Obituary Listing

Mar 7, 2018

Mrs. Annie Muriel Harris, age 81, of 5115 Auriella St., entered into the greatest celebration on her birthday singing in the Heavenly choir for the Lord, March 7, 2018, with loved ones at her bedside. She was born March 7, 1937, to the late Ison Rogers and Annie Mae Arthur in Glennville, GA (Tattnall County). She was raised by...

Feb 25, 2018

“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1

Elnora Mernerva Britton Twyne, 91, departed this life Sunday morning, February 25, 2018, at Garden View Retirement Assisted Living Facility in Blackshear.

A time to be born

She was born October 29, 1926, in Blackshear to...

Feb 23, 2018

Mrs. Loretta Jean Young Graham, 45, passed away Friday, February 23, 2018, at the Bacon County Hospital in Alma, GA, after an illness.

“Cookie”, as she was affectionately called, was born on July 27, 1972, to Rosie Lee Young and the late Mack Marion Sr.

She received her formal education from the Bacon County School...

Feb 20, 2018

“A limb has fallen from the family tree. I keep hearing a voice that says, Grieve not for me. Remember the best times, the laughter, the song. The good life I lived while I was strong. Continue my heritage, I’m counting on you. Keep smiling and surely the sun will shine through. My mind is at ease, my soul...

Feb 12, 2018

Mr. Harvey Lee “Buster” Anderson Jr., passed from this world Monday, February 12th at Memorial Satilla Health following a long illness. He was born January 29, 1960, in Ware County to Harvey Lee Anderson Sr., and Nina Mae Foster Leggett. He received his formal education in the Waycross school system; he was also a member of the 1978 State...

Feb 10, 2018

Mrs. Martha Shaw “Mott” Leaphart, 68, of 811 Cherry St., Waycross, passed  away early Saturday morning, February 10, 2018, at Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross, with loved ones at her bedside. God called his Angel home. “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”  2...

Feb 6, 2018

Mr. Jerry Frank Davis, age 78, of Waycross, GA, passed away on February 6, 2018 in Pierce County.  He was the son of the late Mrs. Ola Mae Curtis Davis and Mr. Cleveland Davis. Jerry was a passionate nurse for many years at Satilla Regional Hospital in Waycross. Memorialization is through Cremation. Final and and most sacred arrangements are...

Feb 2, 2018

Herbert Taylor Jr., age 76 of Hoboken, Georgia was born October 1, 1941, in Mayday, Georgia. He went home to be with the Lord at the Hospice Satilla House in Waycross, GA on Friday, February 2, 2018. He was born to the late Herbert, Sr. and Retha Mae Sanders Taylor. After the death of his mother, his...

Jan 31, 2018

On January 31, 2018, God called his beloved child Mr. Clifford E. Graham Jr., age 49, home to rest after an extended illness in the Bacon County Hospital. “Heatcliff”, as everyone called him, was born on September 17, 1968, to the late Mr. Clifford E. Graham Sr. and Mrs. Ernestine Miller Graham of Waycross, GA. He received...

Jan 26, 2018

Ms. Beulah M. Wilson Avant, age 85, of 3211 Walnut Way, Patterson, GA, passed away early Friday morning, January 26, 2018, at home with her daughter.

She was the daughter of the late Armistead and Lucretia Wilson and the wife of the late Joel Avant.

Memorialization is by cremation.

Final and most sacred...

Jan 19, 2018

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith; Henceforth there is laid up for a crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous judge shall give me at that day.

2 Timothy 7: 8

Mrs. Leatha Mae Robertson Carnegie, age 82, of 160 Reagan Circle, Waycross, passed...

Jan 18, 2018

Mr. Eugene “Green” Singletary, age 92, of Harborview Nursing Home in Waycross, passed January 18, 2018, at Memorial Satilla Health. He was the son of the late Walter McFadden. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Clifford Singletary. He was the stepfather of Blanche Dupree, Waycross: great grandfather of Craig Shaw, and uncle to Deloris (John) Larry, Hoboken,...

Jan 13, 2018

Mr. Tommy Edward Turner was born on November 24, 1935, in Pierce County, to Gussie Mae (Pate) and Wesley Turner; and transitioned on January 13, 2018, at Harborview Pierce County Nursing Home in Blackshear.  He was educated in the Pierce County Schools.  He was a member of Fourth Mount Olive Baptist Church where he served as a...

Jan 4, 2018

Ms. Annie Pearl “Covergirl” Carter Williams, age 67, of Waycross, GA passed away Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross.

She was born in 1950 to the late Mary Liza Carter and the late Albert Lee Carter in Ellaville.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Najuwa Ann Brown, a brother,...

Dec 31, 2017

Deacon Dan Archie Hollmon, 87, of 2704 Doris Rd., Patterson, GA, passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Hospice Satilla House in Waycross, GA.

He was born September 26, 1930 in Patterson, to the late Malissia Chatman and Hicks Hollmon. He was educated in the Pierce County School System. He was married to Flora Fulmore Hollmon....

Dec 29, 2017

Miss Tomara Tanashia Dennis, age 30, passed December 29, 2017 at Hospice Satilla House in Waycross following a brief illness. She was born on November 5, 1987, in Waycross, GA; to the late Johnny Dennis, Jr. and the late Belinda Faye Miller Dennis. She liked listening to music and loved being around her family. She was also preceded in...

Dec 27, 2017

Mrs. Bertha Mae Hyler Harris, age 71, of 834 Cherry St., Blackshear, passed away December 26th, 2017 at Clinch Healthcare Center in Homerville, GA.

She was born July 27, 1946, to Ernest Wesley and Janie Mae “Mama Jim” Hyler.

At an early age, she joined and attended Zion Baptist Church. She attended Lee Street High...

Dec 26, 2017

Ms. Mary Lou Givens was born on April 12, 1925, in Lulation, GA (Brantley County), to the late Big Jim Edwards and Lillie Mae Maxwell.  Mary Lou lived most of her life in Pierce County working as a housekeeper until her health began to fail.  She departed her earthly travel on December 26, 2017, in the Harborview Pierce County...

Dec 25, 2017

Mrs. Mattie Bell Edwards, age 68, of 1312 Jane ST, Waycross, GA, formerly of Waynesville, GA, passed away on December 25, 2017 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross, GA.

Mattie Bell Sermon Edwards  was born  September 27, 1949 to Lois Sermon Middleton.  Preceding her in death were her parents, K.P. and Lois Middleton, and her husband Henry...

Dec 22, 2017

Mrs. Leila M. Kite, age 79, of Waycross, GA; was called to her heavenly home on Friday, December 22, 2017, at Titusville Rehab & Nursing Center in Titusville, FL. She was born July 9, 1938, in Quitman, GA to the late Sylvester and Izola Linden.  She received her formal education in Quitman.  She later met and married the late...