All Obituaries

Mr. Myron Grimsley, age 65, was born on August 13, 1957, in Clay County, Fort Gaines, Georgia and passed away peacefully at home with his daughter, LaShonda Grimsley, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. He was the son of the Late Clarence Grimsley, Sr. and the Late Clementine Lewis Grimsley. Myron joined Greater Friendship AME Church at a young age. He loved singing in the choir, playing guitar, and playing piano at various churches. He graduated Abbeville High School in 1975 and attended George C....

Deacon J.D. Alexander was born on July 25, 1940 in Fort Gaines, GA to the late Mr. Judge and Mrs. Annie Maude Alexander.  To this union five children were born. He received his education from Kailger Training School, in Georgetown, GA.  He later relocated to New Jersey, where he was re-acquainted with Beatrice Christian, and later married.  He worked as a Department Supervisor for Arts Metal USA, in Newark, NJ until his retirement in 2002. He then relocated back to Georgia...

Tommy Lee “Nuk” Ivory was born to the parentage of Linda Jean Ivory and the late Tommy Lee Anderson. on December 6, 1987.  He was educated in the Quitman and Stewart County School Systems and attended Stewart-Quitman High School in Lumpkin, GA.  He enjoyed playing basketball and was employed as a Brick Mason with the Pyramid Company in Atlanta, GA. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his grandparents, Willie Fred (Corine) Ivory and Tommy Lee...

Rosie Ford Wolton was born April 1,1939 to the late Albert and Rosie Ford in Georgetown, Ga. She was the fifth child of 10 children.  She attended St. Paul at an early age and was involved in the church. She later moved to Newark, N.J.  She was a seamstress and she also worked in  Passaic New Jersey, where she made luggage and purses. She later moved back to Georgetown, Ga., where she worked at Crowne Healthcare.  As her health began to fail, she became a Consumer of...

Claudarius Samar Ceasar was born in Albany, Ga, on September 16, 2004 to Claudie Ceasar and Latoya Ricks-Wright.  He departed this life with peace in his heart and his body at rest on March 18, 2023.  He attended The Clay County and Randolph County School System.  At an early aged he decided that he wanted to be the next basketball star.  His role model was Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder.  Sports was his number one focus. He was preceded in death by an...

Obituary   “To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the Heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1 God dispatched an angel of glory Friday, March 17, 2023 to take Arthur Jackson Johnson home to eternal life. He departed this life with peace in his heart and his body at rest. Arthur was the second child born to the late Ms. Bessie Smith Johnson Jones Taylor and Charlie B. Johnson on April 26, 1938. His sister Mary Alexander proceeded him in death. He confessed...

Jermaine Jackson was born on January 17, 1977 in Fort Gaines, GA, to Luretha and the late Willie Jackson Jr. He received his education in the Clay County and Randolph County School System, where he played basketball for the Randolph-Clay Red Devils for several years.  On February 9, 2015, he was united in holy matrimony to Octravia Brutley-Jackson and to this union three children were born. He was preceded in death by a sister, Phyllis Gardner. He leaves to cherish his loving...