Obituaries

Jan 31, 2017

Tommy Lee Woods, 67, of Brooklet and formerly of Metter, died early Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.

Born in Lyons, he was a son of Willie and Vera Woods.  Mr. Woods worked in Construction and Farmed.  He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Lyons where he attended all his...

Jan 30, 2017

Dateline:  Metter

Virgil Ray Bowen, 94, of Metter passed away Monday, Janaury 30, 2017 at Cedar Plantation Assisted Living in Metter. A lifelong resident of Metter, he was born on February 3, 1922, the son of Benjamin Gordon Bowen, Sr. and Gertrude Trapnell Bowen and the grandson of Moses Jackson and Julia Olliff Bowen. Ray was a...

Jan 29, 2017

Lauvonne Boyette Jarriel, 86, of Collins died Sunday, January 29, 2017, at Oxley Park Health and Rehabilitation. Born in Collins and a lifelong resident, she was the daughter of Elton and Nannie Lou Brown Boyette. Her temporary home for the past three years has been Oxley Park in Lyons. Lauvonne was a homemaker and bookkeeper for her sons farming...

Jan 26, 2017

Sam Wood of Metter and formerly of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died early Sunday morning at Candler County Hospital in Metter.

Surviving are his friends that he knew as family at Orchard Health and Rehabilitation in Pulaski.

The funeral service for Mr. Wood will be Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at 10 o’clock in the morning at the...

Jan 20, 2017

Statesboro, Georgia Mr. William Henry Sikes, “Buddy,” age 77, died Friday morning at Memorial University Health in Savannah. Buddy was born in 1939 to the late Clayton Sikes and Annie Lou Lanigan Sikes in Tattnall County. He graduated from Collins High School in 1957. After graduation, he relocated to Savannah where he worked for Economy Feed & Seed and...

Jan 18, 2017

Faye Elizabeth Kitchens Wells, 72, of Metter and wife of the late Johnny Wells, died early Wednesday morning, January 18, 2017 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.

Born in Metter, she was the daughter of Harvey Kitchens and Pearl Sanders Kitchens.  Mrs. Wells was a member of New Beulah United Methodist Church and was a retired...

Jan 17, 2017

Delgia Julia Aviles,89, wife of Julian Aviles-Rivera passed away on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Cedar Plantation Assisted Living.

Born in Coamo, Puerto Rico, she was the daughter of Basiliso Ortiz and Iginia Diaz.  Mrs. Aviles was a homemaker and lived most of her life in Puerto Rico before moving to Metter several months ago, she was...

Jan 15, 2017

Joy Benton Hendrix, 88, of Metter, known as “Meme” to her family passed away peacefully on January 15, 2017 at her residence.

One of nine children , she was born in Kite, Georgia on December 25, 1928 to the late W.I. and Nellie Benton.  She was a graduate of Swainsboro High School, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, and...

Jan 6, 2017

Loree Lively Weathers, 80, passed away Friday, January 6, 2017 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born in Candler County, Loree spent most all her life in Tattnall County. She was a seamstress in several clothing manufacturers in Toombs and Tattnall Counties, but was most known for working at Charlies BP in Collins. She was a friend to all and...

Jan 3, 2017

Betty Frances Sikes Drake, 90, of Gainesville, Florida, passed away on January 3, 2017.

She was born in Cobbtown, Georgia on April 5, 1926 to Troy Shay and Annie Louise Sikes. She graduated from Georgia Teachers College and the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Education. She married Roscoe Lee Drake, DVM in 1946. She...

Dec 31, 2016

Susan Diane Martin, 49 , of Twin City, died Saturday, December 31 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.

Born in Boynton Beach, Florida, she was the daughter of Earl Mason Martin and Ada Mae Raines.  She was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.  Susan loved music, dancing, and four-wheeling.

Susan was preceded in...

Dec 30, 2016

Donna Gail Jenkins Craig, 54, of Millen passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at her residence.

Born in Marietta, she was the daughter of Beecher Ray and Jacqueline Darby Jenkins.  She was a Baptist and a homemaker.

Surviving are her son, Michael Phillips of Adairsville; her daughters, Jennifer Rojas of Millen, and Pammela Norrod of...

Dec 21, 2016

Louise Brumlow Bishop, 89, of Metter and wife of Hugh Cleveland Bishop, died early Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at her residence.

Born in Ray City, Georgia, she was the daughter of William and Lois Brumlow.  Mrs. Bishop was of the Baptist faith and was a retired school teacher having taught in the Toombs County and Gwinnett County...

Dec 8, 2016

Mrs. Maxine NeSmith Hulsey, 79, of Metter, passed away Thursday morning, December 8, 2016, at her home. Born in Sylvania, Maxine was the daughter of the late Mark and Mary G. Joiner NeSmith.

Maxine and Joe Hulsey lived in Melbourne, Florida for several years before moving to Metter twenty-nine years ago.  She was the owner of Jomax...

Nov 23, 2016

Joy Brantley Olliff passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. She was a homemaker and a lifelong resident of Metter. Ms. Olliff was preceded in death by her parents, Bessie Beatrice and Lucian James Brantley. She will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Jim...

Nov 7, 2016

Walter Lewis “Sonny” Braddy, Jr., 82, passed away Monday morning, November 7, 2016 in Metter, Ga. Sonny was born in Metter on February 14, 1934. He was a graduate of Metter High School and a veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean War. In 1957 he married Helen Johnson of Twin City. They went on...

Nov 6, 2016

Dateline: Metter

Ereline Rocker Hartley, 87, died Sunday, November 6, 2016. She was a lifelong resident of Candler County.  Mrs. Hartley was the daughter of the late Albert Herman Rocker, Sr. and Lavernia Fordham Rocker and was the second youngest of ten children.  She was of the Baptist faith.

Mrs. Hartley attended Georgia State College...

Nov 2, 2016

Harmon Edenfield of Metter and husband of the late Jessie Edenfield, died Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.

Born in Lyons, he was the son of Rufus and Minnie Hadden Edenfield.  Mr. Edenfield was a member of the Metter Church of God and had lived in Metter for more than fifty years before...

Nov 1, 2016

Marion "Rut" Louis Rutledge, 89, of Cobbtown, died early Tuesday morning, November 1, 2016 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.

Mr. Rutledge was born in Centralia Washington and was the only child of Marion and Gladys Caldwell Rutledge.  He lived in Odessa, Texas for several years before moving to Cobbtown in the mid 1990’s.  Mr. Rutledge...

Oct 28, 2016

John Robert Bowen, 73, of Metter, husband of Jackie Taylor Bowen, died early Friday morning, October 28, 2016 at his residence.

Born in Bulloch County, he was the son of Barney Lee Bowen, Sr. and Jonnie Kent Bowen.  Mr. Bowen was a member of the Metter Primitive Baptist Church and was a 1961 graduate of Metter High...