Obituaries 06-02-22
GEORGE COLON PITTS, JR.
Sept. 15, 1962-May 28, 2022
Graveside services for George Colon Pitts, Jr., 59, of Waynesboro, were
conducted on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 from Shirley Place Cemetery in Wayne
County.
He was born in Waynesboro on Saturday, Sept. 15, 1962 to the late George
Colon Pitts, Sr., and Magdalene Pitts.
He died on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at H.C. Watkins Memorial HOspital in
Quitman.
He is survived by his wife, Chastity Presley-Pitts of Waynesboro; two
daughters, Kayla Touchstone and Teresa Marie Cason of Waynesboro; his
stepson, Presley Steven Ray of Clara; his brother and sister-in-law,
John and Tammy Pitts of Shubuta; his sister, Eva Pitts of Clara; his
mother-in-law, Annette Stevison of Strengthford; and a host of
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.
Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro was in charge of arrangements.
GERALD LOUIE CANADY
Dec. 6, 1932-May 21, 2022
Graveside services for Gerald Louie Canady, 89, of Waynesboro, were
conducted on Saturday, May 28, 2022 from Antioch Assembly of God
Cemetery.
Born in Waynesboro on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 1932 to Joe Canady and Nellie
Rainwater Canady, he was a Christian man who devoted his life to the
Lord. He served in the United States Air Force from 1953-1957. He
retired as an Operator of Occidental Chemical Company in Taft, La.
He died on Saturday, May 21, 2022 at Wayne General Hospital.
He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Gerald A. and Mary
Jo Canady of Waynesboro and Michael L. and Diana Canady of Fairhope,
Ala.,; three grandchildren and their respective spouses, Melissa A. and
Darrell Dufrene of Waynesboro, Jennifer A. and Nicholas Lauritsen of
Harahan, La., and Jeffrey A. Canady at Westwego, La.; six
great-grandchildren and their respective spouses, Drake W. and October
Dufrene, Nicholas A. Lauritsen, Joshua B. Lauritsen, Teghan J.
Lauritsen, Brock A. Dufrene and Ryenne M. Lauritsen; and a host of
nieces, nephews, friends and other family.
He was preceded in death by his father, Joe Canady; his mother, Nellie
Rainwater Canady; his wife, Edna Pearl Boykin Canady; his sister,
Katherine Canady; and his brother, L.H. Canady.
An online guestbook can be signed at www.freemanfh.com.
Freeman Funeral Home of Waynesboro was in charge of arrangements.
NOLAN WAYNE BOYD
Nov. 6, 1939-May 22, 2022
Graveside services for Nolan Wayne Boyd, 82, were conducted on Thursday,
May 26, 2022 from Rome Cemetery in Athens, Texas.
Born on Nov. 6, 1939 in Athens, he was a Retired Tool Pusher with Noble
Drilling Company.
He died on Sunday, May 22, 2022.
He is survived by two sisters, Wilma Dean Boyd Smith and Nona Faye
Kimery; three brothers and two sisters-in-law, William Kenneth and Mary
Boyd, Hodge Weldon Boyd and Alvin Ray "Butch" and Lila Boyd, all of
Athens; two daughters and sons-in-law, Cathy Ann Boyd and Glenn Duvall
and Karen Jo Boyd and Mark Upshaw, all of Waynesboro; five
granddaughters, a grandson, six great-granddaughters and seven
great-grandsons.
He was preceded in death by his father, William Henry Boyd; his mother,
Nonie Virginia Meador Boyd; an infant brother and a sister, Willie Jean
Boyd Rogers.
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