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Lila Jeanette Dean
Oct 12, 2016
Lila Jeanette Dean, age 86, of Baxley died Wednesday, October 12, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Dean was born June 26, 1930 in Appling County to the late Herbert Jackson Thomas and the late Kathleen Loretta Halligan Thomas. She was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church and was formerly employed by the Baxley News Banner, Swisher Sweet...
Staff Sergeant William Edward Hardee, Ret.
Oct 8, 2016
Staff Sergeant William Edward Hardee, Ret., age 83, of Surrency died Saturday, October 8, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Hardee was born November 11, 1932 in Wilmington, Delaware to the late Stonewall Jackson Hardee and the late Millie Jane Boyett Hardee. He was a member of Harmony Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Hardee retired from...
Jeremey Shawn Norwood
Sep 30, 2016
Jeremey Shawn Norwood, age 27, of Baxley died Friday, September 30, 2016. Mr. Norwood was born January 9, 1989 in Bartow, Florida. He was a carpenter with Day & Zimmermann and a member Local 256 of Savannah. Mr. Norwood was a diehard Florida Gator Fan. Mr. Norwood was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Frieda Godwin, maternal grandfather,...
Betty Jean Crummey
Sep 26, 2016
Betty Jean Crummey, age 85, of Baxley died Monday, September 26, 2016 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Crummey was born October 20, 1930 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Rufus John Dedmon and the late Julia Marshall Dedmon. She was a member of Satilla Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Crummey was preceded in death by a...
Edna Louise Ball
Sep 19, 2016
Edna Louise Ball, age 80, of Baxley died Monday, September 19, 2016 in the Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Ball was born October 20, 1935 in Pisgah, Alabama to the late Jonas Moore and the late Dessia Southerland Moore. She was a member of the Ruth Class of the First Baptist Church of Baxley. Mrs. Ball retired from the Cobb...
Roy Daniel Mclemore
Sep 17, 2016
Roy Daniel McLemore, age 42, of Guyton died Saturday, September 17, 2016 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Mr. McLemore was born February 28, 1974 in Bacon County but resided in Guyton for the past 4 years after moving from Baxley. He was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Baxley and was...
Roberto Castillo, Jr
Sep 10, 2016
Roberto Castillo, Jr., age 56, of Vidalia died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at the Appling HealthCare System. Mr. Castillo was born October 24, 1959 in Laredo, Texas to the late Roberto Castillo, Sr. and Celestina Villegas Castillo. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jaida Castillo and an uncle, Antonio Villegas, Sr. Survivors include daughters, Jessica Cortes of...
Sara Tillman Sellers
Sep 8, 2016
Sara Tillman Sellers, age 68, of Baxley died Thursday, September 8, 2016 at her daughter's home in Odum. Mrs. Sellers was born April 27, 1948 in Ludowici to the late Robert Reppard Tillman and the late Vannie Nelson Tillman. She was a member of Harvest Chapel Church but attended Piney Grove Church of God in Odum for the past...
Francis Martin Griffin
Sep 7, 2016
Francis Martin Griffin, age 78, of Baxley died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 in the Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Griffin was born July 29, 1938 in Appling County to the late Earl Emanuel Griffin and the late Ione Bullard Griffin. He was a car salesman for Alma Auto Auction. Mr. Griffin was preceded in death by a son, Greg Griffin....
Willie Warren Harrison
Sep 2, 2016
Willie Warren Harrison, age 53 of Vidalia, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. Mr. Harrison was born April 29, 1963 in Augusta,GA to the late William C. and Bobbette Jones Harrison. Survivors include a host of cousins. A graveside service will be held Monday, September 5, at 4:00 PM at Omega Cemetery. Rev....
Raiford Edwin "Ed" Tillman
Aug 26, 2016
Raiford Edwin "Ed" Tillman, age 65, of Surrency died Friday, August 26, 2016 in Vidalia. Mr. Tillman was born October 4, 1950 in Appling County to the late Raiford Herschel Tillman and the late Colleen Pearce Tillman. He was a member of Surrency Community Bible Church and a member of the Iron Butt Association. Mr. Tillman was the owner...
Bernice Williamson King
Aug 17, 2016
Bernice Williamson King, age 56, of Baxley died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Satilla Hospice House in Waycross. Mrs. King was born November 4, 1959 in Jeff Davis County but was a lifelong resident of Appling County. Mrs. King was a member of Dunn Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Willie Williamson, infant...
Eloise Cranford
Aug 7, 2016
Eloise Cranford, age 90, of Baxley died Sunday August 7, 2016 at The Pavilion. Miss Cranford was born March 21, 1926 in Eastman to the late Blanton Cortez Cranford Sr. and the late Eunice Taylor Cranford. She was a missionary in India for 27 years and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
David L. Crosby
Aug 5, 2016
David L. Crosby, age 70, of Baxley died Friday, August 5, 2016 at his residence under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Mr. Crosby was born July 28, 1946 in Alma to the late Berry Allen Crosby and the late Anize Belle Hayes Crosby. He was a member of the Baxley Christian Center. Mr. Crosby was a retired welder...
Doyle L. Loughren
Aug 4, 2016
Doyle L. Loughren, age 77, of Baxley died Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Appling Healthcare System. Mr. Loughren was born September 23, 1938 in Swainsboro to the late Grady Taylor and the late Sibyl Davis Loughren. As a boy, he lived in Ohio, and then he resided in New Jersey before returning to Appling County in 1970. He was...
Pauline C. Baxley
Jul 30, 2016
Pauline C. Baxley, age 88, of Baxley died Saturday, July 30, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Baxley was born January 30, 1928 in Appling County to the late Cephas Tildon Crummey and the late Zella Crosby Crummey. She was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. Mrs. Baxley retired after...
Bro. Bobby Brinkley
Jul 24, 2016
Brother Bobby E. Brinkley, 81, died Sunday, July 24, 2016, at home surrounded by his family. Born in Wayne County, he started preaching the Gospel around Southeast Georgia in 1964. He loved to visit people and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He loved God, his family, and those he served. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist...
Diane Beatrice Herrington
Jul 21, 2016
Diane Beatrice Herrington, age 78, of Baxley, died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Appling Healthcare System. Mrs. Herrington was born March 31, 1938 in Carshalton Surrey, England to the late James Holton and the late Laurie Davenport Holton. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Allen Herrington. Survivors include her daughters, Nicola Herrington...
Richard Herrington
Jul 21, 2016
Richard Herrington, age 59, of San Salvador, El Salvador died Thursday, July 21, 2016. Mr. Herrington was born March 28, 1957 to the late Homer Virgil Herrington and the late Winnie Merle Johnson Herrington. He played basketball for the Appling County Pirates prior to graduating in 1975. He continued his basketball career at ABAC on a basketball scholarship and...
George W. Eason
Jul 15, 2016
George W. Eason, age 89, of Surrency died Friday, July 15, 2016 at his residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mr. Eason was born November 3, 1926 in Appling County to the late Abraham Ottis and Hannah Bell Eason. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army...
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