Mr. Thomas Franklin Ivey, 48
Mr. Thomas Franklin Ivey, 48, of Lumber City, passed away July 12 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. Mr. Ivey was born Aug. 28, 1975, in Telfair County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Franklin Woodrow Ivey and Barbara Ann Kersey Ivey. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially if it included fishing and hunting.…
Read MoreMs. Willie Pearl Altman Brewer, 87
Ms. Willie Pearl Altman Brewer, 87, Jeff Davis County, left this earth July 10 to be with our Heavenly Father and loved ones gone before. She was born Dec. 12, 1936, in Coffee County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willie B and Maggie Pearl Wright Long, husbands Marvin Altman and Randy Brewer.…
Read MoreMr. Kenneth Eugene Carter, 64
Mr. Kenneth Eugene Carter, 64, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 13 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick. Mr. Carter was born Aug. 13, 1959, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by his parents Earl Eugene and Etta Mae Hughes Carter and his brother Dwight Carter. He was a farmer,…
Read MoreMr. Aaron Dukes Jr., 42
Mr. Aaron Dukes Jr. (Dukesie), 42, of Hazlehurst passed away July 8. Dukesie absolutely loved his two boys, and he enjoyed fishing, riding around on the lawn mower, and his dogs. He was born Jan. 2, 1982, and is preceded in death by his beloved grandparents I.L. and Ethel Dukes; aunt Marie Taylor; and cousins…
Read MoreMs. Carolyn Ussery Murphy, 79
Ms. Carolyn Ussery Murphy, 79, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 10 at her residence. Ms. Murphy was born Dec. 25, 1944, in Jeff Davis County. She was a nurse for 40 plus years (working with many great doctors and nurses) and a member of First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. She is preceded in death by…
Read MoreMrs. Shirley Nabors
Mrs. Shirley Nabors passed away peacefully July 10 at her home in Hilton Head, S.C., under the care of her family and Crescent Hospice. Shirley now rests in the arms of our Lord and is reunited with her late husband Richard Nabors, daughter Kim Nabors and much-loved family and friends who have gone before her.…
Read MoreMrs. ‘Crickett’ Lawana Taylor
Ms. “Crickett” Lawana Taylor, 68, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 9 at her residence. Cricket was born April 7, 1956, in Hazlehurst. She is preceded in death by her mother Sarah McCall Corley and sister Donna Corley and was a member of Northgate Baptist Church. She loved collecting frogs (just not the real ones) and…
Read MoreMs. Martha Ray, 72
Ms. Martha Jane Ray, 72, of Denton, passed away July 10 at her residence. Ms. Ray was born Aug. 14, 1951, in Jeff Davis County. She is preceded in death by her parents Pearl and Edward Evans, husband Danny Oliver Ray, brother James Evans and sister Wanda Sharpe. She was a homemaker, and took that…
Read MoreMs. Joan Swain, 80
Ms. Joan Mims Swain, 80, left us peacefully July 8 at Lakeview Retirement Home in the care of her family and Southern Regency Hospice. Joan now rests in the arms of our Lord and is reunited with her late husband, Doy Swain, her parents, Rudolph Riley and Edna Hutto Mims, and her brother, Rudy Mims,…
Read MoreMrs. Jackie Elrod, 89
Mrs. Jackie Elrod, 89, longtime resident of Hazlehurst, passed away June 24 at her home in Atlanta. Jackie was born Dec. 20, 1934, to the late Emory and Mabel DuBose Jones of Telfair County. She worked for the Bank of Hazlehurst for more than 25 years until her retirement in 2021. She was an…
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