Area Obituaries

Mr. Danny Wise, 61, of Hazlehurst, died Oct. 9 at Optim Medical Center in Sylvania. Mr. Wise was born Sept. 16, 1961, in Coffee County. He is preceded in death by his parents Linton “Booger” Wise and Corrine Davis Wise, and nephew, Chris Miller, maternal grandparents, Jim and Limmie Davis and paternal grandparents, Effie Lou…

Mrs. Pauline Smith Yawn, 90, of Hazlehurst went to her heavenly home Oct. 5 at Jeff Davis Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Yawn was born Oct. 22, 1931, in Wheeler County. She was preceded in death by her parents R.J. and Lessie smith, her husband Bobby R. Yawn, son-in-law Delone Brewer, and brothers the…

Miss Caitlyn Emily Banks, 17, of Hazlehurst, passed away Oct. 1. Miss Banks was born Dec. 6, 2004, in Macon. She is preceded in death by her maternal great-grandmother and great-grandfather, Elizabeth and Gerald Weeks, and her paternal grandmother, Nellie Mae Davis. She was a student of Jeff Davis High School, was employed with Trinity…

Mrs. Mary Ruth Foskey Beckner, 62, of Hazlehurst, passed away at her residence Sept. 26. Mrs. Beckner was born May 6, 1960, in Jeff Davis County. Mary is preceded in death by her parents, Ervin Frank Foskey and Annie Lee Horne Foskey, and siblings, Betty Taylor, Caroll Foskey, Walter Foskey/Sam, Brenda Sue Hewett, and Randell…

Mr. James Howard Brantley, 90, of Hazlehurst, died Sept. 26 at his residence. Mr. Brantley was born April 10, 1932, in Jeff Davis County. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lott Warren Brantley and Alice Herrington Brantley, and sisters, Gertrude Collins, Ruby Lee Bland, Inez Flemming, Opal Ray, and Lilly Maude Newham, and…

Mr. Wilton Lee Creamer, 42, passed Sept. 28 after complications following surgery. Lee began working in law enforcement in 2001, was a Sargent with the Glennville Police Department where he worked for the past five years. Lee was born March 3, 1980, in Hazlehurst. Mr. Creamer was preceded in death by his father Jimmy Creamer…

Help us celebrate the life of Mary Etta Pearson, lover of all things nature and science, music and art, and self proclaimed amateur ornithologist. Mary Etta Pearson, 81, of Hazlehurst, passed away Oct. 2. Mary Etta was born May 28, 1941, in St. Augustine, Fla., to Ruby Rhodes McSwain Doby and Haywood McSwain who both…

Mrs. Helen Dixon, 78, of Vidalia, died Sept. 19 at Community Hospice House in Vidalia after a brief illness. She was a native of Blackshear and was a 1962 graduate of Blackshear High School. She lived in Baxley for several years before moving to Toombs County in 1986. She worked at Ship & Shore in…

Mrs. Kelly Miller Story, 41, of Hazlehurst, passed away Sept. 20 after a sudden illness. Kelly, the daughter of Percy and Gail Miller, was born June 23, 1981, in Glynn County, but lived in Hazlehurst all her life. After she graduated from Jeff Davis High School in 1999, she went on to study education at…