Cox-Ivey Funeral Home

12/23/2025

Our business office will be closed from 2:00 on December 24 through December 25 so that our staff may enjoy their families for the holidays. As always, we are available to serve your family at any time 24 hours a day. Please call (229)246-3232 for assistance.

12/22/2025

Juliet Kelly

Juliet Alegria Kelly, age 69, of Climax, Georgia, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2025. Services for Mrs. Kelly will be held Saturday, December 27, 10:00 am, graveside, in Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, 163 Sykes Mill Road, Climax, Georgia. A complete obituary will be available on Tuesday.

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12/22/2025

Betty Sue Smith

In the arms of her loving family, Betty Sue Hunt Smith, age 86, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2025, at her home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mrs. Smith will be held Tuesday, December 23, 11:00 am, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The Rev. Greg Ford will officiate. Roger Smith, McCall Burney, Alex Burney, David Harvey, Charlie Livingston, and Sammy Smith will serve as pallbearers. Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery. The family will receive friends...

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12/21/2025

12/18/2025

Lewis Franklin Thomas

Mr. Lewis Franklin "Frank" Thomas, age 74, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025, at Southeast Health in Dothan, Alabama. Services for Mr. Thomas will be held at 2:00 pm, Friday, graveside, in the Nazarene Cemetery on Highway 27N. The Rev. David Grubbs will be officiating. More information will be available later.

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12/14/2025

Lewis Clyde Ezell

Mr. Lewis Clyde Ezell, age 70, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. Services for Mr. Ezell will be held Wednesday, December 17, 3:00 pm, at West Bainbridge Baptist Church, 801 Griffin Street, Bainbridge, Georgia. The Rev. Lynn Massey will officiate. Aaron Parish, Steve Key, Don Green, Kendall Glover, Josh Glover, and Paul Hughes will be serving as pallbearers. The interment will follow in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Mr. Ezell’s family will receive friends...

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12/14/2025

Clifford Bronwood Maxwell Jr.

Mr. Clifford Bronwood Maxwell, Jr., age 73, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2025, at his home in Climax, Georgia. Clifford Bronwood Maxwell, Jr. was born August 18, 1952, in Bainbridge, Georgia, to Clifford B. Maxwell, Sr. and Mattie Katherine Crowe Maxwell. He grew up in Bainbridge, graduating from Bainbridge High School. Clifford retired from Elberta Crate after 22 years of working hard. He loved to watch wrestling and was an avid fan of college and NFL football. Clifford was preceded...

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12/12/2025

Lamar Hansel Harrell

Mr. Lamar Hansel Harrell, age 66, passed away Thursday, December 11, 2025, at his home in Bainbridge, Georgia. Services for Mr. Harrell will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, December 15, in the Cadwell Chapel of Cox-Ivey Funeral Home. The Rev. Larry Harrell will officiate. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Jamie Bulger, Henry Howard, Ervin Flanders, Chad Braswell, Sammie Watson and Roderick Harrell will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends before the service, beginning at 2:00...

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12/12/2025

We always like to participate in our community events. The Christmas parade was a wonderful addition to the holiday season! Our staff member, Lauren Turner, and her friend, Tina Freeman, braved the cold weather and had a great time! Thank you to Tina for filling in for Christy who had a church obligation. It was a fun night of celebration! Merry Christmas, Bainbridge! 🎄

12/12/2025

Happy birthday to Deryl! Have a great day!

12/09/2025

We are honored to have been selected by the Mark Thomas Company as the Funeral Home of the Month. Our firm was featured on the cover and inside their catalog. Christy and Andy Cadwell were presented with a certificate in recognition of this honor.

12/09/2025

Our staff is always pleased to give back to our community by being a bell ringer for the Red Kettle. Andy Cadwell and Lauren Turner rang the bell at Rural King on this beautiful day.