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Funeral Notices
Stanford O’Neal Crawl
Stanford O’Neal Crawl,
better known as “Neal,”
was the son of Debbie Sue
Drain-Atwater and the late
Willie Lee Womble-Crawl.
He was born Feb. 4, 1974,
in Upson County.
He attended Upson
High School and Flint
River Technical College,
where he earned his gen
eral educational diploma.
Although slowed by sev
eral mental obstacles in his
life, Neal never lost his en
joyment of making people
laugh and having a heart
of gold.
On Saturday, Nov. 20,
2021, the Lord called him
home to rest.
His spirit took flight
and now united with his
grandmother, the late Mrs.
Winnie Lee Drain.
He will be sorrowfully
mourned by many, which
include his mother, Ms.
Debbie Sue Drain-Atwater
of Thomaston; sister, Ms.
Arlinda Nicole Steele of El-
lenwood; niece, Trenetria
Linya Steele of Smyrna;
and his grandmother,
Louise Womble. In ad
dition, he has a host of
aunts, uncles, cousins,
friends, and neighbors
that will miss him dearly.
Memorial services were
Saturday Dec. 4, from
Worthy Gym in Thomas
ton. The family will receive
friends at the gym follow
ing the service.
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You may sign the on
line guest book and share
your own special thoughts
with Mr. Crawl’s family by
visiting the Coggins Fu
neral Home website at
cogginsfuneralhome.com.
Coggins Funeral Home in
Thomaston had the privi
lege of being entrusted
with arrangements.
Inc. at P.O. Box 290,
Thomaston, GA 30286 or
buildingrootsinc.org.
You may sign the on
line guest book and share
your own special thoughts
with Mr. Hardy’s family by
visiting the Coggins Fu
neral Home website at
cogginsfuneralhome. com.
Coggins Funeral Home in
Thomaston had the privi
lege of being entrusted
with arrangements.
Mr. Jimmie
Loyd Hardy
Mr. Jimmie Loyd
Hardy, age 94, of Thomas
ton, died Wednesday, Dec.
1, 2021 at Brightmoor
Hospice in Griffin.
Mr. Hardy was born
Aug. 6, 1927, in Thomas
ton, to the late John Loyd,
and to the late Amma One-
dia Thompson Hardy. He
worked at Goodrich/Un
iroyal for 40 years as a
warehouse manager. He
served his country in the
U.S. Air Force during
WWII, and was a member
of Trinity Baptist Church.
In addition to his par
ents, he was preceded in
death by his wife, Ruby A.
Hardy; daughter, Melanie
Jones; sisters, Helen
moody, Pauline Hall, Rene
Nevel; and his brother,
John Loyd Hardy.
Survivors include his
daughter, Debbie (Larry)
McDaniel of Monroe; son,
Greg (Amanda) Hardy of
Thomaston; sister, LaRose
Herring of Port St. Lucia,
Fla.; nine grandchildren;
and seven great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Dec. 4, from The
Gathering Church. Burial
followed at Crystal Hill
Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, me
morial donations can be
made to your favorite
charity or Building Roots
are unknown at this time.
RandalStar Jacob is re
leased into the heavens!
Randal Lee Jacob
Randal Lee Jacob died
peacefully at his home in
Thomaston Dec. 2, 2021,
after a brief illness at the
age of 70.
Randy was a retired
educator and counselor,
and a veteran of the
United States Air Force.
He was preceded in death
by his father, John Jacob;
and his mother, Shirley
Jurkaites.
He is survived by his
wife, Linda; brothers,
Mark Jacob (Connie),
Kirby Jacob (Beth), and
Henry Jacob; children,
Sally Messner (Josh), Eric
Jacob, and Kelly Wagner
(Mike); and grandchil
dren, Annalies, Simeon,
Madison, Caroline, James,
and Michael.
Randy was born in La-
Porte, Ind., July 23, 1951.
