Area Obituaries

Funeral services for Anne Wade Edwards, 75, of Cairo, Georgia, will be held on Monday, November 9, 2009, at  2:00 p.m., graveside in Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.  Rev. Dr. James Spencer will officiate.  Mrs. Edwards passed away on Friday, November 6, 2009.                                                                                          Mrs. Edwards was born in Thomas County, Georgia on September 6, 1934,…

Funeral services for Wyolene Pharis Fain, 81, of Cairo, Georgia will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at Gordon Heights Baptist Church, Cairo, Georgia.  Rev. John Paul Hasick will officiate.  Interment will follow in Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.  Mrs. Fain passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Active pallbearers will be…

Rodrick Kenneth Daughtry died on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, at the home of his son in Thomasville, Georgia. Funeral services for Mr. Daughtry will be held on Sunday, November 1, 2009, 2:30 p.m. at Reno Baptist Church in Grady County.  Rev. Roger Brinkley will officiate.  Interment will follow in the Providence Cemetery.  The family will…

Funeral services for Madelyn Gainous Harrell, 79, of Cairo, GA, (formerly of Clearwater, FL) will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at Eastside Baptist Church, Cairo, GA.  Dr. Paul Jones will officiate.  Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cairo, GA.  Mrs. Harrell passed away at Grady General Hospital on Sunday,…

Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Bennett Gainous, 84, of Grady County, GA, will be held on Sunday, October 25, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at Springhill United Methodist Church, Whigham, GA.  Rev. Garth Duke-Barton  will officiate.  Interment will follow in Springhill United Methodist Church Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Phillip Shiver, Stephen Gainous, Jason Lynn, Mark…

Funeral services for Fred Autrey Harper, 77, of Grady County, GA, will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at Long Branch Baptist Church, Cairo, GA.  Rev. Gary Harper, Rev. Rod Brinkley and Pastor Johnny Moore will officiate.  Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, GA.  Active pallbearers will be Randall Beatty,…

Services for Opal Sadler Lee, 89, of Cairo, Georgia, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 18, 2009, at the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home.  Rev. Matt Trim will officiate and interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.  Her grandsons will serve as active pallbearers.  Mrs. Lee passed away on Friday, October 16,…

Services for Paul J. Davis, 85, Tallahassee, FL, are 11:00 AM, Thursday, October 15, 2009, at the Chapel of Clark Funeral Home.  Rev. Fred Harrison will officiate and interment will follow in Tired Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.  Mr. Davis passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009, in Tallahassee, FL.   Born June 14, 1924, in Miller…

Lucille Sheffield Bentley, “Granny,” passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, at the age of 102. She was born the second oldest of nine children to Bryant Allen Sheffield and Minnie Cornelia Brown Sheffield on June 14, 1907, in Miller County, Ga. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Marion Curtis Bentley, and two children: Donis Bentley…

Services for Agnes Prince Barrett, 75, of Cairo, Ga., will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Cairo, Ga., with interment in the church cemetery. Pastor Ronald Barrett officiated and her nephews served as pallbearers. Mrs. Barrett passed away at her home on Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.…