James Danny Peacock
Dec 11, 2013
James Danny Peacock, age 66, of Alma passed away suddenly December 11th at the Bacon County Hospital. He was a native of Bacon County, son of the late Oden J. Peacock and Allowee Vickers Peacock Murphy and was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Watson. Danny was a member of Big Creek Baptist Church and a retired bus driver....
Debra Kay Deen
Dec 10, 2013
Debra Kay Deen, age 58, of Alma died at the Bacon County Hospital early Tuesday morning December 10, 2013 after an extended illness. She was a native of Coffee County but had lived in Bacon County the past 40 years. She was daughter of the late Cleo Spivey and Dorothy Bryant Spivey. Survivors include her husband of 40 years, Donnie...
Sadie Sweat Steverson
Dec 5, 2013
Sadie Sweat Steverson, age 78, of Nicholls passed away Thursday, December 5th at the Bacon County Hospital after a short illness. She was a native of Jeff Davis County but had lived most of her life in Bacon County. Sadie was daughter of the late Marcus Graham and Lorene Sears Graham, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Robert...
Edd C. "Goody" Crosby
Nov 30, 2013
Edd C. "Goody" Crosby, passed away Saturday, November 30th in the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. Funeral services will be Tuesday, December 3rd at 2:00 PM at Wesley Chapel Church. visitation will be held Monday evening at the funeral home from 6 to 9 PM. The full obit will be posted Monday after lunch.
Louise P. Greenway
Nov 29, 2013
Louise P. Greenway, age 88, of Alma died Friday morning November 29th, 2013 at Baptist Village of Waycross after an extended illness. She was a native of Homestead, FL but had lived in Bacon County most of her life. She was daughter of the late George Wesley Padgett and Sally Harrison Padgett and was also preceded in death by her...
Edward "Buster" Taylor
Nov 29, 2013
Edward "Buster" Taylor, age 58, of Alma passed away suddenly Friday, November 29th at his residence after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late John Carlie Taylor and preceded in death by a brother, Jurelle Taylor. Survivors include his mother, Clydie Mae Music Taylor of Alma, a son, Jamie Taylor of Alma,...
Betty (Sue) Burch Ellis
Nov 25, 2013
Betty (Sue) Burch Ellis, age 59, of Nicholls passed away Monday, November 25th at the Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Coffee County and daughter of the late Toby Burch. Sue was preceded in death by two brothers, Michael Burch and Ned Carmichael and a sister, Charlotte Castlemen. Survivors include her mother and step...
Johnny Israel Griffin
Nov 25, 2013
Johnny Israel Griffin, age 68, of Alma died Monday November 25th, 2013 at his home after a short illness. He was a native of Appling County but had lived in Bacon County most of his life. He was son of the late Frank Griffin and Idell Leggett Griffin and was also preceded in death by a brother, Ray Griffin. Johnny...
Vernie Lee Elliott
Nov 16, 2013
Vernie Alice Lee Elliott, age 93, of Dixie Union died Saturday morning November 16th, 2013 at her home. She was a native of Bacon County but had lived in Dixie Union since 1983. She was daughter of the late Robert E. Lee and Lola Lee Lee and was also preceded in death by her husband, George Anderson Elliott, 7 brothers,...
Hilda Boatright Johnson
Nov 12, 2013
Hilda Boatright Johnson, age 79, of Alma passed away Tuesday, November 12th at her son's home in Toccoa, Georgia after a short illness. She was a native of Appling County but had lived most of her life in Bacon County. Hilda was daughter of the late Millard Boatright and Lillie Mae Cauley Boatright; preceded in by her husband Dewitt Johnson,...
James Scott Rewis
Nov 8, 2013
James Scott Rewis, age 29, of Alma passed away suddenly Friday, November 8th at his residence. He was a native of Ware County but had lived in Alma all his life. Scott was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Preston & Oveda Rewis and maternal grandfather, Willie J. Hyers. Survivors include his parents, James Ronnie Rewis and Bonnie Hyers...
Robert Earl Howard
Nov 4, 2013
Robert Earl Howard, age 46, of Alma died suddenly at his home early Monday morning November 4, 2013. He was a native of Gainesville, FL but had lived in Alma the past 31 years. He was son of the late William Earl (Billy) Howard and Verna Dell McCullough Howard and was also preceded in death by a brother, Billy Earl...
Patricia (Pat) Wilcox Peterson
Nov 4, 2013
Patricia (Pat) Peterson, age 71, of Folkston, GA died early Monday morning November 4th, 2013 at her home. She was a native of Coffee County, had lived in Bacon County for many years and Folkston the past 25 years. She was daughter of the late Warren Wilcox and Ursula (Sue) Gainey Wilcox Johnson and was also preceded in death by...
Colline White
Oct 29, 2013
Colline White, age 93, of Alma passed away Tuesday, October 29th at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Waycross after a short illness. She was a native of Bacon County and daughter of the late Quitman Carris Johnson and Etta Colline Peacock. Colline was precede in death by her husband, Claude Daniel White, son, John Daniel White, brother, James Johnson...
Scheryl D. Benton
Oct 21, 2013
Scheryl D. Benton, 69, of Bella Vista, AR passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at her residence with her family by her side. She was born October 4, 1944 in Alma, Georgia to Huel L. Benton and Verline Butler Benton. Scheryl graduated from Bacon County High School in Alma, Georgia….. She enjoyed getting her hands dirty working in the soil...
George E. Holland
Oct 18, 2013
George E. Holland, age 89, of Alma passed away Friday, October 18th at his residence after an extended illness. He was son of the late George Ellis Holland and Pearl Carter Holland and preceded in death by his wife, Myrtle Louise Haselden Holland, a daughter, Lorrie Oxford, brother, Robert Holland and two sisters, Edna Dandridge and Hazel Terrell. George was...
Jessie Wheeler
Oct 8, 2013
Jessie Wheeler, age 92, of Alma passed away suddenly Tuesday, October 8th at the Bacon County Hospital. She was a native of Bacon County and daughter of the late J. Pate Stewart and Nora Meeks Stewart. Jessie was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Cecil Wheeler, a son, Johnny Wheeler, a son-in-law, Bobby Lancaster, brother, Sylvester Stewart and two...
Patrick (Pat) Lanier Cothern
Oct 7, 2013
Patrick (Pat) Lanier Cothern, age 35, of Nicholls died suddenly at the Bacon County Hospital. He was a native of Bacon County and son of the late Royd Leon (Stoney) Cothern and Myrtis Calhoun Cothern and was preceded in death by a brother, Tony Lee Cothern. Patrick attended Southside Church of God and Campground United Methodist Church and worked with...
Roy Rigdon
Sep 30, 2013
Roy Rigdon, age 69, of Alma died suddenly Monday September 30th, 2013 at the Bacon County Hospital. He was a native of Bacon County, son of the late Silas Rigdon and Maggie Lee Spivey Rigdon and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Hubert and Royce Ridgon, a sister, Nadine Hayes and a sister-in-law, Idell Rigdon. Roy grew up...
Donald E. Fiske
Sep 25, 2013
Donald E. Fiske 1934 – 2013 Alma, GA – Born and raised in Springfield and Hampden, MA passed in eternal rest on September 25, 2013. He was the son of the late Milton and Mabel (Brownhill) Fiske. A graduate of Agawam H.S. Agricultural Program, a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and former employee of H.P. Hood and Sons. Donald...
