Area Obituaries

Mr. Ledley Taylor, 80, of Hazlehurst, died July 21 at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born Oct. 5, 1939, in Bacon County to the late Kenneth Taylor and the late Catherine Smith Taylor. He retired from Plant Hatch-Southern Company as a warehouse supervisor. He is preceded in death by his daughter Sheila Edwards’s mother, Nelda…

Mrs. Jewell Delora Spell White, age 89, of Lumber City, passed away July 25 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born March 28, 1931, in Hazlehurst, she was the daughter of the late Gaines Erastus Spell and Mattie Hand Spell. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years,…

Graveside services for Mr. Virgil Lee Carter, 63, who died June 8 at his home in Baxley, were held June 11 at Hazlehurst City Cemetery. Mr. Carter, born in Hazlehurst, was the son of Jack Carter and Kathy Sue “Shorty” Hayes. He retired from the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2016. Virgil attended Zion Church…

Mrs. Alice Gibbs Browning, 81, of Lumber City, died July 18 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. Mrs. Browning was born May 2, 1939, in Tattnall County to the late John Gibbs and the late Iona Purvis Gibbs. She was formerly an LPN employed by Memorial Hospital in Vidalia and a member of Lumber…

Ms. Angie Marie Hall, 57, of Hazlehurst, died July 19 at her residence. Ms. Hall was born Feb. 1, 1963, in Bacon County. She was the manager of the Polka Dot Pig Boutique and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, Christopher Columbus “Jr.” Hall, her brother, Ricky…

Mrs. Sula Ansle Reagin Thornton, 77, of Rossville, went home to be with her Lord and Savior July 16. She was born in Hazlehurst to the late Byron and Merle Nabors Reagin and had lived in the North Georgia area for the last 30 years. She was a member of South Rossville Baptist Church and…

Mr. Illya Stephen Copeland, 48, of Chatsworth, formerly of Hazlehurst, passed away  July 10 at AdventHealth in Chatsworth. A private service was July 14 in the chapel of Albritton Funeral Directors with the Rev. Michael Marchant officiating. Mr. Copeland was born Feb. 9, 1972, in Savannah to Don Copeland and Nancy Murray Copeland of Tifton.…

Mr. John W. Dykes, 93, of Hazlehurst, died July 9 at his residence. Mr. Dykes was born Nov. 27, 1926, in Bleckley County to the late James Russell Dykes and the late Nora Lee Bryant. He was a veteran of the United States Army, retired from Amercord and a member of Jeff Davis Masonic Lodge…

Mrs. Dorothy Lorene “Dottie” Hall, 50, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 9 following an extended illness. Mrs. Hall was born Jan. 18, 1970, in Louisville, Ky. She was preceded in death by her father, the late Calvin Coolidge Rouse. Dottie was raised by her loving and doting grandparents, James L. and Hazel Chinn, who both…