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Ronald Benjamin Atkins
Nov 10, 2016
Ronald Benjamin Atkins, age 73, of Odum died Thursday, November 10, 2016 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. Mr. Atkins was born December 17, 1942 in Atlanta to the late Arthur Benjamin Atkins and the late Grace Brand Atkins. He was a member of Big Creek Primitive Baptist Church and was retired from the Department of Transportation. Mr. Atkins...
Janice Julia Carter Rozar
Nov 8, 2016
Janice Julia Carter Rozar, age 79, of Baxley died Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Rozar was born September 12, 1937 in Appling County to the late Robert Claire Carter and the late Elma Knight Carter. She accepted Jesus into her life at a church revival in Surrency at the age of twelve. She believed it then...
Jerry Wade Williams
Nov 2, 2016
Jerry Wade Williams, age 67, of Baxley died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 in Savannah. Mr. Williams was born January 22, 1949 in Bacon County to the late Wade Archie Williams and the late Gertie Lee Spell Williams. He was a member of the Baxley Church of God where he served as a Council member and Trustee for many years....
Robert Collins
Oct 30, 2016
Robert Collins, age 84, of Vero Beach, Florida died Sunday, October, 30, 2016 in Vero Beach. Mr. Collins was born April 29, 1932 in Appling County to the late William Curtis Collins and the late Velma Hopkins Collins. Mr. Collins was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was retired Sergeant 1st Class from the United States Army after...
Robert Paul Mann
Oct 24, 2016
Robert Paul Mann, age 81, of Surrency died Monday, October 24, 2016. Mr. Mann was born March 26, 1935 in Appling County to the late David Henry Mann and the late Dovie Carter Mann. He was a member of Memorial Free Will Baptist Church and was a retired farmer. Mr. Mann was preceded in death by his wife, Dea...
Will Wendell Quinn
Oct 14, 2016
Will Wendell Quinn, age 94, of Baxley died Friday, October 14, 2016. Mr.Quinn was born April 10, 1922 in Jeff Davis County to the late Delton Lite Quinn and the late Nancy Branch Quinn. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon & was a passionate Sunday School teacher. He was...
Charles Beecher
Oct 13, 2016
Charles Beecher, age 89, of Baxley died Thursday, October 13, 2016 at Appling Healthcare System. Mr. Beecher was born June 9, 1927 in Appling County to the late Shelton Beecher and the late Maude McCall Beecher. He was a member of Altamaha Baptist Church and was retired from Selco & was formerly employed at Bax-Steel. Mr. Beecher was preceded...
Lila Jeanette Dean
Oct 12, 2016
Lila Jeanette Dean, age 86, of Baxley died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Dean was born June 26, 1930 in Appling County to the late Herbert Jackson Thomas and the late Kathleen Loretta Halligan Thomas. She was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was formerly employed by the Baxley News Banner, Swisher Sweet...
Staff Sergeant William Edward Hardee, Ret.
Oct 8, 2016
Staff Sergeant William Edward Hardee, Ret., age 83, of Surrency died Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hardee was born November 11, 1932 in Wilmington, Delaware to the late Stonewall Jackson Hardee and the late Millie Jane Boyett Hardee. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Hardee retired from...
Jeremey Shawn Norwood
Sep 30, 2016
Jeremey Shawn Norwood, age 27, of Baxley died Friday, September 30, 2016. Mr. Norwood was born January 9, 1989 in Bartow, Florida. He was a carpenter with Day & Zimmermann and a member Local 256 of Savannah. Mr. Norwood was a diehard Florida Gator Fan. Mr. Norwood was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Frieda Godwin, maternal grandfather,...
Betty Jean Crummey
Sep 26, 2016
Betty Jean Crummey, age 85, of Baxley died Monday, September 26, 2016 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Crummey was born October 20, 1930 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Rufus John Dedmon and the late Julia Marshall Dedmon. She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Crummey was preceded in death by a...
Edna Louise Ball
Sep 19, 2016
Edna Louise Ball, age 80, of Baxley died Monday, September 19, 2016 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Ball was born October 20, 1935 in Pisgah, Alabama to the late Jonas Moore and the late Dessia Southerland Moore. She was a member of the Ruth Class of the First Baptist Church of Baxley. Mrs. Ball retired from the Cobb...
Roy Daniel Mclemore
Sep 17, 2016
Roy Daniel McLemore, age 42, of Guyton died Saturday, September 17, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Mr. McLemore was born February 28, 1974 in Bacon County but resided in Guyton for the past 4 years after moving from Baxley. He was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Baxley and was...
Roberto Castillo, Jr
Sep 10, 2016
Roberto Castillo, Jr., age 56, of Vidalia died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the Appling HealthCare System. Mr. Castillo was born October 24, 1959 in Laredo, Texas to the late Roberto Castillo, Sr. and Celestina Villegas Castillo. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jaida Castillo and an uncle, Antonio Villegas, Sr. Survivors include daughters, Jessica Cortes of...
Sara Tillman Sellers
Sep 8, 2016
Sara Tillman Sellers, age 68, of Baxley died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at her daughter's home in Odum. Mrs. Sellers was born April 27, 1948 in Ludowici to the late Robert Reppard Tillman and the late Vannie Nelson Tillman. She was a member of Harvest Chapel Church but attended Piney Grove Church of God in Odum for the past...
Francis Martin Griffin
Sep 7, 2016
Francis Martin Griffin, age 78, of Baxley died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 in the Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Griffin was born July 29, 1938 in Appling County to the late Earl Emanuel Griffin and the late Ione Bullard Griffin. He was a car salesman for Alma Auto Auction. Mr. Griffin was preceded in death by a son, Greg Griffin....
Willie Warren Harrison
Sep 2, 2016
Willie Warren Harrison, age 53 of Vidalia, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. Mr. Harrison was born April 29, 1963 in Augusta,GA to the late William C. and Bobbette Jones Harrison. Survivors include a host of cousins. A graveside service will be held Monday, September 5, at 4:00 PM at Omega Cemetery. Rev....
Raiford Edwin "Ed" Tillman
Aug 26, 2016
Raiford Edwin "Ed" Tillman, age 65, of Surrency died Friday, August 26, 2016 in Vidalia. Mr. Tillman was born October 4, 1950 in Appling County to the late Raiford Herschel Tillman and the late Colleen Pearce Tillman. He was a member of Surrency Community Bible Church and a member of the Iron Butt Association. Mr. Tillman was the owner...
Bernice Williamson King
Aug 17, 2016
Bernice Williamson King, age 56, of Baxley died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Satilla Hospice House in Waycross. Mrs. King was born November 4, 1959 in Jeff Davis County but was a lifelong resident of Appling County. Mrs. King was a member of Dunn Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Williamson, infant...
Eloise Cranford
Aug 7, 2016
Eloise Cranford, age 90, of Baxley died Sunday August 7, 2016 at The Pavilion. Miss Cranford was born March 21, 1926 in Eastman to the late Blanton Cortez Cranford Sr. and the late Eunice Taylor Cranford. She was a missionary in India for 27 years and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
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