Area Obituaries

Ms. Barbara Ann Cobb Hulett, 69, of Lumber City, passed away June 7 at her residence. Ms. Hulett was born July 23, 1956, in Savannah to the late Clayton Cobb and Ernestine Douglas. She was formerly employed by the Dollar Store of Lumber City and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day…

Mr. Charles William Mabey Jr., 77, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 24 at Meadows Rehab in Vidalia under the care of Affinis Hospice. Mr. Mabey was born June 5, 1948, in Hawthorne, N.J. He had a career in law enforcement and retired from CCA Federal Prison. He was preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy…

Mrs. Kathy (Luke) Smith, 67, of Hazlehurst, passed away June 2 at HCA Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., while under hospice care. She was surrounded by her family during this time. Kathy June (Luke) Smith was born in Freeport, Texas, Sept. 12, 1958, to the late Ronald Charles Luke and Betty Jo Easterling. Kathy attended…

Ms. Gewanda Bryant, 83, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 31 at Glenwood Healthcare under the care of Community Hospice. Gewanda was born Aug. 2, 1942, in Jacksonville, Fla., to the late John Cecil Walls and Mary Allene Cox Atkinson. Gewanda loved Jesus with all her heart. She enjoyed going to church, reading her Bible, and…

Mrs. Barbara Ann Durrance, 76, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 26 at her residence. Mrs. Durrance was born June 7, 1949, in Alma to the late Lawton Miller and Emma Sims Miller. She attended Free Them Ministries and loved crocheting and doing word search puzzles. She also enjoyed buying lottery tickets. She was preceded in…

Mrs. Jackie Fowler, 90, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 25 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. She was born Feb. 29, 1936, in Soperton to the late Emmitt Milton Simons and Susie McNeal Simons. Jackie was devoted to her family, and nothing brought her more joy than time spent together — especially with her grandchildren. She…

Mrs. Tera Mae Hosmer, 86, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 27 at her home, under the care of Coastal Hospice and surrounded by her family. She was born Oct. 25, 1939, in Hazlehurst to the late Colon D. Jones and Lois Googe Jones. Tera grew up on her family farm, a place that remains in…

Mrs. Louise Bryant Anderson, 88, of Hazlehurst passed away May 9 at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. Ms. Anderson was born March 18, 1938, in Appling County to the late Harvey Bryant and the late Ida Hand Bryant. She was a retired weaver at Hazlehurst Mills. She loved and always supported her family and had…

Mrs. Etta Grace Kersey Thomas, 74, of Hazlehurst, passed away May 12 at Navicent Atrium Health in Macon. Mrs. Kersey was born Oct. 27, 1951, in Coffee County to the late John Love Crozier and Alice Conner Crozier. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of First Alliance Church of Hazlehurst. She had a…

Mrs. Ann Brantley Walters, 64, of Hazlehurst passed away May 11 at her residence under the care of Bethany Hospice. Barbara Ann Brantley Walters was born in Hazlehurst to Billy and Norma Jean Brantley. She was raised surrounded by family, faith, laughter, and strong Christian values that remained the foundation of her life each and…