Area Obituaries

Mr. Leighton Dewayne Walsh, 23, of Brunswick, died July 31 at his residence. He was born July 16, 2001, in Mayfield, Ohio. He moved to Lumber City in middle school and settled in Brunswick after graduating from Jeff Davis High School in 2019. He was a member of Spring Hill Baptist Church. He was the…

Mrs. Tina Hayslip O’Conner,  53, of Hazlehurst, died July 22 at Memorial Health Meadows Hospital in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was born Nov. 30, 1970 in Savannah. She was Baptist by faith and a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents, Carolyn Sorber and James E. Hayslip,…

Mr. Ronald Estus “Randy” Thompson, 72, of Hazlehurst passed away July 28 at his residence. Mr. Thompson was born Oct. 15, 1951, in Jeff Davis County to the late George Thompson Jr. and the late Allene Herrin Thompson. He was a member of Hazlehurst Church of God and was owner of South Georgia Machine Shop…

Mr. Thomas Franklin Ivey, 48, of Lumber City, passed away July 12 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup. Mr. Ivey was born Aug. 28, 1975, in Telfair County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Franklin Woodrow Ivey and Barbara Ann Kersey Ivey. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially if it included fishing and hunting.…

Ms. Willie Pearl Altman Brewer, 87, Jeff Davis County, left this earth July 10 to be with our Heavenly Father and loved ones gone before. She was born Dec. 12, 1936, in Coffee County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Willie B and Maggie Pearl Wright Long, husbands Marvin Altman and Randy Brewer.…

Mr. Aaron Dukes Jr. (Dukesie), 42, of Hazlehurst passed away July 8. Dukesie absolutely loved his two boys, and he enjoyed fishing, riding around on the lawn mower, and his dogs. He was born Jan. 2, 1982, and is preceded in death by his beloved grandparents I.L. and Ethel Dukes; aunt Marie Taylor; and cousins…

Ms. Carolyn Ussery Murphy, 79, of Hazlehurst, passed away July 10 at her residence. Ms. Murphy was born Dec. 25, 1944, in Jeff Davis County. She was a nurse for 40 plus years (working with many great doctors and nurses) and a member of First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst. She is preceded in death by…

Mrs. Shirley Nabors passed away peacefully July 10 at her home in Hilton Head, S.C., under the care of her family and Crescent Hospice. Shirley now rests in the arms of our Lord and is reunited with her late husband Richard Nabors, daughter Kim Nabors and much-loved family and friends who have gone before her.…