Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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.

Oct 18, 2012

Ralph Gouldsmith, 65, of Claxton died peacefully Thursday, October 18, 2012, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. He was a 1965 Collins High School graduate and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Ralph was a self-employed truck driver for the past 40 years. Claxton became home in 1988 after leaving Collins. He was a member of the Calvary...

Oct 8, 2012

Willie Mae Cox Sapp, 75, of Cobbtown died Monday, October 8, 2012, at her home under the care of her family and Spanish Oaks Hospice. She was born in Toombs County, the daughter of Willie M. and Allie Phillips Cox. She has lived in Cobbtown most of her life and was a retired seamstress at Argo Mills in Metter....

Sep 30, 2012

Funeral services for Margaret Dekle Parker, 90, of Metter was held Wednesday, 2:00 PM, October 3, 2012 at the Metter Primitive Baptist Church. Burial was in the Lake Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to the Metter Primitive Baptist Church, POB 672, Metter, GA 30439 Kennedy Funeral Homes, Hooks Chapel, of Metter is in charge.

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Remer Joe Collins, 70, of Cobbtown, Georgia died of colon cancer in the home he shared with his daughter, Christian Angelique Collins, and granddaughter, Andersen Jin Matsusaka, on January 25, 2019 in Mililani, Hawaii.

Remer was a loving father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He spent his younger years in Statesboro and Atlanta where...

Sam Edenfield Jacobs, 76, of Marietta and husband of the late Sulayne Aaron Jacobs, passed away at his residence.

Born in Stillmore, he was the son of Dewitt Pate and Louise Edenfield Jacobs.  Mr. Jacobs was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Marietta and was a retired regional manager for the Health and Safety Industry....