Area Obituaries

Mrs. Mancy Carter Williamson, 92, of Hazlehurst passed away Nov. 19 at The Pavilion. Mrs. Williamson was born March 23, 1931, in Jeff Davis County to the late Ernest Carter and the late Dessie Branch Carter. She was a member of Ferry Road Baptist Church and retired from Hazlehurst Mills. Mrs. Williamson was preceded in…

Ms. Lajuana Ann Branch, 64, of Denton, passed away Nov. 13 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Ms. Branch was born Feb. 13, 1959, in Ashburn, to the late Theron Michael Cook and the late Whilden (Willis) Cook. She was employed by Propex Hazlehurst Mills as a tie end operator and was also a firefighter and…

Mr. Terry Samuel Darley, 71, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 15 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Mr. Darley was born Jan. 15, 1952, in Bradenton, Fla., but had made Hazlehurst his home for many years. He is preceded in death by his parents, Talmadge Perry Darley and Loretta Ann Johnson Darley and brother, Andy Darley. He…

Mrs. Martha Jean Leggett Jones, 70, originally from Hazlehurst, passed away peacefully in Adrian surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Jones was born in Alma to the late Oazy Leggett and Minnie Lee Hutchinson Leggett. She retired from Olin Wooten Trucking as Operations Manager. She was a member of Lighthouse Christian Fellowship. She is preceded…

Ms. Pamela J. McDowell, 60, of Hazlehurst, passed away, Nov. 12 at Memorial Health Meadows in Vidalia. Ms. McDowell was born Sept. 28, 1963, in Jeff Davis County. She was an operations clerk at Bank of Hazlehurst. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church where she also served as the church secretary. She…

Mrs. Carolyn Summerlin Thompson, our precious mother and GanGan, passed away Nov. 12 at Hazlehurst Court Care under the care of Community Hospice. Mrs. Thompson was born Nov. 17, 1939, in Jeff Davis County to the late Postell and Mattie Summerlin. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and a retired secretary at Wainright…

Mr. John “Buck” Creech, 87, of Hazlehurst, died Nov. 6 at his residence. Mr. Creech was born Sept. 18, 1936, in Patterson. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence and Lois McCall Creech, brother, James Creech Jr. and sister, Mary Lowery. He was a veteran of the United States Army, member of Southside…

Johnnie Geraldine Floyd, 85, of Wauchula, Fla., passed away at her home Nov. 6. Geraldine, as her friends knew her, was born May 10, 1938, to Fred and Addis (Wages) Rowell. Geraldine worked hard all her life to help raise her kids. She worked for Mancini's Orange Company, Nu Hope and retired in 2000. She loved…

Ms. Valeria Toumbleston Herndon, 84, of Hazlehurst, passed away Nov. 9 at Jeff Davis Hospital. Ms. Herndon was born Sept. 4, 1939, in Telfair County. She is preceded in death by parents, Wade Hampton Toumbleston and Velma Johnson Toumbleston, husband John Edward “Jake” Herndon, daughter Cynthia Dale Herndon Cochran and siblings Ella Pearl Riden Hall,…