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Malvin Leroy Branch
Nov 3, 2015
Malvin Leroy Branch, age 87, of Baxley died Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Branch was born February 29, 1928 in Appling County to the late Willis Branch and the late Agnes Stone Branch. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. Mr. Branch was an excellent farmer...
Fred Douglas "Frog" Rhodes, Jr
Nov 2, 2015
Fred Douglas "Frog" Rhodes, Jr., age 74, of Baxley died Monday, November 2, 2015 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mr. Rhodes was born March 9, 1941 in Raleigh, North Carolina to the late Fred Douglas Rhodes, Sr. and the late Magdalene Hollifield Rhodes. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Liberty Faith Holiness Church. He was...
George Arthur "Bear" Nash, Jr
Oct 31, 2015
George Arthur "Bear" Nash, Jr., age 58, of Uvalda died Saturday, October 31, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Nash was born January 17, 1957 in Baxley. He was an avid chicken farmer and was a self-employed carpenter. He was preceded in death by his father, George A. Nash, Sr. Survivors include his son & daughter-in-law, George A. Nash, III...
Reynold Louis Ferrari
Oct 24, 2015
Reynold Louis "Rey" Ferrari, age 89, of Baxley who died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Ferrari was born September 3, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Geralamo Matteo Ferrari and the late Clelia Marie Fugazzi Ferrari. He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church and was an accountant. He was a...
Winnie Hutchinson Doyle
Oct 24, 2015
Mrs. Winnie Hutchinson Doyle, age 95, of Baxley died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Doyle was born January 23, 1920 in Appling County to the late William Hutchinson and the late Jennie Carter Hutchinson. Mrs. Doyle was a member of First Baptist Church and was a retired secretary for Doyle Electric Inc. She was preceded in...
Colleen Carter
Oct 13, 2015
Colleen Carter, age 69, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2015. She was born June 30, 1946 in Appling County to the late Joe Reynolds and the late Geneva Nash Crosby. She was a member of Graham Baptist Church. Mrs. Carter was preceded in death by her husbands, Benny Carter and James V. Goodwin. Survivors include her daughter & son...
Ada Claire Timblin
Oct 12, 2015
Ada Claire Timblin, age 83, of Baxley died Monday, October 12, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Timblin was born March 17, 1932 in Appling County to the late Young Crosby and the late Sarah Mae Dunn Crosby. She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church. Mrs. Timblin was preceded in death by her husband, George Edwin Timblin. Survivors include...
Loretta Mae Straight
Oct 10, 2015
Loretta Mae Straight, age 77, passed away Saturday, October 10, 2015. She was born April 21, 1938 in Newell, West Virginia to the late Brady Walker and the late Verna Brown Walker. She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Straight was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Francis Straight. Survivors include her...
Patricia G. "Pat" Skinner
Oct 8, 2015
Patricia G. "Pat" Skinner, age 58, of Baxley died Thursday, October 8, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Skinner was born November 16, 1956 in Pensacola, Florida to the late Clifton Edgar Gentry and the late Callie French Gentry. She was a member of the Baxley Church of God and served in the Prison Ministry. Mrs. Skinner was a homemaker...
Casey Nicole Davis
Oct 5, 2015
Casey Nicole Davis, age 21, of Surrency died Monday, October 5, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Casey was born August 26, 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida to Alfred Kent Davis III and Lorene Suzanne Baker Davis. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church and a graduate of Appling Christian Academy Class of 2013 where she won...
Julia Dianne Jones
Sep 23, 2015
Julia Dianne Jones, 71, died Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, at Archbold Medical Center. Mrs. Jones was born on July 15, 1944 in Baxley, GA. She was the daughter of the late Hyman Clarence Miles and Julia Daphna Gruber Miles. She retired from Southwest Georgia Bank and was a member of First Methodist Church of Moultrie. She was preceded in...
Donnie Bowen
Sep 19, 2015
Mr. Donnie Bowen, age 80, died Saturday, September 19, 2015. Mr. Bowen was born May 20, 1935 in Appling County to the late Joe Bowen and the late Nora Kersey Bowen. He was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and worked many years with Cromer Chevrolet and retired from Cothern Varnadore Chevrolet as a service & parts manager. Survivors...
Lee Reynolds, Jr
Sep 13, 2015
Lee Reynolds, Jr., age 63 died on September 13, 2015, in Statesboro, GA. He was born July 14, 1952 in Appling County to the late Jonathon Lee Reynolds and the late Juanita Tillman Reynolds. He was a member of Crosby Chapel United Methodist Church, Slum's Cruisers and Poor Boy's Cruisers. He was a truck driver for Beasley Timber Company....
Parnell "Buddy" Morris
Sep 10, 2015
Parnell "Buddy" Morris, age 88, of Surrency died Thursday, September 10, 2015. Mr. Morris was born June 24, 1927 in Appling County to the late George Perry Morris and the late Bessie Reddish Morris. He was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Morris was an avid Gardner, Fisherman and loved...
Etta Mae Herrington Herndon
Sep 9, 2015
Mrs. Etta Mae Herndon, age 88, passed away on September 9, 2015 after an extended illness. She was born in Appling County on November 12, 1926, graduated from Appling County High School and was retired from the Appling County School System. Mrs. Herndon was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Curtis Herndon; her parents, Elmer &...
Dwight Jennings Sellers
Aug 31, 2015
Dwight Jennings Sellers, age 87, of Baxley died Monday, August 31, 2015 in St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Sellers was born November 8, 1927 in Appling Co. to the late Henry Morris Sellers and the late Adna Coursey Sellers. He was a member of Zion Baptist Church, the Holmesville Masonic Lodge 195 F & AM and the Shriners...
Martin Hobart Barfield
Aug 24, 2015
Martin Hobart Barfield, age 74, of Baxley died Monday, August 24, 2015 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Barfield was born August 9, 1941 in Greenville, Florida to the late John L. Hobart Barfield and the late Jewel Iona Martin Barfield. He has been a resident of Appling County since 1956 and was a member of Dunn Memorial...
Curtis David Rentz
Aug 20, 2015
Curtis David Rentz, age 74, of Baxley died Thursday, August 20, 2015 in Brunswick, Georgia. Mr. Rentz was born November 2, 1940 in Appling County to the late Rev. Cornelius David Rentz and the late Gladys Holland Rentz. After graduating from Appling County High School, he enlisted in the United State Air Force serving at Fairchild Air Force Base...
Laverne Smith
Aug 18, 2015
LaVerne Smith, age 88 of Surrency, died Tuesday, August 18, 2015 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Smith was born August 27, 1926 in Appling County to the late James Washington Stanfield and the late Nellie Mae Eason Stanfield. She was a member of the Baxley Church of God. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husband, John...
Ruth Lightsey Johnson
Aug 17, 2015
Ruth Lightsey Johnson, age 93, died Monday, August 17, 2015 in the Lakeview Retirement Center. Mrs. Johnson was born October 3, 1921 in Bristol to the late Willis Lightsey and the late Mamie Bryson Lightsey and was the widow of the late Horace Johnson. She was a retired school teacher and a member of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist...
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