"Ike" Dewey D. Hayes
Sep 4, 2015
"Ike" Dewey Hayes, age 62, of Alma passed away Friday, September 4th at Comfort Care Hospice in Baxley after an extended illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late Walter Herman Hayes and Gladys Lee Hayes. Ike was preceded in death by two children, Dewey Hayes, Jr. and Ronald Hayes, and two brothers, Herman Hayes...
Marcus Bell
Aug 28, 2015
Marcus Bell, age 62, of Alma passed away suddenly at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. He was a native of Jeff Davis County and son of the late Mercury Bell. Marcus served in the US Air Force for 12 years. Survivors include his mother Bernice Underwood Bell of Nahunta, GA., his wife of 40 years, Crispina Bell...
Dellama B. Lee
Aug 24, 2015
Dellama B. Lee, age 85, of Waycross, formerly of Alma died Monday August 24th, 2015 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, FL after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County, daughter of the late John Bennett and Minnie Mae Tanner McCarty and was also preceded in death by her husband Billy A. Lee and step-father, J O McCarty....
Thomas "Buddy" Leggett
Aug 23, 2015
Thomas "Buddy" Leggett, Sr., age 75, of Alma passed away Sunday, August 23rd at Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. He was a native of Appling County and son of the late Carlos Leggett and Mattie Mathis Leggett. Buddy was preceded in death by two brothers, Jarrell Heflee and Gerald Leggett and six sisters, Bessie Jane Everett, Velma...
Virginia Wood Kuehner
Aug 20, 2015
Virginia "Ginger" Kuehner, age 71, of Waycross passed away Thursday, August 20th at St. Vincent's Hospital after a short illness. She was a native of Jeff Davis County and had lived in Bacon County for many years, was daughter of the late Dewey Wood and Maudie Lee Jeffcoat Wood and was also preceded in death by two brothers D L...
Riley Erika Taylor
Aug 15, 2015
Riley Erika Taylor, age 7 months of Alma passed away on August 15th at Memorial Health in Savannah after a short illness. She was preceded in death by an uncle Eugene Johnson, aunt Tessie Johnson and great-grandmother Nadine Johnson. Survivors include her parents, Erik Keith Johnson and Kimberly Shiree Taylor of Alma, one sister, McKinley Johnson, maternal grandmother, Diane (Doug...
Sophie "Pat" Cothern
Aug 10, 2015
Sophie "Pat" Cothern, age 77, of Alma passed away Monday, August 10th at her residence after an extended illness. She was a native of Newburg, New York but had lived in Alma for many years. Pat was daughter of the late Frank Smith and Margaret Rodulski. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Cothern, a son, Ritchie Cothern...
Susan Carver Cato
Aug 3, 2015
Susan Carver Cato, age 48, of Alma passed away Monday, August 3rd at St Vincents Community Hospice in Jacksonville after a short illness. She was daughter of the late Leroy Carver and Virginia McHenry Carver and preceded in death by a son, Shane Carver. Susan was a member of Liberty Church of God. Survivors include her son, Eric Carver and...
Norman Sweeting
Jul 30, 2015
Rev. Norman Sweeting, age 86, of Adel passed away suddenly on Thursday, July 30th at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Waycross. He was a native of Helden, New Jersey but had been living in Adel, Georgia. Norman was son of the late William Sweeting and Mary Rodger Irving and preceded in death by a brother, William Sweeting. He has been...
Wilbur Lamar Streat
Jul 25, 2015
Wilbur Lamar Streat, age 70 of Nicholls died suddenly Saturday morning July 25th, 2015 at the Coffee Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Coffee County, son of the late Perry Luther (P L) Streat and Evelyn Grace Lee Streat. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Elaine Howard Streat, a son Kevin Streat and a brother,...
Betty Ann Barber Valencia
Jul 23, 2015
Betty Ann Valencia, age 81, of California passed away July 23rd, 2015. She was a native of Bacon County, but she has lived most of her life in California. She is the daughter of the late Virgil Barber and Leona Peacock Barber. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Valencia, Jr. a son, Rickey Valencia, two brothers, Billy...
Betty Ann Barber Valencia
Jul 23, 2015
Betty Ann Valencia, age 81, of California passed away July 23rd, 2015. She was a native of Bacon County, but she has lived most of her life in California. She is the daughter of the late Virgil Barber and Leona Peacock Barber. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Valencia, Jr. a son, Rickey Valencia, two brothers, Billy...
Perlis Taylor
Jul 21, 2015
Perlis Taylor, age 83, of Alma passed away Tuesday, July 21st at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County, daughter of the late William Monroe Taylor and Cila Lee Taylor and preceded in death by two sisters, Lois Taylor McClug and Lola Taylor Lewis. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church....
Carl Edward Rowland
Jul 20, 2015
Carl Edward Rowland, age 73, of Alma passed away Monday, July 20th at his residence after an extended illness. He was a native of Emanuel County but had lived in Bacon County for many years. Carl was son of the late Bland T. Rowland and Sudie Nunn Rowland and preceded in death by a brother Howard Rowland. He retired from...
Rebecca Hart
Jul 16, 2015
Rebecca M. Hart, age 73, of Alma passed away Thursday July 16th after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County and the daughter of the late Bart and Carrie Lee Curl Medders. She was also preceded in death by 6 brothers Walter, Kenneth, Billy Joe, Donald, Wayne, and Charlie Medders, and 4 sisters Lecele Mercer, Cloette Johnson,...
Billy Delonie Taylor, Sr
Jul 14, 2015
Billy Delonie Taylor Sr. age 78 passed away Tuesday July 14th at his residence, after an extended illness. He was a native of Bacon County and the son of the late Alvin Woodrow Taylor and Maggie Nolie Carter Taylor. He was also preceded in death by his wife Bertha Lee Taylor, one great-grandchild Orie Grissett III, one brother Bobby Taylor,...
Ken Mcray Long
Jul 6, 2015
Ken McRay Long, age 56, of Alma passed away Monday, July 6th suddenly at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a native of Thomasville, Georgia but had lived in Alma for many years. Ken was son of the late Gerald Long and Aileen Moss Long. His was a member of the Alma Church of God and worked with...
Benny Jackson Hatten
Jul 5, 2015
Benny Jackson Hatten, Sr. age 72, of Alma passed away Sunday, July 5th at his residence after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late Ernest Jack Hatten and Essie Rigby Bagley. Benny was preceded in death by a brother, John Bagley and his step father Alard Bagley. He was a member of...
Irene Lemacks
Jul 1, 2015
Irene Lemacks, age 93, of Alma passed away July 1st, 2015 in the Twin Oaks Nursing Home after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County and daughter of the late Jeff Nipper and Pearl Brown Nipper. Irene was preceded in death by her husband A. J. Lemacks, Sr., son A. J. Lemacks, Jr. two daughters, Gail Gunn...
Pete Lee
Jun 24, 2015
Pete Lee, age 76, of Alma passed away suddenly Wednesday, June 24th at the Bacon County Hospital. He was son of the late Taft Lee and Edna Spell Lee and preceded in death by a sister, Jo Ann Anderson and two brothers, Lamar " Bo" Lee and Charles Lee. He was owner and operator of Pete Lee Abattoir for many...
