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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...
Melvin Lane Mabry
Apr 27, 2024
Melvin L. “Reb” Mabry, age 83, of Baxley passed away Saturday, April 27, 2024 at Appling Healthcare.
Mr. Mabry was born December 2, 1940 in Norwood, North Carolina to the late Glenn C. Mabry and the late Ethel Lowder Mabry. He was a retired Command Master Chief with the United States Navy where he served 30 years...
Mildred Olene Scott
Apr 18, 2024
Mildred Olene Scott, age 81, of Baxley passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Mrs. Scott was born December 12, 1942 in Metter to the late Henry Fulton Forehand and the late Verginia Creech.
Survivors include her husband, Timothy Scott of Baxley; daughters, Tracy (Chris) Medlin of Baxley, Tammy Niedlinger of...
Stella Louise (Newham) Teston
Apr 14, 2024
Stella Louise Newham Teston, age 84, of Baxley passed away Sunday, April 14, 2024 at the Pavilion.
Mrs. Teston was born December 8, 1939 in Miami, FL to the late Eugene Gibson Newham and the late Annie Mae McKinney Newham. She was a member of Satilla Free Will Baptist Church and loved to collect recipes and write...
Joseph Elmer Hopwood
Apr 12, 2024
Joseph Elmer Hopwood, age 69, of Baxley passed away Friday, April 12, 2024 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia.
Mr. Hopwood was born March 28, 1955 in Port Matilda, PA to the late William “Hoppy” Hopwood and the late Barbara Stanton Hopwood. He was a member of Baxley Christian Center and loved his...
Carlos Lamar Sellers
Apr 11, 2024
Carlos Lamar Sellers, age 81, of Phenix City, Alabama passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024 at Columbus Hospice House.
Mr. Sellers was born September 9, 1942 in Appling County and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He retired from the United States Army where he rose to the rank of sergeant major -- the highest rank...
Gene D. Wilkinson
Apr 6, 2024
Gene D. Wilkinson, age 88, of Marietta passed away at his residence on April 6, 2024.
Mr. Wilkinson was born August 1, 1935 in Sanford, Florida to the late Judge Samuel Aaron Wilkinson and the late Ruth Ensminger Wilkinson. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy and was a Mason. Gene was a member of...
Evelyn Francine (Shubert) Jarrell
Apr 5, 2024
Evelyn Francine Shubert Jarrell passed away on April 5, 2024 at her residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Evelyn was born on July 29, 1935 in Commerce, Georgia to the late Elbert Gordon Shubert and the late Alice Ruby Echols Shubert. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert D. Jarrell Sr.; two...
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