John Ashley Parker
Mar 19, 2019
John Ashley Parker, age 92, of Alma passed away at his residence on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 after a short illness. He was born on September 26, 1926 in Bacon County to the late John Burrell Parker and Fannie Lee Bratcher Parker. His wife, Velma Louise Bargeron Parker, two great-grandchildren, Dakota Moore and Molly Erin Darity, two brothers, Alvin...
Doris Boatright
Mar 18, 2019
Doris S. Boatright, age 94, of Mershon passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019 after an extended illness. She was born on November 14, 1924 to Wallace Graham Steedley and Erma Lightsey Steedley Tyre. Two husbands, Earlish L. Boatright and Lander J. Boatright, and three brothers, Olin Steedley, Omer Steedley and James "Sug" Tyre preceded her in death. She...
Crystal Gayle Carter
Mar 13, 2019
Crystal Gayle Carter, age 40, of Alma passed at her residence on Wednesday March 13, 2019 after an extended illness. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Jack and Verlene Miles Carter and maternal grandfather, Hoyt West.
Crystal had a Masters Degree in Administration and Master Degree in English. She taught school in Bacon County,...
Aline Rigdon
Mar 13, 2019
Aline Ellis Rigdon, age 87, of Alma went to home to be with Lord on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 after an extended illness. She was born in Alma, Georgia on April 26, 1931 to Alvin Ellis and Minnie Hayes Ellis. Her husband T. J. Rigdon and a brother, Willie Lee Ellis preceded her in death. She was a member...
Patricia Rose
Mar 10, 2019
Patricia Rose, age 84, of Alma passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born on January 28, 1935 in Ontario County, New York to the late Winfred Lannon and Rosaltha Farrell Lannon.
Ms. Rose is survived by her husband, Donald John Rose of Hazlehurst, GA., three...
Michael Scott Mims
Mar 7, 2019
Michael Scott Mims, age 48, of Alma died suddenly Thursday March 7 th , 2019 in Florida. He was a native of Bacon County, a commercial truck driver and had worked with C S X Rail Road for ten years.  Scott was preceded in death by a half brother Kevin Streat.
Survivors include his father Billy Ray...
Ruth Mattox Gaskins
Feb 28, 2019
Georgia Ruth Mattox Gaskins, age 88, of Alma went home to be with the Lord on February 28, 2019. She was born in Alma, Georgia on February 19, 1931 to the late Walter Mattox and Ora Lee Williford Mattox. One brother, Jay Walter Mattox, a sister, Stella Faye Mattox Peacock, a grandson, Marcus Franklin Stinger daughter-in-law, Kathy Davis Gaskins...
Annie Merle Sellers
Feb 21, 2019
Annie Merle Sellers, age 91, of Rincon, Georgia passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at The Place in Pooler, Georgia after a short illness. She was born in Alma on January 27, 1928 to the late Jule Wynn and Mary Bell Sowell Walker. Her husband Aaron Harold Sellers and three brothers, Homer Wynn, Vernon Wynn and Paul Wynn...
Vondell Odessa Carter
Feb 19, 2019
Vondell Odessa Carter, age 92, of Alma passed away peacefully at her daughters' home in Uvalda, Georgia on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. She was born in Glennville, Georgia on September 21, 1926 to the late Lester H. Knight and Clifford Smith Knight. Her husband of 57 years Rev. Julian Carter, Jr., two brothers, Harold and Jim Knight and a...
Lois Smith
Feb 18, 2019
Lois Jewell Smith, age 86, of Mershon passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Pierce County on March 1, 1932 to the late Allen Smith and Aurelia Burkhalter Smith. Her husband Alton Smith, two sisters, Vera Mae Deen, Bertha Boyette, six brothers, Harry, Wallace, Henry, Edgar,...
Russell Wayne Cribb
Feb 15, 2019
Russell Wayne Cribb, age 57, of Nicholls passed away on Friday, February 15, 2019 at Hospice Satilla in Waycross after a short illness. He was born on September 7, 1961 in Jacksonville, Florida. His mother Eunice Faye Fralick Ursher and a sister, Penny Usher preceded him in death. He served in the US Marines and was a member of...
Bety Mulligan Sharer
Feb 13, 2019
Betty Mulligan Sharer, age 74, of Nicholls passed away suddenly at her residence on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. She was daughter of the late Charles Mulligan and Beulah May Tracey Minich and preceded in death by a grandson, James Roper.
Survivors include her husband of 48 years, John Edward Sharer of Nicholls, GA., three children, Melissa Lois...
Winnie Lou Hayes
Feb 10, 2019
Winnie Lou Burkett Hayes, age 89, of Alma passed away Sunday, February 10, 2019 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Coffee County on March 27, 1929 to the late Elmer Burkett and Avie Brantley Burkett. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy "Junior" L. Hayes, son, Rev. Wayne Hayes, three...
Donald Earl Patrick
Feb 9, 2019
Donald Earl Patrick, age 75, of Alma passed away on Saturday, February 9, 2019 after an extended illness. He was born Huntington, West Virginia on March 23, 1943. His parents Earl Howard Patrick and Alma Rebecca Survaugh Patrick and his wife of 49 years, Rev. Sheryl Lee Patrick preceded him in death.Mr. Patrick was retired from the Missionary Field,...
Charles Grover Whitacre
Feb 6, 2019
Charles Grover Whitacre, age 87, of Alma passed away on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida after an extended illness. He was born in Niagara Falls, New York on June 8, 1931 to the late Maxwell L. Whitacre and Dorothy Cooper Whitacre. Two brothers, Eugene & Donald Whitacre and two sisters, Barbara Smith and...
Gladys Boatright Lee
Feb 2, 2019
Gladys Boatright Lee, age 75, of Alma passed away on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after a short illness. She was born in Effingham County on October 18, 1943 to the late Marvin Tanner, Sr. and Thirsie Richardson Tanner. Her husband of 36 years, Voughna "Barney" Boatright and four brothers, Eugene Tanner, Warren Tanner, Lonnie...
Jerry J. Turner
Feb 1, 2019
Jerry J. Turner, age 76, of Alma passed away suddenly at the Bacon County Hospital on Friday, February 1, 2019. He was born on February 25, 1942 in Alma, Georgia to the late Garland McGee Turner and Gladys Nesmith Turner. A wife Marsha Ahl preceded him in death.
Mr. Jerry was retired from the US Army after...
Wilson Homer Shunkwiler
Jan 31, 2019
Wilson Homer Shunkwiler, age 72, of Alma passed away on January 31, 2019 at Hospice Satilla after a short illness. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wilson Shunkwiler and Idah Evelyn Rose Wilson.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, February 23 rd at 3:00 PM at 811 W. 4 th Street Alma, GA. with...
Randy H. Braddy, Sr.
Jan 24, 2019
Randy H. Braddy, Sr., age 67, of Alma of Alma passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Toombs County on February 19, 1951 to the late Hugh B. Braddy and Margaret Evans Braddy. A son, Mark Braddy, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his...
Ilene Meeks Davis
Jan 20, 2019
Ilene Meeks Davis, age 91, of Nicholls, Georgia passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Coffee County on January 30, 1927 to the late Lonnie Meeks and Cassie Taylor Meeks. Her husband Herbert Gerreld Davis, three brothers, John M. Meeks, Alton Gordon Meeks and Warren Lonnie (W.L.) Meeks,...
