Area Obituaries

Mrs. Robbie Edenfield passed away after a brief illness with her family. Services were held at Stillmore Cemetery, Stillmore, Nov.2, 2020. Pastor Roger Mercer, nephews Pastor Kenny Green and Timothy Green officiated. Mrs. Edenfield, a resident of Stillmore, was the daughter of late Wesley and Fannie Mae Edenfield, in her memory are her twin brother,…

Services for Mrs. Lauretta Bradshaw Griffin, 64, who died Oct. 23 at Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, were held Oct. 31 at King Brothers Funeral Home. Pastor Henry Hall gave the eulogy and burial was in Hall and Wilcox Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Mrs. Griffin, born in Denton, was the daughter of the late Flozell Bradshaw…

Mr. Larry E. Morris, 59, of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 2 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Morris was born Dec. 9, 1960, in Telfair County. He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Lenna Watson Morris. He was a graduate of the class of 1978 of Jeff Davis High School. He graduated Zeta Beta…

Mrs. Joann P Sharpe, 74, passed away Oct. 27 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Sharpe was born April 3, 1946, in Baxley. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bealer Wilford Pritchett and Rena Ricketson Pritchett, husband, Moroni Grady Sharpe, daughter, Tammy Genaw and a grandson Steven Ricketson. Mrs. Sharpe was…

Mr. Dewayne Douglas Wright, 80, passed away Oct. 24 at Community Hospice in Vidalia following an extended illness. Mr. Wright was born Dec. 31, 1939, in Elizabeth, N.J.; he was preceded in death by his parents, the late Dewayne Wright Jr. and Edna Tracy Wright and a sister, Elaine Wright. He was a veteran of…

Mr. James C. “Red” Bellah III, 52, passed away Oct. 20 in Coffee County. Mr. Bellah was born February 20, 1968 in Jacksonville, Florida to the late James Carlyle Bellah, II and the late Jenevive Gooslin McRorrie. He was a truck driver for Binky Williams Farms and a former millwright at Rayonier. Mr. Bellah was…

Graveside services for Mr. Rufus Theodore McRae, 66, who died Oct. 20 at Jeff Davis Hospital, were held Oct. 24 at Mt. Calvary CME Church cemetery in Lumber City with the Rev. Edwin Thomas, Bishop William Hollis and Pastor Naomi Conaway officiating. Mr. McRae, aka “Wolf,” “Freddie,” “PaPa,” was born on April 4, 1954, in…

Mrs. Hilda M. Wasdin, 88, died of natural causes Oct. 3 at Poet’s Walk in Warrenton, Va. Hilda was born Hildegard Maria Rosa Kreusel Dec. 13, 1931, in Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Josefine and Klemens Kreusel. She emigrated to the United States with her husband, Waldo “Buck” Wasdin, and their two daughters…

Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Ann Britton, 73, of Hazlehurst, passed away Oct. 4 with her husband of 56 years Walter and her eldest daughter Angie by her side. She was born Oct. 16, 1946, Jaqueline Ann Childs to parents Jack and Cleo Childs in West Palm Beach, Fla. Jackie and Walter were high school sweethearts who…