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OBITUARIES
Terry Parker Williams, Sr.
Terry Parker Williams, Sr., 74, passed away peacefully on
Friday, July 12, 2024 at his home, surrounded by his loving
family. Bom on January 3,1950, in
Millen, Georgia, Terry lived a life
marked by dedication, generosity,
and love. He graduated from Jen
kins County High School and was
a member of West Millen Baptist
Church.
A lifelong dairy farmer, Terry’s
hard work and passion for agricul
ture were central to his identity.
After retiring, he continued to
share his expertise by working
with Coble Dairy for several years.
Beyond his professional life, Terry
found joy in the simple pleasures of gardening, fishing, and
hunting. His greatest joy, however, came from spending time
with his family, especially his grandchildren.
Terry’s life was characterized by his selflessness and his will
ingness to put the needs of others before his own. His generosity
and loving nature left an indelible mark on all who knew him.
He was a devoted husband to Debbie Holmes Williams, with
whom he shared 45 years of marriage. Together, they raised
two loving children, Terry P. Williams, Jr. (Meghan) and Ashley
W. Powell (Jonathan), who blessed them with two cherished
grandchildren, Rylee L. Cook and Polli Renn Powell.
Terry is also survived by his siblings, Arnold Williams (San
dra) of Augusta, Betty Crosby (Richard) of Yorba Linda, CA,
Kenneth (Kenny) Williams (Julie) of Millen, Lorene Blackburn
(Raymond) of Millen, and Gloria Martin (Anthony) of Millen.
He is preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, and sib
lings, Peggy Becton, L.C. Williams, Jr., Roy Williams, Robert
Williams, Charles Williams, and W.T. Williams.
Terry’s memory will live on through his family, friends, and
all those who had the privilege of knowing him. Visitation was
held at the home of Terry and Debbie, located at 625 Charlie
Jones Road, Millen, Georgia 30442, on Sunday, July 14, from
6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Services were held Monday, July 15 at 11
a.m. at West Millen Baptist Church, with graveside services
following immediately. Reverend Bob Crosby and Reverend
Cam Wiggins officiated.
Pallbearers were his nephews.
Jermie C. Allen, Jr.
Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of
Mr. Jermie C. Allen, Jr., age 84, of Millen, on July 09,2024 at
his home.
Memorial services for Mr. Al
len will be conducted Friday July
19, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Durden-
Hudson Funeral Directors, Pee-
bles-Curry Memorial Chapel with
Pastor Butch Taylor officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
in Millen.
A Jenkins County resident, Jer
mie was bom in Millen, Georgia
to Mr. Jermie C. and Merriam
Williams Allen, Jr., After gradu
ating Swainsboro High School, Jermie went on to further his
education in a trade school in Americus, Georgia. He was an
aircraft mechanic for Northwest Airlines, which is now Delta,
for many years. He held both a multi-engine and a rotor craft
pilots’ license. Jermie loved working with and on his tractor and
also enjoyed gardening. He was a member of CSA, (Confeder
ate States of America), and always had an interest and love for
history. He could read and retain a vast amount of information
and was quite the historian. Mr. Allen was a member of the
Deep Creek Free Will Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Elizabeth
Williams Allen; and a brother, James Kenneth Allen.
Survivors include his son, John C. Allen of Millen; sister,
Ann Allen Morgan of Peachtree City; brother, Benjamin Leary
Allen (Sandra) of Millen; grandchildren, John Carlton Allen, Jr.
Jeremy Carlton Allen, Justin Caleb Allen and Chris Rickerson;
several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Condolences may be submitted online at www.durden-
hudsonfuneraldirectors .com
Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors is in charge of the arrange
ments for Mr. Jermie C. Allen of Millen.
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IS NOON FRIDAY.
Bethel AME African Methodist
Church
Bethel AME Church invites the public
to the following services. Sunday
School 10 a.m. First Sunday-in
person and every other Sunday -
teleconference. Facilitator - Bro. Tony
Holmes. Rev. Jerlyn Smith-Hudson,
Pastor. Dial 667-770-1193. Code:
530683. Thursday noon day prayer;
667-770-1193. Facilitator - Sister
Lessie Johnson. Rev. Jerlyn Smith-
Hudson, Pastor.
Big Horse Creek Baptist Church,
1267 Buttermilk Road, Millen, GA
30442. Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Interim Pastor Paul Curry.
Deep Creek Free Will Baptist
Church
5614 West Old Savannah Road. Rev.
Butch Taylor, Pastor. Sunday School,
10 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m.
