Area Obituaries

Mr. Ronald Stull, 67, of Hazlehurst, died April 29 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. Mr. Stull was born Jan. 15, 1951, to the late Charles Correll Stull and the late Alice Vivian Gibbs Stull. He was employed with Walmart and a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by…

Mr. Samuel Lane Sayles II died April 29 in Albany. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, Dec. 17, 1953, to Samuel Lane Sayles and Marilyn Collins Sayles. He was the grandson of C.B. (Doc) Collins and Myrtis Wilson Collins. “Lane” attended Southwest High School in Kansas City where he was a nationally ranked gymnast…

Mrs. Corrine “Dee” Sturgis, 57 of Hazlehurst passed away April 21. Mrs. Sturgis was born Oct. 11, 1960, in Rapid City, S.D., to the late Melvin Wiederrich and the late Sheila Dixie Wiederrich. She was preceded in death by her son Rocky J. Sturgis Jr. (R.J.).Survivors include her husband Rocky Sturgis of Hazlehurst; daughters Salome…

Mr. Brookie Carter, 56, of Hazlehurst, died April 24 at his residence. Mr. Carter was born Feb. 16, 1962, in Appling County to the late Earl Carter and the late Leona Newsome Carter. He was a truck driver with Williams Brothers Trucking and member of the Church of God. He is preceded in death by…

Mrs. Anne Johnson Gainer was born Sept. 5, 1931, in Cartersville. Well known as one of “Lula’s girls,” she was accompanied through life’s journey with a special friend whom she called Sister. As an educator, perhaps her favorite subject was the science of divinity, fudge, and pralines. Many memories were made in her kitchen. Anne…

Mrs. Patty Courson Rea, 62, of Hazlehurst, died April 23 at Hazlehurst Court Care. Mrs. Rea was born Nov. 20, 1955, in Jeff Davis County to the late Walter Everett Courson and the late Toye Carter Courson. She was retired from Hazlehurst Mills and a member of Mt Zion Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by…

Services for Mr. Larry Davenport, 74, of Hazlehurst, who died April 20 at his residence, were held April 24 at Oakland Baptist Church. His grandson, Bryce Jeffcoat, the Rev. Royce Hulett and the Rev. Joey Andrews officiated with burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Davenport, a native of Kinston, N.C., was the son of the…

Joshua Neal Bouknight, 14, of Hazlehurst, died April 198 at his residence. Mr. Bouknight was born July 24, 2003, in Coffee County. He was a student at Jeff Davis Middle School and a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Teresa Rea and Walter Bouknight. Survivors include his…

Mrs. Virginia Smith Haynes, 69, of Hazlehurst, died April 15 at Piedmont Regional Hospital in Columbus. Mrs. Haynes was born Jan. 27, 1949, in Coffee County to the late Joshua Daniel Smith and the late Vera Smith. She was a retired secretary with Appling County E.M.S., loving wife and mother, member of Bridgeford Church of…