He graduated from Jim-
town High School in Elk
hart, Ind. After four years
in the armed services, he
enrolled at Purdue Univer
sity and graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in edu
cation. He later earned an
education specialist degree
from the University of
West Georgia.
Randy was a member
of Prince of Peace Lu
theran Church in Fay
etteville. Service details
Lucine Quiller
Lucine Quiller, age 70,
of Triune Mill Road,
passed Monday, Nov. 29,
2021 at Upson Regional
Medical Center.
Graveside services
were Friday, Dec. 3, at
Southview Cemetery.
Evangelist Sandra T. Trice
officiated, assisted by Pas
tor Ricky Wright and Pas
tor Edward Searcy II.
Ms. Quiller was edu
cated in the Upson County
School System and at
tended Drake High School.
She was employed by
Thomaston Mills for more
than 30 years. After its
closing, she was employed
by Providence Nursing
Home. She retired from
Riverside Nursing Home.
She was survived by
her mother, Mrs. Evelyn
Quiller Petty of Thomas
ton; five children, Mr. Fer
ris Quiller, Mr. Randy
Quiller, Ms. Kellee Quiller,
Ms. Marcella Quiller, and
Mr. Quintavious Quiller,
all of Thomaston; four
great-grandchildren; five
sisters, Ms. Jo Evelyn
Quiller (Kenneth Carter),
Ms. Magnolia Quiller, Mrs.
Linda Quiller Hammock,
Mrs. Sonja (Ricky) Scott,
all of Thomaston, and Mrs.
Carol (Vincent) McKen-
non of Jacksonville, Fla.;
one brother, Mr. Ronald
(Angela) Petty of Thomas
ton; one aunt, Ms. Jose
phine Pennymon of
Thomaston; and a host of
nieces, nephews, cousins,
and other relatives and
friends.
Trice Funeral Home
was in charge of the ar
rangements.
Ryan Andrew
Richmond
Ryan Andrew Rich
mond, age 32, of Molena,
died Monday, Dec. 6,
2021 in Upson County.
Ryan was born May
10, 1989, in Jacksonville,
Fla. to Edward Charles
Richmond Jr. and Debra
Carter Richmond. He
worked as a lineman for
Service Electric.
He was preceded in
death by his paternal
grandparents, Joyce
Elaine Richmond and Ed
ward Charles Richmond,
Sr.
Survivors include his
wife, Melissa Rule Rich
mond of Molena; father,
Ed (Kim) Richmond of
Middleburg, Fla.;
mother, Debra Richmond
of Middleburg, Fla.;
daughter, Allie Richmond
of Molena; son, Bryar
Richmond of Molena;
brother, Cory Richmond
of Middleburg, Fla.; ma
ternal grandparents, San
dra and Teddy Carter of
Jacksonville, Fla.; and
numerous, aunts, uncles,
and cousins.
Memorial services will
be held Friday, Dec. 10,
2021 at 2 p.m. from the
chapel of Coggins Funeral
Home. The family will re
ceive friends Friday, Dec.
10, 2021 from 1-2 p.m. at
Coggins Funeral Home.
You may sign the on
line guest book and share
your own special
thoughts with Mr. Rich
mond’s family by visiting
the Coggins Funeral
Home website at coggins
funeralhome.com. Cog
gins Funeral Home in
Thomaston had the privi
lege of being entrusted
with arrangements.
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Serving Middle Georgia for 112 Years
Designers
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Memorials
Since 1908
UPSON AREA COVID-19 REPORT
Upson County reports
5,482 positive COVID-19
cases with 189 deaths as of
noon last Tuesday, accord
ing to the Johns Hopkins
University & Medicine Co-
ronavirus Resource
Center.
Numbers reflect 21 new
cases (up from six last
week) and two new deaths
(down from four last
week) since Tuesday one
week prior. During that
time, Upson’s infection
rate remained at 20.8 per
cent, more than one-in-
five. Pike’s infection rate
remained at 21.1 percent,
highest among neighbor
ing counties, followed by
Lamar at 18.8 percent.
