Obituaries

Sep 26, 2017

Infant Hayden Harold Kinard passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Candler Hospital.

He is preceded in death by great-grandparents, Joyce Bell, Raymond and Patricia Chester, Gerald D. Barnard and Monty Kinard.

Survivors include his parents, Jason Harold and Tiffany Elaine Bell Kinard; maternal grandparents, Jeffrey A. and Norma J. Bell of Springfield; paternal...

Sep 19, 2017

Claxton

Mr. Lewis Milton Beckworth, 75, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Mr. Beckworth was born on February 16, 1942 in Georgetown, SC to the late Daniel Noon and Lucy Mae Hodges Beckworth. He worked as a dump truck operator for numerous years with the Department of Transportation, and was a member of Beulah...

Sep 13, 2017

Pembroke

Harold Carlton Floyd, age 92, passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at his home after an extended illness.  Mr. Floyd was born in Pembroke on July 18, 1925 to the late Estelle and Hershell L. Floyd, Sr.  He was a carpenter with over 25 years of service with Bulloch Memorial Hospital, was also a farmer and...

Sep 12, 2017

Pembroke

Mrs. Laura Williams Sheffield, 54, passed away at LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville, TN on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 after a brief illness. Mrs. Sheffield was born on August 11, 1963 to Floyd Fred Williams, Sr. and Laura Lee Shepard Williams in Savannah. She was a lifelong resident of Pembroke, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and...

Aug 23, 2017

Pembroke

Dusty Gann, age 33 died Wednesday morning, August 23, 2017.  Dusty was a life-long resident of Pembroke, was a graduate of Bryan County High School and worked as a welder. Dusty was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Clifford and Dolores “Candy” Gann.

Survivors include his son,...

Aug 22, 2017

Ellabell

Wendell Jerome Strickland, age 60 passed away Tuesday, August 22, 2017 after an extended illness.  Mr. Strickland was born October 15, 1956 to the late Nell and Selby C. Strickland.  He was a painter and had a love for animals and gardening.

Survivors include three sons, Wendell E. Strickland and his wife, Wendy of...

Aug 21, 2017

Pembroke

Mr. Hermon Butler, Sr., 81, passed away at his residence on Monday, August 21, 2017. Mr. Butler, Sr. was born to the late Virgil Bolton and Ruth Shuman Butler on January 11, 1936, in Pembroke. He was an avid gardener, excellent cook, served as the Bryan County Probate Judge from 1980 to 2000 and was the...

Aug 18, 2017

Pembroke

Mrs. Dolores “Candy” Diane Gann, 61, passed away after battling a long illness at Riverview Health and Rehabilitation in Savannah early Friday morning, August 18, 2017. Mrs. Gann was born to the late Johnny Wilton and Dolores Garcia Garland in Augusta, GA on September 7, 1955. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and was a...

Aug 15, 2017

Brooklet

Mrs. Lena Mae Warnell Barnard, 84, passed away peacefully at her residence after a long illness on Tuesday morning, August 15, 2017. Mrs. Barnard was born on September 29, 1932 to the late William E. Warnell, Sr. and Annie Laurie Davis in Statesboro. She was a native of Bulloch County where she lived most of her...

Aug 9, 2017

Brunswick

Mrs. Carmen Angela Webster-Barfield, 46, passed away at her residence on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. She was born on December 27, 1970 to Jimmie Leslie and Janie Wilkes in Claxton, GA. Mrs. Barfield worked at Hospice Savannah as a nurse, enjoyed sports, watching NASCAR, playing softball and was of the Baptist faith.

She was...

Jul 31, 2017

Pooler

Mrs. Mildred Louise Altman Powell, 82, passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital on Monday, July 31, 2017. She was born on April 1, 1935 to the late Ollie Eugene and Henrietta Altman in Waycross.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Sidney Powell, Sr.; daughter, Joan Shaw and brother, Jimmy Powell.

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Jul 28, 2017

Ellabell

Mr. Jimmie Leslie Webster, age 69, passed away Friday, July 28, 2017 while under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice.  Mr. Webster was born Dec. 19, 1947 to the late Cecil Byron and Lucille Floyd Webster.  He was retired as an engineer with the Dept. of Transportation with over 35 years of service.  Mr. Webster also...

Jul 25, 2017

Ellabell

Mrs. Debra Faye Purvis Hightower, 59, passed away at her residence on Tuesday, July 25, 2017. Mrs. Hightower was born in Cambridge, England on December 24, 1957 to Ardie H. and Doris Horne Purvis. Mrs. Hightower was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother and aunt. She worked for Savannah Morning News and Physician Answering Service as...

Jul 25, 2017

Pembroke

Mr. Nathan Earl Wolfe, II, age 47 passed away Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from injuries sustained in an auto accident.  Mr. Wolfe was born on August 9, 1969 to Nathan Earl Wolfe and Mary Ann Smith Wolfe.  Nathan was a paramedic having worked with Bryan County Emergency Medical Services as well as Houston County EMS and...

Jul 20, 2017

Ellabell

Mrs. Dollie Ophelia Walls Crosby, 62, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2017. Mrs. Crosby was born in Savannah to Lonnie Preston and Martha Levenia Lynn Walls on July 15, 1955. She worked at Zaxby’s in Pooler for six years, enjoyed watching Joel Osteen every Sunday morning, was an excellent cook, caregiver of the family and...

Jul 17, 2017

Ellabell-  Mrs. Kathy Ann Wilson Clark, age 60 passed away Monday, July 17, 2017 while under the care of Hospice Savannah.  Mrs. Clark was born Feb. 26, 1957 to the late Thurston Lee Wilson and Annie Mildred Hollis Wilson.  Mrs. Clark was a truck driver with over 30 years of service with Heritage Inc.  and Hunt Trucking. ...

Jul 16, 2017

Grover Chester, Jr., age 62 of Stone Mountain, GA, died early Sunday morning on July 16 2017, at Mesun Hospice, in Lawrenceville, GA. Grover graduated high school in Chattanooga, TN, and attended college at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He worked for then Southern Railroad as a locomotive engineer. He was an avid reader and a student...

Jul 5, 2017

Ellabell

Mrs. Susie “Peggy” Parrish Littleton, 73, passed away on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Westwood Nursing Center. She was born on February 3, 1944 to the late William H. “Bill” and Susie Crosby Parrish in a little farm house in Stilson, GA. She attended school in Bulloch County and graduated from Southeast Bulloch High School in...

Jun 30, 2017

Pembroke

Mrs. Mary Frances “Freda” Paine Bacon, age 85, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 after an extended illness.  Mrs. Bacon was born in Clyde, GA to the late George H. and Mary Smith Paine. She was a 1950 graduate of Bryan County High School and long-time member of the Pembroke Christian Church.  Mrs. Bacon...

Jun 29, 2017

Nevils-Brooklet

Mr. Robert Wade Adams, 94, of Nevils, died June 29, 2017 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. He was born in Anderson, S.C. on March 17, 1923 to the late Robert Franklin Adams and Mary Catherine Morrison Adams. He joined the Army right after the attack of Pearl Harbor and served with the 101st Airborne for...