Obituaries
Local Obituaries
Beverly Mcbride Macgregor
Jul 21, 2024
Beverly McBride MacGregor, of Metter, Georgia passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, Georgia.
Beverly was born July 2, 1947, in Macon, Georgia. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Bemon Gilmore (Miriam Williamson) McBride, Jr. She graduated with honors from The University of Georgia in 1969 with a Bachelor’s of Science...
Fredda June Deloach
Jul 10, 2024
Fredda June DeLoach, 84, of Metter, passed away late Wednesday, July 10, 2024, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
Mrs. DeLoach was born in Eldridge, Alabama and lived in Metter most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Cedar Street Baptist Church. Mrs. Deloach loved to travel and go on cruises...
James Edward Kangeter
Jun 21, 2024
James Edward Kangeter, of Metter and husband of the late Margaret Virginia Kangeter, passed away Friday, June 21, 2024.
Mr. Kangeter was born in Candler County and lived in the Metter area all of his life. He was a veteran of the United States Navy. He attended Pulaski Baptist Church in years past. Mr. Kangeter retired from...
Kathryn Jordan
Jun 19, 2024
Kathryn “Kathy” Jordan, of Twin City, passed away Wednesday night, June 19, 2024 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
Kathy was born in Swainsboro and was the first born and oldest daughter of Jack Walden and Claudene “Tissie” Johnson Walden. She was a member of Twin City First Baptist Church where she was baptized in...
Lamar "Hunk" Lanier
Jun 15, 2024
Lamar “Hunk” Lanier, 88, of Metter, Ga, passed away on Saturday morning, June 15, 2024, at Southern Manor at Candler.
Lamar was born the son of Henry and Margaret “Maggie” Lanier in Candler County. In his early years of his life, he served his country as a member of the United States Army. Lamar was honorably discharged...
Maria Mercedes Campos Rodriguez
Jun 2, 2024
Maria Mercedes Campos Rodriguez, 13, of Metter, Ga, passed away on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at St, Jude Children’s Hospital, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Maria was born the daughter of Pedro Campos Silva and Maria D. Rodriquez on December 5, 2010. Maria was born in Vidalia, Ga and spent her life living in Metter, Ga. She was an...
Shirley Collins Lott
Jun 1, 2024
Shirley Collins Lott, of Metter and widow of Rev. Jerry Turner Lott, passed away at the age of 76 on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.
Shirley was born in Savannah, Georgia to Carroll Collins and Agnes Walsh Collins and grew up on the family farm in Cobbtown. She graduated as salutatorian of...
Glenda Lanier Sanders
May 27, 2024
Glenda Lanier Sanders, of Metter, and wife of Jimmy Sanders, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at Candler County Hospital.
Glenda was born July 30, 1946 in Cobbtown, Georgia and was a daughter of W. Willis Lanier and Marie Vaughan Lanier Collins. Glenda was a member of El Bethel Baptist Church. She was a homemaker and loved...
Harriet Allen
May 26, 2024
Harriet McCoy Allen, widow of Robbie Dean Allen, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Southern Manor at Candler.
Mrs. Allen was the second child born to Clarence McCoy and Eula Shuman McCoy in 1930. She attended the Canoochee School and graduated in 1948. She married Robbie Dean Allen in 1951 and lived in Statesboro until the...
Larry William Johnson
May 25, 2024
Larry William Johnson, 73, of Collins, passed away Saturday morning, May 25, 2024, at his residence.
Larry was born in Metter on October 27, 1950. He was the son of Larry Johnson, who passed away when he was just four years old. He was raised by Franklin Johnson, who was like a father to him, and his...
William Jimmy Page, Sr.
May 18, 2024
William Jimmy Page, Sr., of Metter, passed away late Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Jimmy was born in Swainsboro, Georgia on April 11, 1943, to William Tucker Page and Geneva Lively Page. It was 1961 in Swainsboro that Jimmy got his first job in Radio as a disc jockey for WJAT. In the...
Linda Bolduc
May 17, 2024
Linda Nell Tucker Porter Bolduc, of Metter, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17 at Ogeechee Area Hospice.
Linda was born in Eldridge, Alabama and was the first of her siblings born to Grady V. Tucker and Ruby Kendrick Tucker. She was a graduate of Hubbertville High School in Fayette, Alabama, and Drayton Business School in Atlanta. ...
Glenda "Fay" Jackson
May 13, 2024
Glenda “Fay” Teate Jackson, 68, of Cobbtown, Georgia passed away on Monday, May 13, 2024, at Community Hospice in Vidalia, Ga.
Fay was born the daughter of Oscar and Thelma Lloyd Teate on September 1, 1955, in Vero Beach, Florida. Fay grew up in Florida and later relocated with her family to Cobbtown. She has been a...
Sybol Lanier Olliff Toole
May 10, 2024
Sybol Lanier Olliff Toole, 100, of Metter, passed away late Friday, May 10, 2024 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.
Mrs. Sybol was born in Waycross, Georgia and lived in Candler County most of her life. She was a homemaker and a cosmetologist having worked from home for 40 plus years. She enjoyed her family and...
Lila (Lee) Thain
May 8, 2024
Lila Jane Lee Thain passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Big Springs Village Assisted Living in Cedartown, Georgia.
Mrs. Thain was born in Ocala, Florida and was the daughter of Noble Lee and Lucy Florence McCown Lee. Lila was raised on a farm and was a daddy’s girl. She was often found helping her father...
Joshua Blake Goode
May 6, 2024
Joshua Blake Goode, 27, of Statesboro, Ga, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024.
Joshua was born on May 31, 1996, as the son to Chris and Elizabeth Goode in Savannah, Ga. He grew up in the Metter area until he relocated to Statesboro, Ga where he has resided for the past few years. Joshua was a...
Russell Mcdaniel, Jr.
May 6, 2024
Russell McDaniel, Jr., of Metter, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.
Russell was born in Grafton, West Virginia and was a son of Russell McDaniel, Sr. and Ella Takacs McDaniel. He was a retired cook, having worked for the Pond House, Bevericks, and Jomax. He loved to cook and knew...
Bill Eugene Patterson, Sr.
May 4, 2024
Bill Eugene Patterson, Sr., of Metter and husband of his lifetime sweetheart Parke Miles Patterson, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 4, 2024, at his residence on his farm with family by his side.
Bill was the youngest of three sons born to Ethan Allen Patterson, Sr., and Myrtle Bowen Patterson. He lived all of his life in...
Shelby Fulmer
Apr 17, 2024
Shelby Lynn Fulmer, 28, of Metter passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, peacefully at her residence.
Shelby lived in Metter all of her life, was a graduate of Metter High School and was of the Baptist faith. Shelby loved spending time with her family and riding golf carts and four wheelers. She enjoyed suntanning and listening to...
Robert "Craig" Pressley
Apr 6, 2024
Robert “Craig” Pressley, 63, of Register, Georgia, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at his home.
Craig was born the son of Samuel Robert Pressley and Patricia Saye Horton, on July 12, 1960, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Craig devoted time in his life to serving his country in the army. He served...
