Obituaries
Albany Area

Bessie J. Anderson

ALBANY — Bessie J. Anderson, 86, of Albany, died Saturday, July 19, 2008. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

J.L. Litman Funeral Home
Albany 229/430-8800

Homer Lee Cobb

DAWSON — Homer Lee Cobb, 51, formerly of Dawson, died Sunday, July 20, 2008. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Ward Funeral Home
Dawson 229/995-5853

Bessie Mae Milner

ALBANY — Bessie Mae Milner, 94, of Albany died Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Ocilla with the Rev. Noah Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in Brushy Creek Cemetery, Irwin County. The family will receive friends 9:00 AM until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Milner was born June 17, 1914 in Dodge County to the late Sam Holcomb and Mattie Singletary Holcomb Jones. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Albany. She had lived in Albany since 1954 coming from Irwin County. She was a wonderful mother and loved cooking and caring for her family

She is survived by her children and their spouses: Armond E. & Betty Milner of Albany, Jerdine & William Kenneth Webb of Sylvester, Mary E. Jenkins and James F. & Becky Milner of Albany, Marvin & Teresa Milner of Worth County, Mildred & Doug Grace of Evergreen, Alabama, and Howard & Latrelle Milner of Albany; son-in-law: Donald Roberts of Naples, Idaho; seventeen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren; one sister: Alma Buchanan of Bonaire; and one brother: Sam Holcomb of Jacksonville, Florida. Several nieces and nephews also survive. She was preceded in death by her husband Armond Esther Milner; one daughter: Mattie M. Roberts; and three brothers: O’Neal Holcomb, Jack Holcomb, and Elbert Holcomb.

To sign the online registry for, Mrs. Milner, go to www.paullkfuneralhome.com

Paulk Funeral Home
Ocilla 229/468-7441

Randyn Plummer

ALBANY — Master Randyn Plummer,1433 Ken Gardens Rd., Albany, died Tuesday, July 18, 2008at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Oakridge Baptist Church in Albany. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.

Meadows Funeral Home
Albany 229/439-2262

Jocelyn Lashon Reddick

ALBANY — Jocelyn Lashon Reddick, 34 of 3302 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., died on Monday, July 14, 2008 at Palmyra Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 11 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with internment at Floral Memory Gardens.

J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Home
Albany 229/430-8800

Rosa Margaret Dixon Ross

ALBANY — Mrs. Rosa Margaret (Maggie) Dixon Ross, 60, of Albany died Monday, July 21, 2008 following an illness.

The funeral service will be 10 AM, Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors, with Father Ray Levereault officiating. A Rosary Prayer service will be conducted at 6 PM Tuesday at Kimbrell-Stern with visitation till 8 PM.

A native of Moultrie, Mrs. Ross was a long time resident of Albany, a long time member of St. Teresa’s Catholic Church, and a widow of The Knights of Columbus. She loved her family greatly and was a lover of people. She was a very thoughtful person, an artist that loved to paint, collecting crafts and creating them especially ”lady bugs”. She was preceded in death by her father: John C. Dixon Jr. and her husband John C. (Johnny) Ross.

She is survived by her daughter: Amy Ross Davis and her husband Tony; her son Hank Ross and his wife Lisa; her mother: Ginny Dixon Heard and her husband Bud, all of Albany; 2 grandsons: Chandler Davis and Jackson Ross; her brother Robert (RD) Dixon and his wife Dorothy of Worth County; 2 step-brothers: Steve Heard and his wife Kay and Sam Heard, both of Albany; 2 sisters: Cindy LaMar and her husband Jerry of Isabella and Ann Lindsey and her husband Jim of Sorrento FL; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, cousins, and friends and her beloved Tinkerbell”.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to United Hospice of Cordele, United Hospice Foundation, Inc., 1626 Jeurgens Court, Norcross, GA 30093

You may sign the online register and share your own thoughts and memories with the family of Mrs. Ross by visiting Kimbrell-Stern’s website at www.kimbrellsten.com.

Kimbrell-Stern,
Albany 229/883-4152

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