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Beverly Kay Rivers
Dec 23, 2025
Beverly Kay Rivers, age 66, of Baxley passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at her residence.
Beverly was born January 17, 1959 in Bacon County but resided in Appling County for most of her life. She was a member of Southside Church of God in Alma and was a retired Family Nurse Practitioner for Appling Healthcare where she truly loved...
Clarice Dubberly Swinson
Dec 18, 2025
Clarice Swinson passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 18th at the age of 94. She was born September 7, 1931. Clarice and her eleven Siblings knew the meaning of hard work, growing up on a cotton farm in southeast Georgia during the Great Depression. The hardships she experienced during childhood taught her the value of saving every penny.
She lived by...
Phoenix Nova Alamia
Dec 18, 2025
Phoenix Nova Alamia was born Friday, December 12, 2025 at 5:59 p.m. in Vidalia, Georgia. She weighed seven pounds and was nineteen and a half inches long. She passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025 in the Memorial Health N.I.C.U. in Savannah. In her short time, she won the hearts of everyone who met her.
Phoenix is survived by her parents, Sarah...
Betty Jean Hunter
Dec 17, 2025
Betty Jean Hunter, age 78, of Baxley passed away on December 17, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.
Mrs. Hunter was born on August 29, 1947 in Appling County to the late Leon Sikes and the late Mary E. (Woodward) Sikes. She was a devoted homemaker and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. In Addition to her parents, she...
Janice Riner Allagood
Dec 14, 2025
Janice Riner Allagood, 89, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2025, at her residence in Carbondale, CO.
She was a native of Swainsboro, Georgia, but lived most of her life in Baxley, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her parents, Remus and Sallie Mae Riner; husband Jack D. Allagood and son C. Jeffrey Allagood; sisters, Jacquelyn Price, and JoAnn Thompson.
Janice...
Gary Edward Yawn, Sr.
Dec 10, 2025
Gary Edward Yawn, Sr., age 74, of Baxley, passed on Wednesday, December 10 2025 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Mr. Yawn was born on September 8, 1951, in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Otis Edward Yawn and the late Mildred Peacock Yawn. He was a member of Asbury Church and was an electrician with CSX Railroad. Beyond his professional life, he...
Edward Rowell
Dec 9, 2025
Edward Rowell, age 81, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at his residence under the care of Georgia Hospice Care
Mr. Rowell was born September 5, 1944 in Baxley to the late W. C. Rowell and the late Gladys Hartley Rowell. He was a man of quiet strength and steady character, known for his deep love of family and...
Lynda Joyce Newell
Dec 5, 2025
Lynda Joyce Johnson Newell, age 79, of Hazlehurst, passed away Friday, December 5, 2025 at her residence under the care of Community Hospice.
Mrs. Newell was born on February 24, 1946 in Tifton, Georgia to the late Seaburn Hedgepath Johnson and the late Fanny Pearl Cooksey Johnson. She was a homemaker who loved her family and especially her grandchildren, gardening, and...
Larry Edward Parlor
Dec 4, 2025
Larry Edward Parlor, age 80, of Hazlehurst passed away at his home early Thursday morning, December 4, 2025 after an extended illness under the care of Coastal Hospice.
Mr. Parlor was born on March 22, 1945 in Brunswick, Georgia, but lived most of his life in Jeff Davis County. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church where he worshiped, was...
Tina Pearce Hendricks
Nov 28, 2025
Tina Pearce Hendricks, age 62, of Surrency passed away on November 28, 2025 at Appling Healthcare.
Mrs. Hendricks was born on April 20, 1963 in Appling County to the late Gilford David Pearce and the late Joyce Carter Pearce. She was a devoted homemaker and loving wife, mother, and grandmother.
She is survived by her husband, Carl Hendricks of Surrency; daughters, Myra...
Jeffrey Lane Lovett
Nov 22, 2025
Jeffrey Lane Lovett, age 64, of Hazlehurst passed away Saturday, November 22, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital.
Mr. Lovett was born September 23, 1961 in Savannah, Georgia and was a member of Grace Community Church of God. He enjoyed gospel singing, was a self-taught pianist, and sang with various Southern Gospel Quartets. He was a maintenance foreman for Georgia Department of...
Taveah Lael Kelly
Nov 21, 2025
Taveah Lael Kelly was born Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 4:42 p.m. in Coffee Regional Medical Center. She weighed 1 pound, 3.7 ounces and was 11 ½ inches long. She passed away Friday, November 21, 2025 at Memorial Health in Savannah.
Taveah is survived by her parents, Tavosia Mashad Kelly, Jr. and Kylee Renee Ryals both of Hazlehurst; maternal grandmother, Renee...
Rev. Stacy Lamar Bourquine
Nov 20, 2025
Stacy Lamar Bourquine, age 48 of Baxley passed away Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Bro. Stacy was born January 17, 1977 to the late Hardy Franklin Bourquine and the late Edna Faye Davis Bourquine. He was employed as an electrical drafter with Southeastern System Technology. Bro. Stacy was ordained into the ministry on November 17, 2019 and served as Pastor of Miles...
Jimmy B. Strickland
Nov 19, 2025
James Birbidge Strickland (Jimmy B. Strickland) June 26, 1940 – November 19, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of James (Jimmy) Birbidge Strickland on November 19, 2025.
Jimmy was born at home in Brantley County, Georgia, with a Patterson address. He graduated from Patterson High School in 1957, served in the Army National Guard,...
Gary Stephen Knoy
Nov 19, 2025
Gary S. Knoy passed away in Jacksonville, Florida, after a brief illness. He was born on August 7, 1944 in Paragon, Indiana. He is preceded in death by his father, Paul P. Knoy and his mother, Frances B. Knoy. He is survived by special friends, Linda Carter and Jeff Hutcheson.
His friends and community remember him with deep appreciation for the...
George E. Watts
Nov 18, 2025
George E. Watts, age 84, of Rincon passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at Pruitt Health in Savannah.
Mr. Watts was born November 30, 1940 in Cayce, South Carolina but lived most of his life in Effingham County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy Watts, Zinnie Bell Jumper Watts, and Ellemena L. Watts, and siblings, Henrietta Watts, Roy...
Robert D. "Bobby" Whitaker
Nov 14, 2025
Robert D. “Bobby” Whitaker 60, of Dickinson, Texas passed away Friday, November 14, 2025 after a brief illness. He was born November 23, 1964 in Charleston, West Virginia. Bobby moved with his family at a young age to Baxley, Georgia which he proudly called home. After graduating from Appling County Comprehensive High School in 1982, he used his foundation in...
Patsy Griffin
Nov 11, 2025
Patsy Griffin, age 88, of Hazlehurst, passed away Thursday, November 11, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital.
Mrs. Griffin was born May 27, 1937 in Ludowici, Georgia to the late Roy Gaston Jacobs, Sr. and the late Julia Belle Strickland Jacobs. She was a faithful member of Oakland Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir. Mrs. Griffin was known as the...
JoAnn Presley Hunter
Nov 11, 2025
JoAnn Presley Hunter, age 88, passed away peacefully on November 11, 2025 at Appling Healthcare System under the care of Comfort Care Hospice, surrounded by her family.
Mrs. Hunter was born May 1, 1937 in Baxley to the late Joe and Mattie Music Presley. She was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County, graduating from Appling County High School in...
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