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Mark Anthony McDowell, Sr.

Mark Anthony McDowell, Sr.

Mar 26, 2024

Brooklet-  Mark Anthony McDowell, Sr. age 52, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at his home after an extended illness.  Mr. McDowell was born September 15, 1971 in Savannah, GA.  Mark was a mechanic and technician for Dan Vaden Automotive for 17 years and Colonial Oil Company for over 20 years.  He loved spending time with his grandchildren and enjoyed...

Larry Ray Mize

Larry Ray Mize

Mar 20, 2024

Mr. Larry Ray Mize, age 71, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Mr. Mize was born in Athens on September 11, 1952 to the late Joseph William Mize and Joe Ann Strickland Mize. He grew up in the Georgia Baptist Children’s home and later obtained a Drafting Degree from Savannah Technical College He was employed...

Raymond Oscar Oliver

Raymond Oscar Oliver

Mar 15, 2024

Mr. Raymond Oscar Oliver, age 70, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 15, 2024. He was born in Claxton to the late Oscar Oliver and Jeanette Lamb Oliver on August 30, 1953. Raymond attended Bryan County High School until 9th grade when he had to quit school to help his daddy take care of their family. He...

Linda Gail Horner

Linda Gail Horner

Mar 9, 2024

Mrs. Linda Gail Horner, age 67, passed away at the Resorts of Pooler on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Mrs. Horner was born in Swainsboro to the late Noah Covington, Jr. and Mary Lizzie Page Covington on May 22, 1956. She was a graduate of Bryan County High School and was a loving and caring house wife. Mrs. Horner was of...

Stephen Brent Smith

Stephen Brent Smith

Mar 8, 2024

Mr. Stephen Brent Smith, age 50, of Hinesville Georgia, left this earthly life for his eternal rest on Friday March 8, 2024.

 

Brent was born on July 25, 1973, in Tarboro, NC to Ocie Glenn Smith and Jennifer Taylor Rivenbark.

 

He was preceded in death by his mother Jenny Taylor Rivenbark, his Uncle David Wood, and his beloved grandmother Margaret Davis.

 

He is...

Melissa Ann Newcity

Melissa Ann Newcity

Mar 7, 2024

Mrs. Melissa Ann Newcity, age 58, passed away suddenly on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Newcity was born in Savannah on September 27, 1965 to Billy Jack Cribbs and Mildred Cribbs. She was a loving and caring home maker and enjoyed spending time with her friends, family, grandchildren and her chocolate lab, Kane. 

 

She was preceded in death...

Elizabeth Crosby Blitch Rahn

Elizabeth Crosby Blitch Rahn

Mar 2, 2024

Pembroke- Elizabeth Crosby Blitch Rahn, age 93 passed away Saturday, March 2, 2024.  Mrs. Rahn was born in Thomasville, GA to the late Dolphus Crosby and Carrie Emerich Crosby.   Mrs. Rahn was a homemaker and a seamstress.  She was a member of the garden club, loved taking care of her flowers and was a member of Powers Baptist Church....

Ted Dennis

Ted Dennis

Feb 26, 2024

Ellabell- Teddy Robert Dennis, age 57, passed away Monday, February 26, 2024 at his home after a valiant battle against cancer.  Ted left this life, just as he lived life; hand in hand with his wife of 38 years.   Ted was born in St. Joseph, MO to the late Judy Groce Dennis and Alvie Dennis, Sr.  He was a...

Froilan "Freddy" Arias, Sr.

Froilan "Freddy" Arias, Sr.

Feb 19, 2024

Froilan “Freddy” Arias, Sr., age 81, passed away suddenly at his residence on Monday, February 19, 2024. Mr. Arias was born in Boyacá, Columbia to the late Damaso Arias and Refugio Rodriguez Arias on April 26, 1942. He worked as a locksmith for over 20 years with The Mount Sinai Hospital in NY and was a member of Christ Baptist...

Sarah Lavon Hodges Durrence

Sarah Lavon Hodges Durrence

Feb 18, 2024

Mrs. Sarah Lavon Hodges Durrence, age 83, passed away suddenly on Sunday, February 18, 2024. Mrs. Durrence was born in Pembroke to the late Claude Hodges and Leona Todd Hodges on February 25, 1940. She worked as a claims specialist with Prudential Financial Insurance Company for 19 years and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Durrence enjoyed making flower arrangements,...

