Obituaries

Feb 21, 2017

It is with deep and heavy sadness that we announce the passing of Donald Wayne See on February 21, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. Donald was born in Dover, Pennsylvania on August 27, 1947 to Philip and Evelyn See, who preceded him in death. He lived most of his life in Cobbtown, Georgia after serving in the...

Feb 21, 2017

Mildred Jane Waters Mikell, age 89, died on Tuesday, February 21st, 2017, at The Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, Ga. She was  born in Brooklet, Ga on September 17th, 1927 to the Late Russell Waters and Hester Deloach Waters and was preceded in death by Elder John Shelton Mikell, her beloved spouse of 70 years and 8 brothers and...

Feb 21, 2017

Bernice Dixon Humphrey,75 of Metter went to her heavenly home early Tuesday morning at her residence surrounded by family at her bedside after an extended illness of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).

Born in Wadley Georgia, she was the daughter of late Hubert and Evelyn Dixon. A graduate of Bartow High School.

Mrs. Humphrey was a...

Feb 18, 2017

Jim Frank Olliff, 94, of Metter and husband of the late Joy Brantley Olliff, passed away Saturday, February 18, 2017.

Mr. Olliff was born in Metter and was the son of the late Frank H. and Julia Donaldson Olliff.  He was a graduate of Metter High School.  Mr. Olliff was a veteran of the United...

Feb 7, 2017

Mrs. Eveleen Kemp Lanier, 80, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta.

Eveleen attended grammar school in Pulaski and graduated from Metter High School in 1954. Eveleen was married to William Bobby Lanier for fifty-three years. While Bobby was in the Air Force and during their careers with the U.S. Army Corps...

Feb 6, 2017

Judy Smith, 66, of Jacksonville and formerly of Cobbtown, died Monday, February 6, 2017 at Kindred Hospital North Florida in Green Cove Springs Florida after a short illness.

Born in Cobbtown, she moved to Atlanta with her family when she was only nine years old.  She married Samuel W. Smith in 1972 and two years later they...

Feb 3, 2017

Joyce Collins Johnston Hargraves, a faith filled, Southern lady of 87 years, of Eastman, Georgia, passed from this life on February 3, 2017 after a short illness.

Daughter of Herschel and Veta Collins of Metter, Joyce grew up on a farm with her brother, Robert, attended college at the Georgia State College for Women (now Georgia College...

Feb 3, 2017

Ann Hensley Daniel, 87, died Friday, February 3, 2017, at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation. She was born in Bulloch County but lived most of her life in Metter. She was the daughter of Jeffrey Thomas and Valerie Ann Dycee Hensley. Ann was a homemaker and spent many years working in the family business, Hensley Tobacco Warehouse.  She was a...

Jan 31, 2017

Tommy Lee Woods, 67, of Brooklet and formerly of Metter, died early Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.

Born in Lyons, he was a son of Willie and Vera Woods.  Mr. Woods worked in Construction and Farmed.  He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Lyons where he attended all his...

Jan 30, 2017

Dateline:  Metter

Virgil Ray Bowen, 94, of Metter passed away Monday, Janaury 30, 2017 at Cedar Plantation Assisted Living in Metter. A lifelong resident of Metter, he was born on February 3, 1922, the son of Benjamin Gordon Bowen, Sr. and Gertrude Trapnell Bowen and the grandson of Moses Jackson and Julia Olliff Bowen. Ray was a...

Jan 29, 2017

Lauvonne Boyette Jarriel, 86, of Collins died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Oxley Park Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Collins and a lifelong resident, she was the daughter of Elton and Nannie Lou Brown Boyette. Her temporary home for the past three years has been Oxley Park in Lyons. Lauvonne was a homemaker and bookkeeper for her sons farming...

Jan 26, 2017

Sam Wood of Metter and formerly of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died early Sunday morning at Candler County Hospital in Metter.

Surviving are his friends that he knew as family at Orchard Health and Rehabilitation in Pulaski.

The funeral service for Mr. Wood will be Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 10 o’clock in the morning at the...

Jan 20, 2017

Statesboro, Georgia Mr. William Henry Sikes, “Buddy,” age 77, died Friday morning at Memorial University Health in Savannah. Buddy was born in 1939 to the late Clayton Sikes and Annie Lou Lanigan Sikes in Tattnall County. He graduated from Collins High School in 1957. After graduation, he relocated to Savannah where he worked for Economy Feed & Seed and...

Jan 18, 2017

Faye Elizabeth Kitchens Wells, 72, of Metter and wife of the late Johnny Wells, died early Wednesday morning, January 18, 2017 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.

Born in Metter, she was the daughter of Harvey Kitchens and Pearl Sanders Kitchens.  Mrs. Wells was a member of New Beulah United Methodist Church and was a retired...

Jan 17, 2017

Delgia Julia Aviles,89, wife of Julian Aviles-Rivera passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Cedar Plantation Assisted Living.

Born in Coamo, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Basiliso Ortiz and Iginia Diaz.  Mrs. Aviles was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Puerto Rico before moving to Metter several months ago, she was...

Jan 15, 2017

Joy Benton Hendrix, 88, of Metter, known as “Meme” to her family passed away peacefully on January 15, 2017 at her residence.

One of nine children , she was born in Kite, Georgia on December 25, 1928 to the late W.I. and Nellie Benton.  She was a graduate of Swainsboro High School, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and...

Jan 6, 2017

Loree Lively Weathers, 80, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born in Candler County, Loree spent most all her life in Tattnall County. She was a seamstress in several clothing manufacturers in Toombs and Tattnall Counties, but was most known for working at Charlies BP in Collins. She was a friend to all and...

Jan 3, 2017

Betty Frances Sikes Drake, 90, of Gainesville, Florida, passed away on January 3, 2017.

She was born in Cobbtown, Georgia on April 5, 1926 to Troy Shay and Annie Louise Sikes. She graduated from Georgia Teachers College and the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Education. She married Roscoe Lee Drake, DVM in 1946. She...

Dec 31, 2016

Susan Diane Martin, 49 , of Twin City, died Saturday, December 31 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.

Born in Boynton Beach, Florida, she was the daughter of Earl Mason Martin and Ada Mae Raines.  She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.  Susan loved music, dancing, and four-wheeling.

Susan was preceded in...

Dec 30, 2016

Donna Gail Jenkins Craig, 54, of Millen passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at her residence.

Born in Marietta, she was the daughter of Beecher Ray and Jacqueline Darby Jenkins.  She was a Baptist and a homemaker.

Surviving are her son, Michael Phillips of Adairsville; her daughters, Jennifer Rojas of Millen, and Pammela Norrod of...