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Gary Allen Ryals, Jr.
Mar 10, 2025
Gary Allen “Bubba” Ryals, Jr., age 19, of Hazlehurst passed away Monday, March 10, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital.
Bubba was born December 20, 2005 in Appling County and was a concrete finisher and enjoyed working with Shaun White Concrete. He also enjoyed bull riding and was an avid outdoorsman who loved his chickens and dogs, but his greatest joy was...
Jack H. Crawford
Mar 6, 2025
Jack H. Crawford, age 73, of Baxley passed away Thursday, March 6, 2025 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mr. Crawford was born September 11, 1951 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Jack H. Crawford, Sr. and the late Catherine Rose Poist Crawford. He was of the Church of God faith. Mr. Crawford was preceded in death...
James Randall Griffin
Mar 5, 2025
James Randall Griffin, age 61, of Baxley passed away Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Jeff Davis Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Randall was born May 15, 1963 in Jeff Davis County to the late James Richard Griffin and the late Lucille Rollins Griffin. He enjoyed being a truck driver and was employed with the Jeff Davis County Road...
Alvin V. Sellers
Feb 24, 2025
Alvin V. Sellers, age 93, of Baxley passed away Monday, February 24, 2025 at his residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Mr. Sellers was born June 4, 1931 in Jeff Davis County to the late George Ernest Sellers and the late Edna Cain Sellers. He was a faithful member of Melton’s Chapel Church where he served with the...
Wanda Altman
Feb 15, 2025
Wanda Dean Presley Altman, age 89, of Baxley passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025 at the Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mrs. Altman was born March 21, 1935 in Appling County to the late Joseph Hoyt “Joe” Presley and the late Mattie Music Presley. She was a homemaker, a retired farmer, and a member of Zoar Methodist...
Ted Allen Carter
Feb 10, 2025
Ted Allen Carter, age 70, of Baxley passed away Monday, February10, 2025 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Ted was born on Red Oak Road in Appling County to the late Walter Carter and the late Luna Kimberly Carter. He worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life, and in his later years he went to work for a landscape company. Ted...
Ollie Mae Jackson
Feb 6, 2025
Ollie Mae Jackson, age 92, of Baxley passed away Thursday, February 6, 2025 in Lecanto, Florida after an extended illness.
Mrs. Jackson was born April 10, 1932 in Appling County to the late Chester Simmons and the late Neltie Giddens Simmons. She was a faithful member of Zoar Baptist Church for many years and was a retired seamstress. She was preceded...
Jewell Spell Lightsey
Feb 2, 2025
Jewell Spell Lightsey (April 1, 1941 – February 2, 2025) Mrs. Jewell Spell Lightsey, child of God, wife, mother, Nana and domestic engineer extraordinaire passed away peacefully at home on February 2, 2025. She was no doubt welcomed into the arms of Jesus and reunited with her beloved husband, James Albert Lightsey. She was born in Appling County, Georgia to...
Christine Griffin Smiley
Feb 1, 2025
Christine Griffin Smiley, age 84, of Baxley passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025 at The Pavilion under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
Mrs. Smiley was born on January 8, 1941 in Appling County to the late George Carroll Griffin and the late Mary Vertell Drawdy Griffin. She worked with Dr. Ronald Reagin as a Podiatrist Assistant, was a former...
Myrna Gayle McLain Davis
Jan 30, 2025
Myrna Gayle McLain Thigpen Davis, age 86, of Baxley passed away January 30, 2025 at her residence under the care of GHC Hospice.
Mrs. Davis was born December 5, 1938 in Appling County to the late Miller Perry “M. P.” McLain and the late Sallie Viola Murphy McLain. She was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church where she taught...
Susan Dell Turner
Jan 25, 2025
Susan Dell Turner, age 71, of Baxley passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025 at McGraw Center under the care of Community Hospice in Jacksonville, Florida.
Susan was born on October 18, 1953 in Albany, Georgia to the late William Bill Dell and late Willene Lewis Dell. She was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Susan was a homemaker, a farmer...
John Frederick Barfield
Jan 17, 2025
John Frederick Barfield, Sr. age 81, of Baxley passed away Friday, January 17, 2025 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mr. Barfield was born January 31, 1943 in Greenville, Florida to the late John Lehman Hobart Barfield and the late Jewel Iona Martin Barfield. He was a member of Dunn Memorial Baptist Church. Mr. Barfield was a...
Calvin Junior Kersey
Jan 16, 2025
Calvin Junior Kersey, age 69, of Baxley passed away Thursday, January 16, 2025 at his residence.
Mr. Kersey was born October 12, 1955 in Appling County to the late Thomas Easter Kersey and the late Willie Nora Mock Kersey. He was a member of Bible Baptist Church and was an avid fisherman. Mr. Kersey was the owner & operator of C...
James Orris Lynch Jr.
Jan 14, 2025
James O. Lynch Jr., a beloved husband, father, papa, and proud veteran, passed away peacefully at his residence on January 14, 2025.
A native of Baxley, Georgia, James was the son of the late James O. Lynch and Rita Ann (Cherry) Lynch. He graduated from Appling County High School in 1966. In 1968, James was drafted into the U.S. Army and...
Wendy Stone Johnson
Jan 14, 2025
Wendy Stone Johnson, age 62, of Baxley passed away January 14, 2025 at her residence under the care of Georgia Hospice.
Wendy was born February 19, 1962 in Appling County to the late Wendell Stone and the late Martha Lee Edwards Stone. She was a member of Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church. Wendy was also an original member of...
Hazel Baxley McFadden
Jan 12, 2025
Hazel Baxley McFadden, age 100, a native of Baxley, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2025 at Magnolia Springs Memory Care in Florence, Kentucky.
Mrs. Hazel was born October 30, 1924, in Appling County and graduated from the Georgia School of the Deaf in Cave Springs, Georgia. She married the love of her life, Sgt. Major Martin Joseph McFadden in February 1949....
Charles Fulton "Sonny" Simmons
Jan 9, 2025
Charles Fulton “Sonny” Simmons, age 85, of Baxley passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025 at the Bacon County Hospital.
Mr. Simmons was born May 30, 1939 in Appling County to the late Charles Woodrow Simmons and the late Winifred Waters Simmons. He was a member of Bethel Free Will Baptist Church and was an avid farmer. He loved working the land...
Cynthia Beth Atkins
Jan 6, 2025
Cynthia Beth Atkins, age 76, of Odum passed away January 6, 2025 at the Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.
Mrs. Atkins was born August 20, 1948 in Appling County, to the late Hiram Lightsey and the late Loretta Bullard Lightsey. She was a school bus driver for the Appling County Board of Education. She was a faithful member...
Thomas Madison Poore
Jan 1, 2025
Thomas Madison Poore, age 63, of Hazlehurst passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Atrium Health Navicent in Macon.
Mr. Poore was born December 18, 1961 in Ocala, Florida to the late Benjamin Mumford Poore and the late Frankie Lois Carter Poore. He was owner & operator of P & P Auto & Transmission for over 30 years and loved fishing;...
Zelda Darlene Turner
Jan 1, 2025
Zelda Darlene Turner, age 64, of Baxley passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Candler Hospital in Savannah.
Mrs. Turner was born November 28, 1960 in Thomasville to the late James Hughes and the late Barbara Stillwill Hughes. She loved soap operas, was an avid coffee drinker and was a devoted mother & grandmother.
Survivors include her daughters, Brittany Ray Minter of...
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