Obituary Listing

Oct 22, 2017

Glenda Faye Music, age 61, of Alma passed away Sunday, October 22, 2017 at Memorial Health in Savannah after a short illness. She was born on May 29, 1956 in Coffee County to the late Milton Carter and Molly Cooper Carter. A grandson Cameron Peyton Lee preceded her in death.

Survivors include her husband of 48 years,...

Oct 19, 2017

Danny Clarence Whitley, age 65, of Alma passed away suddenly at his residence on Thursday, October 19, 2017. He was born on December 22, 1951 to the late Clarence Whitley and Nellene Mullis Whitley. His brother, Glenn Whitley preceded him in death. Survivors include his daughter, Crystal Weed (Bryan) of Troy, AL. two sisters, Karen Carter (Carey) of Hilliard, FL....

Oct 15, 2017

James Vernon "J.V." Lee, age 78, of Nicholls passed away on Sunday, October 15 th at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Coffee County to the late Prince Lee and Ada Kirkland Lee. Two sisters, Geraldine Lee and Christine Brown and brother-in-law, Tommy Nettles preceded him in death. He retired from D. L. Lee &...

Oct 14, 2017

Deborah Kay Shackelford, age 64 of Baxley passed away suddenly Saturday, October 14, 2017 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross. She was born in Hamilton, Ohio on April 29, 1953 to the late Elijah Sandlin, Jr. Her brother Kelly Sandlin preceded her in death.

Survivors include her mother, Frances Bowles Sandlin of Athol, Idaho, husband, Daniel Saunders...

Oct 13, 2017

Joanne Marie Taylor, age 86, of Alma passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born on July 9, 1931 in Iowa to the late Robert Joseph Campbell and Marie Campbell. Her husband James Elmer Taylor, two brothers, Robert Campbell and Jack Campbell and a sister, Linda Campbell preceded her...

Oct 9, 2017

Betty Wade Crowder, age 84, of Alma went home to be with the Lord on Monday, October 9, 2017 after an extended illness. She was born in Alma, Georgia on October 23, 1932 to the late Carl Wade and Beulah Lee Peacock Wade. Her husband Ernest Namon Crowder, two grandchildren, Kevin Dan Boatright and Waylon Boatright, a brother Bo...

Oct 5, 2017

Mary Evelyn Lee Hyers, age 71, of Alma passed away Thursday October 5, 2017 at the Satilla Hospice House in Waycross after an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Lemuel Sellers "Kit" and Lourine Yawn Lee, a former employee of Oxford Industries, The Bacon County Hospital, and had the distinction of being the 1st Female County...

Oct 3, 2017

Joseph Darrell Tanner, age 80, passed away Tuesday night October 3, 2017 at his residence after an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of Bacon County, a member of Liberty Church of God, and retired from Hazlehurst Mills/Amoco Fabrics and Fiber. He was the son of the late Oren Alton and Nola Mae Meeks Tanner. He was also...

Sep 22, 2017

James A. "Bud" Wade, Sr., age 79, of Alma passed away Friday, September 22, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. Mr. Wade was born on November 4, 1937 in Bacon County to the late Claude Milton Wade and Theresa Moore Wade and was preceded in death by a brother Danny Wade. He was a avid...

Sep 20, 2017

Martha Jane Cothern Lynch, age 70, of Baxley passed away on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at the Pavilion at Appling Healthcare after an extended illness. She was born in Alma, Georgia on April 10, 1947 to the late James Willie Cothern and Myrtie Lois McDonald. Two brothers J. W. Cothern and James Cothern preceded her in death. She was...

Sep 19, 2017

Marcus Franklin Stringer, age 50, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. He was born on January 15, 1967 in Jacksonville, Florida. His paternal grandparents, Douglas Noel Stringer and Bessie Lee Stringer preceded him in death. Survivors include his father Franklin "Frank" Stringer (Carol) of Tallahassee, FL., his mother, Rhonda Gaskins...

Sep 18, 2017

Dalton "Dock" Lijah Carnes, age 101, of Jacksonville, Florida passed away on Monday, September 18, 2017 at his residence after a short illness. He was born on June 20, 1916 in Rabun County, Georgia to the late Caney C. Carnes and Lavonia Lovell. His wife, Romaina Fales Carnes, six brothers, Bard, Tom, Mart, Mack, Dave and Sam Carnes and...

Sep 17, 2017

Staff Sergeant Retired U.S. Army James Preston Rigdon, age 89, Locust Fork, Alabama went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 17, 2017 after an extended illness. He was born in Bacon County on February 28, 1928 to the late Andrew Jackson (Jay) Rigdon and Rose Zella Rigdon. His son Jerome Rodney Rigdon, two brothers, Rev. James...

Sep 14, 2017

Dan Richard "D.R." Graves, age 76, of Alma passed away Thursday Sept.14 th at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fl. after a short illness. Dan was a native of Bacon Co., a member of the Alma First Church of the Nazarene, a 2016 inductee into the International Lineman Hall of Fame, and the son of the late O.C. Graves and...

Sep 12, 2017

Jerald J. Douglas, age 66, of Nicholls went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Bacon County on September 13, 1950 to the late Cliford Douglas and Wilma Johnston Douglas. He was a carpenter and farmer for many years and was a member...

Sep 8, 2017

Mary Lou "Cuby" Rewis, age 90, of Alma passed away at her residence on Friday, September 8, 2017 after a short illness. She was born on November 26, 1926 in Appling County to the late Ward Leggett and Annie Bell Milikin. Her husband Roscoe Rewis, her son, Johnny Boatright and two brothers, George Leggett and Eugene Leggett preceded her...

Sep 7, 2017

Azaline L. Christmas, age 84, of Alma passed away Thursday, September 7, 2017 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born on October 18, 1932 to the late James Christmas and Bertha Mae Lynch Christmas. Three brothers, Winnie Christmas, Curtis Christmas and Gerald Christmas and two sisters, Vernie Thomas and Lois Bullard preceded her in...

Sep 5, 2017

Ronald Asa "Ronnie" Crowley, age 56, of Alma passed suddenly Tuesday, September 5, 2017. He was born in Bacon County on October 26, 1960 to the late Ronald Harry Crowley. Ronnie served in the US Army.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Crowley, his mother, Ruth Hilda Shannon Crowley of Alma, two children, Bobby Ray Crowley (Lilly) and...

Aug 31, 2017

Wanda Barnes Tippins, age 72, of Waycross passed away Thursday, August 31, 2017 at the Hospice House in Waycross after an extended illness. She was born in Alma on April 26, 1945 to the late W. D. Barnes and Bertha Mae Staley Shepard; besides her parents her sister Patricia McKinney, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her...

Aug 30, 2017

Lennis M. Lee, age 91, of Alma died peacefully Wednesday morning, August 30, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital surrounded by her immediate family. She was born in Bacon County on April 9, 1926 to the late Emory Miles Mercer and Mary Beulah Hand Mercer. Lennis is preceded in death by her husband James Madison Lee and two sisters,...