton, Reverend Travis Gay, and Dr. Mitchell Kimbrell officiating. The family will receive friends for 1 hour before the service. A private family interment will follow at Doerun Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her six grandchildren. She was born September 23, 1938 in Colquitt County to Walter Earlie Gay and Ocie Dell Tate Gay. She attended Doerun School and graduated from Doerun High School in 1956. She then attended Business School before beginning work at Spence Field. On October 12,...

DOERUN, GA - William "Bill" Earl Cash, Sr. 84, of Doerun, passed away April 27, 2022, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church with Dr. David Benton officiating. Inurnment will be in Mt. Sinai Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. Born January 8, 1938, till the age of 17 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Ralph Cash and Eunice Cash. Reaching the age of seventeen he joined the United States Air Force, where he served for 22 years. A volunteer for most any assignment, Bill served in several foreign countries, England, North Africa,...

MOULTRIE, GA- Darrell Glenn Thornhill, 80, of Moultrie, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022, at Pruitt Health-Moultrie. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 16, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with Brother Ricky McLaughlin officiating. Interment will follow in Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Casketbearers will be Freddie Taylor, Carl Taylor, David Taylor, Robert Folds, Ben McLaughlin, and Brandon Taylor. Honorary casketbearers will be the Moultrie Church of God Senior Adult Sunday School Class. Born May 31, 1941, in Albany, Georgia, he was the son of the late...

ALBANY, GA - Brantley Devon O'Neal, 79, of Albany, formerly of Moultrie, passed away Saturday, February 5, 2022, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with the Reverend Morris Hart and the Reverend Johnny Nixon officiating. Interment will follow in Pebble City Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Casketbearers will be Keith O'Neal, Graylon Brunson, Stephen Graham and Broccan Casey. Honorary casketbearers will be the Deacons of Amazing Grace Baptist Church. Born February 11, 1942, in Doerun, Georgia, he was the son of the late George Cleve O'Neal and...

BYRON, GA.- Larry Eugene Selph, 60, of Byron, formerly of Moultrie, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022, at the Perry Hospital in Perry, Georgia. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, February 4, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Interment will follow in Kimball Cemetery in Worth County, GA. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Born December 22, 1961, in Moultrie, Georgia, he was the son of Jean Dickerson Selph Jarrell of Putney and the late Elton E. Selph. Mr. Selph was a newspaper carrier for the Macon Telegraph and other newspapers. He loved his family and enjoyed being outdoors hunting, fishing, boating, and working in the...

Sarah "Sally" Daniell Thomas, 91, of Bridgeboro, passed away Friday, January 21, 2022, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 25, 2022, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bobby Joe Brown officiating. Interment will follow in Hartsfield Cemetery. Gathering of friends and family will take place at the Thomas home place in Hartsfield following the services. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 PM on Monday, January 24 at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Born August 2, 1930, in DeKalb County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Burnett Daniell and Beulah Bramlett Daniell. Before moving to Bridgeboro she and her husband were longtime residents of Acworth in Cobb...

MOULTRIE, GA.- Omega Ratliff Middleton, 78, of Moultrie, passed away December 19, 2021, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Cobb Funeral Chapel with the Reverend Josh Myrick officiating. Interment will follow in Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Casketbearers will be Randy Milam and Danny Morris. Born March 5, 1943, in Big Spring, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Joe Herman Ratliff and Zelda Modene Singleton Ratliff. Mrs. Middleton was a retired teacher from J.M. Odom School and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She...

MOULTRIE, GA. - Francis Marion Hay, Sr. 85, of Moultrie, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2021, at his home. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, December 3, 2021, at First Baptist Church of Moultrie with the Reverend Hugh Ward and the Reverend Julian Griner officiating. Interment will be in Oakfield Baptist Church Cemetery in Oakfield, Georgia with the Mr. Joseph Holland officiating. The family will receive friends from 10-10:45 AM Friday at the church. Born August 4, 1936, in Oakfield, Georgia, he was the son of the late John Melton Hay, Sr. and Emma Roberta Barber Hay. Marion was the youngest of eleven children. He attended schools in Albany, where his family resided...

MOULTRIE, GA.- Robert Ezekiel Baron, 82, of Moultrie, formerly of Albany, passed away Monday, November 22, 2021, at his home. A graveside service was held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens with Mr. Tony Entrekin officiating. The family greeted friends after the service. Born March 13, 1939, in Meigs, Georgia, he was the son of the late Thomas Baron and Meda Sellers Baron. Mr. Baron served as a Radio Operator in the United Stated Army and then opened an Upholstery business in Downtown Albany. He retired from Albany Fire Department and continued self-employment as a Paint Contractor and ended his career, only a few years ago with Sumner Paving. He...

CONYERS, GA.- Bobby Eugene Wisham, 87, of Conyers, formerly of Moultrie, passed away, Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, July 11, 2021, at Cobb Funeral Chapel in Moultrie, Georgia with Mike Arnold officiating. Interment, with military honors, will be held in Westview Cemetery in Moultrie, Georgia. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 PM Sunday at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Casketbearers will be Adam Ethridge, Caleb Ragan, B.J. Wisham-Ellison, Brett Bennett, Logan Bennett and Brody Bennett. Born February 24, 1934, in Colquitt County Georgia, he was the son of the late Horace James Wisham and Jewell Strange Wisham. Mr. Wisham...

