Obituaries

Jan 25, 2016

Jerry Mason Garner, 79, of Metter died Monday, January 25, 2016 at Candler County Hospital. During his high school years in Chattanooga, Tennessee, he was on the city boxing team and was a Golden Glove winner for three years, and served in the Navy reserves. In 1960, he graduated from Auburn University with an Industrial Engineer degree. While in...

Jan 24, 2016

Kenny Ray Youmans, 80, of Metter died Sunday, January 24, 2016, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. A Candler County native, he was a 1953 Metter High School graduate. Ray served 27 years in the United States Air Force as a NCOIC of missile maintenance at Whiteman Air Force Base in Knob Noster, Missouri. After military retirement in 1981, he returned...

Jan 23, 2016

Edward Collins, 78, of Metter died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at his home. Born in Bulloch County, the son of Howell C. and Nettie Lee Collins, he has lived most of his life in Metter. Edward was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in Korea. He retired in 1981 from Pyrofax Gas Company. In younger days, he was...

Jan 22, 2016

Madge Johnson Donaldson, 96, of Metter died Friday, January 22, 2016, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. Born at home in rural Emanuel County, mailing address of Summit, Georgia, she was the daughter of Claude and Jane Bryant Johnson. A graduate of ECI, she played basketball and enjoyed typing class. Madge was a wonderful mother, grandmother, seamstress, cook, homemaker,...

Jan 4, 2016

Joe Ann Stanford McElveen, 78, of Winston-Salem, and formerly of Metter, Georgia, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, January 4, 2016 at Wake Forest Baptist Hospital. Known as "Jojo" to her family and new friends at Homestead Hills in Winston, Joe Ann was born on 1937 in Atlanta, Georgia to the late Robert Wallace and Flora Celeste Eaves Stanford. At...

Jan 3, 2016

Gloria Collins Mercer, Age 81, of Cobbtown, Georgia died on January 3, 2016 after an extended illness. She was married to the late Louie Mercer for 52 years. Mrs. Mercer is survived by two daughters, Kimberly Mercer and special friend, Delma Cowart of Savannah and Louisa Hensley and her husband, Jimmy, of Metter; a brother, Remer Collins of Cobbtown;...

Dec 29, 2015

Freida Funderburke Lloyd, age 91, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Belvedere Commons in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She was born in Cobbtown, Georgia, the daughter of Baxter and Mittie Funderburke. Freida was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Coleman Lloyd; son, Glenn Allen Lloyd; and brother, Wilton Funderburke.

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Dec 27, 2015

Bobbie Faye Bazemore Bowen, 89, of Metter passed away unexpectedly Sunday, December 27, 2015, at her home. A Candler County native and lifelong resident was the daughter of Orie and Lois Coleman Bazemore. She was a 1942 Metter High School graduate and later graduated business school in Atlanta. As a child, she joined the Metter Primitive Baptist Church where...

Dec 24, 2015

Orie Jean Willis Guthrie, 63, died Thursday, December 24, 2015, at her daughters's home in Cobbtown. Born in Callahan, Florida, she was the daughter of James Edgar and Margie Godwin Willis. Jean had lived in Cobbtown since 1997 moving from Toombs County. She was a homemaker, a wonderful mother and grandmother and was of the Pentecostal faith. Preceding her...

Dec 19, 2015

Doris Odum Sikes Rahn, 89, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015, at Magnolia Manor on St. Simons Island. She was born in Brunswick, the daughter of Bernice Dewitt and Mattie Thornton Odum, and lived most of her life in Cobbtown. Doris returned to Brunswick in 2006 after living at Lake George and was a member of the Cobbtown Baptist...

Dec 13, 2015

Laverne Jarriel Beasley, 74, of the Hillview Community died Sunday, December 13, 2015, at her home. Born in Savannah, she was the daughter of Vernon and Geraldine Smith Jarriel. A 1959 graduate of Collins High School, she was a graduate of Georgia Teachers College now Georgia Southern University. She lived in Augusta a few years before returning to Tattnall...

Dec 3, 2015

Kevin Derril Forinash, 61, of Cobbtown passed away Thursday, December 03, 2015, at East Georgia Regional Hospital in Statesboro. Born in Elkins, West Virginia, the son of the late Raymond Kent and Dale Beatrice Mills Forinash, he moved to Cobbtown eleven years ago. He was a self-employed carpenter and a beloved husband, loving father and good friend to all....

Dec 1, 2015

Grayson Leon Trapnell, 87, was born in Metter, Georgia to Peniel and Wilma Bland Trapnell. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Swainsboro where he graduated from high school in 1945. He entered the University of Georgia, graduating with a degree in journalism where he was active in the Sigma Chi Fraternity becoming a Life member....

Nov 30, 2015

Paul Huel Thain, 77, of Reidsville passed away Monday, November 30, 2015, at his home. Born in Metter, the son of the late Milton Purdy and Fairy Webster Thain, he had lived most of his life in Reidsville. A 1956 Metter High School graduate, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Paul and his wife, Lila, owned and...

Nov 23, 2015

Melba Wildes McManus, 81, of the Hillview Community died unexpectedly Monday, November 23, 2015, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Troy and Clara Sapp Wildes and was born and died in the same home in Hillview, which she had returned to in 1963. A 1951 graduate of Collins High School, Melba was valedictorian of her...

Nov 19, 2015

George Oscar Franklin, III, 79, of Metter died Thursday, November 19, 2015, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. A lifelong resident of Metter, he was the son of George Oscar Franklin, Jr. and Katherine Brett Franklin. George was a graduate of Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia and attended Georgia Teachers College (GSU) and the University of Georgia. He...

Nov 18, 2015

Betty Brinson Anderson McCorkle Tucker, 90, passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in Atlanta. Known affectionately as "Pookie", Betty was born in Metter, Georgia, the daughter of Lester Cleveland and Murtie Brinson Anderson. A proud graduate of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Betty taught school in Candler County for several years. A true Southerner; her faith, family,...

Nov 16, 2015

Edward Joseph Waytaszik, Jr., 72, of Metter died Monday, November 16, 2015. Born in California, the son of Edward Joseph Waytaszik, Sr. and Ovada Corey Waytaszik, he lived his early years in Florida before moving to Candler County in 1965. He was an Army veteran serving in Vietnam. Edward was vice president and director of marketing and sales for...

Nov 11, 2015

Mildred Everest Mayo Jarriel Sears, 98, of Vidalia, passed away peacefully at home on November 11, 2015 Born in Toombs County, Georgia on April 3, 1917, she was the daughter of Wiley Tillman and Mary Belle (Moseley) Mayo. She was the great granddaughter of Confederate soldiers Wiley C. Mayo and Clement Cuyler Moseley, and the great-great-great granddaughter of Revolutionary...

Nov 9, 2015

C. Maurice Whiddon, M.D., 80, of Metter and husband of Nancy Holloway Whiddon, died Monday evening, November 9, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. Born in Waycross, Georgia on June 11, 1935, he was the son of the late Claude and Eunice Whiddon. Dr. Whiddon graduated from Valdasta High School in 1953 and joined the United States Marine...