Obituaries
Southwest Georgia

Levar Antonio Davis

TIFTON — Levar Antonio Davis, 29, of Tifton died April 7, 2008 at Ashburn Health Care, Ashburn. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Southview Mortuary
Tifton 229/387-7046

Elaine H. Findlay

MT. PLEASANT, SC — The family of Elaine Halley Findlay, 75, of Mt. Pleasant, SC , formerly of Albany, GA, regret to announce her death on the morning of Saturday, April 5, 2008 following a lengthy illness.

Her services will be at the graveside in the family plot at Tazewell Cemetery, Tazewell, Georgia on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 1:00 o’clock. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory are suggested to the Medical University of South Carolina Health Sciences Foundation for stroke research, 18 Bee St., PO Box 450250, Charleston, SC 29401. Arrangements were made through McALISTER-SMITH Funeral Home, 1520 Rifle Range Rd., Mt. Pleasant, SC

Ms. Findlay was born in Tazewell, GA on February 16, 1933 daughter of the late Clyde Hogg Halley and Mattyle McElmurry Halley. A homemaker, she was a graduate of Wesleyan College in Macon, GA.

She is survived by two sons; Prentiss Edwards Findlay IV of Charleston, SC and Stuart Findlay and his wife, Kathy, of Hendersonville, NC; two daughters, Susan Carroll and her husband, Tom, of Aiken, SC and Laura Strickland of Jacksonville Beach, FL. Also surviving are six grandchildren and one great grandson.

McAlister-Smith Funeral Home
Mt. Pleasant, SC. 843/884-3833

Gladys Shellhouse Gilmer

CUTHBERT — Gladys Shellhouse Gilmer, 75, of Americus and formerly of Coleman and Shellman, died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at Magnolia Manor in Americus. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10 A.M. in Coleman Cemetery. The Rev. Olin Johnson will officiate.

Mrs. Gilmer was born July 12, 1932, in Calhoun Co., daughter of the late Wesley Ladon Shellhouse and Nellie Ranew Shellhouse. She was a homemaker and caregiver, and a member of the Shellman First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Spencer Gilmer.

Survivors include two sons: Cliff (Martha) Gilmer of Jesup, and James (Melody) Gilmer of Albany; a daughter: Louise (Keith) Usry of Americus; two brothers: Houston Shellhouse of Columbus and Wallace Shellhouse of Cataula; two sisters: Wessie Bea Shattles of Shellman and Grace Lee Edison; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Lunsford Funeral Home
Cuthbert 229/732-2148

Mary Grace Herrington

COCHRAN — Mary Grace Herrington, 77, died Sunday in the Medical Center in Macon. Funeral services are Wednesday at 11 A.M. in the Cochran First Methodist Church. Burial will be at 3 P.M. Wednesday in Macon Memorial Park in Macon.

Mathis Funeral Home
Cochran 478/934-2030

Cynthia Jackson

FITZGERALD — Cynthia Jackson, 58, of Fitzgerald died Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta. Services were private with interment in Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Ben Hill Co.

Paulk Funeral Home
Fitzgerald 229/423-2033

Dora Horn Stewart

DONALSONVILLE — We regret to announce the passing of Mrs. Dora Horn Stewart, 77, of Donalsonville who died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at the Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan, AL.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 1 P.M. at Oakview Church of God. Burial will follow in the Hebrew Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery on the Hebrew Rd. in Donalsonville. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 6-8 P.M. a the funeral home.

Evans-Skipper
Donalsonville 229/524-2789

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