March 2025
Lisa Kay Padgett
Mrs. Lisa Kay Padgett, wife of Erwin Padgett, died Sunday, March 30, 2025 at her home in Treutlen County after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Higgs Funeral Home of Soperton.
Mrs. Lisa Kay Padgett, wife of Erwin Padgett, died Sunday, March 30, 2025 at her home in Treutlen County after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Higgs Funeral Home of Soperton.
Carl Thaddeus DeMouth
Mr. Carl Thaddeus DeMouth of the Oglethorpe Community in Treutlen County died Thursday, March 13, 2025 at his home.
Mr. DeMouth, 52, was born in Morristown, NJ and had been a resident of Treutlen County since 2024. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and is survived by his wife, Stacy DeMouth.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Higgs Funeral Home of Soperton.
Mr. Carl Thaddeus DeMouth of the Oglethorpe Community in Treutlen County died Thursday, March 13, 2025 at his home.
Mr. DeMouth, 52, was born in Morristown, NJ and had been a resident of Treutlen County since 2024. He was a Veteran of the United States Army and is survived by his wife, Stacy DeMouth.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Higgs Funeral Home of Soperton.
Richard Orion Ware
Funeral services with Military Honors and Masonic Rites for Mr. Richard Orion Ware will be held Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM in the Soperton First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Treutlen County. Reverend Chad Cofield and Reverend George Grimes will officiate. Mr. Ware died Thursday, March 6, 2025.
Mr. Ware, 78, was the son of the late Woodrow W. Ware and Frankie Calhoun Ware. He was born in Vidalia, GA on January 9, 1947 and was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County. He was a “Class of 1965” graduate of Treutlen High School, attended Middle GA College and transferred to the University of GA where received his Criminal Justice Degree. He was a United States Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, a 30 year retiree from the GADOT weights & measures/inspector division and a member since 1975 of the Harmony Masonic Lodge #405 where he was also the 1983 Past Master. Mr. Ware was a former Fire Chief of the Oglethorpe Volunteer Fire Department and a Treutlen County School Bus Driver. As a Deacon of the Soperton First Baptist Church, he taught Sunday School and attended DBA Camp in Adrian for many years. After his father’s passing, he became the operator/manager of the Triple W Service Station in Soperton for a number of years. His wife of 42 years, Marsha Lumley Ware and two brothers, Robert & John Ware, all preceded him in death.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Joanna & Chet Sconyers of Soperton, granddaughter, Hattie Claire Sconyers; brother, Woodrow (Marilyn) Ware, Jr of Aiken, SC; two sisters, Janet (Frank) Littleton of Broxton, GA and Judy Wommack of Morganton, NC; aunt, Ann Calhoun of Soperton and four sisters-in-law, Debbie C. Ware, Betty Sue Ware, Teresa (Donnie) Cammack and Bonnie (Joe) Brown and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held at the church beginning at 2:00 PM on Sunday.
Funeral services with Military Honors and Masonic Rites for Mr. Richard Orion Ware will be held Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM in the Soperton First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Boiling Springs Baptist Church Cemetery in Treutlen County. Reverend Chad Cofield and Reverend George Grimes will officiate. Mr. Ware died Thursday, March 6, 2025.
Mr. Ware, 78, was the son of the late Woodrow W. Ware and Frankie Calhoun Ware. He was born in Vidalia, GA on January 9, 1947 and was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County. He was a “Class of 1965” graduate of Treutlen High School, attended Middle GA College and transferred to the University of GA where received his Criminal Justice Degree. He was a United States Air Force Veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, a 30 year retiree from the GADOT weights & measures/inspector division and a member since 1975 of the Harmony Masonic Lodge #405 where he was also the 1983 Past Master. Mr. Ware was a former Fire Chief of the Oglethorpe Volunteer Fire Department and a Treutlen County School Bus Driver. As a Deacon of the Soperton First Baptist Church, he taught Sunday School and attended DBA Camp in Adrian for many years. After his father’s passing, he became the operator/manager of the Triple W Service Station in Soperton for a number of years. His wife of 42 years, Marsha Lumley Ware and two brothers, Robert & John Ware, all preceded him in death.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Joanna & Chet Sconyers of Soperton, granddaughter, Hattie Claire Sconyers; brother, Woodrow (Marilyn) Ware, Jr of Aiken, SC; two sisters, Janet (Frank) Littleton of Broxton, GA and Judy Wommack of Morganton, NC; aunt, Ann Calhoun of Soperton and four sisters-in-law, Debbie C. Ware, Betty Sue Ware, Teresa (Donnie) Cammack and Bonnie (Joe) Brown and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held at the church beginning at 2:00 PM on Sunday.
