Obituaries

Katherine Jordan

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...

John Allen "Shot" Page, Jr

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...

Jennifer Ann Sutton

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...

Jimmy Elton Sapp

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...

Agnes Collins

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...

Hilda Ruth Findley

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...

Jerry Coleman Jarriel, Sr

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...

Lucy Lanier

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...

Wallace Billy Lynn

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...

Janie Collins Lynn

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...

Maude Miles Willingham

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...

Robert "Bob" Wilson Harrington

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....

Jesse Coleman Qualls

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...

J.R. Edenfield

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...

Vickie June Deloach

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...

Helen Sikes Collins

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....

Hubert Daughtry

Nov 30, 2012

Roy Hubert Daughtry, 86,of Metter died Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Candler County Hospital. The Candler County native and son of Roy and Ida Bowen Daughtry returned to the family home place in 1999. He was a 1944 Metter High School graduate and a 1952 graduate of University of Georgia with a B.S. degree in Agriculture. The Army...

Delores Durden Collins

Nov 25, 2012

Delores "Cat" Durden Collins, 62, of Aline died Sunday, November 25, 2012 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The daughter of Darnell "Baby" and Dollie Collins Durden, she was a lifelong resident of Aline and a member of the Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church. She was a Metter High School graduate and retired from Pride Manufacturing Company in Portal after working...

June Collins Strange

Nov 13, 2012

June Collins Strange, 82, died Tuesday, November 13, 2012, at Cedar Plantation in Metter. Born in Cobbtown, the daughter of Laun and Winnie Hamm Collins, she had lived most of her life in Candler County near Metter. She was a 1947 graduate of Collins High School and attended Georgia Teachers College. After many years of assisting her husband on...

William Laurence Sparrowhawk

Oct 28, 2012

William Laurence Sparrowhawk, 57, of Brandon, FL died Sunday, October 28, 2012 in Candler County in an ATV accident. He owned a home in the Rosemary Community where he came to hunt. All services will be held in Brandon, FL. Kennedy Funeral Homes, Hooks chapel.