Obituaries

Oct 29, 2021

Ronald Dean Dowless, age 61, of Baxley passed away Friday, October 29, 2021 at his residence.

Ronnie was born January 17, 1960 in Gainesville, Florida to the late Troy J. Dowless and the late Mary Gibson Snyder. He was a talented carpenter who also enjoyed woodworking hobbies. He loved to cook and spending time in nature. In...

Oct 29, 2021

Jimmy Wayne “Bonzie” Bullard, age 60, of Hazlehurst passed away Friday, October 29, 2021 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice.

Mr. Bullard was born April 28, 1961 in Appling County. He worked for the State of Georgia Department of Transportation and was preceded in death by his father, Raleigh Wayne Bullard.

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Oct 27, 2021

Carrie Hunter Geiger, age 71 of Baxley died Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at the Bacon County Hospital.

Mrs. Geiger was a lifelong resident of Appling County and was born on June 29, 1950 to the late William Doc Hunter and the late Inez Carter Hunter. She was a homemaker and a member of Midway Baptist Church. In...

Oct 26, 2021

Wilma Lorene Hall, age 92, of Baxley died Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at her residence under the care of Southern Care Hospice.

Mrs. Hall was born April 16, 1929 to the late Jim Clark and the late Bertie Igou Clark.  She was a member of Zoar United Methodist Church and was a farmer and homemaker.  Mrs. Hall...

Oct 22, 2021

H. Virgil Carter, age 88, of Baxley died Friday, October 22, 2021 at his residence.

Mr. Carter was born September 7, 1933 in Appling County to the late John M. Carter and the late Beatrice Page Carter. He was a retired vocational school teacher and former Superintendent with Appling County Board of Education. Mr. Carter was a...

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.

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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...