Sunday Youth, 6: 00 p.m. Evening
Worship 6: 30 p.m. Wednesday Bible
Study, 7:00 p.m. Call 982-1206.
Dickey Grove Missionary Baptist
Church
1415 Hiltonia Road, Sylvania, GA
30467. Rev. James Waltower, Pastor.
Regular services 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th
Sundays. Sunday School 9 a.m. (all
ages). Morning Worship 10: 30 a.m.
Bible Study each Tuesday 6: 30 p.m.
Choir Rehearsal each Tuesday 7:
30 p.m. Call 912-829-3346. Pastor’s
home 706-833-3429.
Elam Baptist Church
5199 Elam Road, Millen, GA
30442 Jody Bryant, Pastor.
Sunday School meets each
Sunday at 9:45 a.m. Sunday Morning
worship begins at 11:00 a.m. Sunday
Evening Worship begins at 6:00 p.m.
Mid-week servies meeting every
Wednesday, 5-45-6: 15 p.m., dinner;
6: 15-7: 30 p.m., Youth and Team
Kid; 6: : 30-7: 30 p.m., Adult bible
study and prayer meeting. For more
information please send emails to
elambaptistchurch@gmail.com.
Fair Haven United Methodist
1126 N. Herndon Rd„ P.O. Box
1096, Millen, GA 30442. Rev. Jose
Velasquez, pastor. Sunday School
held at 9 a.m. and Sunday Morning
Worship at 10 a.m. Phone: 912-429-
9472.
First Baptist Church
507 Old Waynesboro Rd., Millen, GA
30442. Pastor: Frederick Williams.
Sunday School every Sunday - 10
a.m. Church Services 2nd & 4th
Sundays-11a.m. Phone: (478) 982-
3371.
Green Fork Baptist Church
1569 Green Fork Church Rd. Sunday
School begins at 10 a.m. and morning
worship at 11 a.m. Sunday night
worship at begins at 5: 30 p.m. and
Wednesday night services are at 7
p.m. The Rev. Jesse Sadler, Pastor.
Gordon Grove Baptist Church
Located on 4950 East Old Savannah
Road, Millen, GA 30442. Rev. Cecil
Dunlap, Pastor; YaLanda G. Ruffin,
Music Director. 1st, 3rd, and 5th
Sundays: Sunday School, 9 a.m.;
Morning Worship, 10 a.m. For more
information contact, Janette Newton,
4115 East Old Savannah Road,
Millen, GA 30442.912-682-8321.
Hurricane Branch Missionary
Baptist Church
4120 Hurricane Branch Road.
Services every 1st and 3rd Sunday
at 9 a.m. Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service Bible Study every
Wednesday Night at 7 p.m. Pastor:
Jerrokwee Powell 478-279-7177.
Church phone: 478-982-5422.
Kelsey Chapel Baptist Church
1025 Hiltonia Road, Millen. Services
are every 3rd Sunday. Sunday School
begins at 10 a.m. Worship begins at
11 a.m. 478-982-3138,478-299-1644
or 706-360-5999.
Lewis Church
Jenkins County’s only Primitive
Baptist Church Worship 11 a.m. on
3rd Sunday & 7 p.m. on 3rd Saturday.
6 p.m. on 4th Sunday. Meeting house
is located off Hwy. 23 South on
Lewis Church Road. Contact Elder
Sam Bowen at 912-865-2795 for
information.
Living Word Ministry
“Impacting Lives... One Home at a
Time”. 623 Cotton Avenue, Millen, GA
30442. Services Every 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
and 4th Sunday. Sunday School at
9: 30 a.m. Worship Service at 10: 30
AM. Hour of Power on Wednesday’s
at 7: 00 p.m. Pastor is Elder Steve
Carr Sr.
Lane Grove Missionary Baptist
Church
Lane Grove Missionary Baptist
Church is located at Hwy. 121, Millen,
Ga. Services are held the 1st Sunday
of every month at 11 a.m. and Sunday
School at 10 a.m. Bible Study every
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Millen Baptist Church
219 Gray Street, Millen. Brad Asbury,
Pastor; Cam Wiggins, Youth Minister;
Sandy Becton, Minister of Music.
Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning
Worship at 11 a.m. Call the church
office at 478-982-5411.
Millen New Testament Church
4532 Lewis Church Road, Millen,
GA 30442 912-690-0772. David A.