Johns Hopkins lists the
following confirmed cases
for counties bordering
Upson: Monroe, 4,289 (up
seven) cases with 153 (up
one) deaths; Pike, 3,889
(up 16) with 71 (no change)
deaths; Lamar, 3,486 (up
nine) with 99 (up one)
deaths; Meriwether, 3,035
(up 17) with 120 (no
change) deaths; Taylor,
1,295 (up one) with 39 (no
change) deaths; Crawford,
1,148 (up one) with 45 (no
change) deaths; and Tal
bot, 746 (up two) with 29
(up one) deaths.
Georgia reports
1,671,787 (up 8,792; up
from 6,003 last week) pos
itive cases and 30,691 (up
220; down from 235 last
week) deaths with 50.45
percent of population vac
cinated.
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George and Janice Moore
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124 Railroad Street • Barnesville
To Remember Children, Bereaved Families
Join Worldwide Candle Lighting
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December 9, 2021 - Volume 14, Number 49
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Grieving the deaths of
children within their fam
ilies, members of The Com
passionate Friends of Central
GA, a national self-help be
reavement support organiza
tion, will join hundreds of
thousands of families world
wide in lighting candles at 7
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 as an
act of symbolic remem
brance.
The local candle lighting
will be part of a special serv
ice held at 7 p.m. at Griffin
Center Pointe Church, lo
cated at 1427 U.S. 41 Bypass
in Griffin, and will feature re
freshments and a special
candle lighting. Organizers
ask that all families arrive no
later than 6:45 p.m. and
bring a framed photo of one’s
child and let Lisa Brown
know if anyone would like to
read a poem, sing a song, or
just speak about a child.
Annually, tens of thou
sands of families, united in
loss, light candles for one
hour during the Worldwide
Candle Lighting, held the
second Sunday in December.
Candles are first lit at 7 p.m.
local time, just west of the In
ternational Date Line. As
candles burn down in one
time zone, they are lighted in
the next, creating a 24-hour
wave of light as the obser
vance continues around the
world.
Since 1997, the World
wide Candle Lighting has
been TCF’s gift to the be
reavement community dur
ing the holiday season. This
time of year can be a trying
time for those who are griev
ing the death of a child, no
matter their age and no
matter how long it has been
since they died. The 23rd
Worldwide Candle Lighting
will bring together bereaved
families around the entire
world, symbolically display
ing the love they have for all
their children who will not be
physically present.
However, when each
candle is lit, the light of that
love will shine brightly in
hundreds of thousands of
bereaved hearts in all coun
tries around the globe.
The members of TCF ob
serve this day in various
ways. Hundreds of formal
programs are held by chap
ters and allied organizations
across the globe and thou
sands of informal candle
lightings are conducted in
homes as families gather in
quiet remembrance. TCF in
vites everyone; whether they
are grieving the personal loss
of a child, grandchild, or
sibling, to join in this touch
ing tribute.
With the theme “...that
their light may always shine,”
the Worldwide Candle Light
ing has grown larger every
year, with formal services
last year in all 50 United
States and Washington D.C.,
as well as many countries
around the world. TCF’s na
tional website, www.com-
passionatefriends.org, is ex
pected to receive and post
information on the services
submitted to and listed on its
website last year and more. A
Remembrance Book will be
open for posts on the web
site, which will receive thou
sands of tributes from family
members and other caring
individuals.
To contact The Compas
sionate Friends of Central
GA, call Lisa Brown at (770)
468-1717 or email the chap
ter at
cfofcentralga@gmail.com.
For more information about
the national organization
and locations of its chapters
nationwide, call 877-969-
0010 or visit TCF’s national
website, www.compassion-
atefriends.org. The Compas
sionate Friends has a
presence in at least 30 coun
tries worldwide and is the
world’s largest self-help be
reavement organization.