John Earl Rigdon
Dec 17, 2017
John Earl Rigdon, age 74, passed away on Sunday, December 182017 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida after a John Earl Rigdon passed away on Sunday, December 17, 2017 after short illness. John was born in Alma, Georgia on April 9, 1943 to the late John Ira Rigdon and Alma Lott Rigdon; besides his parents two sisters preceded him...
Julius David Anderson
Dec 14, 2017
Julius David "Howdy" Anderson, age 55 of Alma passed away Thursday December 14 th at his home after an extended illness. David was a native of Coffee County and the son of the late Johnnie and Mary Myrtle Gillispie Anderson. His brother Roger Anderson Sr. also preceded David in death.
David is survived by his wife Patricia...
James Oliver Holton, Jr.
Dec 12, 2017
James Oliver " BaBo" Holton, Jr., age 69, of Alma passed away on December 12, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of late James Oliver Holton, Sr. and Ruby Lee Taylor Holton; besides his parents he was preceded in death by a niece, Rebecca Corbett. James...
Howard L. Johnson
Dec 11, 2017
Howard L. Johnson, age 57, of Alma passed away at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. He was born on November 19, 1960 to the late Lemuel Walter Johnson. He was a member of New Vision Church.
Survivors include his mother Katrina Hart Johnson, brother Harold Elvin Johnson, aunts, Linda Boatright (Bobby) all of Alma,...
Linda Lou Edgar
Nov 27, 2017
Linda Lou Jones Edgar, age 80, a native of Alma, passed away Monday, November 27, 2017 at Sacred Journey Hospice in Henry County. She was the daughter of Jeofry and Emma Jones and was also survived by her daughter Kathy Edgar Owings (Ronnie) and their children Seth and Bethany Owings of McDonough, and her son Sam Edgar (Kay) of...
Francis Waters
Nov 26, 2017
Fannie Francis Waters, age 76, of Alma passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Appling County on June 22, 1941 to the late James Leo Patterson and Sally Miles Patterson. Mrs. Waters is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edward Waters, a son, Benjamin Ralph...
Trenton Rodney Graham
Nov 25, 2017
Trenton Rodney Graham, age 20, of Nicholls passed away suddenly Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Walter B. and Margie Rigby, great-great-paternal grandparents, Ledley "Sain" and Bessie Holton, great-great-maternal grandparents, Alex and Avadell Simmons.
Survivors include his father, Rodney Graham (Tina), his mother, Angie Rigby...
Wendell Rewis
Nov 22, 2017
Wendell Rewis, age 69, of Alma died Wednesday November 22 nd , 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County, son of the late Doris Rewis and Thetus Williams Rewis and was also preceded in death by a brother Carthell Rewis, a sister Nelda Faye Cothern and a grandson Mathew...
Becky Varnadore
Nov 21, 2017
Rebecca (Becky) Lee Varnadore, age 67 0f Alma died Tuesday evening November 21 st , 2017 at the Southeast Georgia Health Systems in Brunswick after an extended illness. She was a native of Pascagoula, MS but had lived in Bacon County most of her life. She was daughter of the late Albert Harvey Lee and Willie Mae Douglas Lee...
Louise Tanner
Nov 21, 2017
Louise Rigdon McClellan Tanner, age 91, of 12 th St. Alma died Tuesday November 21 st , 2017 at Community Hospice after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County, daughter of the late Daniel (Dan) Ira Rigdon and Ruby Lee Hayes Rigdon and was also preceded in death by her first husband Henry L. (Dick) McClellan,...
Sharon J. Anderson
Nov 20, 2017
Sharon J. Anderson, age 59, of Nicholls passed away on November 20,2017 at the Lumber City Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was born on December 4, 1957 in Folkston, GA. to the late Harold Jackson and Marion Dyal Cox but lived most of her life in Coffee County. Her husband Henry Anderson, daughter, Sharon "Elaine" Rainey, brother,...
Mary Inez Norris
Nov 19, 2017
Mary Inez Norris, age 93, passed away, Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital. She was a native of Screven County, but had lived most of her life in Alma. She was daughter of the late John Freeman and Donie Cora Counts. Mrs. Norris is preceded in death by her husband, of 70 years, Mr. Wilbert Norris....
Lavonne Vaughn
Nov 19, 2017
Lavonne Vaughn, age 80, of Alma died Sunday November 19 th , 2017 at St. Vincent Southside Medical Center in Jacksonville after a short illness. She was a native of Ware County but had lived in Bacon County since 1955. She was daughter of the late Clifford M. Varnadore and Vera Tanner Varnadore and was also preceded in death...
Joseph (Joey) Edward Rimes, Iii
Nov 19, 2017
Joseph Edward Rimes III (Joey), 43, passed away suddenly from a Hemorrhagic Stroke despite the efforts of the wonderful doctors at Cooper University Sunday, November 19, 2017, in Deptford, New Jersey. He was born on December 20, 1973. He attended Southwood School, graduating from Ware County High School in 1992., and attended The college of South GA and Augusta...
Pete Carter
Nov 17, 2017
Wylodine (Pete) Carter, age 89, of Alma passed away on Friday, November 17, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was born on November 27, 1927 to the late James Thomas Williams and Cilla Medders Williams. Two husbands, Edsol Carter and Alton Carter, a daughter, Donna Williams and a sister, Inell Hunter preceded her in...
Buddy Hersey
Nov 11, 2017
Fredrick (Buddy) Hersey, age 72, of Nicholls died early Saturday morning November 11 th , 2017 at his home after an extended illness. He was a native of Coffee County, son of the late William Roe Hersey and Vivian Murray Hersey and was also preceded in death by a granddaughter Candis Cheri Hersey, a brother James Roe Hersey, a...
Steven Verlon Carter
Nov 11, 2017
Steven Verlon Carter May 2, 1929 – November 11, 2017
Steven Verlon Carter (88) passed away on November 11, 2017 in Alma, GA surrounded by family and friends. Although he had battled and beaten melanoma in 2015, the cancer returned in October 2017 and ultimately quieted the man everyone remembers as kind and funny.
Mr....
Oswald Hersey
Nov 10, 2017
Oswald Hersey, age 82, of Bickley passed away on Friday, November 10, 2017 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born on November 19, 1934 to the late Artie Hersey and Ruth Naomi Nettles Hersey. His brother Fred Hersey and brother-in-law, Willie "Bill" Bagley preceded him in death. Oswald was a member of Liberty Baptist Church and...
Vonnell "Nell" Haselden
Nov 7, 2017
Vonnell (Nell) Haselden, age 76, of Alma died Tuesday November 7 th , 2017 at Twin Oaks after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County, daughter of the late Chester Arthur Steedley and Willie Mae Hyers Steedley and was also preceded in death by her husband William Edward (Ed) Haselden, a granddaughter Mandy Johnson, two brothers...
Rev. Lucille Nettles
Nov 7, 2017
Rev. Emily Lucille Tuten Nettles, age 87, of Alma died Tuesday November 7 th , 2017 at Twin Oaks after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County daughter of the late David Franklin Tuten and Delilah Cothern Tuten and was also preceded in death by her husband Rev. Sylvester Nettles, a daughter Hilda Jean Vann, two...
