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Ernest Swain Sellers
Apr 15, 2016
Ernest Swain Sellers, age 92, of Hazlehurst died April 15, 2016 in Vidalia, Georgia. Mr. Sellers was born June 28, 1923, in Uvalda, Georgia to the late Ernest Edward Sellers and the late Nina Swain Sellers. He was a member of Oak View Baptist Church. Mr. Sellers proudly served our country in the United States Navy and was self-employed...
David "D.C." Orvin
Apr 14, 2016
David "D.C." Orvin, age 72, of Baxley died Thursday, April 14, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Orvin was born February 14, 1944 in Appling County to the late Wade Horace Orvin, Jr. and the late Carrie Lee Branch Orvin. He was a member of Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church where he served as an active Deacon &...
Allen Wayne Pohl
Apr 12, 2016
Allen Wayne Pohl, age 69, of Gibson, GA died Tuesday, April 12, 2016 in Augusta. Mr. Pohl was born October 14, 1946 in Winnebago County, IL to the late DeWayne Ellsworth Pohl and the late Bernice Grace Aurand Pohl. He retired after ten years of service in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Pohl was of...
Geneva Orvin Simmons
Apr 8, 2016
Geneva Orvin Simmons, age 73, of Baxley, GA died Friday, April 8, 2016 at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Simmons was born February 6, 1943 in Appling County to the late Alexis Ray Orvin and the late Ella Mae Burke Orvin. She was a member of Bethel Free Will Baptist Church and was a retired Seamstress. Mrs. Simmons...
Teresa Lynn Perry
Apr 2, 2016
Teresa Lynn Perry, age 48, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, GA. Mrs. Perry was born June 30, 1967 in Cornelia, GA and is preceded in death by her mother, Judy Elaine Parker and her father Sammy L Parker. She was employed by Appling Health Care System and Comfort Care Hospice. Survivors include, two...
Nellie Faye Carter Conner
Mar 30, 2016
Nellie Faye Carter Conner, age 84, of Baxley, GA died Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Mrs. Conner was born July 24, 1931 in Appling County to the late Ottamus Carter and the late Ocilla Sikes Carter. She was a member of Dunn Memorial Baptist Church and retired as a book keeper from SunTrust Bank. Mrs. Conner was preceded in death...
Janet Francene Beecher
Mar 28, 2016
Janet Francene Beecher, age 69 of Baxley, GA died Monday, March 28, 2016. Mrs. Beecher was born March 1, 1947 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to the late James Lowell Gillham and the late Lydia Jane Savage Gillham. She was a member of Altamaha Baptist Church. Mrs. Beecher was a CNA with the Health Department Home Care. She was preceded...
Dale Mark Spell
Mar 25, 2016
Dale Mark Spell, 56, of Baxley passed away Friday, March 25, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Spell was a native and lifelong resident of Appling County and was born August 31, 1959. He was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church where he served as the Choir Director for many years. Before graduating high school, Mr. Spell began working at...
Marian Brannen Gardner
Mar 23, 2016
Marian Brannen Gardner, age 84, of Waycross died Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Mrs. Gardner was born February 28, 1932 in Appling County to the late Leonard Alonzo Brannen and the late Myrtle Dominy Brannen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Murray Gardner and five brothers. Mrs. Gardner is survived by a daughter, Carol Gardner Bissell of Winder;...
Carolyn Hunter Mccall
Mar 18, 2016
Carolyn Hunter McCall, age 93, died Friday, March 18, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. McCall was born May 24, 1922 to the late Emmett Carol Hunter and the late Addie Mae Williams Hunter. Mrs. McCall was a childhood member of Bethel United Methodist Church and became a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church when she married her husband, the...
William Delma Pritchard
Mar 13, 2016
William Delma Pritchard, 68, of Richmond, Kentucky, died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Hospice Compassionate Care Center of Richmond. Mr. Pritchard was born June 13, 1947 in Baxley to the late William Ralph and Katherine Collins Pritchard. He was a graduate of Andrew Jackson High School of Jacksonville, FL and was a retired pipe-fitter for CSX Railroad and was...
Kenneth Marshall Tanner
Mar 6, 2016
Kenneth Marshall Tanner, age 74, of Baxley died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at his residence. Mr. Tanner was born February 20, 1942 in Douglas to the late Baynard Tanner and the late Kathleen Kirkland Tanner. He was a veteran of the United States Army and a retired lineman with Georgia Power. He was also a member of First Baptist...
Eula Mcmillan Page
Mar 3, 2016
Eula McMillan Page, age 84 of Baxley, died Thursday, March 3, 2016. Mrs. Page was born July 5, 1931 in Appling County to the late Zara McMillan and the late Mary Ann Nipper McMillan. She was a member of Memorial Free Will Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Page was preceded in death by her husband, John Franklin...
Al Graham
Feb 26, 2016
Al Graham, age 72, of Baxley died Friday, February 26, 2016 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. Mr. Graham was born July 8, 1943 in Dodge County to the late John Graham and the late Bernice Poole Graham. He was a member of the Baxley Christian Center. Mr. Graham was founder and owner of South Georgia Broadcasters, Inc., WBYZ/WUFE...
Waunell Lightsey
Feb 22, 2016
Waunell Lightsey, age 85, passed away February 22, 2016. Mrs. Lightsey was born May 7, 1930 in Willacoochee, Georgia to the late I T Gamble and the late Molly Fowler Gamble. She was a member of Screven Church of God. Mrs. Lightsey was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey Lightsey. Survivors include her three daughters, Jackie Dubberly of...
Delvis Lightsey
Feb 20, 2016
Delvis Lightsey, age 86, of Odum, GA died Saturday, February 20, 2016. Mr. Lightsey was born April 8, 1929 in Appling County to the late George Lightsey and the late Minnie Lightsey. He was a member of Christian Springs Church of God, a Sunday School Superintendant and a farmer. He was preceded in death by his wife Pauline Lightsey....
John Elbert Tillman
Feb 19, 2016
John Elbert Tillman, age 85, of Surrency died Friday, February 19, 2016. Mr. Tillman was born October 28, 1930 to the late Elbert Lowe Tillman and the late Nora Harrell Tillman. He attended Surrency Freewill Baptist Church, served as Surrency City Councilman, Mayor of Surrency, Appling Healthcare Board of Directors for 12 years, Baxley State Bank Board of Directors,...
Welton Dwane Carter
Feb 8, 2016
Welton Dwane Carter, 64, of Baxley, Ga. passed away peacefully at Hospice of Golden Isles, Monday, February 8, 2016 following an extended battle with cancer. He was born in Hazlehurst, Ga. and raised in St. Marys, Ga. He moved to Baxley after graduating from Camden County High School in 1969 and attending Brunswick Junior College in the early 70's....
Myrtle Nettles
Feb 5, 2016
Myrtle Nettles, age 72, of Baxley died Friday, February 5, 2016 in Vidalia. Mrs. Nettles was born October 28, 1943 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Barney Martin and the late Grace Martin. Survivors include her husband, Johnny M. Nettles of Baxley; two daughters, Wanda (Raymond) Strickland of Guyton, GA, Tracie Ann Varnadore of Baxley; two sons, Johnny C....
Robert Lamar "R.L." Stone
Feb 3, 2016
Robert Lamar "R.L." Stone, age 66, of Baxley died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in Atlanta. Mr. Stone was born March 22, 1949 in Bacon County to the late Thomas Richard Stone and the late Velma Ruth Callaway Stone. He was a member of Melton's Chapel United Methodist Church. Mr. Stone served as the Appling County Tax Appraiser for 31...
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