Joseph "Joe" White Hood, Sr.

Joseph "Joe" White Hood, Sr.

Feb 18, 2024

Pembroke-  Mr. Joseph “Joe” White Hood, Sr. age 75, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Hood was born in Statesboro, GA to the late Hugh Lawrence Hood, Jr. and Betty Adams Hood.  Mr. Hood was formerly co-owner of Georgia Electrical Supply and later was a horse trainer and farrier.  He loved barrel racing...

Laurence Harry Coe

Laurence Harry Coe

Feb 17, 2024

Ellabell-  Mr. Laurence Harry Coe, age 77 passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024.  Mr. Coe was born in Indianapolis, IN to the late Howard Jennings Coe and Margaret Stumph Coe.  He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War.  Mr. Coe was an owner of a trucking company and was an elder in...

Ralph Eugene Rouse

Ralph Eugene Rouse

Feb 13, 2024

Pembroke-  Ralph Eugene Rouse, age 94 passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at his home.   Mr. Rouse was born in Albany, GA to the late William Perry Rouse and Mary Frances Fields Rouse.  He retired from the U.S. Army as a chief warrant officer and fought in the Korean War. After his retirement from the Army, Mr. Rouse was...

Mary Sheets Bard

Mary Sheets Bard

Feb 6, 2024

Reidsville- Mary Erveline Manning Bard, age 83 passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024.  Mrs. Bard was born in Tennessee to the late Howard Martin Manning and Mary Gladys Sheets Manning.  She was retired from Ford Motor Co. as an auto parts foreman.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bard was preceded in death by her husband Jerome Cornellius Bard, her...

Anthony Peter "Tony" Ferraioli

Anthony Peter "Tony" Ferraioli

Jan 31, 2024

Mr. Anthony Peter “Tony” Ferraioli, age 43, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Mr. Ferraioli was born in Kenilworth, NJ to John Ferraioli and Hannah Billich Ferraioli on June 10, 1980. He served in the U.S. Army and completed a tour of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Afterwards, he was employed with Cox Automotive as...

Susie M. Magee

Susie M. Magee

Jan 27, 2024

Mrs. Susie M. Magee, age 86, passed away at East Georgia Regional Medical Center of heart failure on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Mrs. Magee was born in Canton, PA to the late John Albert Rathbun and Anna Louise Lathrop Rathbun on June 9, 1937 in Troy, PA.  Mrs. Magee was a member of the John Duggar American Legon Post 164...

Eloise Davis Hughes

Eloise Davis Hughes

Jan 25, 2024

Eloise Davis Hughes transitioned peacefully into her eternal home on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Eloise was born on May 11, 1924, to Lawrence and Anna Wise Davis in the small town of Ellabell, GA. Eloise, affectionately called “Our Queen of Hearts”, made her home in Augusta, GA. where she and her husband, Charles, raised their two children and shared their...

Annie Helen Nasworthy

Annie Helen Nasworthy

Jan 24, 2024

Mrs. Annie Helen Anderson Nasworthy, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2024 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Mrs. Nasworthy was born in Lyons, GA on May 23, 1941 to the late George Anderson and Earleen Mosley Anderson. She retired from the Bryan County Board of Education after 37 years as a school bus driver. Mrs. Nasworthy was a member...

Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders

Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders

Jan 24, 2024

Mr. Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at Camelia Health and Rehab. Mr. Sanders was born in Pembroke to the late Henry McCleland Sanders and Claudia Hood Sanders on June 2, 1935. He was a 1954 graduate of Bryan County High School and a 1959 graduate of the Georgia Teacher’s College with a...

Shirley Alice Avant

Shirley Alice Avant

Jan 22, 2024

Pembroke-  Shirley Alice Rogers Avant, age 79, passed away Monday, January 22, 2024 at Effingham Care Center.  Ms. Avant was born in Savannah, Georgia to the late Pinkney Lamar Rogers and Mary Louise Etheridge Rogers.  Ms. Avant was a waitress at Carey Hilliard’s Restaurant for many years and later worked as a Quality Control Manager at Claxton Poultry.  She loved...

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