Obituaries

Nov 4, 2023

Marsha F. Bishop, age 71, of Alma passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Lakeview Retirement Center under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.

Mrs. Bishop was born November 25, 1951 in Lawton, Oklahoma to the late Robert Kirby and the late Olie Fay Fite Kirby and she was the widow of Donald Bishop. She was...

Nov 4, 2023

Nina Beth Wigley, age 80, of Baxley, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023 at her residence under the care of South Georgia Hospice.

Mrs. Wigley was born April 13, 1943 in Appling County to the late Alvin Parker Hunter and the late Willie Mae (McNeal) Hunter. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church, was a former...

Nov 4, 2023

Kelly Carter, age 65, of Baxley, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023 at his residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.

Kelly was born August 19, 1958 in Appling County to the late Wadyce Carter and the late Sarah Craven Carter.  He was a member of Baxley Christian Fellowship and was an electrician for Georgia...

Nov 1, 2023

Alan R. Schnieber, 68 of Baxley, GA passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 1, 2023 surrounded by his loving family at Memorial Health in Savannah.

Mr. Schnieber was born February 14, 1955 in Washington, DC to the late Fred Schnieber and the late Laura Minton Schnieber.  He retired as a Flight Engineer MSGT in the United States Air...

Oct 31, 2023

Christopher Zain Dyal, age 15, of Baxley, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2023.

Zain was born August 8, 2008 in Douglas, Georgia. He was a student at the Appling County High School where he was a member of the Pirate Brigade. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was preceded in death by...

Oct 30, 2023

Allison McLeary Flory, age 64, of Baxley passed away Monday, October 30, 2023 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice.

Allison was born February 4, 1959 in in Geneva, Alabama to the late John Lester McLeary and the late Brownie Pearl Carter McLeary. She was a member of the Kiwanis and was a retired Finance...

Oct 28, 2023

Mike Serrano, age 65, of Baxley passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023 at South Georgia Health System in Brunswick.

Mike was born November 29, 1957 in Los Angeles, California. He was a retired PE teacher, health teacher, and coach at the Appling County Board of Education for thirty years.  Mike was preceded in death by a brother,...

Oct 28, 2023

Madeline Lightsey Sapp, age 76, of Baxley, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023 at her residence under the care of Bethany Hospice.

Mrs. Sapp was born October 31, 1946 in Appling County to the late Paul Cullens Lightsey and the late Ella Mae Sills Carter. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church where she serviced as...

Oct 28, 2023

Clint Tyler McCullar, age 52, of Lumber City passed away Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Memorial Hospital in Savannah.

Mr. McCullar was born November 15, 1970 in Fitzgerald, Georgia to the late Bernard Carl McCullar and the late Carolyn Register Hembree.  He was a member of Lumber City Baptist Church and a retired Logger for Beasley Timber...

Oct 27, 2023

Jeffrey Maurice Simmons, age 59, of Baxley passed away Friday, October 27, 2023 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup.

Jeffrey was born May 13, 1964 in Douglas, Georgia. He was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church but attended Dunn Memorial Baptist Church where he served as the sound technician. He was a lineman with Georgia Power...

Oct 27, 2023

Vernell Mincey, age 86, of Hazlehurst, passed away Friday, October 27, 2023 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.

Mrs. Mincey was born August 28, 1937 in Bacon County to the late Joe Cothern and the late Geneva Taylor Cothern. She was a charter member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was a member of the Pilot...

Oct 23, 2023

Jesse Gene Newell, Sr., age 80, of Hazlehurst, passed away Monday, October 23, 2023 at his residence.

Mr. Newell was born September 19, 1943 in Jeff Davis County to the late Joe W. Newell and the late Ruby Burkett Newell.  He was a heavy equipment operator & mechanic with Tidewater and a member of Graham Church of...

Oct 21, 2023

Russell E. O’Neal, Jr., age 70, of Baxley, Georgia passed away on Saturday, October 21, 2023. He was born October 4, 1953, in Carrollton, Georgia.

He graduated from Mt. Zion High School in 1971 and later became an employee of Southern Company and Southern Nuclear where he had numerous positions and retired after 43 years of service....

Oct 16, 2023

Misty Ellis White, age 48, of Alma passed away October 16, 2023 at her residence after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County and daughter of the late Mickey Darrell Ellis and Deanie Johnson Ellis. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her father-in-law, Jimmy White.

Misty was a member of Bacon...

Oct 14, 2023

Stacey Renne Brown, age 49, of Hazlehurst passed away Saturday, October 14, 2023.

Ms. Brown was born January 12, 1974 in Jacksonville, Florida. She was employed with Johnson & Johnson Medical Transportation and was a loving mother and mi-me. She was preceded in death by her mother, Jenevive Gooslin McRorie and brothers, James “Red” Bellah, III and...

Oct 14, 2023

Keith Avery Kauger, age 62, of Baxley passed away Saturday, October 14, 2023 at Candler Hospital in Savannah.

Mr. Kauger was born November 19, 1960 in McClenney, Florida to the late Serge Kauger and the late Evelyn Dyal Kauger.  He was a self-employed painter and carpenter.

Survivors include his sisters, Audrey Allen, Judy Howard, Gail...

Oct 14, 2023

Rev. William R. “Billy” Gardner, age 61, of Baxley passed away Saturday, October 14, 2023 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice surrounded by his loving family.

William was born January 13, 1962 in Cut Bank, Montana. He was licensed into the ministry by his home church, Midway Baptist Church in 2003 and was...

Oct 12, 2023

Dana Leigh Lane Godfrey Baker, age 67, of North Georgia passed away Thursday, October 12, 2023 in North Georgia.

On Thursday, January 5, 1956, in Casper, Wyoming a baby girl to be named Dana Leigh Lane was born to the late Lola Vera Olds Lane and Thomas G. Lane.  Due to her father’s military career, Dana and...

Oct 9, 2023

Agustin Cortes, age 38, of Baxley, passed away Monday, October 9, 2023.

Mr. Cortes was born March 30, 1985, in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico, and was the Manager of Nunez Pine Straw, Inc. He was preceded in death by his father, Matilde Cortes Hernandez, and a brother, Salvador Cortes.

Survivors include his wife, Jessica Cortes...

Oct 8, 2023

Eva Johnson Reese, age 64, of Baxley, passed away Sunday, October 8, 2023 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross.

Mrs. Reese was born May 26, 1959 in Appling County to the late Willie Johnson and the late Nellie Stone Johnson.  She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Reese was preceded in...