Godbolt, Pastor Services held: 2nd
& 4th Sundays(Sunday School starts
at 10:00 a.m. Worship Service starts
at 11:00 a.m.) Bible Study: Thursdays
after 2nd & 4th Sunday @ 6:30 p.m.
Millen Methodist Church
413 North Gray Street; Rev. John
Drake, pastor; Anna Burch, Minister
of Music; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; church
phone, 478-982-2664.
Miracle Temple Church of
Deliverance
located at 640 Millen By-Pass, Millen,
GA 30442.Pastor: Joseph Radlift.
Worship services every Sunday at
10:30 a.m. Contact Ekijah Coney at
478-455-1844 for more infiormation.
Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
1593 Mt Olivet Church Rd„ Garfield,
GA 30425. Phone: 478-763-2411.
Pastor: J. Randy Graham. Sunday
School: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship:
11: 00 a.m. Wednesday Night
Worship: 7: 00 p.m. Wednesday
Children & Youth Groups: 7:00 p.m.
Nannie E. Williams United
Methodist Church
440 Old Waynesboro Road, Millen,
GA - Rev. Charles Way - Pastor.
Sunday School every 4th Sunday at
10: 30 a.m. Worhsip at 11: 30 a.m.
Bible study every 2nd Wednesday
and 4th Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
Needful Baptist Church
Needful Baptist Church, 289 Kelsey
Road, Millen, GA 30442. Rev. James
Waltower, pastor. Regular service
every 1st Sunday - Sunday School 10
a.m. and Worship Service - 11 a.m.
Rev. James Waltower, 706-833-3429.
Oak Hill Baptist Church
3233 Oak Hill Church Road-4 miles
east of Millen. Brother Joshua
Johnson-Pastor. Christian Walton,
Student Pastor. Sunday School 10
a.m. and Sunday Morning Worship
Services at 11 a.m. No Sunday Night
Services. Wednesday Night - Adult
Bible Study, Youth Group & Team Kid
at 7 p.m.. Please call 478-982-1616
or visit www.oakhillmillen.com for
more information.
Ogeechee Free Will Baptist Church
4961 West Old Savannah Road,
Millen, GA 30442. Rev. Edwin Taylor,
Pastor. Sunday School 10 a.m.
Morning worship 11 a.m. Evening
worship 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer
meeting 7:00 p.m. Call 982-5970.
Rocky Ford Baptist Church
RFBC, here for the Gospel! 132 Main
Street, Rocky Ford, GA 30455, 912-
863-4288. Pastor: Wayne Bragg.
Sunday School, 10 a.m.; Morning
Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening
Service, 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday Night
Children/Youth Program, 6-7:30 p.m.
www.rockyfordbaptist.com.
www.facebook.com/rockyfordbaptist
Scarboro Baptist Church
Hwy 17 S. Scarboro Church Loop,
Millen. Rev. Perry Hearn. Sunday
School, 10 a.m.; Sunday morning
service, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening
service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Bible
Study, 6 p.m. For more information
please call 478-982-3545.
Skull Creek Missionary Baptist #1
4371 East Old Savannah Road,
Millen, GA 30442. Services 2nd
Sunday of each month; Sunday
School -10:30 a.m.; Worship Service
-11 a.m. Rev. Levi Sapp, Pastor
True Born Church of Christ
Deliverence Center
MLK Blvd, Millen. Services are 1st
and 4th Sunday at Noon. Wednesday
Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Prophet Melvin
Bynes 478-982-2017.
West Millen Baptist Church
Hwy. 25 North, Millen. Drexel Avenue.
Andy Allen, Pastor. Sunday School 9:
15 a.m. Sunday morning worship 10:
30 a.m. Sunday night service 6 p.m.
Wednesday night prayer service 7
p.m. Call 478-982-5167.
Zion Baptist Church
1068 Old Sylvania Road, Millen,
GA 30442. P.M. Broomfield, Pastor.
Sunday School 10: 00 a.m. Morning
Worship 11: 00 a.m. Bible Study 2nd
and 4th Wednesday 7:00 p.m.
Church News
128th ChurchAnniversary
Kelsey Chapel Baptist Church, 1025 Hiltonia Road, will host
its 128th Church anniversary 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21. The guest
minister will be Kevin Strudwick of Dublin. Dinner will be served.
A loving, caring and Christian Mother and Wife
It has been 10 years
since you left this world,
But we rejoice knowing we
will one day see you in heaven.
Love,
Vince, Sarah, and Oliver