Area Obituaries

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…

Mrs. Faye DeLoach Brewer of Ailey died April 19 at Vidalia Community Hospice after a short illness. Mrs. Brewer, a native of Rochelle, is preceded in death by her father, Hugh Dorsey DeLoach of Macon; mother, Lillian Smith DeLoach of Macon; husband, John Robert Brewer of Ailey; daughter, Celia JoAnn Brewer of Atlanta; and brothers,…

Ms. Ruth Graham Williams, 88, of Hazlehurst, died April 30 at her residence. Ms. Williams was born Jan. 16, 1930, in Jeff Davis County to the late James Ira Graham and the late Eva Rentz Graham. She was a homemaker and member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, A.J.…

Mrs. Eulain Wheeler Elton, named Willie Eulain Wheeler at the time of her birth, 97, of McDonough died peacefully at her home April 28 from complications of congestive heart failure. Eulain was born Dec. 3, 1920, in Jeff Davis County, the daughter of Willis Seaborn Wheeler and Ruby Mims. Growing up on a farm, she…