Mr. Chasen Ryan Edwards, 24, of Hazlehurst, passed away Aug. 13 at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was born April 11, 1997, in Vidalia. Chasen was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, a graduate of Jeff Davis County High, and an avid outdoorsman. He is survived by his parents Chet and Melinda Edwards of Hazlehurst and…

Mrs. Barbara Wood Hendrix of Hazlehurst, formerly Barbara Wood Mimbs of Dublin, died Aug. 17 in Vidalia of complications from diabetes. Barbara and her twin brother Bobby were born Sept. 1, 1948, in Hazlehurst to the late Ola Bell Wood and Glenn Felton Wood. She is predeceased by her brothers Howell, Bobby, and Roy (Bud),…

Mr. Bruce Edwin Herrington, 71, of Grand Prairie, Texas, formerly of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 22 at Arlington City Hospital. Mr. Herrington was born May 6, 1950, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by parents, Alvin Felton Herrington and Marjorie McNeal Carnes, wife Charlotte Herrington sister, Joyce Lee and brother, Steve Herrington. He…

Mr. Donnie Harold Overstreet, 66, of Toombs County passed away Aug. 21 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah following a brief illness. Mr. Overstreet was born Feb. 23, 1955, in Appling County to the late Evans Overstreet Sr. and the late Cleo Jewel Yawn Overstreet. He retired from Iron Workers Union Local 709…

Mr. Tommy Peace, 69, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 17 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Peace was born May 31, 1952, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Wallace Peace and Dawna Mae Powell, stepson, Donald Shampine, brothers, Monroe Hatton and J.W. Peace. He was previously employed with Varnadore’s Auto…

Graveside service for Mrs. Mary Frances Smith, 68, who died Aug. 12, was held Aug. 21 at the Hazlehurst Memorial Cemetery with Pastor Tyrone Jordan, Kunta Johnson and special music by Sabrina Monplaisir Mrs. Smith was born to the late Wright Smith and Azaline Tobler (Smith) March 12, 1953, in Jeff Davis County and has been…

Mrs. Dorothy M. Vahl Taylor, 75, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 13 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia. Mrs. Taylor was born Dec. 15, 1945, in Cook County, Illinois. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank Leonard Vahl and Katherine Ann Evangelista Vahl, sister, Delores Vahl Perkins, and grandson, Trace Lawrence Lee. She was…

Graveside service for Mrs. Amenzerolee “Pennye” Hill Thomas, 91, who died Aug. 16, was held Aug. 21 at Hill Memorial Gardens in Hazlehurst with Dr. Vivian Woodruff Nesby, Pastor Reginald Cordy, Pastor Eddie Harmon, and Overseer Elgin Lanier Dixon officiating. Music was by Sheryl Burkett Mrs. Thomas was born to Eschol and Onie Strong Hill…

Mrs. Mary Eleanor Whitlock Wooten, 99, the daughter of Robert Albert Whitlock and Ida Cotter Whitlock of Montgomery County, passed away Aug. 22. She was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Joel O. Wooten Sr., and her half-brother Lt. James Leonard Durden, who was killed in 1944 at Normandy. She is survived…