Ricky Earl Hughes
May 1, 2017
Ricky Hughes, age 50, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, May 01, 2017 at Memorial Health Medical Center in Savannah. Mr. Hughes was born May 22, 1966 in Telfair County but had lived most of his life in Jeff Davis County and was a member of The Church of God. Survivors include his daughter, Brittany Hall of Baxley; sisters, Michelle Moore...
Jackie Overstreet Sr.
May 1, 2017
Mr. Jackie Overstreet, Sr., age 78, of Hazlehurst died Monday, May 01, 2017 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Mr. Overstreet was born April 13, 1939 in Appling County to the late Evans Overstreet and the late Cleo Yawn Overstreet. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of the Hazlehurst Church of God. He is preceded in...
Mildred Shumans Sellers
May 1, 2017
Mrs. Mildred Shumans Sellers, age 94, of Hazlehurst, went to meet her Lord and Savior, her Husband and Son, May 01, 2017 while staying at the Lumber City Nursing Home. Mrs. Sellers was born November 24, 1922 in Jeff Davis County to the late Martin Shumans and the late Lula Mae Johnson Shumans. She was part owner and operator...
Lester Lee Post
Apr 26, 2017
Mr. Lester Lee Post, age 88, of Hazlehurst, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at the VA Hospital in Dublin. Mr. Post was born February 03, 1929 in Erie PA to the late Arthur Post and the late Fern Chesley Post. He was a Veteran of the United States Air Force serving in Korea, retired Farmer and member of Elizabeth...
Jacob Steven Bloodworth
Apr 24, 2017
Jacob Steven Bloodworth, age 34, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, April 24, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross. Mr. Bloodworth was born November 28, 1982 in Coffee County but had lived most of his life in Jeff Davis County. He was employed with Piggly Wiggly for 17 years and member of Oakland Baptist Church. He is preceded in...
Marilyn Bailey Rowell
Apr 21, 2017
Marilyn Bailey Rowell, age 84, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, April 21, 2017. Mrs. Rowell was born in Jeff Davis County to the late J.W.S. Bailey Sr. and the late Lillie Stone Bailey. She was a Bailiff with the Jeff Davis County Court System and a member of the First United Methodist Church. She is preceded in death by her...
James Michael Tuggle Sr.
Apr 20, 2017
James Michael Tuggle, Sr., age 42, of Marietta, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Tuggle was born November 28, 1974 in Glenwood to the late Phillip Gordon Tuggle and the late Mary Christine Griffin Tuggle. He had lived most of his life in Hazlehurst, was previously employed with Contractors Tire Company and of the...
Deloras
Apr 10, 2017
Ms. Deloras McGaha, age 68, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, April 10, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah after a brief illness. Ms. McGaha was born March 6, 1949, in Greenville, S.C., to the late Charlie R. and Lillian Thigpen McGaha. She was also preceded in death by four of her furbabies, Tank, Chloe, Benji, and Little Bit. She was a...
William Dave Davenport
Apr 10, 2017
Mr. Dave Davenport, age 92, of Hazlehurst, died Monday, April 10, 2017 at Genesis Court Care in Hazlehurst. Mr. Davenport was born August 03, 1924 in Gilmer County, Georgia to the late William Claude Davenport and the late Ella Foster Davenport. He was a retired Painter and member of Satilla Free Will Baptist Church. He is preceded in death...
David Leon Brewer
Apr 7, 2017
David Leon Brewer, age 57, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, April 07, 2017, at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Brewer was born August 23, 1959 in Bradenton; FL. but had resided most of his life in Jeff Davis County and was employed with ABC Logging. He is preceded in death by his dad, Arthur L. Brewer Jr., maternal grandparents, Fred and...
Cloteel Carver Dawson
Apr 1, 2017
Mrs. Cloteel Carver Dawson, age 91, of Hazlehurst passed away Saturday night after an extended illness under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. Mrs. Dawson, the daughter of the late Jimmie Carver, and Bernadean Smith Carver, was a native Coffee County, and resided in Jeff Davis County most of her life. She was a member of the First Baptist...
Rusty Roberson
Mar 31, 2017
Rusty Roberson, Hazlehurst resident, age 49, died at Coffee Regional Hospital, in Douglas, GA, 31 March. Mr. Roberson was born 20 September 1967 in Jeff Davis County to Patricia Lackey and Roy Roberson of Hazlehurst. He was a member of Satilla Freewill Baptist Church. Having grown up in the First Methodist Church of Hazlehurst. Mr. Roberson was an advocate...
Jeanette Joyce
Mar 28, 2017
Mrs. Jeanette Joyce, age 87, of Hazlehurst, died Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at The Garden at Southern Manor in Statesboro. Mrs. Joyce was born September 24, 1929 in Coffee County to the late Mack Robert Tarrant and the late Pauline Burkett Tarrant. She was retired from Southern Bell, of the Baptist Faith and is preceded in death by her...
Josena Wood Smith
Mar 25, 2017
Mrs. Josena Wood Smith, age 60, of Hazlehurst, died Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mrs. Smith was born November 27, 1956 in Jeff Davis County to the late Rogers Wood and the late Jo Oliver Wood. She was a Homemaker and member of First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. Survivors include her husband, Ken W. Smith...
Edward Daniel Hand
Mar 24, 2017
Mr. Edward Daniel Hand, age 92, of Hazlehurst, died Friday, March 24, 2017 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Mr. Hand was born June 21, 1924 in Jeff Davis County to the late Charlie Duncan Hand and the late Essie Bell Wilcox Hand. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy serving during World War II, retired Mechanic from...
Elise Hand Post
Mar 22, 2017
Mrs. Elise Hand Post, age 85, of Hazlehurst, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Post was born August 15, 1931 in Uvalda to the late John W. Hand and the late Georgia Simmons Hand. Mrs. Post was a Homemaker and member of the Elizabeth Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by a great-grandson, Sanders Marshall,...
Talmadge R. (Buddy) Stone
Mar 21, 2017
Talmadge R. (Buddy) Stone, age 83, of Baxley, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Appling Health Care System in Baxley. Mr. Stone was a native of Appling County and was the youngest son of John and Lillian Stone. He began his adult life by serving in the Korean War as a Staff Sargent. He then became a Licensed Dispensing...
James Allen Carter
Mar 21, 2017
James Allen Carter, age 70, of Hazlehurst, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick. Mr. Carter was born March 08, 1947 in Appling County to the late Samuel Carter and the late Kathleen Myers Carter. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of the Hazlehurst Church of God. He is preceded in...
Krista Leanne Newton
Mar 21, 2017
Miss. Krista Leanne Newton, age 24, of Hazlehurst, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 after an automobile accident. Miss. Newton was born September 10, 1992 in Dalton Georgia. She was Secretary and member of the First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. She is preceded in death by her sisters, Hannah Newton and Hope Newton, brothers, Sam Newton, Isaac Newton and Elijah...
Shae Morton Carter
Mar 20, 2017
Mrs. Shae Morton Carter, age 64 of Hazlehurst, died Monday, April 20, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross. Mrs. Carter was born January 27, 1953 in Bullock County to the late Jack Walter Morton and the late Vivian Lee Brannen Morton. She was retired from the State of Georgia and was a member of the First United...