Samuel (Sam) Sidney Buchanan, Jr
Samuel (Sam) Sidney Buchanan, Jr., age 79, resident of the Northside Villa Assisted Care home in Rochelle, passed away Wednesday, March 5 of natural causes.
Born August 1, 1945, in Americus, GA, he was the son of the late Rev. Samuel Buchanan, Sr., and his wife, the late Shirley Middlebrooks.
Sam was self-employed for most of his adult life and for most of these years was owner/operator of one of the iconic pecan stores on Interstate 75 in Cordele, GA, where he greeted all customers with a hearty welcome and convivial conversation peppered with his seemingly endless supply of good-natured jokes. So taken were many of his customers with his personality that they became repeat visitors on their annual trips to and from their winter homes in Florida.
Sam’s father was a United Methodist minister, and so Sam and his siblings grew up in Methodist parsonages scattered across south Georgia, including Rochelle, Valdosta, Moultrie, Albany, and Soperton, among others. Though Sam’s favorite was Soperton. It was here that he spent his high school years, graduating in 1964 from Treutlen County High School. It was here that he met the love of his life, Suzanne Brown. Theirs was a classic high school romance, with Sam playing varsity and Suzanne serving on the cheerleading squad. Shortly after their 1964 high school graduation they were married at the Soperton First United Methodist Church, with Sam’s father performing the ceremony. The couple had three children: Shea (Ted) of The Villages, FL; Scott, of Soperton; and Samantha, of Perry, GA. Though the couple eventually divorced, his ex-wife and all three of his children were by his side when he passed.
Other survivors include his brother, William (Mary) of Clarion, PA; his sister, Rebecca, of Georgetown, TX; and his sister Iris (Bob), of Tucson, AZ; two grandchildren, Emily Graham and Clae Graham and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11 AM at Fowler Cemetery in Treutlen County with Reverend Chad Cofield officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 AM at Higgs Funeral Home.
Samuel (Sam) Sidney Buchanan, Jr., age 79, resident of the Northside Villa Assisted Care home in Rochelle, passed away Wednesday, March 5 of natural causes.
Born August 1, 1945, in Americus, GA, he was the son of the late Rev. Samuel Buchanan, Sr., and his wife, the late Shirley Middlebrooks.
Sam was self-employed for most of his adult life and for most of these years was owner/operator of one of the iconic pecan stores on Interstate 75 in Cordele, GA, where he greeted all customers with a hearty welcome and convivial conversation peppered with his seemingly endless supply of good-natured jokes. So taken were many of his customers with his personality that they became repeat visitors on their annual trips to and from their winter homes in Florida.
Sam’s father was a United Methodist minister, and so Sam and his siblings grew up in Methodist parsonages scattered across south Georgia, including Rochelle, Valdosta, Moultrie, Albany, and Soperton, among others. Though Sam’s favorite was Soperton. It was here that he spent his high school years, graduating in 1964 from Treutlen County High School. It was here that he met the love of his life, Suzanne Brown. Theirs was a classic high school romance, with Sam playing varsity and Suzanne serving on the cheerleading squad. Shortly after their 1964 high school graduation they were married at the Soperton First United Methodist Church, with Sam’s father performing the ceremony. The couple had three children: Shea (Ted) of The Villages, FL; Scott, of Soperton; and Samantha, of Perry, GA. Though the couple eventually divorced, his ex-wife and all three of his children were by his side when he passed.
Other survivors include his brother, William (Mary) of Clarion, PA; his sister, Rebecca, of Georgetown, TX; and his sister Iris (Bob), of Tucson, AZ; two grandchildren, Emily Graham and Clae Graham and numerous cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A graveside service will be held Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11 AM at Fowler Cemetery in Treutlen County with Reverend Chad Cofield officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 AM at Higgs Funeral Home.