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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
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
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...
Martha Marie Williams
Apr 18, 2016
Martha Marie Williams, age 98, of Jacksonville, Florida died Monday, April 18, 2016 in Jacksonville St. Vincent's Center. Mrs. Williams was born March 5, 1918 in Appling County to the late Benjamin Gordon Williams and the late Addie Lou Crosby Williams. She was a member of Sun Coast Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida and retired from Anchor Hocking Glass...
William Eugene Fields, Sr
Apr 17, 2016
William Eugene Fields, Sr., age 82, of Hazlehurst, Georgia died Sunday, April 17, 2016 at his home. Mr. Fields was born September 8, 1933 in Baxley, Georgia to the late Murris Fields and the late Minnie Hopkins Fields. He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife Georgia Annie Ruth Fields. He proudly served our country as a...
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...
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