Obituaries

Mar 14, 2022

Betty Cross Carter, age 89, of Baxley died Monday, March 14, 2022 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice.

Mrs. Carter was born February 11, 1933 to the late John Elijah Cross and the late Effie Pauline Cotton Cross.  She was a member of Surrency Free Will Baptist Church and was a retired Teacher Instructor...

Mar 4, 2022

Jerry Ray Holton, age 78, of Baxley passed away Friday, March 4, 2022 at Appling Healthcare.

Mr. Holton was born April 3, 1943 in Appling County to the late John Randolph “J.R.” Holton and the late Ennis Elizabeth Carter Holton.  He was the pastor of Out of Your Comfort Zone Tent Revival for eight years and a...

Mar 1, 2022

Felton Nathaniel Everett, age 60, of Baxley died Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Baptist Health Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mr. Everett was born July 3, 1961 in Bacon County and was a retired log truck driver for Wallace Carter & Sons’ Logging.  He was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church and a former member of...

Mar 1, 2022

Debra Barnes Beecher, age 58, of Baxley died Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at Meadows Memorial Health in Vidalia.

Mrs. Beecher was born September 28, 1963 in Appling County to the late Orvil Barnes and the late Patricia Ann Rogers Barnes. She was owner of Debbie’s Tanning Salon and was a homemaker.

Survivors include her husband,...

Feb 27, 2022

Malzie Olvia Ellis Cleland, age 87, of Baxley passed away Sunday, February 27, 2022 at the Pavilion.

Mrs. Cleland was born February 1, 1935 in Hazlehurst to the late Clarence Ellis, Sr. and the late Ora Belle Dixon Ellis. She was a seamstress and a homemaker. Mrs. Cleland was an active member of Friendship Congregational Christian Church,...

Feb 26, 2022

Willie Kent Adams, age 71, of Baxley passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022 at his residence.

Mr. Adams was born September 5, 1950 in Appling County to the late Bill Kent Adams and the late Beulah Deen Adams.  He was a retired Iron worker and Truck Driver with Bax-Steel Buildings.  Mr. Adams was preceded in death by...

Feb 25, 2022

John Durham Black, Jr., age 90, of Gainesville, Florida passed away February 25, 2022 in Lake City, Florida.

Mr. Black was born July 7, 1931 in Asheville, North Carolina to the late John Durham Black, Sr. and the late Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Black. He was a retired school teacher and relief principal with the Clay County Board...

Feb 25, 2022

Eugene William Merier, age 73, of Waynesville passed away Friday, February 25, 2022 in the Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus.

Mr. Merier was born January 8, 1949 in Coffee County to the late Sibbett Merier, Sr. and Athleen Fleming Merier.  He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Army....

Feb 22, 2022

Salina “Sissy” Georgette Jones, age 48, of Surrency died Tuesday, February 22, 2022 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice.

Ms. Jones was born April 16, 1973 in Wayne County. Sissy loved her family, and she loved all things colorful and bright. Although her life was short, it was a life well-lived. She was preceded...

Feb 20, 2022

Isaac Colvin Griffis, age 81, of Odum passed away Sunday, February 20, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mr. Griffis was born April 6, 1940 in Appling County to the late Ottis Lee Griffis and the late Isabelle Thornton Griffis. Before retirement, he was a supervisor at Rayonier. Mr. Griffis was a member of Baxley Church of God, the...

Feb 17, 2022

Wynell Jackson Herrington, our precious mother and Mema, passed away on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at her home, after an extended illness with Alzheimer’s, under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice.

Mrs. Herrington was born June 8, 1941 in Appling County to the late Lewis & Nancy Jackson. She was a homemaker, former substitute school teacher, and...

Feb 16, 2022

Daryl Lee Edwards, Jr., age 36, of Surrency passed away February 16, 2022 at his residence.

Mr. Edwards was born December 24, 1985 in Gainesville, Florida. He was a Diesel Mechanic and the owner and operator of Outlaw Diesels. He was a member of Surrency Baptist Church and a 2004 graduate of Appling County High School. Mr....

Feb 12, 2022

Earseline Mclean, a loving mother and grandmother and great grandmother passed away Saturday night, February 12, 2022 at the age of 85 years old.  Born on April 17th,1936,  she was one of nine siblings to parents Usthas Hamilton and Willel Johnson in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica, West Indies where she grew up. As an adult, Earseline worked as...

Feb 11, 2022

Betty June Beach Green, age 83, of Baxley, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022 at her residence under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice.

Mrs. Green was born March 25, 1938 in Appling County to the late Troy Edwin Beach and the late Eva Estell White Beach.  She was a member of Friendship Congregational Christian Church and...

Feb 10, 2022

Wilton “Sug” Baxley, age 93, left us on February10, 2022 while he was at Memorial Health Hospital in Savannah.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette Baxley; parents, Hilton & Ethel Baxley; son, Robert Baxley; and a grandchild, Jennie Phillips.

Mr. Baxley was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served in...

Feb 2, 2022

Samuel Bryant Turner, Sr., age 78, of Hazlehurst died Tuesday, February 2, 2022 in Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin.

Mr. Turner was born December 30, 1943 in Fulton County to the late Charles Turner and the late Ruth Tweedy Turner. He was a veteran of the United States Navy, having served in the Vietnam War, and was...

Feb 2, 2022

Lonnie William “Bill” Kicklighter, age 98, of Baxley, died Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.

Mr. Kicklighter was born January 29, 1924 to the late Willie Clifton Kicklighter and the late Ella Collins Kicklighter. Raised in the church, he served as deacon in the Zion Missionary Baptist Church for over 50 years, and many...

Jan 29, 2022

Clayton Dale Errett, age 30, of Baxley died Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the Appling Healthcare.

Clayton was born September 6, 1991 in Jeff Davis County and was a member of Parkway Baptist Church. He graduated from Appling County High School in 2010 and was a member of the Appling Applause Show Choir. He was a substitute...

Jan 27, 2022

James Patrick “Jamie” Sapp, age 45, of Baxley passed away Thursday, January 27, 2022 at the Appling Healthcare.

Jamie was born March 17, 1976 in Appling County. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was a welder. He was preceded in death by his mother, Margaret Helen Padgett Sapp and sister, Margaret Renea...

Jan 21, 2022

Charles Aldridge, age 82, of Baxley passed away Friday, January 21, 2022 at the Pavillion.

Mr. Aldridge was born October 10, 1939 in Jesup to the late Corneilus Mitchell Aldridge and the late Maggie Lee Taylor Aldridge. He was a forest ranger for the Georgia Forestry Commission and a member of Friendship Congregational Christian Church. In addition...