Obituaries

Apr 5, 2014

Bobbie Collins Kersey, 87, died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at her home in Kinston, Alabama. Born in Cobbtown, Georgia, she is the daughter of the late Bob and Etter Henley Collins. She was a homemaker and the best cook in the world who loved her children and grandchildren. She was a Baptist and was preceded...

Apr 4, 2014

Robert Long, 56, of Pulaski died Friday, April 4, 2014 at Orchard Manor Health and Rehabilitation. Graveside funeral services will be held Wednesday, 10:00 am, at the Lake Cemetery in Metter with Elder Mike Newman officiating. Guest book: www.kennedyfuneralhomechapels.com.

Kennedy Funeral Homes

Hooks Chapel~Metter

Apr 3, 2014

Mildred Anderson Sikes, 84, died Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Hospice Savannah. Born in Collins, she was the daughter of Ottis and Vesti Oliver Anderson. She was a 1948 graduate of Collins High School and lived most of her life in Reidsville. Mildred worked as a nanny, taking care of children for two families for 20 years....

Apr 2, 2014

Helen Norma Powell Moore, 85, died peacefully with her children by her side on Wednesday, April 02, 2014 at Azalea Nursing and Rehabilitation. The Cobbtown native, daughter of Cicero and Josephine Akins Powell, had lived in Metter for the past nine years after moving from Lyons. She was a homemaker who loved to fish, cook, and grow...

Mar 22, 2014

Betty Hodges Powell, 83, of Claxton died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at her home. The Evans County native and lifelong resident was the daughter of Edgar Lee and Katie Hendley Hodges. She was a 1952 graduate of Claxton High School and a member of the Pine Grove Baptist Church. Betty was a homemaker, wonderful wife...

Mar 22, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Hadden Robinson, 95, died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Oxley Park Nursing and Rehabilitation in Lyons. Born in Toombs County, she lived most of her life in the Marvin Community moving to Vidalia in 1979. Mary was the daughter of John Thomas and Mattie Amerson Hadden where she grew up working on the family farm....

Mar 14, 2014

Bobbie Lanier Smith, 93, died Friday, March 14, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. Born in Liberty County, the daughter of Robert Allen and Cora Lee Williams Lanier, she has lived most of her life in Candler County. For 17 years, she was owner and operator of A&S Restaurant in Metter. Her ministry in life was...

Mar 4, 2014

Julia Smith Coursey, 93, of Metter passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at her home under Community Hospice care. She was born in Truetlen County, the daughter of Bothel and Vinnie Smith. She worked at Twin City Manufacturing and Argo Manufacturing finishing her working career at BC Moore in Metter. Julia continued to work part time at Moore's as...

Feb 27, 2014

Willie Charles Sikes, 80, of Collins died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Memorial Hospital. Born in Collins, he was the son of William Henry "Willie" and Jewell Boyd Sikes. Charles served in the U.S. Army and was a lifelong farmer in the Pine Grove Community. He was a Deacon of Pine Grove Baptist Church. Charles was a family man....

Feb 26, 2014

Kathy Ann Dowell Cress, 58, of Collins died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Candler-St Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. The Winston Salem native moved to Collins almost a year ago from Maryland where she had lived for 50 years. She was a 1975 graduate of Northeast High School in Pasadena, Maryland. While working, Kathy was a Security Specialist for Omnisec....

Feb 24, 2014

Al Beasley, 73, of the Hillview Community passed away Monday, February 24, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice after an extended illness. Al was born to the late Roscoe and Mae Deriso Beasley of Metter. A 1958 Metter High School graduate, he had served in the National Guard. After enjoying a long career, he retired from Metter Ford Company in...

Feb 20, 2014

Lorena Beasley Durden, 89, of Metter died Thursday, February 20, 2014, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. Born in Bulloch County, she was the daughter of Clem G. and Claudia Lee Beasley. Lorena was a 1941 Statesboro High School graduate where she played basketball. Living in Candler County most of her life, she retired as a Supervisor at Twin...

Feb 2, 2014

Sarah Elizabeth Clary Kennedy Minchew passed away on Sunday, February 2, 2014, surrounded by her family. Born in 1925 in Jesup, Georgia, Sarah was the eldest child of Reverend Simon Peter and Grace Clary. She grew up all over South Georgia moving from one small Methodist church to another. She graduated from High School in Sylvester and then from...

Jan 31, 2014

Eddie Dee McDaniel, 55, of Metter died Friday, January 31, 2014, at the Candler County Hospital. He was born in Cobbtown, the son of Robert and Hattie Lou Cooper McDaniel. A 1976 Reidsville High School graduate, he lived most of his life in the Cobbtown area. Eddie had worked in construction and was an avid fisherman. He was preceded...

Jan 26, 2014

Jerome Hollie Donaldson, 95, of Metter died Sunday, January 26, 2014, at the Candler County Hospital. Born in Metter, he was the son of Erastus and Sallie Riggs Donaldson. A 1936 Metter High School graduate, he took a summer job at a tobacco warehouse in Metter and followed the market onto Greenville, NC. A cousin registered him for college...

Jan 11, 2014

Rubye Brantley Trapnell Becker, 95, died Saturday, January 11, 2014. She was born in Johnson County, Georgia, to the late Candler County Sheriff T. W. Brantley and DeVida Wheeler Brantley. She was the widow of J. T. Trapnell of Metter, GA and Robert D. Becker of Hilton Head Island, SC. She lived most of her life in Metter, then...

Dec 26, 2013

Charles Edward Locke, 92, of Metter died Thursday, December 26, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born In Gouvenour, NY, he is a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942-1946 and was a retired machinist with Nabisco in Atlanta. Mr. Locke moved to Metter in 1985 from Smyrna. He was an avid woodworker who loved to...

Dec 24, 2013

Helen Doris Finch Bello, 71, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013, at her home under Odyssey Hospice Care. Born in Portal, she is the daughter of Willie and May Belle Williams Finch. She has lived in Metter for 30 years moving here from Statesboro. Helen was a homemaker and a great cook. She is of the Holiness faith and was...

Dec 22, 2013

Beverly Crosby, 55, of Statesboro died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at her home under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. Born in Brunswick, she was the daughter of the late Jack Edmund and Tiny Myrle Mason Kennedy. She moved to Statesboro in 1972 from Atlanta. Beverly loved working with children, flower and vegetable gardening and was a member of...

Dec 22, 2013

Lori Donaldson, 57, of Metter died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. She was born in Sacramento, California becoming a southerner after her marriage. She lived in Statesboro before moving to Metter in 1976 Lori was a homemaker, loving wife, mother and Nana. She had a humorous personality, enjoyed cooking and sewing but had her...