Area Obituaries
Ms. Shannon Renee Frederick, 45
Services for Ms. Shannon Renee Frederick, 45, who died Nov. 27, were held Dec. 7 at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. Pastor Cyprus O’Neal and Pastor Reuben Bennett Jr. officiated with burial in St. Matthews Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Frederick, who was born in Fulton County, died at her residence in Hazlehurst after an extended…
Read MoreMr. Johnnie Lee Hansley, 63
Services for Mr. Johnnie Lee Hansley, 63, who died Nov. 21, were held Dec. 7 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church. Pastor Eddie Harmon, Elder Dorothy Dotson, Minister Rudine Blackshear and Evangelist Carrie Lee Thomas officiated with burial in Hall/Wilcox Cemetery. Mr. Hansley, born in Hazlehurst, was the son of the late John Robert Hansley and…
Read MoreMr. Andrew ‘Andy’ Talmadge Darley, 63
Services for Mr. Andrew “Andy” Talmadge Darley, 63, will be at 2 p.m. Dec. 4 at Shelton’s Chapel, 239 Shelton Chapel Road, Lumber City, with burial at Fishing Creek Cemetery. The Rev. Robert Wigley and the Rev. Eric Sizemore will officiate. Mr. Darley was born April 23, 1956, in Bradenton, Fla. He was preceded in…
Read MoreMr. James Madison Simpson Sr., 69
Mr. James Madison Simpson Sr., 69, of Thomasville, passed away Nov. 29. Mr. Simpson, the son of the late Joseph Benjamin Simpson and Dorothy Towns Simpson was a native of Cairo. He was a truck driver, and was preceded in death by his wife, Brenda Copeland Simpson, and brother, Jimmy Atkins. Survivors include a special…
Read MoreMs. Doris Jordan, 84
Services for Ms. Doris Jordan, 84, who died Nov. 24, were held Dec. 2 at St. John Baptist Church in Lumber City. The Rev. Joseph McLeod Sr., Evangelist Willie Cray, and Bishop Williams Hollis officiated with burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Ms. Jordan, born in Lumber City, was the daughter of Vollie B. Garrett and…
Read MoreMr. Johnny Grace, 71
Mr. Johnny Grace, 71, of Lumber City, died Nov. 18 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Grace was born April 10, 1948 in Telfair County to the late Horace John Grace and the late Eunice Davis Grace. He was a master craftsman and a member of Lumber City United Methodist Church. He is preceded in…
Read MoreMrs. Patricia Harper Guess, 75
Mrs. Patricia Harper Guess, 75, of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 18 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Guess was born March 12, 1944 in Coffee County to the late Leon Nipper and the late Willie Mae McQuaig Nipper. She was a retired sales lady with Mr. B. Market. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Sharon…
Read MoreMrs. Dorris Elizabeth Jackson, 60
Services for Mrs. Dorris Elizabeth Jackson, 60, who died Nov. 18 at Hazlehurst Court and Rehabilitation Center, were held Nov. 23 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church in Hazlehurst. Pastor Christopher D. Johnson and Pastor Reuben Bennett Jr. officiated with burial in Francis Chapel Cemetery in McRae. Mrs. Jackson, born in Jeff Davis County, was the…
Read MoreTochia Danielle McLoon, 33
Tochia Danielle McLoon, age 33, of Jacksonville, Fla., formerly of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 20 at Park West Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla. Tochia was born Sept. 12, 1986, in Jeff Davis County and had resided in Jacksonville for about a year and was employed with Burger King as a shift manager. She is preceded in death…
Read MoreMs. Phyllis Kim Bennett Bryant, 60
Services for Ms. Phyllis Kim Bennett Bryant, 60, who died Nov. 7 at Jeff Davis Hospital, were held Nov. 16 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev. Ericka Dunbar, Pastor H.L. McRoy, and Pastor Reuben Bennett Jr. officiated with burial in Francis Chapel Cemetery in McRae. Mrs. Bryant was the daughter of the late Walter…
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