Obituaries

Jan 31, 2014

Eddie Dee McDaniel, 55, of Metter died Friday, January 31, 2014, at the Candler County Hospital. He was born in Cobbtown, the son of Robert and Hattie Lou Cooper McDaniel. A 1976 Reidsville High School graduate, he lived most of his life in the Cobbtown area. Eddie had worked in construction and was an avid fisherman. He was preceded...

Jan 26, 2014

Jerome Hollie Donaldson, 95, of Metter died Sunday, January 26, 2014, at the Candler County Hospital. Born in Metter, he was the son of Erastus and Sallie Riggs Donaldson. A 1936 Metter High School graduate, he took a summer job at a tobacco warehouse in Metter and followed the market onto Greenville, NC. A cousin registered him for college...

Jan 11, 2014

Rubye Brantley Trapnell Becker, 95, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. She was born in Johnson County, Georgia, to the late Candler County Sheriff T. W. Brantley and DeVida Wheeler Brantley. She was the widow of J. T. Trapnell of Metter, GA and Robert D. Becker of Hilton Head Island, SC. She lived most of her life in Metter, then...

Dec 26, 2013

Charles Edward Locke, 92, of Metter died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born In Gouvenour, NY, he is a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1946 and was a retired machinist with Nabisco in Atlanta. Mr. Locke moved to Metter in 1985 from Smyrna. He was an avid woodworker who loved to...

Dec 24, 2013

Helen Doris Finch Bello, 71, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at her home under Odyssey Hospice Care. Born in Portal, she is the daughter of Willie and May Belle Williams Finch. She has lived in Metter for 30 years moving here from Statesboro. Helen was a homemaker and a great cook. She is of the Holiness faith and was...

Dec 22, 2013

Beverly Crosby, 55, of Statesboro died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born in Brunswick, she was the daughter of the late Jack Edmund and Tiny Myrle Mason Kennedy. She moved to Statesboro in 1972 from Atlanta. Beverly loved working with children, flower and vegetable gardening and was a member of...

Dec 22, 2013

Lori Donaldson, 57, of Metter died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. She was born in Sacramento, California becoming a southerner after her marriage. She lived in Statesboro before moving to Metter in 1976 Lori was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and Nana. She had a humorous personality, enjoyed cooking and sewing but had her...

Dec 18, 2013

Glen Alan "Al" Strickland, 62, of Cobbtown died Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at Azalea Health and Rehab under Community Hospice care. A native and lifelong resident of Cobbtown, he was the son of Jon Albert and Nelwyn Strickland. He was a 1969 Metter High School graduate and was a plumber. Al loved to fish and could grow the best...

Dec 16, 2013

Terry Ellis "Tab" Hadden, 59, of Metter died Monday, December 16, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. A Candler County native and lifelong resident, he was a 1972 Metter High School graduate. Tab retired as an insulator for Local 96 of Pooler after almost 30 years. Later, he worked as a supervisor for Williams Plant Services. Dedicated in...

Nov 24, 2013

Kenneth "Kenny" Dean Jackson, Sr., 56, of Statesboro died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at his home. He was born in Cusseta, Georgia, the son of the late Harvey Emmit and Sadie Louise Culpepper Jackson. He moved to Statesboro two years ago from Cobbtown. Kenny was a graduate of FJC Technical College and had been employed with City of Jacksonville....

Nov 19, 2013

Ruth Jane Willoughby Sikes Powell, 88, went to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, whom she loved and served faithfully on Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The daughter of the late Ellie and Mattie Kersey Willoughby, she loved everyone and all who knew her loved her. A member of the Full gospel Tabernacle for over 65 years, she...

Nov 16, 2013

Anthony "Tony" Sewell, 55, of Cobbtown died Saturday, November 16, 2013 at his home. A lifelong resident of Cobbtown, he was a heavy equipment operator. Tony loved to hunt and fish and is a member of the Cobbtown Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a brother, Henry Sewell and a brother-in-law, George Powell.

Survivors are...

Nov 12, 2013

Reginald "Po Jo" Edward Burroughs, 84, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Reginald will always be remembered by his family as being a living, breathing example of love. Some people considered Reginald to be "disabled" because he had limited use of his arms and legs. The Bible teaches that the greatest of abilities is nothing,...

Nov 12, 2013

Earl Jackson "Jack" Meadows, 81, died Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at the Baptist Village Retirement Community, Waycross Georgia, surrounded by loving family and friends. The son of the late Mark Wood Meadows and Ora Belle Mayo Meadows, he was born in Ohoopee, Toombs County and spent his youth in several towns throughout south central Georgia. He enlisted in the...

Nov 7, 2013

Gleda Ann Coleman Rich, 59, died Thursday, November 7, 2013, at the Candler County Hospital. She was born in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, the daughter of William Marshall and Audrey Webster Coleman. A graduate of Lyons High School, Gleda moved to Cobbtown from Augusta in 2009. She had worked at the Tattnall-Evans Training Center as a sign language instructor...

Nov 5, 2013

Jane Cornelia Trapnell Stanton, 92, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Candler County Hospital.

She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Dana Haviland of Los Altos, CA and Nancy and Bill Main of Raleigh, NC; a son and daughter-in-law, Kenny and Tina Stanton of Marietta; brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Sue Trapnell of...

Nov 5, 2013

David Dempsey, 61, died Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Orchard Health and Rehab in Pulaski. Due to the early death of his Mother, he was raised by an aunt. He was a seaman travelling to other countries in his work and was a carpenter. He loved doing arts and crafts and was of Christian faith. David had no surviving...

Oct 27, 2013

Augustus "Gus" Hardiman Watson, Jr., 89, of Metter died Sunday, October 27, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. A native of Twin City, he formerly owned and operated Durden Department Store in Metter for 27 years. He and his late wife, Carolyn, who passed away in August, went dancing every week-end at Johnny Harris Restaurant in Savannah for many years....

Oct 27, 2013

Fred Irvin Bowen, Sr., 83, of Metter died Sunday, October 27, 2013, at the Candler County Hospital. A Candler County native and lifelong resident, he was the son of Fred Henry and Fannie Lou Wilkins Bowen. Irvin was a 1947 graduate of Metter High School and a Navy veteran. He was a retired farmer. A deacon and the oldest...

Oct 26, 2013

Guadalupe Garcia, Jr., 42, of Metter died Saturday, October 26, 2013, at his home. He was a native of Torrence, CA moving to Metter just seven months ago from Alice, Texas. Guadalupe was a mechanic and a very outgoing, lovable person. He was preceded in death by his parents, Guadalupe, Sr. and Juanita Guerro Garcia.

Survivors are...