Obituaries

Claire Faye Elliott Ruffin

Claire Faye Elliott Ruffin

Claire Faye Elliott Ruffin

Faye Ruffin, 83, of Greensboro, Georgia, passed away Monday, November 17, 2025. A graveside service was held at 2:00 pm on January 10, 2026, at Culloden City Cemetery in Culloden, Georgia. Reverend Arianna Eberle officiated.
Thomas Eugene “Gene” Lundy

Thomas Eugene “Gene” Lundy

Thomas Eugene “Gene” Lundy

Thomas Eugene “Gene” Lundy, a resident of Greensboro, GA, passed away on Friday, December 26, 2025, at the age of 87.Born in Union Point, GA, on November 6, 1938, Gene was the son of the late Thomas Watson Lundy and Margaret Hopkins Lundy.
Lisa Wheeler

Lisa Wheeler

Lisa Wheeler

Lisa Jane Simmons Wheeler, an award-winning nature photographer, artist, and gardener, died on Monday, December 29, 2025, at the age of 65. She was a resident of Greene County, Georgia.Born on June 28, 1960, in Atlanta, Lisa was the daughter of the late Frank Leon Simmons and Nancy Schaller Simmons.
Jean Jeitz

Jean Jeitz

Jean Jeitz

Jean Jeitz passed away peacefully on December 20, 2025, at The Harbor in Eatonton, Georgia, after her nearly 4-year struggle with frontal temporal dementia. She had been a resident of the Harbor memory care facility for the past year.Jean was born on April 3, 1947, in Watertown, South Dakota.
Mary Ann Parrish

Mary Ann Parrish

Mary Ann Parrish

Mary Ann Parrish (née Carr), age 96, of Greensboro, GA, passed away peacefully at home with her family on December 24, 2025.Ann was born on October 9, 1929, in Toomsboro, Georgia, to Alton Emmett Carr and Elise Rozar Carr.She graduated from Toomsboro High School in 1946.
Linda Sue Lacy Tutcher

Linda Sue Lacy Tutcher

Linda Sue Lacy Tutcher

Linda Sue Lacy Tutcher, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at Piedmont Athens Regional. She was married to Douglas Colin Tutcher on August 15, 1966, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
James Arthur “Jay” Mayo

James Arthur “Jay” Mayo

James Arthur “Jay” Mayo

James Arthur “Jay” Mayo, much-loved husband, son, brother, step-dad, granddad, and friend of White Plains, Georgia, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, December 12, 2025, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Adair Field

Adair Field

Adair Field

Marion Adair Field, 75, of Saint Simons Island, GA, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.She was predeceased by her parents, George Vincent Dodd and Marion Frawley Dodd, and by her brother, George Vincent Dodd.
Betty Roper

Betty Roper

Betty Roper

Betty Sue Bobo Roper was born January 17, 1942, to the late O. L. Bobo and Vera Geneva Reynolds Bobo in Birmingham, Alabama Hospital. She passed away in the presence of family on November 22, 2025, at home in Reynolds Lake Oconee, Greensboro, Georgia, from an extended medical bout.
Francis Joseph Rizner

Francis Joseph Rizner

Francis Joseph Rizner

Francis Joseph Rizner, age 82, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at Greene Point Health & Rehabilitation in Union Point, Georgia. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 5, 1943, to Harriet and Frank Rizner. He graduated from Cody High School and attended Wayne State University.