Death notices for Sept. 27, 2006

Published 10:27 pm Tuesday, September 26, 2006

John Henry Pridgen, 69, Fitzgerald, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2006, at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Fla. Survivors include a son, John Thomas “Tommy” Pridgen of Florida; five daughters, Sarah Monahan of Panama City, Fla., Donna Leduc, Cathy Rountree, Karen Musgrove and Eugenia Simon, all of Jacksonville, Fla.; and three brothers, Melvin Pridgen and James Pridgen of Fitzgerald and Roy Pridgen of Detroit, Mich. Paulk Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Lucille Mathis, 82, of Nashville, died Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2006, at South Georgia Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 a.m. in the chapel of Lovein Funeral home. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be held after 4 p.m. today with the family receiving friends from 7 to 9 tonight. Lovein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.