Obituaries

May 5, 2022

Gene Burden, age 78, of Surrency passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mr. Burden was born September 3, 1943 in Louisville, Kentucky to the late Conrad Burden and the late Lena Mae Hack Burden. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy, having served in the Vietnam War....

May 2, 2022

James William Carter, age 83, of Fernandina Beach, Florida passed away Monday, May 2, 2022.

Mr. Carter was born January 17, 1939 in Dooley County, Georgia to the late Zack Herndon and the late Cleo Hall Herndon. He was a veteran of the United States Army and was a retired Deputy Sheriff after 39 years of service...

May 2, 2022

Roger Glenn Cain, age 74, of Baxley passed away Monday, May 2, 2022 at Appling Healthcare.

Mr. Cain was born July 24, 1947 in Jeff Davis County to the late Woodrow Cain and the late Wilma Wooten Cain. He was a member of the 1965 graduating class of Appling County High School and was both the class...

Apr 20, 2022

Dr. George D. Lowe, a retired professor of sociology, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at his home in Lubbock, Texas.

He was born May 26, 1934, in Columbus, Georgia, a son of Frank Haddock Lowe and Lydia Belle Chapman Lowe. He was named for his paternal grandfather, George Lowe, a journalist and amateur botanist, who edited the...

Apr 19, 2022

Sada Young Petty, age 81, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at Memorial Health in Savannah.

Mrs. Petty was born July 22, 1940 in Appling County to the late Herman Almon Young and the late Nina Green Overstreet O’Quinn.  She was a member of Altamaha Baptist Church and a member of the Eastern...

Apr 17, 2022

Thomas Daniel “Danny” Kersey, age 55, of Leesburg died Sunday, April 17, 2022 at Phoebe Putney Medical Center in Albany.

Mr. Kersey was born May 14, 1966 in Appling County to the late Alvin Kersey, Sr. and the late Hazel Geraldine Taylor Kersey. He was a master machinist with Superior Machine Works and of the...

Apr 12, 2022

Glenda Sellers Christian, age 66, of Baxley passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at her residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.

Mrs. Christian was born September 29, 1955 in Jeff Davis County to the late George Dewitt Sellers and the late Opal Howard Sellers. She was a member of Altamaha Baptist Church and was...

Apr 10, 2022

Billy Warren Miles, age 80, of Waycross passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022 at Memorial Health Satilla.

Mr. Miles was born May 19, 1941 in Appling County to the late Lee Miles and the late Mamie Perdue Miles. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was a member of the Baxley Jaycees, Lion’s...

Apr 9, 2022

Gary Niles Eason, age 72, of Baxley passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022 at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Eason was born January 15, 1950 in Bacon County to the late James Ira Eason and the late Elizabeth Lucille McLain Eason. He was a member of Zion Missionary Baptist Church and a veteran of the United States Army...

Apr 8, 2022

Drew Herrington, age 74, of Baxley died Friday, April 8, 2022 at Oxley Park Health Rehab in Lyons.

Mr. Herrington was born July 10, 1947 in Appling County to the late Drewey Steeley “D.S.” Herrington and the late Lillian Dunn.  He was a member of Dunn Memorial Baptist Church and was retired from Hazlehurst Mills.  Mr. Herrington...

Apr 7, 2022

Tommy Joseph “Joe” Beecher, age 53, of Baxley passed away Thursday, April 7, 2022.

Mr. Beecher was born May 18, 1968 in Appling County to the late Tommy Beecher and the late Sara Mae Williams and was employed by AAA Construction.

Survivors include his wife, Vicki Beecher of Baxley; daughters and sons-in-law, Brittany & Garrett...

Apr 5, 2022

Curtis Ray Sapp, Sr., age 83, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022 in Union, South Carolina.

Mr. Sapp was born March 18, 1939 in Appling County to the late Walter Sapp and the late Maude Campbell Sapp.  He was member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was a veteran of the United States Army. He worked...

Apr 5, 2022

Lanell W. Rowell, age 75, of Baxley, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at Memorial Health in Savannah.

Mrs. Rowell was born July 15, 1946 in Patterson to the late Columbus Guley Watts and the late Pauline Blanton Watts.  She was a member of Altamaha Baptist Church and was a Secretary for Murray Forestry for sixteen years. ...

Apr 2, 2022

Beatrice Dowling Crosby Jones, age 100, of Macon died Saturday, April 2, 2022.

Mrs. Jones was born July 13, 1921 in Hoboken, Georgia to Wiley Lazarus Dowling and Cordelia Thomas Dowling. She was a retired clerk for Fickling & Walker and was a member of Vineville Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...

Apr 1, 2022

Chris Eston Murray, age 50, of Baxley passed away Friday, April 1, 2022 at Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta.

Mr. Murray was born November 14, 1971in Baxley. He was a Master Timber Harvester with Murray Timber Harvesting. He was preceded in death by his mother, Gail Murray; brother, Thomas Murray; and step-daughter, Baylee Brewer.

Survivors include...

Mar 29, 2022

Edwin Marshal “Ed” Lashley, age 79, of Baxley died Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at his residence under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice.

Mr. Lashley was born October 30, 1942 in Montezuma to the late Urban Stephen Lashley and the late Odessa Moncrief Lashley.  He was a Business Agent with the Carpenter’s Union and was a Mason...

Mar 27, 2022

Timothy Shane Jones, age 48, of Claxton died Sunday, March 27, 2022 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.

Mr. Jones was born September 27, 1973 in Alma. He was an imaging consultant with DocuQuest and was preceded in death by his father, Terry Timothy Jones; and his grandparents, Doris and Dallie Jones and David and...

Mar 26, 2022

Billy Joe Carter, age 69, of Baxley passed away Saturday, March 26, 2022 in the Bacon County Hospital.

Mr. Carter was born July 9, 1952 in Bacon County to the late Dewitt Carter and the late Lucille Nail Carter.  He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was the Assistant Manager at Ace Hardware for...

Mar 25, 2022

Stella Wren Hunter died Friday, March 25, 2022 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas.

Miss Stella is survived by her parents, Cody & Amber Hunter; sister, Scarlett Hunter; brother, Tatum Hunter; maternal grandparents, Christy Atkinson and Chad & Lisa Driggers; paternal grandparents, Brian & Sandy Hunter and Tonya & Don Harrelson; maternal great grandparents, Janet Herrington...

Mar 25, 2022

Hilda Ann Waters, age 77, of Hazlehurst died Friday, March 25, 2022 in Hazlehurst Court Care.

Mrs. Waters was born June 25, 1944 in Adel to the late Calvin Finley Day and the late Brunelle Powell Waters Tanner.  She was a former CNA and a sales clerk at Circle K.  Mrs. Waters was preceded in death by...