Raymond Rod Holton, Jr
May 26, 2022
Raymond Rod Holton, Jr., age 47, of Nicholls passed away on May 26, 2022 at his residence after an extended illness. He was a native of Bacon County but had lived most of his life in Coffee County He was son of the late Raymond R. "Rod" Holton.
Survivors include his mother, Beverly A. Gilliard Holton of...
Benjamin Allen
May 26, 2022
Benjamin "Ben" Allen, age 58, of Alma passed away at his residence on May 26, 2022 after an extended illness. He was born in Bacon County on November 6, 1963 to Jeffey Allen and Eloise Cribb Carter. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by four grandchildren, Brandon, Nicholas, Alley and Jayla and sister Evonne Allen. He was...
Danette Rigdon
May 25, 2022
Danette Rigdon, age 71 of Alma passed away May 25, 2022 at the Bacon County Hospital after a extended illness. She was born in Jeff Davis County on January 20, 1951 to U. V. "Bud' Rigdon and Phyllis Carter Rigdon.
Survivors include her brother, Mitchel Rigdon and wife Nancy and nieces, Lauris Mullis and husband Marty and...
Eddie Lee Taylor
May 23, 2022
Eddie Lee Taylor, age 86, passed away May 23, 2022 at his daughter's residence in Hoboken, Georgia after a brief illness. He was born in Bacon County on August 27, 1935 to E. D. Taylor and Maybell Holton Taylor. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Ellis Taylor; infant son, brothers, L. P. Taylor,...
Jerry Ray Taylor
May 21, 2022
Jerry Ray Taylor, Sr., age 77, of Alma passed away at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Bacon County on October 30, 1944 to Nolan Taylor and Bertie Taylor. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by granddaughter, Kiley Music; brothers, Lether Taylor, Roy "Duck" Taylor, Buddy Taylor and Troy Taylor and sister, Shirley...
Elaine Thornton
May 18, 2022
Charlotte Elaine Thornton, age 75 formerly of Alma passed away suddenly May 18, 2022 at Pruitthealth Retirement Home in Moultrie. She was born on September 14, 1946 in Charlotte, North Carolina but had lived in Alma for many years. Her parents Emmett David Holton and Elizabeth Annette Evans Newton; two brothers, Eddie Holton and Emmett Arthur Holton and sister,...
Jerry Edward Wren
May 17, 2022
Jerry Edward Wren, age 77, of Alma passed away on May 17, 2022 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. He was born on April 28, 1945 in Kenton, Ohio to Gerald Edward Wren and Jessie Johnson Wren. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Wren; three brothers, Sam Wren, Jim Wren...
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...
