Obituaries

Dec 25, 2014

Larry Gene Greene, 61, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. A Cobbtown native, he was the son of Clarence and Betty Ruth Rhiner Green. Larry lived many years in Bryan County and had lived in Collins since 1997. He was an assistant foreman with the Department of Transportation. An avid fisherman and hunter,...

Dec 20, 2014

Betty Strange Durden, 82, of Cobbtown died Saturday, December 20, 2014, at Cedar Plantation in Metter. She was born in Candler County, the daughter of Louis and Hattie Collins Strange. Betty was a 1948 graduate of Metter High School and later, a graduate of Georgia Teachers College. Teaching 5th and 6th grade math, she began her 35 years of...

Nov 24, 2014

Robert Clarence Snyder, 73, of Metter died Monday, November 24, 2014 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Metter in 2002 from Miami, Florida. He was a welder while living in Florida and retired as a security guard with DSI Security in Georgia. He was a veteran of the United States Navy,...

Nov 23, 2014

Romaine Joseph "Andy" Andries, 72, of Metter died Sunday, November 23, 2014, at Candler County Hospital. Born in Massachusetts, he moved to Metter in 2003 from Pennsylvania. Andy was a veteran of the United States Navy. He had worked at Wallace as an ink technician and was now a recycling attendant for Candler County Recycling. Andy was a member...

Nov 3, 2014

Tommy C. Clanton, 64, of Pulaski died Monday, November 3, 2014 at St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital in Savannah. In 2008, he moved to Orchard Health and Rehab from Glennville. Due to health issues, he was unable to work. Tommy enjoyed music, church, holiday parties and going to the fair. He had a smile that would melt your heart and was...

Oct 27, 2014

Robert Lee "Bobby" Kennedy, Jr., 86, of Cobbtown died Monday, October 27, 2014, at his home. A lifelong resident of Cobbtown, he was the son of Robert Lee Kennedy, Sr. and Nina Beatrice Sikes Kennedy who preceded him in death. He served two years in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II and was a retired...

Oct 13, 2014

William "Bob" Robert Smith, 62, of Metter died Monday, October 13, 2014 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Candler County and the son of Benjamin and Bonita Aldrich Smith, his beloved parents who were his greatest love, had preceded him in death. Drafted in 1974, he spent two years in the U.S. Army. NASCAR racing was...

Oct 7, 2014

Mrs. Bertha Mae McGhee Padgett, 83, passed away October 7, 2014 at Oxley Park Health and Rehabilitation in Lyons.

Living most of her life in Cobbtown, she moved to Lyons in 2007. She loved to crochet and she loved children. Bertha was preceded in death by her husband Stokes Padgett; her parents, John McGhee and Maggie Smith...

Sep 30, 2014

. Amy Lynn Sutton Polan, 43, of Metter died Tuesday, September 30, 2014. Born in Metter, she had lived most of her life here and attended Metter First Baptist Church in her early years. Amy was a 1988 graduate of Metter High School and a 1989 graduate of Swainsboro Tech. She was a manager and medical biller for College...

Sep 9, 2014

Minerva Josephine "Jo" Chapman Price, 86, died Tuesday, September 09, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born in Emanuel County and was of the Baptist faith. After graduating from Emanuel County Institute, she traveled in the military with her husband, USAF Staff Sergeant, Carlton Price, also an Emanuel County native. After his death in 1960,...

Sep 1, 2014

Kristen Lynn Sorenson-Lewis, 43, died Monday, September 1, 2014, at Community General Hospital in Harrisburg, PA. She was born in Camp Springs, Maryland and had been a sales clerk at Macy's in Virginia for many years. She was preceded in death by her mother, Diane Frenette of Maryland.

Survivors are her father, Ted Evan Lewis of Metter;...

Aug 31, 2014

Susan Renee Butler, 46, of Savannah died Sunday, August 31, 2014 at Candler/St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. Renee was a 1986 graduate of Sol. C. Johnson High School in Savannah and lived 15 years in Metter before returning to Savannah in 2009. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse in home care. As a member of the Calvary Baptist Church,...

Aug 26, 2014

Aaron Sewell, 83, of Cobbtown died Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born in Cobbtown, he was the son of the late Henry Joshua and Lorie Kicklighter Sewell. He was a brick mason and loved fishing, hunting and gospel music. Aaron was a great gardener who enjoyed sharing his vegetables with his family and neighbors. He was...

Aug 23, 2014

Harry "Bootsie" Hamm, 74, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter. Born in Tattnall County, he had lived in Aline and was a Metter High School graduate. He became a commercial fisherman in Florida. Bootsie moved to Metter four years ago from Collins where he had lived for several years. He attended Cedar Creek...

Jul 30, 2014

Joseph Ellis Dowd, 93, of the Hillview Community died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Candler County Hospital. The Tattnall County native was the son of the late Joseph Raymond and Lora Collins Dowd. He was a 1940 graduate of Collins High School. Ellis was a B-29 pilot during World War II in the Army Air Corps. After the...

Jul 27, 2014

Joe Montgomery Abbott, 87, died Sunday, July 27, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. He was born June 1, 1927 in Marietta, Georgia where he spent his early years before going into the army in 1945. As a 1944 graduate of Marietta High School, Joe attended Vanderbilt and North Carolina State Universities during his army years. Later, he...

Jul 27, 2014

Manny "Butch" Reie Sikes, age 66, passed away peacefully at his home, Sunday, July 27, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Metter, Georgia and was preceded in death by his parents, Eurel Sikes and Gussie Thrift Sikes. Butch was a graduate of Southern School of Pharmacy (Mercer University) and was a pharmacist for forty years...

Jul 23, 2014

Norman H. Hirsch, 76, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Ogeechee Hospice. Born in Illinois, he moved to Metter in 2004 from Auburndale, Florida. Norman retired as a newspaper printer with the New York Times and later became a restaurant owner and chef. As a young boy, he was an Eagle Scout; he played high school football and was...

Jul 22, 2014

Harry Lee Findley, Sr., 90, of Cobbtown died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at his home under hospice care. Born in Toombs County, he was the son of the late Milton Estus and Maude Lee Ansley Findley. He moved to Cobbtown in 1996 from Fairfax, South Carolina. A veteran of World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. Harry...

Jul 19, 2014

Philip Dean Powell, 90, died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Community Hospice in Vidalia. Born in Polk County Florida, Dean has been a lifelong resident of Cobbtown. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Dean farmed for many years, side by side with his wife, Mildred and continued farming and gardening even after his retirement. Dean also...