Area Obituaries
Mr. Dorsey Robert Crawford, 68
Mr. Dorsey Robert Crawford, 68, of Lumber City, died Oct. 25 at his residence. Mr. Crawford was born July 13, 1950, in Jeff Davis County to the late Hugh Dorsey Crawford and the late Ella Mae Taylor. He was retired from Telfair County Forrester Products and a member of the National Guard. He is preceded…
Read MoreMr. Oliver J. Graham ‘Bro. OJ’, 82
Mr. Oliver J. Graham “Bro. OJ”, 82, of Blackshear passed away Oct. 23 at his home. He was born in Hazlehurst to the late John Wesley and Frances Hudson Graham. Brother OJ served the Lord many years as an interim pastor and music minister at churches in Jacksonville, Fla., and South Georgia. He began his…
Read MoreMrs. Carol Ann McClements, 73
On Oct. 27, Mrs. Carol Ann McClements, 73, of Hazlehurst went to meet Our Dear Lord in Heaven. Surrounded by her family and friends, she joined her beloved husband, Richard. Carol was born March 21, 1945, graduated from Union High School in Burgettstown, Penn., in 1963 and on Oct. 19, 1968, married her high school…
Read MoreMr. Lowell Stone, 91
Mr. Lowell Stone, 91, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 24 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Stone was born May 31, 1927, in Jeff Davis County to the late Harlow Clayton Stone and the late Minnie Lee Burk Stone. He was a veteran of the United States Marines, serving during the Korean Conflict, retired from Hazlehurst…
Read MoreMr. Silas A. Dukes Jr., 83
Mr. Silas A. Dukes Jr., 83, of Uvalda, died Oct. 16 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Dukes was born Dec. 16, 1934, in Toombs County to the late Silas A. Dukes and the late Missouri Roberts Dukes. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Bible Baptist Church. He is preceded in…
Read MoreMr. Samuel ‘Sam’ Lewis Moon, 82
Mr. Samuel “Sam” Lewis Moon, 82, of Alma passed away suddenly at his residence Oct. 17. Sam was born Dec. 7, 1935, to the late Samuel Tribble Moon and Bertie Adrian Overstreet Moon. His first wife, Mary Jacqueline Moon, a son, Tim Moon, brothers, Bobby and Donald Moon and sisters, Betty Hartless and Carolyn Moon,…
Read MoreMr. Donald Wooten, 82
Mr. Donald Wooten, 82, of Snipesville, died Oct. 19 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mr. Wooten was born March 5, 1936, in Jeff Davis County to the late Glenn Wooten and the late Evelyn Joyce Wooten. He was a farmer, retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He…
Read MoreMrs. Mary Lou Harmon Johnson, 71
Services for Mrs. Mary Lou Harmon Johnson, 71, who died Sept. 30, were held Oct. 6 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church in Hazlehurst. Bishop Maxwell Thomas and Bishop Michael McElroy officiated the service with burial at Hazlehurst Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Johnson, born in Colquitt County, Georgia, was the daughter of the late Emma Lou…
Read MoreMr. James Randall Reeves, 71
Mr. James Randall Reeves, 71, of Baxley died Oct. 7 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah after a short illness. Mr. Reeves was born Nov. 12, 1946, in Hazlehurst to the late William Martin “W. M.” Reeves and the late Effie Mae Cain Reeves. He was retired from Bates and Associates Construction and…
Read MoreMr. L.W. Spell, 88
Mr. L.W. Spell, 88, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 14 at his residence. Mr. Spell was born Dec. 12, 1929, in Jeff Davis County to the late Gaines Erastus Spell and Mattie Hand Spell. He was a veteran of the United States Army, retired owner and operator of Spell Exterminating Service and an avid craftsman of…
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