Area Obituaries

Mr. Hollis Alan Bryant, 28, of Uvalda passed away Dec. 17. Mr. Hollis was born in Vidalia to Mr. Hollis Alton Bryant and Mrs. Melissa Bryant. He was employed by Truax Saw Mill in Lyons. He was outgoing and full of life. He was loved by so many and will be missed dearly. He is…

Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory announces the celebration of life for Mr. Paul Allen Brewer, 57, who passed away Dec. 19 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Brewer was a native of Telfair County living the past five years in Hazlehurst. He was a carpenter by trade, a member of Lumber City Volunteer Fire Department, and…

Mr. Stone Tristin Ross Hobbs, 24, of Hazlehurst passed away Dec. 18. Mr. Hobbs was born in Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended Lumber City Church of God and he loved God and his family. Mr. Hobbs was employed by Thompson Hardwoods as a saw operator. He enjoyed fishing, listening to music and working out. He also…

Mrs. Janie Alice Dixon, 80, of Hazlehurst, passed away Dec. 13 at her residence following an extended illness surrounded by her family. Alice was born Jan. 2, 1943, in Ware County to the late Allen Lamar Burkett Sr. and the late Nelda (Burkett) Burnsed. She was a homemaker and loving mother and lived in Jeff…

Rev. Prentice Herndon, 88, of Denton passed away Dec. 11 at his residence. Brother Herndon was born Nov. 30, 1935, in Jeff Davis County to the late Wesley Herndon and Ruby Rollins Herndon. Mr. Herndon was a veteran of the United States Navy and was a founding member and pastor of Hazlehurst Pentecostal Church. Mr.…

Mrs. Emma Jean Hesters, 81, of Temple, passed away at her residence Dec. 14 surrounded by her family. Mrs. Hesters was born in McRae to the late Mr. Aubrey Haymons and Almeadie Moon Haymons. She was a homemaker and a pilot car driver for the family business. She was preceded in death by her parents,…

Ms. Cindy Hulett, 83, of Hazlehurst, passed away Dec. 13 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Hulett was born June 25, 1940, in Long County. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lewis Hawkins and Ruth Ratliff Hawkins, her husband John Ira Hulett Sr. and her son, John Ira Hulett Jr. Ms. Cindy was a…

Mr. Robert Lindsey Powell, 70, of Hazlehurst passed away Dec. 13 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas. Mr. Powell was born Nov. 24, 1953, in Telfair County to the late Robert Leroy Powell and the late Minnie Powell. He was a truck driver and mechanic for Jerry Powell Farms and was a former assistant…

Mrs. Patricia Charlene “McGaha” Rubke, 81, passed away at her residence Dec. 18. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Lillian Thigpen McGaha, daughter, Trish Rubke-Hunt, husband, Karl John Rubke, and sister, Deloras McGaha. Pat was born July 24, 1942, in Telfair County. In the 1950’s the family settled in Hazlehurst, where…