Obituaries

Feb 21, 2015

Mary E. "Liz" Bryan Deal, 73, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Beaufort County, South Carolina native was the daughter of the late Dan and Elnora Coleman Bryan. She retired as an inspector with Cintas Manufacturing in Portal. Liz was an avid gardener and decorator and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors...

Feb 16, 2015

Ernest Paul Dowd, Jr., 68, died Monday, February 16, 2015, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. Although Paul was born in Savannah, he spent most of his life in Augusta. Paul liked putting puzzles together and he loved spending time with his family. Paul was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed listening to gospel music. Paul was...

Jan 28, 2015

Dr. Galen C. Huffman, 85, of Metter passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. He was born in Indiana to Carl D. and Ethel C. Huffman. He graduated from Ball State and Indiana Universities and received the Doctor of Medicine degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He interned at Indianapolis General Hospital and completed a...

Jan 28, 2015

Carol Williams Karam, 66, of Pulaski died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born in Kinston, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Walter Spencer and Reba Williams. Carol moved to Metter seven years ago from New Bern, North Carolina. She was a retired receptionist at Moen Corporation and was a Catholic. She loved to...

Jan 26, 2015

Laura Pearl Dickey Cook, 93, of Metter died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter. Born in Savannah, the daughter of Andrew Jackson Dickey and Mattie Pearl Dickey, she lived most of her life in Metter. She was a clerk at Candler Pharmacy for 27 years. She loved crafts and making "pouting babies" and game...

Jan 20, 2015

Debra Sue Saylor Davidson, 56, of Claxton died Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at Memorial University Health Medical Center in Savannah. Born in Delaware, Ohio, she moved to Claxton in 1996 from North Carolina. She was a homemaker and a loving Mother. She was preceded in death by her father, John Claymon Saylor.

Survivors are two daughters, Debra...

Jan 16, 2015

Thomas Dempsey Jeffcoat, 62, of Bloomingdale passed away peacefully on Friday, January, 16, 2015, at his home after a long illness. He was preceded in death by his father, John Dempsey Jeffcoat.

Dempsey was born in Metter, Georgia and raised in Savannah. At the age of 17, he joined the United States Army. During his time in...

Jan 13, 2015

Charlotte Dasher Whitfield of Twin City, Georgia passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2015 after a brief illness. Mrs. Whitfield was born in Emanuel County 88 years ago to the late Foye and Essie Dasher. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bennett Dalton Whitfield, Jr. and was a member of the Metter Church of God.

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Jan 5, 2015

Louise Hale Mosley, 81, of the Aline community passed away Monday, January 05, 2015, at her home. Born in Cumberland County, Tennessee, the daughter of Archie and Jewel Hale, she moved to Metter in 1960. She was a 1952 graduate of Crossville High School and retired in 1998 from the Candler County Board of Education. Louise was a member...

Jan 1, 2015

Edward "Eddie" Darwin Collins, 67, of Aline died Thursday, January 01, 2015, at the Candler County Hospital. Born in Atlanta, the son of Alvin Austin and Maybelle Brown Collins, he was a lifelong resident of Aline. Eddie was a Metter High School graduate and was employed at Metter Manufacturing Company and Pride Manufacturing for many years. In his early...

Dec 31, 2014

Deanna Lynn Lee, 71, died Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born in Collins, she was the daughter of Roy Potter and Lamons Kicklighter Lynn. She was a 1961 Collins High School graduate who lived most of her life in Metter. She was the retired owner-operator of the Bargain Palace and a member of the Metter Primitive...

Dec 25, 2014

Larry Gene Greene, 61, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. A Cobbtown native, he was the son of Clarence and Betty Ruth Rhiner Green. Larry lived many years in Bryan County and had lived in Collins since 1997. He was an assistant foreman with the Department of Transportation. An avid fisherman and hunter,...

Dec 20, 2014

Betty Strange Durden, 82, of Cobbtown died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Cedar Plantation in Metter. She was born in Candler County, the daughter of Louis and Hattie Collins Strange. Betty was a 1948 graduate of Metter High School and later, a graduate of Georgia Teachers College. Teaching 5th and 6th grade math, she began her 35 years of...

Nov 24, 2014

Robert Clarence Snyder, 73, of Metter died Monday, November 24, 2014 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Metter in 2002 from Miami, Florida. He was a welder while living in Florida and retired as a security guard with DSI Security in Georgia. He was a veteran of the United States Navy,...

Nov 23, 2014

Romaine Joseph "Andy" Andries, 72, of Metter died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Candler County Hospital. Born in Massachusetts, he moved to Metter in 2003 from Pennsylvania. Andy was a veteran of the United States Navy. He had worked at Wallace as an ink technician and was now a recycling attendant for Candler County Recycling. Andy was a member...

Nov 3, 2014

Tommy C. Clanton, 64, of Pulaski died Monday, November 3, 2014 at St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital in Savannah. In 2008, he moved to Orchard Health and Rehab from Glennville. Due to health issues, he was unable to work. Tommy enjoyed music, church, holiday parties and going to the fair. He had a smile that would melt your heart and was...

Oct 27, 2014

Robert Lee "Bobby" Kennedy, Jr., 86, of Cobbtown died Monday, October 27, 2014, at his home. A lifelong resident of Cobbtown, he was the son of Robert Lee Kennedy, Sr. and Nina Beatrice Sikes Kennedy who preceded him in death. He served two years in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II and was a retired...

Oct 13, 2014

William "Bob" Robert Smith, 62, of Metter died Monday, October 13, 2014 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Candler County and the son of Benjamin and Bonita Aldrich Smith, his beloved parents who were his greatest love, had preceded him in death. Drafted in 1974, he spent two years in the U.S. Army. NASCAR racing was...

Oct 7, 2014

Mrs. Bertha Mae McGhee Padgett, 83, passed away October 7, 2014 at Oxley Park Health and Rehabilitation in Lyons.

Living most of her life in Cobbtown, she moved to Lyons in 2007. She loved to crochet and she loved children. Bertha was preceded in death by her husband Stokes Padgett; her parents, John McGhee and Maggie Smith...

Sep 30, 2014

. Amy Lynn Sutton Polan, 43, of Metter died Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Born in Metter, she had lived most of her life here and attended Metter First Baptist Church in her early years. Amy was a 1988 graduate of Metter High School and a 1989 graduate of Swainsboro Tech. She was a manager and medical biller for College...