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Betty E. (Odom) Collins
Jul 20, 2024
Betty E. Collins, age 86, of Baxley went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Saturday, July 20, 2024 surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Collins was born March 9, 1938 in Appling County to the late Emerith Norman Odom and the late Maggie Stallings Odom. She was a seamstress and clerk...
Martha Vanbrunt
Jul 15, 2024
Martha was 63 years old and gained her wings in the early hours on Monday morning, July 15, 2024 at Lumber City Care Center.
Martha is preceded in death by her mother, father, three brothers, and one sister.
She is survived by her siblings, Bill Sirmans, Christine Moody and Ann...
Wally Arthur Mcneal
Jul 11, 2024
Mr. Wally Arthur (W. A.) (Dub) McNeal, age 85, of Hazlehurst, died Thursday, July 11, 2024 at The Landings in Douglas, GA after an extended 61day illness.
Mr. McNeal was born March 6, 1939 in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by the love of his life, Ruth Walters McNeal of 62 years of marriage,...
Karen Gale (Dell) Sharpe
Jul 10, 2024
Karen Dell Sharpe, age 74, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at Appling Healthcare.
Mrs. Sharpe was born October 16, 1949 in Hahira, Georgia to Bill & Willene Lewis Dell. She was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church and was a former group leader at the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home. In addition to her parents, she...
David Eric Hughes
Jul 8, 2024
David Eric Hughes, age 43, of Hazlehurst passed away Monday, July 8, 2024 in Bacon County from injuries sustained in an accident.
Eric was born December 6, 1980 in Jeff Davis County to David Crocket Hughes and Delynn Tanner Hughes. He was a heavy equipment operator and was preceded in death by his sister,...
Aldine (Creamer) Rowell
Jun 28, 2024
Aldine C. Rowell, age 80, of Graham passed away Friday, June 28, 2024 at her residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mrs. Rowell was born December 24, 1943 in Jeff Davis County to the late Thomas Jefferson (Buster) Creamer and the late Viola Herndon Creamer. She was the retired owner of Satilla One Stop and...
Lawton Dave Yawn
Jun 26, 2024
Lawton Dave Yawn, age 82, of Baxley passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Memorial Health Meadows in Vidalia under the care of Community Hospice.
Mr. Yawn was born January 4, 1942 in Appling County to the late Cleaton Yawn and the late Mamie Burke Yawn. He was retired from Southern Company at Plant Hatch and was...
Claire Elaine (Freeman) Mclendon
Jun 24, 2024
Claire McLendon, age 83, of Hazlehurst passed away Monday, June 24, 2024 at her residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Mrs. McLendon was born July 23, 1940 in Rumford, Maine to the late Roy A. Freeman and the late Verna C. Moore Freeman. She was a member of the First Baptist...
Sarah Laverne Quinn
Jun 18, 2024
Sarah Laverne Quinn, age 82, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at Appling Healthcare.
Miss Quinn was born September 11, 1941 to the late Woodrow Wilson Quinn and the late Lenora Clark Quinn. She was a retired nurse and was preceded in death by a sister, Robbie Quinn, and brothers, Wilbur Quinn and J.E. Quinn....
Robert Neron Churchville
Jun 16, 2024
Robert Neron Churchville, age 84, of Baxley passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024 at Appling Healthcare.
Mr. Churchville was born December 5, 1939 in Bacon County to the late Joe Robert Lee Churchville and the late Vera Inez Smith Churchville. He served his country in the United States Marine Corp Reserves from 1962 until 1968 with the...
Janice Elaine (Wood) Brown
Jun 10, 2024
Janice Elaine Wood Brown, age 70, of Lumber City passed away Monday, June 10, 2024 at Jeff Davis Hospital.
Mrs. Brown was born January 12, 1954 in Hazlehurst to the late Tramel Wood and the late Vona Mae Strange Wood. She was a member of Lumber City Baptist Church where she was a longtime...
Marilyn Lightsey
Jun 7, 2024
Marilyn Lightsey, age 80, of Baxley passed away Friday, June 7, 2024 at Hazlehurst Court Care & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Lightsey was born April 9, 1944 in Appling County to the late Phillip Woodrow Lightsey and the late Evelyn Lightsey. She was formerly employed at Sea Pack and Captain Joe’s and was a member of...
Winton P. Roberson
Jun 3, 2024
Winton P. Roberson, age 92, of Vidalia passed away Monday, June 3, 2024 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Mr. Roberson was born September 11, 1931 in Appling County to the late Herman Pearson Roberson and the late Bessie Coursey Roberson. He was a member of Smith Street Baptist Church and was a veteran of...
Frank Edward "Ed" Deen
Jun 3, 2024
Frank Edward “Ed” Deen, age 85, of Baxley passed away Monday, June 3, 2024 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Ed was born September 1, 1938 in Douglas to Emory and Edna Thomas Deen of Alma. He grew up a happy, loved child in Bacon County. He joined his beloved Air Force at 17 and went to Basic...
Glynn Albert Switzer
May 18, 2024
Glynn Switzer, age 79, of Baxley passed away Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Mr. Switzer was born July 21, 1944 in Douglas to the late Dewey Glynn Switzer and the late Lois Pearl Cribb Switzer. He worked in management for Winn Dixie and Amercord, Inc. He was a member of...
Joan Marie Webster
May 14, 2024
Joan Marie Webster, age 72, of Lumber City passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at her residence under the care of Coastal Hospice.
Mrs. Webster was born July 31, 1951 in Macon to the late William Easler and the late Marie Easler. She worked as a bank teller for the Bank of Lumber City and was a...
Michael Thomas "Mike" Hall
May 11, 2024
Michael Thomas “Mike” Hall, age 66, of Baxley passed away Saturday, May 11, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.
Mike was born August 25, 1957 in Appling County to the late John Thomas “J. T.” Hall and the late Inez Poole Hall. He was a member of Red Oak Baptist Church and was...
Nadre (Wiggins) Thompkins
May 10, 2024
Nadre Wiggins Thompkins, age 82, died Friday, May 10, 2024 at the Bacon County Hospital in Alma.
Mrs. Thompkins was born August 29, 1941 to the late Rev. Lannie Wiggins and the late Rev. Clara Wiggins in Donalsonville, GA but had moved to Baxley with her parents as a young adult for...
Carolyn (Nail) Polk
May 1, 2024
Carolyn Polk, age 85, of Baxley passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at Memorial Health in Savannah.
She was born October 11, 1938 in Baxley to the late Linton Lee Nail and the late Geraldine Peacock Nail. She is preceded in death by three sons, Crowell “Smokey” Nash, George “Bear” Nash, and Linton Lee Nash, and a...
Margaret (Boatright) Hall
Apr 30, 2024
Margaret Boatright Hall, age 89, of Hazlehurst passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at her residence under the care of Coastal Hospice.
Margaret was born December 23, 1934 in Alma to the late John Truitt Boatright and the late Bessie Marie Carver Boatright. She worked as a sewing supervisor at Ero Industries and was a member of...
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