All Obituaries

SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA…Ms. Eloise “Janice” Gunter Griswold, a resident of Snellville, Georgia (formerly of Ozark), died Saturday morning, August 13, 2022, in Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. She was 77.             Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 18, 2022, in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Reverend Mike Whitt officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Fuqua...

  OZARK… Mr. Steven Lee Payne, a resident of Ozark, died Saturday morning, August 13, 2022, in a Dothan hospital. He was 72.             In keeping with the wishes of the family, there are no public services planned at this time. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.             Mr. Payne, son of the late Norman Payne and Barbara Burnette Payne, was...

OZARK…Mrs. Betty Lee Hubbard, a resident of Ozark, died early Sunday morning, August 7, 2022, in an Ozark nursing home. She was 80             A complete obituary with a list of survivors will be announced later by Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark.    

  OZARK…Mrs. Sonja R. “Sam” White Green, a resident of Ozark, died Monday morning, August 1, 2022, at her home. She was 74.                  Private graveside services will be held in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Community Hospice Chaplain, Adam Mulliner officiating.  Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements.             In...

  NEWTON… Derek Jason Watson, a resident of Newton, died Saturday, July 30, 2022. He was 40.             Funeral services will be held at 4:00 P.M. Thursday, August 4, 2022, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Griggs officiating. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 P.M. Thursday at the funeral home. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of...

  OZARK…Mr. Alto Lee Williams, Jr. (Specialist, United States Army, Retired), a resident of Ozark, died Thursday morning, July 28, 2022, at an Ozark nursing home. He was 74.             Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel in Ozark. Graveside services, with military honors, will follow in St. Louis Baptist Church Cemetery in Elamville. The family will receive friends...

NEWTON…Mrs. Penny Jones Barnes, a resident of Newton, died late Wednesday evening, July 27, 2022, at her home. She was 60.             Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, July 30, 2022, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Kenneth Bohannon officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Saturday at the funeral home. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.   ...

  OZARK… Mrs. Gloria Shehane Scurlock, a resident of Ozark, died Tuesday morning, July 26, 2022, in a Dothan hospital. She was 73.             Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 29, 2022, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Brian Presley officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral...

PARAMORE CROSSROADS COMMUNITY… Mr. Emmett Arnold Fain (1SG, United States Army, Retired), a resident of the Paramore Crossroads Community, near Ozark, died Tuesday morning, July 26, 2022, at his home. He was 94.             Funeral services will be held at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, July 28, 2022, in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Reverend Mike Whitt officiating. Graveside services, with full military honors, will follow in...

  CHALKHEAD COMMUNITY… Mr. Olen C. Grantham, a resident of the Chalkhead Community, near Ozark, died early Monday evening, July 25, 2022, at his home. He was 86.             Graveside services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 28, 2022, in the Chalkhead Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Michael Woodham officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:00 until 10:00 A.M. Thursday in the church sanctuary. Fuqua...