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Local Obituaries for Baxley, Appling County, Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, and Surrounding Areas

David L. Crosby

David L. Crosby

Aug 5, 2016

David L. Crosby, age 70, of Baxley died Friday, August 5, 2016 at his residence under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Mr. Crosby was born July 28, 1946 in Alma to the late Berry Allen Crosby and the late Anize Belle Hayes Crosby. He was a member of the Baxley Christian Center. Mr. Crosby was a retired welder...

Doyle L. Loughren

Doyle L. Loughren

Aug 4, 2016

Doyle L. Loughren, age 77, of Baxley died Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Appling Healthcare System. Mr. Loughren was born September 23, 1938 in Swainsboro to the late Grady Taylor and the late Sibyl Davis Loughren. As a boy, he lived in Ohio, and then he resided in New Jersey before returning to Appling County in 1970. He was...

Pauline C. Baxley

Pauline C. Baxley

Jul 30, 2016

Pauline C. Baxley, age 88, of Baxley died Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Baxley was born January 30, 1928 in Appling County to the late Cephas Tildon Crummey and the late Zella Crosby Crummey. She was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. Mrs. Baxley retired after...

Bro. Bobby Brinkley

Bro. Bobby Brinkley

Jul 24, 2016

Brother Bobby E. Brinkley, 81, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at home surrounded by his family. Born in Wayne County, he started preaching the Gospel around Southeast Georgia in 1964. He loved to visit people and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He loved God, his family, and those he served. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist...

Diane Beatrice Herrington

Diane Beatrice Herrington

Jul 21, 2016

Diane Beatrice Herrington, age 78, of Baxley, died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Herrington was born March 31, 1938 in Carshalton Surrey, England to the late James Holton and the late Laurie Davenport Holton. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Allen Herrington. Survivors include her daughters, Nicola Herrington...

Richard Herrington

Richard Herrington

Jul 21, 2016

Richard Herrington, age 59, of San Salvador, El Salvador died Thursday, July 21, 2016. Mr. Herrington was born March 28, 1957 to the late Homer Virgil Herrington and the late Winnie Merle Johnson Herrington. He played basketball for the Appling County Pirates prior to graduating in 1975. He continued his basketball career at ABAC on a basketball scholarship and...

George W. Eason

George W. Eason

Jul 15, 2016

George W. Eason, age 89, of Surrency died Friday, July 15, 2016 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mr. Eason was born November 3, 1926 in Appling County to the late Abraham Ottis and Hannah Bell Eason. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army...

Brenda Kay Blanton

Brenda Kay Blanton

Jul 8, 2016

Brenda Kay Blanton, age 58, of Surrency died Friday, July 8, 2016 at the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Blanton was born July 31, 1957 in Wayne County and was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her father, Earl Williams, paternal grandparents, Jack and Inez Williams and maternal grandparents, Isom and Stella Moore. Survivors include her son, Ryan...

Ronald Davis

Ronald Davis

Jul 8, 2016

Ronald Davis, age 71, of Baxley died Friday, July 8, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Davis was born January 11, 1945 in Norfolk, Virginia to the late Elvin Lawson Davis and the late Mary Emma Carter Davis. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Vietnam War. Mr. Davis was a...

Betty Marie Mccranie

Betty Marie Mccranie

Jun 30, 2016

Betty Marie McCranie, age 77, of Baxley died Thursday, June 30, 2016. Mrs. McCranie was born October 31, 1938 in Glynn County to the late Paul Turner and Stella Whitten Turner. She was employed at Greenville Galleries in Greenville, Georgia and was the Chief Editor for The Glenn Reporter in Brunswick, Georgia. Mrs. McCranie was a friend to everyone....

Betty Warren Hodges

Betty Warren Hodges

Jun 27, 2016

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Warren Hodges, age 82 will be conducted Thursday, June 30, 2016, at 10 am in Williams Funeral Home Milledgeville Chapel. Interment will follow in Baldwin Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends here at Williams Funeral Home on Wednesday from 6 until 8 pm. Mrs. Hodges was a native of Dublin and had made...

Jerry Holt Williams

Jerry Holt Williams

Jun 26, 2016

Jerry Holt Williams, age 69, of Baxley died Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Appling HealthCare System. Mr. Williams was born February 12, 1947 in Appling County to the late James Arthur & Lois Arnold Williams. He was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children,...

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson

Jun 21, 2016

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson, age 61, of Baxley died Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Harrelson was born June 18, 1955 in Appling County to the late Charles Edwin Hutcheson, Sr. and the late Julee Groover Hutcheson. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Mrs. Harrelson was preceded in death by a sister, Carol Anita...

Florrie Prescott Sellers

Florrie Prescott Sellers

Jun 21, 2016

Florrie Prescott Sellers, age 87, of Hazlehurst died Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Sellers was born May 4, 1929 in Appling County to the late Lemauel and Annie Sapp Prescott. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church. Mrs. Sellers was employed by the Bank of Hazlehurst for 43 years, was a devoted wife for...

Margie Lanier Brown

Margie Lanier Brown

Jun 19, 2016

Margie Lanier Brown, age 102, of Baxley died Sunday, June 19, 2016 at her residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mrs. Brown was born April 16, 1914 in Candler County, GA to the late Thomas Zebedee and Audrie Brooke Lanier. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Esther Sunday School Class. Mrs. Brown was...

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine

Jun 10, 2016

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine, age 83, died Friday, June 10, 2016 at the Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mr. Oxendine was born May 4, 1933 to the late Rorie and Pearl Carter Oxendine. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Oxendine was a retired truck driver and was a member of the...

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle

Jun 9, 2016

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle, age 55 of Baxley, GA died Thursday, June 9, 2016. Mr. Wykle was born February 19, 1961 in Glynn County to the late Hubert Lee Wykle and the late Emma Pearl Lockhart Wykle. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Wykle is survived by his wife, Glenda Pearce Wykle of Baxley; special cousins, James & Lasonda...

Claire Harbin Tanner

Claire Harbin Tanner

Jun 8, 2016

Claire Harbin Tanner, age 71, of Baxley died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Mrs. Tanner was born May 31, 1945 to the late Hershel Lee Harbin and the late Ruth Claire Altman Harbin. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she served as the Church Organist for over 30 years, and she taught piano to countless children....

Doris Ray Harp

Doris Ray Harp

Jun 6, 2016

Doris Ray Harp age 75, of Bowling Green, FL died Monday, June 6, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Harp was born June 21, 1940 in Appling County but had resided in Bowling Green, Florida for 45 years. She was a fruit sectionizer with Peace River Packing Co. in Fort Meade for 25 years, a member of the Florida Flywheelers,...

Clara Coleman

Clara Coleman

Jun 5, 2016

Margaret Clara Wilson Coleman, age 94, of Baxley passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016. Mrs. Coleman was born June 13, 1921 in Rising Fawn, Georgia to the late Walter Wilson and the late Maggie Highfield Wilson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Baxley and worked faithfully for thirty-two years as a Child Care Supervisor for...

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