Obituaries

May 27, 2024

Glenda Lanier Sanders, of Metter, and wife of Jimmy Sanders, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at Candler County Hospital.

Glenda was born July 30, 1946 in Cobbtown, Georgia and was a daughter of W. Willis Lanier and Marie Vaughan Lanier Collins.  Glenda was a member of El Bethel Baptist Church.  She was a homemaker and loved...

May 26, 2024

Harriet McCoy Allen, widow of Robbie Dean Allen, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2024, at Southern Manor at Candler.

Mrs. Allen was the second child born to Clarence McCoy and Eula Shuman McCoy in 1930.  She attended the Canoochee School and graduated in 1948.  She married Robbie Dean Allen in 1951 and lived in Statesboro until the...

May 25, 2024

Larry William Johnson, 73, of Collins, passed away Saturday morning, May 25, 2024, at his residence.

Larry was born in Metter on October 27, 1950. He was the son of Larry Johnson, who passed away when he was just four years old.  He was raised by Franklin Johnson, who was like a father to him, and his...

May 18, 2024

William Jimmy Page, Sr., of Metter, passed away late Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Community Hospice in Vidalia.

Jimmy was born in Swainsboro, Georgia on April 11, 1943, to William Tucker Page and Geneva Lively Page.  It was 1961 in Swainsboro that Jimmy got his first job in Radio as a disc jockey for WJAT.  In the...

May 17, 2024

Linda Nell Tucker Porter Bolduc, of Metter, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17 at Ogeechee Area Hospice.

Linda was born in Eldridge, Alabama and was the first of her siblings born to Grady V. Tucker and Ruby Kendrick Tucker.  She was a graduate of Hubbertville High School in Fayette, Alabama, and Drayton Business School in Atlanta. ...

May 13, 2024

Glenda “Fay” Teate Jackson, 68, of Cobbtown, Georgia passed away on Monday, May 13, 2024, at Community Hospice in Vidalia, Ga.

Fay was born the daughter of Oscar and Thelma Lloyd Teate on September 1, 1955, in Vero Beach, Florida. Fay grew up in Florida and later relocated with her family to Cobbtown. She has been a...

May 10, 2024

Sybol Lanier Olliff Toole, 100, of Metter, passed away late Friday, May 10, 2024 at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation in Metter.

Mrs. Sybol was born in Waycross, Georgia and lived in Candler County most of her life. She was a homemaker and a cosmetologist having worked from home for 40 plus years. She enjoyed her family and...

May 8, 2024

Lila Jane Lee Thain passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, at Big Springs Village Assisted Living in Cedartown, Georgia.

Mrs. Thain was born in Ocala, Florida and was the daughter of Noble Lee and Lucy Florence McCown Lee.  Lila was raised on a farm and was a daddy’s girl.  She was often found helping her father...

May 6, 2024

Joshua Blake Goode, 27, of Statesboro, Ga, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024.

Joshua was born on May 31, 1996, as the son to Chris and Elizabeth Goode in Savannah, Ga. He grew up in the Metter area until he relocated to Statesboro, Ga where he has resided for the past few years. Joshua was a...

May 6, 2024

Russell McDaniel, Jr., of Metter, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah.

Russell was born in Grafton, West Virginia and was a son of Russell McDaniel, Sr. and Ella Takacs McDaniel.  He was a retired cook, having worked for the Pond House, Bevericks, and Jomax.  He loved to cook and knew...

May 4, 2024

Bill Eugene Patterson, Sr., of Metter and husband of his lifetime sweetheart Parke Miles Patterson, passed away peacefully Saturday, May 4, 2024, at his residence on his farm with family by his side.

Bill was the youngest of three sons born to Ethan Allen Patterson, Sr., and Myrtle Bowen Patterson.  He lived all of his life in...

Apr 17, 2024

Shelby Lynn Fulmer, 28, of Metter passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2024, peacefully at her residence.

Shelby lived in Metter all of her life, was a graduate of Metter High School and was of the Baptist faith.  Shelby loved spending time with her family and riding golf carts and four wheelers.  She enjoyed suntanning and listening to...

Apr 6, 2024

Robert “Craig” Pressley, 63, of Register, Georgia, passed away surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at his home.

Craig was born the son of Samuel Robert Pressley and Patricia Saye Horton, on July 12, 1960, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Craig devoted time in his life to serving his country in the army. He served...

Apr 6, 2024

David Harvey, age 92, passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2024, surrounded by those that loved him.

Born November 11, 1931 in Collins, GA to Clinton and Lessie Harvey, the second of three boys. He was a graduate of Collins High School.

David started his career with the Air Force in 1951. He married his...

Apr 4, 2024

Jane D. Rocker

Mary Jane Dotson Rocker, 85, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.

Mrs. Rocker was born in Jesup and grew up in the Golden Isles before moving to Metter in 1962.  She was a proud member of the Glynn Academy Class of 1957 and a graduate of...

Mar 28, 2024

Robin J. Lowe, age 64, of Four Oaks, NC, formerly Jamestown, IN, passed away March 28, 2024 at her brother's home in Cobbtown, GA with family by her side, after a very lengthy, hard fought battle with cancer. She was born July 7, 1959 to her parents, Jim and Jean (Cornett) Stephens. She graduated from Western Boone Jr/Sr High...

Mar 26, 2024

Martha Allen Sherman, 75, of Metter, Georgia passed away on Tuesday morning, March 26, 2024, at Augusta University Medical Center.

Martha was born the daughter of Levy and Elvera Ellis Allen on December 3, 1948, in Metter, Ga. She grew up in the Metter community and was part of Metter High School’s graduating class of 1966. After...

Mar 24, 2024

Harry “Brian” McGowan,65, of Metter, passed away after a short illness early Sunday morning, March 24, 2024 at Community Hospice in Vidalia.

Brian was born in Statesboro and was a lifelong resident of Candler County and the Ollifftown community.  He grew up going to church at Rosemary Primitive Baptist Church with his sisters Violet and Angie and...

Mar 18, 2024

Mary Kathleen Lanier Goodwin, 87, of Metter, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2024, at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation.

Mrs. Goodwin was born in Macon, Georgia and was the daughter of Julian Barksdale and Leola Hobbs Barksdale. She was retired having worked in the home healthcare industry for many years. During her working career, she worked as...

Mar 16, 2024

Rufus “Danny (Two Dog)” Rewis, 71, of Collins, Georgia passed away on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family.

Danny was born on February 21, 1953, as the son of Rufus and Eula Oliver Rewis, in Collins, Georgia. Danny was a well-known lifelong member of the Collins community. During the early years of...