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Local Obituaries for Baxley, Appling County, Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, and Surrounding Areas

Betty Warren Hodges

Betty Warren Hodges

Jun 27, 2016

Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Warren Hodges, age 82 will be conducted Thursday, June 30, 2016, at 10 am in Williams Funeral Home Milledgeville Chapel. Interment will follow in Baldwin Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends here at Williams Funeral Home on Wednesday from 6 until 8 pm. Mrs. Hodges was a native of Dublin and had made...

Jerry Holt Williams

Jerry Holt Williams

Jun 26, 2016

Jerry Holt Williams, age 69, of Baxley died Sunday, June 26, 2016 at the Appling HealthCare System. Mr. Williams was born February 12, 1947 in Appling County to the late James Arthur & Lois Arnold Williams. He was a member of Spring Branch Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his first wife and mother of his children,...

Florrie Prescott Sellers

Florrie Prescott Sellers

Jun 21, 2016

Florrie Prescott Sellers, age 87, of Hazlehurst died Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Sellers was born May 4, 1929 in Appling County to the late Lemauel and Annie Sapp Prescott. She was a member of Oak View Baptist Church. Mrs. Sellers was employed by the Bank of Hazlehurst for 43 years, was a devoted wife for...

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson

Jun 21, 2016

Kay Hutcheson Harrelson, age 61, of Baxley died Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Harrelson was born June 18, 1955 in Appling County to the late Charles Edwin Hutcheson, Sr. and the late Julee Groover Hutcheson. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Mrs. Harrelson was preceded in death by a sister, Carol Anita...

Margie Lanier Brown

Margie Lanier Brown

Jun 19, 2016

Margie Lanier Brown, age 102, of Baxley died Sunday, June 19, 2016 at her residence under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mrs. Brown was born April 16, 1914 in Candler County, GA to the late Thomas Zebedee and Audrie Brooke Lanier. She was a member of First Baptist Church and the Esther Sunday School Class. Mrs. Brown was...

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine

Jun 10, 2016

Lanier D. "Cat" Oxendine, age 83, died Friday, June 10, 2016 at the Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice. Mr. Oxendine was born May 4, 1933 to the late Rorie and Pearl Carter Oxendine. He was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Oxendine was a retired truck driver and was a member of the...

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle

Jun 9, 2016

Joseph Adam "Joe" Wykle, age 55 of Baxley, GA died Thursday, June 9, 2016. Mr. Wykle was born February 19, 1961 in Glynn County to the late Hubert Lee Wykle and the late Emma Pearl Lockhart Wykle. He was a retired carpenter. Mr. Wykle is survived by his wife, Glenda Pearce Wykle of Baxley; special cousins, James & Lasonda...

Claire Harbin Tanner

Claire Harbin Tanner

Jun 8, 2016

Claire Harbin Tanner, age 71, of Baxley died Wednesday, June 8, 2016. Mrs. Tanner was born May 31, 1945 to the late Hershel Lee Harbin and the late Ruth Claire Altman Harbin. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she served as the Church Organist for over 30 years, and she taught piano to countless children....

Doris Ray Harp

Doris Ray Harp

Jun 6, 2016

Doris Ray Harp age 75, of Bowling Green, FL died Monday, June 6, 2016 at her home. Mrs. Harp was born June 21, 1940 in Appling County but had resided in Bowling Green, Florida for 45 years. She was a fruit sectionizer with Peace River Packing Co. in Fort Meade for 25 years, a member of the Florida Flywheelers,...

Clara Coleman

Clara Coleman

Jun 5, 2016

Margaret Clara Wilson Coleman, age 94, of Baxley passed away Sunday, June 5, 2016. Mrs. Coleman was born June 13, 1921 in Rising Fawn, Georgia to the late Walter Wilson and the late Maggie Highfield Wilson. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Baxley and worked faithfully for thirty-two years as a Child Care Supervisor for...

