Area Obituaries

Dr. Lenton Pierce died Aug. 15. Visitation will be held Aug. 23, 4-6 p.m. at King Brothers Funeral Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 24 at Bennett Tabernacle Holiness Church with burial in Hazlehurst Memorial Cemetery. He was the fourth child of six born to the late Grady Lee and Queenell Knox…

Mr. Harold J. Taylor, 67, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 13 at Crossview Care Center in Pineview. Mr. Taylor was born May 6, 1957, in Lyons and lived most of his life in Hazlehurst. He is preceded in death by his parents Otto and Gladys Clark Taylor; and his sister Geneva Moore. Survivors include his brother…

Mr. Bennie Carver Ussery, 82, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 15 at his residence. Mr. Ussery was born Dec. 1, 1941, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by his parents Benjamin “Pete” Ussery and Plura Rollins Ussery and his daughter Kathy Ranae Ussery. He was a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church and an…

Mrs. Bonnie L. Wood, 88, of Lecanto, Fla., passed away Aug. 11 at Brentwood Retirement Community under the care of VITAS Hospice. Bonnie was born June 18, 1936, to the late Raliegh and Earnestine McLoon of Hazlehurst. The family moved to Ft. Myers, Fla., when she was in her teens. She was a homemaker who…

Ms. Katy Ann Clegg Hess, 39, of Hazlehurst passed away July 29. She was born Oct. 2, 1984, in Monroe and was employed with the City of Hazlehurst. A celebration of life was held Aug. 9 in the chapel of Wainright-Parlor Funeral Home. There were several songs played and a eulogy was given by her…

Mr. Tony Scott, 65, of Lumber City, passed away Aug. 6 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Mr. Scott was born April 14, 1959, in Telfair County. He is preceded in death by his parents, John Scott and Polly Hilton Scott, and sister-in-law, Kay Scott. Tony was definitely an outdoorsman. He liked to fish on the…

Mr. James Earl Miller, 57, of Snipesville, passed away Aug. 8 in Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mr. Miller was born June 29, 1967, in Coffee County. He is preceded in death by his father, James Hubert Miller and his sister, Kathy Lynn Miller Crawford. He was a farmer and attended Macedonia Church of…

Mrs. Alice Katherine Ripper Johnson, 79, of Hazlehurst, died Aug. 11 at her residence. She was born on Jan. 20, 1945, in Chicora, Penn. She is preceded in death by her parents, Dale Ripper and Leeta Katherine Kelly Ripper and her brother, Ross Ripper. Mrs. Alice always loved working in her yards. She loved pretty…

Mr. Derrick Lashawn Vann, 53, entered eternal rest July 29 at his home in Hazlehurst. A graveside service was held Aug. 4 at Dillard’s Cemetery in Alamo with Minister Reginald King officiating. Mr. Vann was born Sept. 11, 1970, to the late Aaron Vann and Phelicia Ann Howell Chatman in Lumber City. His educational experience…