O far a closer walk with God, a calm and heavenly friend.  A light to shine up on the road, that leads me to the lamb. Where is the Blessedness that I knew, when First I saw the lord?  Where is the soul refreshing view of Jesus and his word?    It is with sadness in our heart that the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia pause to announce the death and home going celebration for Mrs. Cynthia Dianetta Pettiford Woodard, of Ocilla.  Born March 14, 1960, in Tifton Georgia to the late Mrs. Rosa Lee Hall Pettiford and Rev. Edsel Pettiford Sr.  Mrs. Woodard received God's call to her everlasting home on Thursday, June 27, 2024, at the Irwin County Hospital in Ocilla Georgia surrounded by her devoted family.  She leaves to cherish her memories, her husband: Mr. Terry Woodard of Ocilla Georgia.  Their children:  Mr. Vertis and Mrs. Wendy Lane Jr. of Ocilla Georgia, Ms. Monica Rawls of Cartersville Georgia, Mr. Machael and Ms. Brooke Carroll Lane of Blackshear Georgia, Mr. Demitrius and Mrs. Tosha Lane of Cartersville Georgia, Ms. Shaquita Woodard of Fitzgerald Georgia and Mr. Terrance Woodard of Atlanta Georgia.  Her father: Rev. Edsel Pettiford Sr. of Tifton Georgia.  Her Siblings: Mr. Edsel and Mrs. Velma Pettiford Jr. Mr. Ronnie Pettiford, Mr. Thomas Pettiford, Mrs. Gwendolyn and Mr. Bobby Green, Ms. Selena Pettiford all of Tifton Georgia and Mr. Dewayne and Mrs. Bridgett Hall of Milledgeville Georgia along with a host of grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.  A home going celebration for Mrs. Cynthia Pettiford Woodard is planned for Saturday July 6, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. from the St. Phillips Missionary Baptist church 505 East 5th street Ocilla Georgia, where Rev. Fredrick Sanders serves as pastor, and will deliver the eulogy and committal.  Interment will follow in the Ocilla city cemetery, 301 East Valdosta Ave in Ocilla.  Mrs. Woodard will lie is state at the Davis funeral home in Ocilla, Friday morning 11:00 until 6:00 p.m. and Saturday Morning 10:30 until 12:00 noon.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.  Please continue to pray for the Woodard and Pettiford families. 

What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear.  What a privilege it is to carry, everything to God in prayer.  Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pains we bear.  All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer, and so on the hymn goes.  It is with sincere sympathy, the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia   31774 pause to announce the death of Mr. George Willie Hyman of Fayetteville North Coralina formerly of Mystic Georgia.  Born October 13, 1951, in Mystic Georgia to the late Mrs. Mattie Bell Crumedy Hymn and the late Mr. James Hymn.  Mr. Hymn received God's call to his eternal home, on Monday morning June 24, 2024, at Carolina Rehab Center of Cumberland, in Fayetteville North Carolina.  He leaves to cherish his memories, his loving wife of 37 years: Mrs. Janice Brown Hyman of Fayetteville North Carolina.  His son: Mr. Lamont Mayo of Tifton Georgia. His siblings: Ms. Helen Baker of Fitzgerald Georgia, Mrs. Rosie and Mr. Monroe Crockett of St. Petersburg Florida, Ms. Patricia Turner of Ocilla Georgia, Ms. Charlotte Middlebrooks of Mystic Georgia, Mr. Larry and Mrs. Gussie Hyman of Fitzgerald Georgia, and Mr. James and Mrs. Sharon Hyman of Columbia South Carolina, along with a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends. A home goings celebration for Mr. George W. Hyman is planned for Saturday Juned 29, 2024 at 12:00 noon from the Pine Bloom Missionary Baptist church, Mystic Georgia where Rev. Ronald Dixon serves as pastor and will deliver the eulogy and committal.  Mr. Hyman will lie in state Friday morning 11:00 until 6:00 p.m. at the Davis funeral home in Ocilla.  Interment will follow in the Oak Grove cemetery, Highway 32 West, Irwinville Georgia.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.  Please continue to pray for the Hyman and Brown families. 

What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear.  What a privilege it is to carry, everything to God in prayer. Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear.  All because we do not carry, everything to God in prayer.  It is with sincere sympathy, the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia   31774, pause to announce the death and home going celebrations for Ms. Shenika Shantee' Brown of 124 Taylor Circle, Fitzgerald Georgia. 

Born May 26, 1974, in Maimi Dade County Florida, to Mrs. Jennifer Brown and the late Mr. J. C. Brown. Ms. Brown received God's call to her eternal home on Sunday June 16, 2024, at Emory university Hospital in Atlanta Georgia, she is survived by her parents: Mrs. Jennifer and Mr. Jimmie Turner of Fitzgerald Georgia. Siblings: Mr. Alan Wade Whitman, Mr. Julius Paul Brown, Mr. Bishop Sparky Wense, Mr. Regionald Turner, Mrs. Angela Pruitt, Mrs. Jaymi Cree White, and Ms. Michelle Flagg.  Her loving Fur babies: Salt and Pepper, along with a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins relatives and friends. 

