Obituaries

May 13, 2013

Mamie Jarriel Davis Collins, 98, of Collins died Monday, May 13, 2013, after a short illness. A lifelong resident of the Collins-Cobbtown community, she was the daughter of Joseph "Josie" and Alva Lynn Jarriel. She attended Cedar Creek School and was a 1933 Collins High School graduate. An active member of the community, she was at one time the...

May 13, 2013

Gene Willie Lynn, 84, of Collins died Monday, May 13, 2013, at Candler/St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. Born in Collins, he was the son of Daniel and Kate Collins Lynn. A 1946 graduate of Collins High School, he also attended business school in Atlanta. Gene was a four year veteran of the United States Navy serving aboard the USS...

May 11, 2013

James Thomas "Tommy" Allen, 65, of Metter died Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The son of James T. and Vertie Lee R. Allen was a 1965 graduate of Savannah High School. He is an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam receiving a medal of commendation. In 2004, he retired from Savannah Electric (now Georgia Power)....

Apr 14, 2013

Marilyn Wallace Deal, 76, died Sunday, April 14, 2013, at Candler County Hospital. A lifelong Candler County resident, she was the daughter of Robert Edenfield Wallace and Leta Blackburn Wallace. She was a 1954 graduate of Metter High School and a member of the Cedar Street Baptist Church. For many years, she was employed at Pineland Telephone and was...

Mar 26, 2013

Katherine McDaniel Jordan, 60, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at her son's home in Metter under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. A Swainsboro native and longtime resident, she was the daughter of Ernest Lee and Mary Bell O. McDaniel. Katherine was a 1970 graduate of Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Springs, GA. In 2004, Katherine received...

Mar 21, 2013

Dateline: Metter John Allen "Shot" Page, Jr., 93, of Cobbtown died Thursday, March 21, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. A native of Soperton, he moved to Metter in 1972 from Savannah after retiring from Derst Bakery. In 1996, he retired as owner and operator of the Western Auto Store in Metter. He was a Master Mason ACACIA #452 of...

Mar 16, 2013

Jennifer Ann Verraneault Sutton, 37, died Saturday, March 16, 2013 in Swainsboro. A Metter native, she had lived in Swainsboro the past 14 years. She was a 1993 Metter High School graduate and attended Brewton Parker College for a short time. Jennifer loved to sing and play the guitar.

Survivors are two sons, Jalen and Jordan Sutton...

Mar 13, 2013

Dateline: Statesboro Jimmy E. Sapp Jimmy Elton Sapp, 78, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice surrounded by his family. He was born in Evans County, the son of William Troy and Ruth DeLoach Sapp. His earlier years were lived in Claxton while working with Claxton Wholesale Grocery for 14 years. He moved to Statesboro in 1967...

Mar 10, 2013

Dateline: Metter Agnes Walsh Collins, 96, died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Cedar Plantation. The Candler County native was the daughter of Hughey and Annie Pennington Walsh. She was salutatorian of her Metter High School graduating class. In the 1930's, she received a two year degree in education and in 1955, she received a B.S. Degree from Georgia Teachers...

Mar 8, 2013

Hilda Ruth Lee Findley, 87, of Cobbtown died Friday, March 8, 2013 at her home. The daughter of Francis Mortimer and Ida Sills Lee, she was born in Ashville, NC. She moved to Tattnall County in 1996 from Fairfax, SC. She and her husband, Harry, loved travelling in their RV while keeping a diary of their travels. She was...

Mar 4, 2013

Jerry Coleman Jarriel, Sr., 92, of the Cedar Creek Community near Collins died Monday, March 4, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Tattnall County native was the son of the late Troy and the late Bessie Coleman Jarriel. He was an U.S. Navy veteran serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II and also served in the Korean...

Feb 26, 2013

Dateline: Metter Lucy Lanier, 72, of Mulberry, FL died Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Bartow Regional Hospital. One of 12 children, she was the daughter of the late Grady and Beulah Thrift Lanier. While living in Stone Mountain, GA, she retired from Southern Bell in 1991. After retirement, she enjoyed golfing and traveling. Lucy was an avid gardener and...

Feb 17, 2013

Wallace Billy Lynn, 77, of Collins died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at Optim Medical Center in Reidsville. A 1954 Collins High School graduate, he was the son of Wallace and Kate Oliver Lynn. Billy worked 46 years as auto parts manager at J.C. Lewis Ford, Fairway Lincoln and at O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln. After retirement, he moved back home to...

Feb 14, 2013

Janie Collins Davis Lynn, 86, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at her home in Decatur. The Collins, Georgia native was the daughter of Orie and Alice Blalock Collins. She moved to Decatur 54 years ago and retired from the Met Life Insurance Company after 39 years of employment. Although, she was still a member of the Pine Grove Baptist...

Jan 29, 2013

Maude M. Willingham, 89, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Jacksonville Nursing and Rehab in Jacksonville, FL. A native of Metter, she was one of 16 children of John Benjamin and Minnie Berry Miles. She moved to Macon working at the U.S. Naval Plant during World War II and later settled in Jacksonville in 1959. There she retired as...

Jan 25, 2013

Robert "Bob" Harrington, 93, of Metter died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Cedar Plantation. He was born in Cambridge, Kansas, the son of the late Allen and Letha Hill Harrington. Bob was a World War II veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force. A retired watchmaker, he had studied his trade at Southern College of Watchmaking in Memphis, TN....

Jan 18, 2013

Jesse Coleman Qualls, 91, of Metter, Georgia died Friday, January 18, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Arkansas native moved to Metter in 2006 from Jacksonville, FL. One of 10 children, he was the son of Henry A. and Ella Elizabeth Qualls and lived most of his life in Arkansas and Indiana. He was an Army veteran and retired...

Jan 1, 2013

J.R. Edenfield, 87, of Metter died Tuesday, January 01, 2013, at Cedar Plantation. The Candler County native and lifelong resident was the son of William Henry and Myram Addie Grubbs Edenfield. A 1943 graduate of Metter High School, he was an Army veteran of World War II. J.R. and his wife, Hazel, owned and operated Edenfield Grocery for 35...

Dec 25, 2012

Dateline: Metter Vickie June DeLoach, 55, passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at her home in Statesboro. She was a Metter High School graduate and attended Swainsboro Tech, East Georgia College receiving her Master Degree in early childhood education from Georgia Southern College. She was preceded in death by her father, Bill DeLoach; grandparents, Fred and Myrtle DeLoach, Lela...

Dec 23, 2012

Helen Sikes Collins, 92, of Cobbtown died Sunday, December 23, 2012, at Hospice of Savannah. She was born in Bulloch County, the daughter of Virgil and Annie Belle Howard Sikes. Before moving to Cobbtown in 1975, she had lived in Savannah 45 years working with Seaboard Coastline Railroad and retiring with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Savannah. Mrs....