Area Obituaries

Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the funeral for Mr. Robert Futch Smith, 89, of Hazlehurst, who passed away June 11. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, in Elizabeth Baptist Church. The Rev. Keith Yawn will officiate with burial in Bridgeford Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Smith was born in Homerville.…

Mr. William E. Pierce Jr., 83 of Conyers, died May 28. He was preceded in death by his wife, Corrie Pierce; parents, William and Mauren Pierce. He is survived his son and daughter-in-law, Ernest and Traci Pierce; granddaughter, Kristen and Tyler Smith; great-grandson, Easton Smith; sisters and brother-in-law, Vermelle and Ralph Bailey, Peggy Chandler; brother…

Services for Mr. Roy Drayton Sr., 80, who died May 21, were held May 29 at Kirkland Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Hazlehurst. Pastor Henry Josey and Pastor Reuben Bennett Jr. officiated with burial in Kirkland Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Drayton, son of the late Liston and Ellen Drayton of Hazlehurst, was educated…

Services for Mr. Kariem Conaway, 46, who died May 13, were held May 19 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church in Hazlehurst. The Rev. Joyce Batten, Pastor Henry Josey and Elder Eddie Harmon officiated with burial in Hall Wilcox Cemetery in Hazlehurst. Mr. Conaway, born in Newark, N.J., was the son of Aaron Conaway and Pearlie…

Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the graveside service for Mrs. Alma Jack (Jackie) Ross Wilson, 87, of Hazlehurst, who passed away May 15. Services were held May 18 in Hazlehurst Memorial Cemetery with Bro. Jimmie Ryles officiating. Mrs. Wilson was born in Jeff Davis County. She was the daughter of the late Ella Matthews…

Mr. Billy Joe Creamer, 75, of Hazlehurst, died May 15 in Memorial Satilla Health Hospital in Waycross. Mr. Creamer was born Jan. 10, 1943, in Appling County to the late Joseph Daniel Creamer and the late Ada Mae Hall Creamer. He was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Hazlehurst Pentecostal Church. He is…

Ms. Margaret Burkhaulter Grantham, 78, of Hazlehurst, died May 14 at Lumber City Nursing Home. Ms. Grantham was born Dec. 16, 1939, in Jeff Davis County to the late Charlton Burkhaulter and the late Phoebe Stapleton Burkhaulter and was a seamstress. She is preceded in death by her daughters, Gail Grantham and Cathy Cannon, siblings,…

Mr. Walter Allen Jackson, 82, of Hazlehurst, died May 19 at his residence. Mr. Jackson was born Dec. 21, 1935, in Sanford, Fla., to the late Walter Adrian Jackson and the late Mary J. Thomas Jackson. He was a retired loom mechanic with Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Hazlehurst Church of God. He is…

Mrs. Patsy Wolfe Anderson passed away May 11 in Norcross. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hoke and Frances Rackley Wolfe. She is survived by daughter, Sandra Anderson of Brookhaven; son and daughter-in-Law, Andy and Angie Anderson of Uvalda; granddaughter, Cheyenne Anderson of Uvalda; and twin brother, Pat Wolfe and his wife Elizabeth…