Mr. Cole Matthew Baucom, 22

Mr. Cole Matthew Baucom, 22, of Hazlehurst passed away June 15 from injuries sustained in an accident.
Cole was born Sept. 28, 2002, in Ocilla. He was a member of the Jeff Davis High School Class of 2021 and the Yellow Jacket Baseball Team. His love for the outdoors led him to excel in baseball but he also loved golf, hunting, and fishing. After high school, Cole attended Andrew College and was a pitcher for the Fighting Tigers Baseball Team and received his Associate of Science Degree in Education. Cole had a magnetic personality that lit up any room he entered with his humor and love for people. He was a mama’s boy at heart but truly enjoyed spending time with all his family and friends. To know Cole was to love him. He was a sales representative for Down to Earth Trailers and was preceded in death by his father Kevin Selph, grandparents Sylvia Selph, Johnny Baucom, Glenn Edwards, Bill Rigdon, and aunt Quitta Baucom.
Survivors include his parents Amanda Baucom and Wayne & Tasha Crosby; sisters Marley Selph and Anna Kate Crosby; brother Jace Crosby; grandparents Jimmy Selph, Ann Baucom, Lourene Edwards and Wilma Rigdon; aunts and uncles Amy “Meme” (Andy) Edge, Doug (Denise) Baucom, Paul (Kay) Baucom, Johnny Lynn (Ginger) Baucom, Chad Baucom, Leander Selph and Heath Selph; cousins Sgt. Garrett Baucom, Trey Dykes, Randi Baucom, Colby Baucom; and special friend Jenna Miles.
Services were held June 19 at Hillcrest Baptist Church with Derek Jones and Paul Glass officiating. Interment followed in Hazlehurst City Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Karson Galbreath, Ethan Hulett, Kole Williams, Cade Walters, Garrison Miles, Trenton Clance, Blake Land and Conner Rea.
Honorary pallbearers were past and present members of Jeff Davis Yellow Jacket Baseball Team, Jeff Davis High School Class of 2021 and the 2023 Andrew Fighting Tigers.
Swain Funeral Home was in charge.