Jeanne Parker

Jeanne Parker

Jun 2, 2016

Helen Jeannette "Jeanne" Hutto Parker, United States Navy Veteran, loving wife, mother, and sister, passed away Thursday, June 2, 2016 at The Pavilion under the care of Comfort Care Hospice at the age of 73. Mrs. Parker was born October 11, 1942 in Appling County to the late Ivey Sammy Hutto and the late Merlene Barber Hutto. She was...

Montel Hooks

Montel Hooks

Jun 1, 2016

Montel Hooks age 75, of Baxley died Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Mrs. Hooks was born March 21, 1941 in Swainsboro, Georgia to the late Ralph Mills and the late Ruby Lee Phillips Mills. She was a member of the Church of God in Vidalia. Mrs. Hooks was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph Hooks, a sister, Vonnie Ashley...

Homer Eugene "Gene" Lott, Jr

Homer Eugene "Gene" Lott, Jr

May 31, 2016

Homer Eugene "Gene" Lott, Jr. age 80, of Baxley died Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Mr. Lott was born November 4, 1935 in Appling County to the late Homer Eugene Lott, Sr. and the late Ruth Mariah Sapp Lott. He was a member of Midway Baptist Church, the Young Farmers and the Altamaha Fire Department. Mr. Lott was preceded in...

Eversia Rogers Smith

Eversia Rogers Smith

May 23, 2016

Eversia Hasseltine Rogers Smith, age 95, who passed away on May 23, 2016 at Chatuge Regional Hospital in Hiawassee, Georgia, following a period of declining health. She is survived by her daughters: Jill (Harry) Dasher of Baxley, Cheryl (Dickie) Tillman of Loganville, and Connie Smith of Young Harris; four grandchildren: Eric (Kelly) Dasher of Seattle, WA, Jeff (Stacy) Dasher...

Carol A. Carter

Carol A. Carter

May 8, 2016

Carol A. Carter, age 73, of Baxley died Sunday, May 8, 2016 at her residence. Mrs. Carter was born April 20, 1943 in West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her father, Wilbur "Red" McCullough, mother & step-father, Edella & Pete Roederer, her husband, Richard Carter, sister, Micky Sandufer, and brothers, Donnie Roederer & Kenny Roederer. Survivors include...

Jacqueline "Jackie" Stewart

Jacqueline "Jackie" Stewart

May 1, 2016

Jacqueline "Jackie" Stewart, age 70, of Baxley died Sunday, May 1, 2016 in the Appling County Healthcare System. Ms. Stewart was born July 5, 1945 to the late Henry Jackson Teems and the late Dorothy Hutcheson Teems. She attended Asbury United Methodist Church. She was a receptionist for Florida Air in Jacksonville, Florida. Ms. Stewart was also preceded in...

Paul Thomas Deen

Paul Thomas Deen

Apr 29, 2016

Paul Thomas Deen, age 86, of Baxley died Friday, April 29, 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida. Mr. Deen was born October 26, 1929 in Appling County to the late Emmett Joseph Deen and the late Lenora Waters Deen. He was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church and was a farmer and textile worker for Milliken and Company. Survivors include...

Dan Webster

Dan Webster

Apr 29, 2016

Dan "A H" Webster, age 67, of Surrency died Friday, April 29, 2016 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. Mr. Webster was born February 12, 1949 in Sargent, Nebraska. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy having served in the Vietnam War. He was retired from Plant Hatch and a former president of the U.S. Military Vets...

Thelma Yawn Herndon

Thelma Yawn Herndon

Apr 28, 2016

Thelma Yawn Herndon, age 78, of Surrency died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mrs. Herndon was born November 29, 1937 in Appling Co. to the late George Clinton Yawn and the late Georgia Mae Cater Yawn. She was a member of Zion Church of God and was the owner and operator of EZ Mart....

Norma Courson Zelder

Norma Courson Zelder

Apr 20, 2016

Norma Courson Zelder, age 83, of Baxley died Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in the Pavilion. Mrs. Zelder was born July 2, 1932 in Appling County to the late Elisha Courson and the late Eula Hayes Courson. She was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Young at Heart and the 55 Club of People State...