SYLVESTER, GA- Shirley Franklin Smith, 88, of Sylvester passed away at Emory University Hospital Wednesday May 12, 2021. Family will receive friends Sunday, May 16, 2021 from 4-6 PM at the Smith family Farm (2329 Evergreen Rd. Sylvester, Ga) A graveside service will be held Monday, May 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM at Kimball Cemetery, Anderson City. Shirley was born July 6,1932 in Linville, VA to the late Roy Daniel and Grace Taylor Smith. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He then operated Breezy Hill Dairy Farms in Weyers Cave, VA and later in Sylvester, GA. After retiring from farming, he owned and operated Sunbelt Auctioneers in Tifton, GA. He was a member of...

MOULTRIE, GA.- Alma Grubbs Williams, 80, of Moultrie, passed away Friday, February 26, 2021 at Magnolia Manor Assisting Living in Moultrie, GA. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Monday, March 1, 2021 at Cobb Funeral Chapel in Moultrie with the Rev. Stephen Grantham officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Entombment will follow in Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens in Moultrie. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. Casketbearers will be Bo Williams, Jim Agee and Noah Agee. Born October 30, 1940 in Albany, GA and growing up in Sylvester, she was the daughter of the late William Edward...

ALBANY - John Lewis Carroll, 80, of Albany, GA, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, February 27, 2021, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, 775 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Albany, GA with Rev. David Benton officiating. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. Grandsons will serve as honorary casketbearers. Born March 10, 1940, in Albany, GA, he was the son of the late Hestell Carroll and Maydell Hatcher Carroll. He retired from M & M Mars as a maintenance technician. Mr. Carroll was known as an easy-going, dedicated, family-oriented man. He enjoyed camping,...

GEORGETOWN, TN - Joan Majors Bass, 73, of Georgetown, Tennessee, died Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at her daughter's home in Georgetown. Graveside rites will be held 2:00 PM Friday, December 11, 2020, at Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Julian Griner officiating. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. Born January 23, 1947, in Tampa, Florida, she was the daughter of the late Neville Edsel Majors and Lois Wilder Majors. Mrs. Bass retired from Piggy Wiggly in Albany, Georgia as the manager of the deli and was also associated with Harvey's Grocery Store with a total of 25 years in the grocery industry. She enjoyed gardening, creating...

Doerun, Ga-John Michael "Mike" Cosby, 73, of Doerun, died Thursday, November 26, 2020 at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at First Baptist Church in Sylvester, Ga. The Rev. Donnie Duncan, The Rev. John King and the Rev. Wallace Willis will be officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 P.M. until the hour of the service at the church. Interment will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Doerun. Pallbearers will be David Cosby, Christopher Cosby, Tommy Jones, Brice Denmark, Mike Walker and Johnny Bryan. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Brooks, Robert Brooks, Scott Mayhew, Steve Parker, Ray...

HARTSFIELD - David Glynn Underwood, Sr., 83, of Hartsfield, died Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Graveside rites, with military honors, will be Friday, Oct. 23 at 11:00 AM at Hartsfield Cemetery with the Rev. Colon Dacus, Rev. Paula Lewis and Rev. Kathy McLeod officiating. Casketbearers will be Dalton Underwood, Michael Underwood, Terry Beckwith, Trey Underwood, Dillon Underwood, Ridge Underwood, Dewey Howell and Kendall Howell. Born August 13, 1937 in Doerun, he was the son of the late Hugh Brannon Underwood and Gladys Marie Harrell Underwood. Mr. Underwood was a 1955 graduate of Moultrie High School. He served in the U.S. Army and was a retired engineer...

MOULTRIE, GA.- Dicie Kay Marchant Burch, 71, of Sale City, died Monday, October 12, 2020 at the Golden Apple Carriage House in Moultrie, GA. Graveside rites will be held 10:00AM Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery in Baker County with the Rev. Brian Marchant officiating. The family will greet friends after the service in Mt. Carmel Social Hall. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. Casketbearers will be Tracey McCook, Travis Spence, Ray Moody, Drew Marchant, Andy Driver and Robert Bramblett. Born April 28, 1949 in Sale City, GA, she was the daughter of the late Allen Marchant and Cora Bell Gregory Marchant. Mrs....

CAMILLA, GA- Jackie Renee Brazeale, 62, of Camilla, died Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at the Willson Hospice House in Albany. Graveside rites will be held 11:00AM Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Cobb-Suncrest Memorial Gardens with the Reverend Chad Boyd officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Cobb Funeral Chapel. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. Born July 29, 1958 in Columbus, GA, she was the daughter of Martha A. Bailey Brazeale of Cuthbert and the late Ray Earl Brazeale. Miss Brazeale was a 1976 graduate of Moultrie High School and a graduate from Moultrie Technical College and Valdosta State University....

DOERUN, GA - James Rayburn (Ray) Saunders, age 82, died Thursday, September 17, 2020, at his home surrounded by family after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral service was held at 3:00 PM, Saturday, September 19, 2020, at Doerun First Baptist Church, with Dr. David Benton officiating. A private family interment will follow in Doerun Cemetery. Social distancing guidelines will be followed, and masks are recommended. His six grandchildren will serve as his casketbearers. Born September 16, 1938, in Colquitt County, he was the son of the late George Frank Saunders and the late Ruby Lee Pierce Saunders. He attended Doerun School, graduating from Doerun High School in 1956. While in high...