Obituaries
Local Obituaries
Penny Cox Woodcock
Apr 7, 2020
Penny Cox Woodcock, 59, of Pulaski and formerly of Waynesville, died Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Orchard Health and Rehabilitation.
Penny was born in Indiana and grew up in St. Mary’s, Georgia. She lived in Pulaski for the last several years. Penny was a graduate of Camden County High School and a homemaker and loved to fish....
George W. Mcgowan
Mar 30, 2020
George W. McGowan, 91, of Metter, died Monday, March 30, 2020 at his residence under the care of Hospice and his family.
Mr. McGowan was born in Metter and lived in the area all of his life. He was a member of Rosemary Primitive Baptist Church, was a 1946 graduate of Metter High School, and attended Abraham...
Gary H Morris
Mar 29, 2020
Gary H. Morris, 62, of Brooklet, died Sunday afternoon, March 29, 2020 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
Born in Bulloch County, Gary was the son of James Harmon Morris and Shirley J Morris. Gary was a 1976 graduate of Southeast Bulloch High School. He was a Christian and a former member of Red Hill...
Eunice Ann Sewel Collins
Mar 26, 2020
Eunice Ann Sewell Collins, 91, of Cobbtown, died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at the residence of her daughter in Lyons.
Mrs. Collins was born in Cobbtown where she lived all of her life before moving to Lyons in 2005. She was a member of Cobbtown United Methodist Church and was active in many of the church groups...
Huey Higgs
Mar 23, 2020
Huey Higgs of Metter, died late Tuesday, March 23, 2020 at Emory Hospital in Atlanta.
Huey was born on September 6, 1953 to loving parents Hubert and Hazel (Powell)Higgs in Chillicothe, Ohio. His dad was an iron worker, his mom went for a visit and had Huey there. He grew up in Collins Ga surrounded by grandmas,...
Kathy Sikes Hendrix
Mar 22, 2020
Kathy Sikes Hendrix, 63, of Portal and formerly of Metter, died Sunday evening at her residence.
Kathy was born in Lyons, grew and up in Metter, and lived in Portal for the past several years. She was a daughter of Bunky Dire Sikes and Geneva Brown Sikes. She attended Metter High School, was a retired Cosmetologist and...
Perry Dwayne Tucker
Mar 18, 2020
Perry Dwayne Tucker, 81 of Metter passed away on early Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at home surrounded by his family.
He was a previous member of First Baptist Church of Metter, where he was a member of the Andrew Sunday School Class, served as deacon, chairman of deacons. He also served on the grounds committee, budget of...
Marjorie Saturday Davis Jones
Mar 16, 2020
Marjorie Saturday Davis Jones, 92, of Vidalia passed away Monday March 16th, 2020 at Community Hospice of Vidalia after a brief illness.
Mrs. Jones was born in Collins to Adel and Homer Saturday on March 25, 1927. She resided in Collins most of her life. She was a resident of The Oaks at Bethany Assisted Living in...
James Ronald Cardell
Mar 11, 2020
James Ronald Cardell, 73, husband of Brenda Kirkland Cardell, went to his Heavenly home early Wednesday, March 11, 2020 from his home in Metter.
Born in Hinesville, he was the oldest son of the late Russell and Eloise DeLoach Cardell. Ronald was a very active charter member and deacon of Cedar Street Baptist Church. He was an...
Lyle Jade Wendel
Mar 10, 2020
Lyle Jade Wendel, 40, of Brunswick passed away on March 10, 2020, in Mascoutah, Illinois. She was born November 27, 1979, to Mark Wendel and Faye Holloway. She was preceded in death by her papa Jack Holloway; uncle Johnny Holloway; and uncle Toby Vines.
She is survived by her sons, River Jackson Davis and Canyon Edward Davis...
Barney Lee Bowen, Jr.
Mar 4, 2020
Barney Lee Bowen, Jr.,80, of Metter and son of Barney Lee Bowen, Sr. and Jonnie Kent Bowen, died Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.
Barney was born in Bulloch County and lived in Candler County all of his life. He enjoyed riding in trucks, visiting, and had an uncanny memory of years...
Johnny Ray "Johnny Be Good" Mcclung
Feb 29, 2020
Johnny Ray “Johnny Be Good” McClung, 55, of Cobbtown, died Saturday, February 29, 2020 in Bainbridge, Georgia.
Mr. McClung was born in Limestone County, Alabama and lived in Cobbtown for most of his life. He was a landscape contractor, having owned his own business. He was of the Church of God faith and was a God-Fearing Man. ...
James Junior Lanier
Feb 27, 2020
James Junior Lanier, 69, of Cobbtown, died late Thursday, February 27, 2020 at his residence.
Born in Metter, he was a son of Ouida Roberson Lanier and James Willis Lanier. He grew up in Charleston, South Carolina and moved back to Cobbtown over twenty-eight years ago. Mr. Lanier was a member of Connors Baptist Church and was...
Alice P Thain
Feb 26, 2020
Alice Parnell Thain, 95, of Atlanta and formerly of Metter and widow of Mendes Thain, died Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Tapestry House in Alpharetta.
Born in Lamar, South Carolina, she was a daughter of John David Parnell and Vera Richardson Parnell. Mrs. Thain worked for several years at Pineland State Bank. In addition to her husband,...
James Edward Lamb
Feb 17, 2020
James Edward Lamb, 84, of Metter, died Monday, February 17, 2020 at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah.
Mr. Lamb was born and lived in Candler County most of his life and was a member of Metter First Baptist Church. He was the Sunday School Teacher for the Mary and Joseph Sunday School Class, served on several...
Betty Green
Feb 15, 2020
Betty Green, 86, of Collins, widow of Clarence Coye Green, died Saturday, February 15, 2020 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.
Born in Wauchula, Florida, she was the daughter of Walter and Mabel Rhiner. Mrs. Green was a homemaker and attended church in her earlier years with her parents at Anderson Primitive Baptist Church and later became...
Arthur C. Heigaard
Feb 12, 2020
Major (Ret) Arthur C. Heigaard, United States Army, 86, of Metter, died Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
Born in the Icelandic community of Gardar, North Dakota, he was the son of Oliver and Laufey Eriksson Heigaard. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota and...
Sandra Kea Thompson
Feb 9, 2020
Sandra Kea Thompson, 65, of Statesboro, died early Sunday morning, February 9, 2020 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.
Born in Statesboro, she was a daughter of Donald Kea and Betty Donaldson Kea. She was retired, having worked at Wal-Mart as a cash office clerk and was a member of Lifespring Church, Langston Campus. She loved her...
Louise Lee
Feb 6, 2020
Louise Collins Flanders Lee, 93, of Byron and formerly of Cobbtown, died Thursday evening, February 6, 2020 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
Born in Collins, she was a daughter of Randolph Doyle Collins and Alvada Frances Overstreet Collins and was the last of seven children. Mrs. Lee was a member of Cedar Creek...
Edwin "Ed" Burns
Feb 4, 2020
Edwin “Ed” Burns, 82, of Cobbtown, died early Tuesday morning, February 4, 2020 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
Born in Cobbtown, he was a son of Bruce and Vera Dowd Burns. Mr. Burns moved to Augusta many years ago and returned to the Cobbtown area in 2003. He grew up in the Hillside Church of God and...
