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Pauline Lewis Dean
Mar 24, 2025
Pauline Lewis Dean, age 89, of Pompano Beach, Florida passed away Monday, March 24, 2025 at Memorial Health in Savannah.
Mrs. Dean was born April 23, 1935 in Appling County to the late Clarance Barry Lewis and the late Virginia Stephenson Lewis. She was a cashier for 56 years at Winn Dixie in Pompano Beach. She was a loving daughter, sister,...
Bobby Gene Thornton
Mar 24, 2025
Bobby Gene Thornton, age 77, Baxley passed away peacefully Monday, March 24, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family under the care of Bethany Hospice.
Mr. Thornton was born December 21, 1947 in Appling County to the late Evens Thornton and the late Odell Williams Thornton. He attended Zion Church of God and was a retired carpenter and tree surgeon....
James William Ricketson
Mar 18, 2025
James William Ricketson March 16, 1941 – March 18, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of James William Ricketson, 84, of Hazlehurst, who peacefully entered his heavenly home on March 18, 2025. Born on March 16, 1941, in Jeff Davis County, James was the son of the late Joseph Jackson Ricketson and Mamie Holton Ricketson.
A proud veteran of...
Linda Diane Britt
Mar 17, 2025
Linda Diane Britt, age 72, of Sylvania passed away Monday, March 17, 2025 at Memorial Health in Savannah.
Ms. Britt was born September 2, 1952 in Bacon County to the late Walter Milton “Buddy” Hallman and the late Helen Yarbrough Tootle. She was a member of Reidsville Church of God and a graduate of Appling County High School in the Class...
Betty Simmons Sparks
Mar 16, 2025
Betty S. Sparks, age 84, of Baxley passed away Sunday, March 16, 2025 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home in Alma.
Ms. Betty, as she was known to many, was born September 16, 1940 in Pitts, Georgia to the late Danny E. Simmons and the late Laura Bell Simmons. She moved to Atlanta at 18 where she met Gene Sparks. They married...
Bernice Clyde Miles, Jr.
Mar 14, 2025
Bernice Clyde Miles, Jr, age 83, of Baxley passed away Friday, March 14, 2025 at his residence.
Mr. Miles was born January 19, 1942 in Appling County to the late Bernice Clyde Miles, Sr. and the late Sarah Elizabeth Mock Miles. Preceding him in death was his wife, Donna Yawn Miles, son, Robert Dwayne Miles, a sister, Sarah Gwinette White, brothers-in-law,...
Mikey Dyal
Mar 14, 2025
Mikey Dyal, age 60, of Baxley passed away Friday, March 14, 2025 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross.
Mikey was born August 27, 1964 in Appling County to the late Jessie Floyd Dyal and the late Shirley Duncan Taylor and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Mikey was a compassionate and humorous soul, known for his love of classic...
Mabell Childers Pruitt
Mar 14, 2025
Mabell Childers Pruitt, age 86, of Baxley passed away Friday, March 14, 2025 at Lumber City Rehabilitation Center under the care of Regency Southern Care Hospice.
Mrs. Pruitt was born March 4, 1939 in Hartsfield, Alabama to the late Homer Childers and the late Dema Cloer Childers. She was a simple lady who loved her family and enjoyed cooking, traveling, antiques...
Lillian Pace Dixon
Mar 13, 2025
Lillian Pace Dixon, age 81, of Hazlehurst passed away Thursday, March 13, 2025 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice.
Mrs. Dixon was born June 6, 1943 in Jeff Davis County to the late William Truman Pace and the late Mary Alice Powell Pace. She was a retired secretary for Collins Loan Company. Mrs. Dixon was preceded in death...
Laverne Griffin Lewis
Mar 11, 2025
Laverne Griffin Lewis, age 89, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at her residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.Mrs. Lewis was born November 14, 1935 in Appling County to the late Vernon Griffin and the late Ina Miles Griffin. She was a member of Miles Chapel Baptist Church. Mrs. Lewis was a former supervisor at...
Nathan Hale Tillman
Mar 11, 2025
Nathan Hale Tillman, age 74, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at his residence.
Nathan was a man who was impossible to forget—because he simply never let you. He was the kind of person who could walk into a room and instantly make it brighter, not just with his presence, but with his laughter, his jokes, and that infectious...
Gary Allen Ryals, Jr.
Mar 10, 2025
Gary Allen “Bubba” Ryals, Jr., age 19, of Hazlehurst passed away Monday, March 10, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital.
Bubba was born December 20, 2005 in Appling County and was a concrete finisher and enjoyed working with Shaun White Concrete. He also enjoyed bull riding and was an avid outdoorsman who loved his chickens and dogs, but his greatest joy was...
Jack H. Crawford
Mar 6, 2025
Jack H. Crawford, age 73, of Baxley passed away Thursday, March 6, 2025 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mr. Crawford was born September 11, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Jack H. Crawford, Sr. and the late Catherine Rose Poist Crawford. He was of the Church of God faith. Mr. Crawford was preceded in death...
James Randall Griffin
Mar 5, 2025
James Randall Griffin, age 61, of Baxley passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Randall was born May 15, 1963 in Jeff Davis County to the late James Richard Griffin and the late Lucille Rollins Griffin. He enjoyed being a truck driver and was employed with the Jeff Davis County Road...
Alvin V. Sellers
Feb 24, 2025
Alvin V. Sellers, age 93, of Baxley passed away Monday, February 24, 2025 at his residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Mr. Sellers was born June 4, 1931 in Jeff Davis County to the late George Ernest Sellers and the late Edna Cain Sellers. He was a faithful member of Melton’s Chapel Church where he served with the...
Wanda Altman
Feb 15, 2025
Wanda Dean Presley Altman, age 89, of Baxley passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025 at the Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mrs. Altman was born March 21, 1935 in Appling County to the late Joseph Hoyt “Joe” Presley and the late Mattie Music Presley. She was a homemaker, a retired farmer, and a member of Zoar Methodist...
Ted Allen Carter
Feb 10, 2025
Ted Allen Carter, age 70, of Baxley passed away Monday, February10, 2025 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ted was born on Red Oak Road in Appling County to the late Walter Carter and the late Luna Kimberly Carter. He worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life, and in his later years he went to work for a landscape company. Ted...
Ollie Mae Jackson
Feb 6, 2025
Ollie Mae Jackson, age 92, of Baxley passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025 in Lecanto, Florida after an extended illness.
Mrs. Jackson was born April 10, 1932 in Appling County to the late Chester Simmons and the late Neltie Giddens Simmons. She was a faithful member of Zoar Baptist Church for many years and was a retired seamstress. She was preceded...
Jewell Spell Lightsey
Feb 2, 2025
Jewell Spell Lightsey (April 1, 1941 – February 2, 2025) Mrs. Jewell Spell Lightsey, child of God, wife, mother, Nana and domestic engineer extraordinaire passed away peacefully at home on February 2, 2025. She was no doubt welcomed into the arms of Jesus and reunited with her beloved husband, James Albert Lightsey. She was born in Appling County, Georgia to...
Christine Griffin Smiley
Feb 1, 2025
Christine Griffin Smiley, age 84, of Baxley passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025 at The Pavilion under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Mrs. Smiley was born on January 8, 1941 in Appling County to the late George Carroll Griffin and the late Mary Vertell Drawdy Griffin. She worked with Dr. Ronald Reagin as a Podiatrist Assistant, was a former...
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