William "Bill" Carter Coggin, Jr
May 25, 2017
William Carter (Bill) Coggin, Jr., age 75 of Waycross died early Thursday morning May 25, 2017 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Jacksonville after an extended illness. He was a native of Ware County son of the late William Carter Coggin, Sr. and Mary Francis Sanders Coggin. Bill was retired from Bell South/AT&T after 35 years of employment, member and...
Charles Paul Johnson
May 24, 2017
Charles Paul Johnson, age 75, of Alma passed away Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at after an extended illness. He was born in Alma, Georgia on September 8, 1941 to the late Dr. Linton Carroll (L.C.) Johnson and Ruth Masser Johnson. He had lived in Nashville, Tennessee for many years before moving back to Alma in 2011. He owned and operator...
Grady Wood
May 21, 2017
Grady Wood, age 67, of Clayton, North Carolina passed away Sunday (May 21, 2017) at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Hazlehurst, Georgia to the late Dewey Wood and Maude Lee Jeffcoat Wood. Grady lived in Alma several years but had been living in Clayton, North Carolina the past 22 years. He was a Supervisor for...
Kenneth Earl Metz
May 20, 2017
Kenneth Earl Metz, age 74, of Alma passed away at his residence Saturday, May 20, 2017 after an extended illness. He was son of the late Roy Robert Metz and Mary Rena Cunningham Metz and preceded in death by two brothers, Larry Robert Metz and Barry Robert Metz. He served in the US Army. Survivors include his wife of 43...
Larry Robert Carver
May 6, 2017
Larry Robert Carver, age 67, of Alma died at his home Saturday afternoon May 6th, 2017 after an extended illness. He was a native of Bacon County son of the late James S. (Buddy) Carver and Dorothy Williams Carver and was also preceded in death by a brother Stacy Randall Carver. Larry worked in construction for many years and was...
Wyatt Olvid Herndon
May 2, 2017
Wyatt Olvid Herndon infant son of Ethan Wells Herndon and Elizabeth Dawn Baker Herndon passed away at his home in Nicholls, Georgia on May 2, 2017. Besides his parents survivors include his brother, Brantley Herndon of Nicholls, paternal grandparents, Dennis Herndon (Lisa) of Aberdeen, MS., maternal grandparents, Larry Baker (Carol) of Port Orange, FL., uncle Matthew Herndon (Maggie) of Aberdeen,...
Modine "Deenie" Boatright
May 2, 2017
Modine "Deenie" Boatright, age 86, of Alma passed away Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at the Wayne Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was born in Ware County on September 10, 1930 to Eli Edward Thompson and Edith Myrtle Nails Thompson. She was preceded in death by her husband Francis David (F.D.) Boatright, two sons, Eddie Miles and Robby Jay...
James Earl Williams
Apr 29, 2017
James Earl Williams, age 75, of Alma passed away Saturday, April 29th at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. After a short illness. He was born on September 30, 1941 to the late Earnie Floyd Williams and Mary Magddine Taylor Williams. James was retired from Milliken. Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Judy Williams, three sons, Stevie Williams, Joel...
J. T. Stewart
Apr 29, 2017
J. T. Stewart, age 88, of Alma passed away on Saturday, April 29th at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Alma, Georgia on November 10, 1928 to the late James Pate Stewart and Nora Meeks Stewart and preceded in death by a son, Trenton Stewart, grandson, Garrett Stewart, one brother Sylvester Stewart and wife...
Wilma Cole Lee
Apr 26, 2017
Wilma Cole Lee, age 98, of Alma passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at her residence after an extended illness. She was daughter of the late Levi Screven Cole and Mary Ann Meeks Cole and preceded in death by her husband James Luther Lee, Sr., daughter, Mary Melinda Burnam, grandson, Michael Kelly, four brothers, Phillip, Walter, Norman and Bill Cole...
Julia Bennett Powell
Apr 23, 2017
Julia Frances Bennett Powell, age 90, of Sun City Center, Florida passed away Sunday, April 23, 2017 at Sun City Center Hospice. She was born on September 2, 1926 to the late Calvin Bennett and Maggie Stewart Bennett in Fort Pierce, Florida. Julia is preceded in death by her husband Vernon Powell, four brothers, James, Jimmy, Gerald and Jack Bennett...
Johnnie B Brigman
Apr 19, 2017
Johnnie B. Brigman, age 88, of Alma passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late John Britt Brigman and Cassie Courson Brigman. Johnnie was preceded in death by two sisters, Edith Vickers and Hazel Altman. He was retired from Satilla Rural...
Carl Timith Davis, Sr.
Apr 19, 2017
Carl Timith Davis, Sr. age 74, of Alma passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. He was son of the late Dan Davis and Ciller Bell Taylor. Carl is preceded in death by two daughters, Tammy Sue Davis and Angie Marie Herrin, a great grandson, Jacob Reese Davis and five brothers, Clarence,...
William Hardy
Apr 17, 2017
William Hardy, Jr. age 69 of Alma passed away suddenly Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Bacon County Hospital. He was born in Jasper, Florida on March 20, 1948 to the late William Hardy, Sr. and Estella Harris Hardy but made his home in Alma for many years. He was preceded in death by his wife Ella Yvonne Nelson Hardy,...
Ciara Williams
Apr 15, 2017
Ciara Louise Durrence Williams, age 31, of Blackshear passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was daughter of the late David Ricky Durrence and preceded in death by her grandfather, Henry Durrence. Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Pamela Shearer Dunlap and Alan Dunlap of Alma, her fiancé Rob Taylor of Blackshear, GA.,...
Lonnie "Nick" Moore
Apr 3, 2017
Lonnie "Nick" Moore, age 70, of Nicholls passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a native of Coffee County, son of the late Lonnie Babe Moore and preceded in death by his sister Patricia Ann Moore Walker. Nick was a member of Salem Congregational Methodist Church. The church camp was also named...
Wesley Carter
Mar 29, 2017
Wesley Carter, age 79, of Alma passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at St Joseph's Candler Hospital in Savannah after a short illness. He was son of the late Lewis D. Carter and Eula Waters Carter and preceded in death by three sisters, Etwenda Carter Peacock, Nelda Boatright and Glenda Deen. Wesley was a member of Ten Miles Baptist Church...
Dixie Brewster
Mar 26, 2017
Dixie Nell Johnson Brewster, age 83, of Blackshear, Georgia passed away at her residence after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County and daughter of the late James Randall Johnson and Daisy Lee Johnson. Her husband Charlie L. Brewster, three brothers, Jerrell, Vernon and Lamar Johnson and two sisters, Latrell "Sis" Yawn and Mary Ford preceded Dixie...
Sarah Lynn Stewart
Mar 25, 2017
Sarah Lynn Bagley Stewart, age 66, of Alma passed away March 25, 2017 in the Appling County Hospital after a short illness. She was daughter of the late Allard Issac Bagley and Essie Dee Rigby Bagley. Her husband James M. Stewart, a stepson Ronnie Stewart and two brothers, John Bagley and Benny Hatten, preceded Lynn in death. Survivors include two...
Eloise Aldridge
Mar 24, 2017
Eloise Aldridge, age 90, of Patterson formerly of Alma died suddenly Friday in Patterson. She was a native of Appling County, daughter of the late Forrest Kennon Miles and Ella Crosby Miles and was also preceded in death by her husband William Daniel (Bill) Aldridge, three brothers Hymon, Herbert and Junior Miles, three sisters Dorothy Bullard, Geraldine Graham and Lorrine...
