Mr. James Stephens, age 79 of Warthen passed away on Monday, March 11, 2024, at the Fairview Park Hospital of Dublin following an extended illness. A funeral service to celebrate his life will be held on Friday, March 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with internment to follow in the Church Cemetery. Reverend Bryce Jeffcoat, Reverend Tim Fields, and Reverend Albert Fields will officiate. Pallbearers will be Austin Swint, Zachery Wright, Jed May, J.W. May, Mike Lewis, John Mark Tanner, Benji Tarbutton, Blake Harris, and Jamie Swint. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of service at the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Mr. Stephens was a lifelong resident of Washington County, the son of the late Melvin Clarence Stephens and the late Edith Reynolds Stephens. He proudly served his country in the Georgia National Guard. James spent his working career as a Lab Technician with Imerys. Mr. Stephens enjoyed to hunt and was a member of the Pleasant Grove Hunting Club and the Polyann Hunting Club. He was also a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. James is preceded in death by his brother, Phillip Stephens.
Survivors include his loving wife, Sue Stephens; daughters, Tammy Denise May and husband Tommy of Warthen and Karen Beth Wright and husband Phil of Sandersville; grandchildren, Zachery Wright and wife Jess, Megan Wright Swint and husband Austin, J.W. May and wife Mackenzie, Jed May, and Jesslyn May; and great-grandchildren, Emily Wright, Carlee Swint, and Olivia Wright.
Donations may be made to the Bethlehem Baptist Church, P.O. Box 85, Warthen, Georgia 31094 or to the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, c/o Susan Allen, 2947 Pleasant Grove Road, Sandersville, Georgia 31082.
Online condolences may be expressed at mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com.
May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.