Wanda Wheeler
May 21, 2026
Wanda Sue Wheeler, age 77, passed away May 21, 2026, at Bacon County Hospital after an extended illness. She was a native of Bacon County born on April 06, 1949, to the late Dewey Smith and Leola Wade Smith. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brothers, Windell, Cecil, and Ronnie Smith.
She retired from Bacon...
Mary Lou Tanner
May 20, 2026
Mary Lou Tanner, age 91, passed away May 20, 2026, at Coffee Regional Medical Center after a short illness. She was born May 9, 1935, in Waycross, GA to the late Ernest and Ruby Smith. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Jack Tanner; her brothers, Doyle and William Smith; sisters, Berline Holcomb...
Tyle Lee
May 19, 2026
Stacy Tyle Lee, 58, passed away suddenly at his home on May 19, 2026. Born in Bacon County on October 6, 1967, Tyle was the son of the late Stacy Kermit Lee and Martha Boatright Lee. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Skyler Lee.
He will be remembered for his love of fishing and...
Maria Del Carmen Armengolt
May 18, 2026
Maria Del Carmen Armengolt San Juan, age 53, of Nicholls passed away May 18, 2026 at her residence after an extended illness. She was born Matias Romero Oaxaca, Mexico.
Mrs. Maria was a member of The Light of the World Church of Alma.
Survivors include her parents, Bartolo San Juan Isabel and Victoria Ramirez Martinez of Mexico; her husband, Guadalupe Armengolt Sarmiento;...
Betty Christmas
May 15, 2026
Betty Jean Hayes Christmas, age 86, of Bartow, Florida passed away on Friday May 15, 2026. She was born in Alma, Georgia on November 25, 1939, to the late Jimmie L. Hayes, Sr. and Ethel Thomas Hayes.
Betty married James Fentriss (Buddy) Christmas, Sr. on September 1, 1956, they spent 36 wonderful years together before his death in 1993.
Betty was a...
Dorenda Parker
May 6, 2026
Dorenda Wilson Parker, age 67, passed away at her home on May 06, 2026. She was born May 15,1958, in DeFuniak Springs, FL to the late Luther Wilson and Jearline Peacock Kirkland. She is preceded in death by her brothers, Royce Wendell, Larry Dale, and Weldon Ray Wilson.
She retired from Smurfit Stone in Fernandina, FL after many years of service.
She...
Marty Keith Martin
May 6, 2026
Marty “Keith” Martin, age 62, passed away at his residence surrounded by his family on May 06, 2026, after an extended illness. He was born in Bacon County on August 29, 1963, to the late Joe Byron Martin and Janice Williams Howell. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sons, Brandon Keith Martin and Kolby...
Jerome Taylor
May 5, 2026
Edwin Jerome Taylor, age 65, passed away at WellStar MCG in Augusta, GA. May 05, 2026, after a short illness. He was a native of Bacon County, born November 28, 1960, to the late Hollis Edwin Taylor and Vera Wanck Taylor. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his son, Jeffery Jerome Taylor.
He was a member...
Stevie Taylor
May 1, 2026
Ashley Stevie Taylor, age 69, passed away May 01, 2026, at HCA Memorial Florida Hospital in Jacksonville, FL after an extended illness. He was born in Coffee County on October 15, 1956, to the late William Richard Taylor and Mildred Collene Nettles Taylor. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Billy Ray, Willie, and...
Jason Taggart
Apr 30, 2026
Jason Thomas Taggart, age 47, passed away suddenly April 30, 2026. He was born January 16,1979 in Orlando, FL.
He served in the United States Army and was a member of Breakthrough Church. He worked as a carpenter for many years.
He is survived by his parents, Thomas John Taggart and Debra Marie Steward Taggart; four children, Starr Cain, Mathis Taggart, Alia...
Dewayne Thomas
Apr 29, 2026
Dewayne Charles Thomas, age 73, passed away April 29, 2026, at Coffee Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Cartersville, GA March 12,1953, to the late Paul Lott Thomas and Mildred Wynette Tanner Thomas. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Paul, Jr. and Terry Michael Thomas.
He was a member...
Carl Rigby
Apr 29, 2026
Henry Carl Rigby, age 87, passed away suddenly at his residence April 29, 2026. He was born in Bacon County on February 15,1939, to the late Walter B. Rigby and Ona Mae Bagley Tanner. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brothers, Riley, Gerald, and Larry Rigby; sisters, Geraldine Taylor, Mary Frances Wade, and Mary...
Rhea Jo Lightner
Apr 23, 2026
Mrs. Rhea Jo Crowley Lightener, age 87 years, formerly from Alma, Georgia, passed from this life peacefully and gracefully on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
Mrs. Lightener was born on August 24, 1938, in Bacon County to Joseph Asa and Effie Mae Bland Crowley. A graduate of Bacon County High School, she attended Martha Berry College where she received a BS in...
David Sundberg
Apr 23, 2026
David John Sundberg, age 71, passed away April 23, 2026, at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA, after a short illness. He was born in Spokane, Washington August 07,1954, to the late Lawrence Sundberg and Gladys Covell Sundberg. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Jim Sundberg; and his sisters, Janet MacCulloch...
Cindy Stottlemire
Apr 22, 2026
Cindy Lou Stottlemire, age 66, of Nicholls passed away April 22, 2026, at Community Hospice in Jacksonville, Florida after an extended illness. She was born November 24, 1959, in Clarksburg, West Virginia to Donald Lee Newbrough and Phyllis Scritchfield Newbrough.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Joseph Allen Stottlemire. Survivors include her husband of...
Jack Turner
Apr 22, 2026
Jack Aaron Turner, age 61, passed away April 22, 2026, at his residence surrounded by his children and grandchildren after an extended illness. He was born April 14,1965, in Concord, California to the late James Larry Turner and Joan Mobley Turner. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Michelle Turner and brother-in-law, Robbie Medders.
He...
Anita Gayle Cook
Apr 20, 2026
Anita Gayle Cook, age 80, of Alma, passed away peacefully on April 20, 2026, at Bacon County Hospital following a short illness.
Born on November 20, 1945, in Lafayette, Indiana, Anita was the daughter of the late Grover John Rook and Geneva Francis Deck Rook. She was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend whose life was centered...
Magdalene Sears
Apr 18, 2026
Magdalene Cothern Sears, age 91, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on April 18, 2026, after an extended illness. She was born March 04,1935, to the late James Alvin Cothern and Martha Leona Scott Cothern. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Jack Sears; her brothers, James Hubert, Gilbert Winfield, and...
Retha McCorquodale
Apr 14, 2026
Retha McCorquodale, age 89, passed away peacefully at her residence April 14, 2026, after a short illness. She was born February 01,1937, in Coffee County to the late Elvin and Rilla Taylor. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James McCorquodale; son, Timothy McCorquodale; daughter, Janice Clifton; brother, Linton Taylor; sisters, Lois Steed, Linnie...
Regina "Reg" Hall
Apr 11, 2026
Regina Ellis Hall, age 99, passed away surrounded by family on April 11, 2026, after an extended illness. She was born in Carbur, FL May 16,1926, to the late George W. Ellis and Tottie White Ellis. She grew up in Alma, GA, married and moved to Savannah, before returning to Alma after retirement in the early 1980’s. She maintained a...
