Elsie Marie Sellers
May 14, 2022
Elsie Marie Sellers, age 63, of Alma passed away May 14, 2022 at Orange Park Medical Center after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County. Her mother Audrey Carter Steedley and brother-in-law Dennis Cromer preceded her in death. She was a member of Oak Hill Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 42...
Lyn King
May 13, 2022
Lyn Minor King, age 62, of Alma passed away May 13, 2022 at Glenwood Healthcare after an extended illness. She was daughter of the late Hubert Gardner Minor and Madalyn England Minor and preceded in death by her brother, Elloitt Minor.
Survivors include her daughter, Holly Amanda Hatten of Fort Valley, Georgia.
Memoralization was by...
Karen Youngblood
May 8, 2022
Karen Jewell Rigby Youngblood, age 73, of Nicholls, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2022 after an extended illness. She was born in Bacon County on September 24, 1948 to William Henry Rigby and Jessie Mae Ray Rigby. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, Jimmy "Verlon" Youngblood; two brothers, Bo and L....
Thomas Earl Harris
May 7, 2022
Thomas Earl Harris, age 80, of Alma passed away on May 7, 2022 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born on September 28, 1941 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. His parents Lonzo Crawford Harris and Emmaline Rhodes Harris; three sisters and three sisters preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years,...
Cynthia Ashcroft
May 3, 2022
Cynthia Renay Ashcroft, age 50, of Haddock, Georgia passed away May 3, 2022 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born on April 26, 1972 in Jeff Davis County. Her husband Raymond Edward Ashcroft, Sr., sister, Dana Elizabeth Sellers; maternal grandmother, Verlie Elizabeth (Benny); mother in law, Beverly Jean Ashcroft and stepfather, Dale Augustas Thorn preceded her...
Robert Joseph Lloyd
May 3, 2022
Robert Lloyd, age 59, of Alma passed away suddenly on May 3, 2022 at The Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. He was son of the late Robert Allen Lloyd and Lenis Jean Dalburg Lloyd. Besides his parents he was preceded in death his son, Robert Joseph Lloyd, Jr.
Survivors include his daughter, Jenny Ann...
Carolyn Anderson Carter
Apr 28, 2022
Carolyn Anderson Carter, age 71, of Alma passed away April 28, 2022 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born on January 18, 1951 to Mather Clayton Anderson and Esta Mae White Anderson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by brother, Lawrence Anderson and grandparents, Felton and Ida Mae White. She was a...
Julie Ann Ellis
Apr 27, 2022
Julie Ann Williford Ellis, age 51, of Hazlehurst passed away on April 27, 2022 after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County but had lived in Jeff Davis most of her life. Julie was a member of the Southside Church of God.
Survivors include her husband, James Edward Ellis; father...
Hazel Lee
Apr 24, 2022
Hazel Mattox Lee, age 95, of Alma passed away on April 24, 2022 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after a short illness. She was the daughter of the late Walter Davis Mattox and Ora Lee Williford Mattox and was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Cohen Lee; two sisters, Faye Peacock and Ruth Gaskins, brother J....
Howard Burnette
Apr 23, 2022
Howard Thomas Burnette, age 83, of Mershon passed away at Harborview Satilla on April 23, 2022 after a short illness. He was born December 27, 1938 in Appling County but had lived most of his life in Bacon County. He was preceded in death by his parents Oscar T. Burnette and Mamie Rewis Burnette; three brothers, Wade Burnette, Roy...
Wilfred Bradley Smith
Apr 22, 2022
Wilfred Bradley Smith, Jr., age 88, of St. Simons Island, Georgia passed away peacefully on April 22, 2022. He was born on August 28, 1933 in Laurens County, South Carolina and was raised in Alma, Georgia. He was the son of Wilfred Bradley Smith, Sr. and Pairly Abercrombie Smith.
Wilfred graduated from Bacon County High School in...
John Grady Stewart
Apr 22, 2022
John Stewart, 52, of Dixie Union died suddenly in Waycross on April 22nd, 2022. John was born on November 23rd, 1969 in Columbia, SC. During his early childhood, John and his family lived in several locations in South Carolina and Arkansas before moving back to his parents' native Southeast Georgia, settling in Dixie Union in 1981. He was...
Larry Lee
Apr 20, 2022
Larry Lee, age 78, of Alma passed away on April 20, 2022 at Community Hospice after an extended illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late Ralph Lee and Frances Mildred Butler Lee. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie Lee and Timothy Lee.
Mr. Lee served...
Eloise Cothren
Apr 17, 2022
Eloise Cothren, age 68, of Alma passed away on April 17, 2022 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. She was born on May 31, 1953 in Bacon County to Purdie Jackson Cothren and Carrie Lou Mobley Cothren. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by a great grandchild, Amerie Brook Terrell; three brothers, Howard, Tony...
Freddie Franklin Fleming
Apr 12, 2022
Freddie Franklin Fleming, age 76, of Alma passed away at his residence Tuesday, April 12, 2022. He was a native of Orange County, Florida and son of the late Fred Abner Fleming and Elizabeth Juanita Peavey Fleming. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Judith Ellen Gregory Fleming.
Survivors include two daughters, Kim...
Jerry Ray Meeks
Apr 10, 2022
Jerry Ray Meeks, age 80, of Nicholls passed away at Memorial Hospital in Savannah April 10, 2022 after an extended illness. He was born on May 1, 1941 in Coffee County to Linton Meeks and Mildred Taylor Meeks. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by two sons, Jerry Lee Meeks and Rodney Taylor and sister, Judy Mullis....
Krisie Renee Thomas
Apr 9, 2022
Krisie Renee Thomas, age 39, of Douglas passed away suddenly April 9, 2022 at Coffee Regional Hospital. Born on April 19, 1982 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania but had lived most of her life in Coffee County. She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Danny Carroll Thomas; grandmother, Ruth Taylor, grandfather, J. T. Cason and great-aunt, Myrtice...
Jennifer Carter
Apr 7, 2022
Jennifer L. Carter, age 69, of Alma passed away suddenly April 7, 2022 at the Bacon County Hospital after and extended illness. She was born on October 12, 1952 in Lafayette, Georgia and lived most of her life in Alma- Bacon County. She was daughter of the late Jessie James Wilson and Mamie Taylor Wilson and preceded in death...
Howard Carter, Sr.
Apr 3, 2022
Howard Carter, Sr., age 87, of Alma passed away April 3, 2022 at Memorial Health Savannah after short illness. He was born on December 2, 1934 in Appling County but had lived in Bacon County for more than 30 years. Mr. Carter was son of the late Zonnie Carter and Verna Rentz Carter. He was a member of the...
James Richie Cole
Mar 28, 2022
James Richie Cole, age 63, of Nicholls passed away at his residence on March 28, 2022 after an extended illness. He was born in Coffee County on March 12, 1959. He was son of the late James M. Cole and preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Bill and Willie Mae Cole; maternal grandparents, Mike and Clara Rowell and...