A home going celebration for Ms. Shenika Shantee' Brown is planned for Saturday June 22, 2024, at 12:00 noon from the Holsey Chapel Christan Methodist Episcopal Church at 515 East Suwanee Street in Fitzgerald Georgia where Rev. Jarius Sanford serves as pastor.  Rev. Douglas Taylor will deliver the eulogy and committal.  Interment will follow in the Evergreen city cemetery, Evergreen Road, Fitzgerald Georgia.  Ms. Brown will lie in state at the Davis funeral home in Ocilla, Friday morning 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.  Please continue to pray for the Brown and Turner Families. 

Father we stretch our hands to thee, no other help we know, if you withdraw yourself from us, we have nowhere to go.  It is with sincere sympathy, the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia   31774 pause to announce the death of Mr. Jerry Wayne Wynn of 293 Niagara Road Fitzgerald Georgia.  Born August 8, 1958, in Ocilla Irwin County Georgia to the late Mr. David Daniels and the late Ms. Evelyn Wynn.  Mr. Wynn received God's call to his everlasting home on Friday April 19, 2024, at his home being comforted by his loving family.  He leaves to cherish his memories, his loving and devoted wife of 42 years: Mrs. Carolyn King Wynn of Fitzgerald Georgia.  Their children: Mr. Gerald Wynn of Smyrna Georgia and Ms. Cassandra Wynn of Fitzgerald Georgia.  His siblings: Mr. Hayward Wynn, Ms. Lois Wynn, Mrs. Carolyn Wynn Young, Mr. Lamar Daniel, Mr. Steven Daniel, Mr. Timothy Daniel and Mr. Wesley Daniel all of Ocilla Georgia, along with a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.  Home going services for Mr. Jerry Wayne Wynn is planned for Saturday April 27, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. from the Mount Calvery Baptist church, 104 South Douglas Street, Fitzgerald, where Rev. George Vereen serves as pastor.  Rev. Connie K. Graham will deliver the eulogy and committal.  Interment will follow in the Evergreen cemetery, in Fitzgerald.  Mr. Wynn will lie in state at the Davis funeral home in Ocilla, Friday morning 11:00 until 6:00 p.m.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.  Please continue to pray for the Wynn and King Families.

When peace like a river, extended your way, when sorrow like sea bellows roe.  Whatever my lot, thou have taught me to say, it is well, it is well, with my soul.  It is with sincere sympathy, the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia   31774, pause to announce the death and home going celebration for Mrs. Donna Jewell Barnes Stanford of Jacksonville Florida, formerly of Fitzgerald Georgia.  Born September 1, 1957, in Ocilla Georgia to Mrs. Frances Herring Barnes and Mr. Larkey Barnes.  Mrs. Stanford transitioned to her enteral home, on Monday April 16, 2024, at St. Vicent Riverside hospital in Jacksonville Florida. She leaves to cherish her memories, One son: Mr. Micheal Joseph Stanford.  Her siblings: Mr. Bobby and Mrs. Betty Barnes, Mr. Kenny and Mrs. Marylin Barnes, Mrs. Gail and Mr. James Wilkerson.  Her mother-in-law Mrs. Gerlins Stanford of Tifton Georgia, along with other nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives and friends.  Home going services for Mrs. Donna Jewell Barnes Stanford is planned for Monday April 22, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. from Barnes Family cemetery on Fery Lake Road in Enigma Georgia.  Mrs. Stanford will lie in state at the Davis Funeral home in Ocilla, Sunday afternoon 2:00 until 6:00 p.m. and Monday 11:00 until 1:00 p.m.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, come unto me and rest.  Lie down thy weary one lie down, thy head upon my breast.  I came to Jesus as I was, weary, worn and sad.  I found in him a resting place, and he has made me glad.  It is with sincere sympathy, the Davis funeral home, 301 North Oak Street, Ocilla Georgia 31774, pause to announce the death and home going celebration for Mr. Leonard Daniel Simpson Jr. of 1208 East Baker Highway, Douglas Georgia 31535.  Born October 28,1936 in Coffee County.  Mr. Simpson received God's call to his eternal home 0n Saturday April 6, 2024, at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas Georgia, surrounded by his loving family.  He leaves to cherish his memories, his loving wife: Mrs. Hurley Mae Simpson of Douglas Georgia.  Their children: Ms. Shirley Simpson of Valdosta Georgia, Mrs. Jennifer Abdul Shahild of Greenville South Coralina, Mr. Earl Davis San Antonia Texas, Mr. Andre (Janice) Davis of Douglas Georgia, Mr. Cedric Davis of Douglas Georgia, Mr. Marcus (Devonia) Davis of Baltimore Maryland, Mr. Rolland (Clara) Lott of Douglas Georgia, Ms. Rosland Holden of Douglas Georgia, Mr. Willis (Debra) Lott of Ocilla Georgia and Mrs. Andrea (Kelvin) Johnson of Douglas.  His sisters: Mrs. Odessa Mizell and Mrs. Eloise Johnson along with a special care giver, Ms. Carrie Teel and numerous grands and Great grandchildren and a host of sister and brother-in-laws, nieces, nephews, cousins relatives and friends.  A home going celebration for Mr. Leonard Daniel Simpson Jr. is planned for Saturday April 13, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. from the Little Zion Missionary Baptist church of Broxton Georgia, where Rev. Willie C. Mobley serves as pastor and will deliver the eulogy and committal.   Interment will follow in the Broxton city cemetery in Broxton Georgia.  Mr. Simpson will lie in state at the Little Zion Baptist church in Broxton, on Friday afternoon 2:00 until 6:00 p.m.  The Davis funeral home of Ocilla has charge of all arrangements.  Please continue to lift the Simpson family up in prayer.