Obituaries

Oct 13, 2021

Juanita Peacock Hutcheson, age 82, of Hephzibah entered into rest on Wednesday October 13, 2021.

On May 26, 1956, she married the love of her life, Herbert Eugene Hutcheson. She was a loving wife and mother, substitute teacher and later worked for the Richmond County Parks and Recreation as the McBean Center Director from 1988 until her...

Oct 8, 2021

Nan Marie Moody, age 57, of Baxley passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at her residence.

Ms. Moody was born December 14, 1963 in Appling County to the late Henry Grady Howard and the late Kathryn Marie Sapp Howard. She was a corrections officer at Telfair State Prison and a former member of the Graham Fire Department....

Oct 8, 2021

Willis Clifton Kersey, age 69, of Baxley passed away Friday, October 8, 2021 at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah.

Mr. Kersey was born May 2, 1952 in Appling County to the late Dutch Kersey and the late Isabel Mincey Kersey.  He was a retired operator with Baxley Veneer & Cleat Mill. He was preceded in death by...

Oct 8, 2021

Johnnie Faye Newton -Lamb, age 83, of Baxley died Friday, October 8, 2021 at Appling Healthcare.

Mrs. Lamb was born December 5, 1937 in Appling County to the late John L. Taylor and the late Bertie Jones Taylor.  She was a member of First Baptist Church and was a retired Office Manager at Douglas & Harper. She...

Oct 8, 2021

Kathleen “Kay” Morris, age 67, of Baxley died Friday, October 8, 2021 at Appling Healthcare.

Mrs. Kay was born October 7, 1954 in Bacon County to the late Wilton Edwards and the late Iva Lee Dyal Edwards.  She was a member of Baxley Christian Fellowship and was formerly employed at Rayonier and Bailey Boy’s and received an...

Oct 6, 2021

Dell Keith McGowan, age 65, of Surrency passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at Oceanside Nursing Home in Tybee Island, GA.

Mr. McGowan was born October 4, 1956 in Savannah, Georgia to the late Douglas Fairbanks McGowan and the late Emily Hazel Tillman McGowan Thomann.  Mr. McGowan was a retired Building Contractor.

Survivors...

Oct 6, 2021

Frank Edward Miles, age 91, passed away Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at the Bacon County Hospital.

Mr. Miles was born February 15, 1930 in Appling County to the late Lee Warren Miles and the late Mamie May Perdue Miles.  He was a Godly man and a member and deacon of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church where he...

Oct 6, 2021

Wilbert Eugene “Gene” Boyett, age 84, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice.

Gene was born August 24, 1937 in Candler County to the late James Coy Boyett and Myrtle Fordham Boyett. Besides his parents, Gene was preceded in death by his wife and mother of his...

Oct 3, 2021

Joseph Ashley King, age 44, a native of Appling County and a resident of Palm Bay, Florida, died Sunday, October 3, 2021 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Mr. King was born December 19, 1976 to the late Mark Leon King, Jr. and the late Miriam O’Neal Campbell King and was an ironworker. He loved the...

Oct 3, 2021

Tim Kent Parlor, age 61, of Baxley passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. Parlor was born March 2, 1960 in Appling County to the late Vasco Parlor and the late Mary Ellen Carter Parlor.  He was a truck driver for 38 years with Williams Brothers Trucking and was preceded in death by his...

Sep 30, 2021

Charles M. Hutchinson, 74, of Bloomingdale, Georgia died Thursday September 30, 2021 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Charles was born in Appling County to the Late Lanis and Murle Hutchinson.  He was a member of South Newington Baptist Church where he was Choir Director for 17 years. He was a devoted father and grandfather. He loved working with...

Sep 25, 2021

Katharine May “Kathy” Smith, age 63 of Baxley died Saturday, September 25, 2021 at St. Vincent’s Riverside Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mrs. Smith was born January 3, 1958 in Middlebourne, WV to the late Paul Francis Straight and the late Loretta May Walker Straight.  She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church and was preceded in...

Sep 24, 2021

Miss Charli Lynn Williamson, age 27, of Vidalia, died Friday, September 24, 2021, at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after a brief battle with Covid.  She was a native of Biloxi, Mississippi and later lived at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida before moving to Toombs County in 2004. ...

Sep 17, 2021

Roy Lamar Rozar, Jr., CMCS, age 82 passed from a lengthy battle from Dementia, with his family around him in Raleigh, NC on Friday September 17, 2021.

Mr. Rozar was born on July 7, 1939, in Atlanta, GA to the late Roy Lamar Rozar Sr. and the late Juanita Lynn Rozar both of Baxley GA.  He was...

Sep 16, 2021

Travis Olin Steedley, age 74, of Ludowici, died Thursday, September 16, 2021 in Liberty Regional Medical Center in Hinesville.

Mr. Steedley was born December 5, 1946 in Bacon County to the late Olin Jerome Steedley and the late Myrtle Lightsey Steedley. He was a member of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church but attended Ludowici First Baptist...

Sep 15, 2021

Gregory Kent Davis, age 62, of Alma died Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. Davis was born April 15, 1959 in Hunington, West Virginia to the late Edgar Luther Davis and the late Rebecca Imogene Erwin Davis. He was a retired division manager with Hulcher.

Survivors include his wife, Lydia Davis of Alma;...

Sep 12, 2021

James Calvin Crosby, age 59, of Graham passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton.

Mr. Crosby was born November 22, 1961 in Appling County to the late Dewey “June Bug” Crosby, Jr. and the late Lillie Austeen Spell Gunn. Before retirement, he worked for many years with Amercord...

Sep 12, 2021

Emily Mae Smith, age 83, of Baxley passed away Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Appling Healthcare.

Miss Smith was born on November 11, 1937 in Offerman, Pierce County, Georgia.  She was the seventh and last child of Alfred Goodrich Smith and Nora Cason Smith.  She lived most of her life in Baxley, later moving with her sister...

Sep 11, 2021

Teresa Lynn (Carter) Williams, age 64, of Baxley died Saturday, September 11, 2021 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.

Mrs. Williams was born February 8, 1957 in Appling County to the late Walter Carter and the late Luna Kimberly Carter.  She was a receptionist and was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Philip Williams, grandparents, Chester &...

Sep 11, 2021

Opal Howard Sellers, age 90, of Baxley passed away Saturday, September 11, 2021 at her residence under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.

Mrs. Sellers was born October 30, 1930 in Wheeler County to the late William Thomas Howard and the late Mamie Breedlove Howard.  She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church and was...