Glennville, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas
Sharon Dawson
Feb 1, 2016
Sharon Dawson Metter- Sharon Dawson 60, of Metter died last Monday evening at Candler County Hospital. She has lived in the Metter area since 2009. She is survived by several distant relatives and friends. A graveside funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday February 10, 2016 11:00am; at the Lake Church Cemetery in Metter. Visitation will...
Betty Monroe
Jan 31, 2016
Betty J. "Peggy" Monroe Metter- Betty J. "Peggy" Monroe, 78, of Metter died Sunday afternoon at home; she was a native of Candler County, and lived here all her life. She was a member of Metter First Baptist Church, enjoyed cooking, and tending to her family; and watching the Atlanta Braves play on TV. She was...
Hugh Blocker Sr.
Jan 30, 2016
H. Drexel Blocker Sr. 80, passed away Saturday January 30, 2016 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was born July 23, 1935 in Glennville and lived here all of his life. He was a retired accountant at Ft. Stewart and with Dasher and Blocker Income Tax and accounting service. He was a member of Glennville...
Lois Duncan
Jan 28, 2016
Lois Holland Duncan, 85, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the care of Affinis Hospice. She was born in Glennville on March 25, 1930 to Willie and Rosa Higgs Holland. She moved to Florida in 1955 living there for many years before moving back to Ludowici in...
David Blanton
Jan 28, 2016
David Jody Blanton, 69 passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a long battle with diabetes. He was born December 9, 1946 to Bud and Eva Stanfield Blanton living in Glennville all of his life. He was retired from ITT Rayonier mill in Jesup after 34 years of service as Finishing Room...
Lewis Collins
Jan 26, 2016
Lewis Collins Cobbtown- Mr. Lewis Collins 77, of Cobbtown died Tuesday evening at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Tattnall County, and was of the Primitive Baptist Faith. He worked for both Crider Poultry and the Georgia Department of Transportation for many years and retired from Claxton Poultry. He is preceded in death by...
Dorothy Eckhart
Jan 23, 2016
Dorothy M. Eckhart, 90, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Glenvue Nursing Home. She was born April 16, 1925 to Anna and Stephen Pinter in South Bend, Indiana. She was a retired CPA and had worked at Georgia Southern and Armstrong University. Her hobbies included arts and crafts, cooking, sewing and traveling. She was preceded...
Reba Waters
Jan 23, 2016
Reba Kicklighter Waters, 87, went home to be with Jesus on January 23, 2016, surrounded by her family, under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice and a special nurse friend Diane Roberts. She was born August 1, 1928 to Marvin and Maggie Mae Kicklighter. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, caretaker, and teacher of God's...
Carolyn Durrence
Jan 21, 2016
Carolyn Anderson Durrence, 91 passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Coastal Manor Nursing Home in Ludowici under the care of Hospice. Mrs. Durrence was born May 8, 1924 in Glennville, Georgia. She was a 1942 graduate of Paris School of Cosmetology and was employed by Avis' Beauty Shop before becoming a full time homemaker and...
Bernie Blocker
Jan 20, 2016
Bernie Dewey Blocker, 82, died Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at his residence in Glennville. The Tattnall County native had lived in this area all of his life. Mr. Blocker was a Korean War and Vietnam War Veteran and retired after 20 years military service as an Air Force Tech Sgt. in fire and rescue. He also...
Mike Todd
Jan 19, 2016
Glennville, Mike Jeffery Todd, 56, passed away Tuesday January 19, 2016 at his residence. He was born January 22, 1959 to Charles Newton and Vera Wells Todd and lived in Liberty and Tattnall County all of his life. He was retired from Civil Service Forestry at Ft. Stewart and an a avid outdoorsman. Private Memorial Services...
Howard Gray
Jan 16, 2016
Howard J. Gray 86 passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. He was born July 12, 1929 in Belchertown Massachusetts to Howard Boyd Gray and Alice Maude James Gray. He lived and attended school in Baltimore, Maryland until he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1946 during World War...
Terry Garrett
Jan 11, 2016
Terry Lee Garrett, 59, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was born in Gastonia, NC on July 29, 1956 to James Dee Garrett and Kathleen Williams. He was a U.S. Army Veteran retiring after 21 years of service. He was employed with Claxton Poultry Farms for many years as...
Maggie Lynn
Jan 11, 2016
Maggie L. Lynn, 94, passed away Monday, January 11, 2016 at Glenvue Health and Rehab. She was born in Glennville, October 12, 1921 to Robert and Annie Barrow Lynn and lived in Savannah for 30 years before moving back to Glennville. She was a homemaker, loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother who enjoyed...
Lloyd Motes
Jan 5, 2016
Lloyd Jefferson Motes Metter- Mr. Lloyd Jefferson Motes 98, of Metter died Tuesday evening at Cedar Plantation in Metter. The Bulloch County native, moved to Metter in 1956. He was a member of Metter First Baptist Church. He was a Veteran of the United States Army Air Corps having served in WWII from 1941 to 1945...
Derel Reddish
Jan 5, 2016
Derel M. Reddish, 65 passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was born December 10, 1950 to Luther and Janie Ruth Dukes Reddish and lived in this area all of his life. He retired from the Georgia National Guard as Sgt 1st Class and from MATES at Ft. Stewart. He enjoyed woodworking...
Rev. Hinkle,Jr.
Jan 4, 2016
Gordon Franklin Hinkle, Jr. Metter- Mr. Gordon Franklin Hinkle, Jr. 79, of Metter died Monday morning at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. He moved to Metter in 1998 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he owned the Whistle Stop Hobby Shop, dealing mostly in toy trains, of which he was an avid collector of. He was also an...
Edward Sikes
Jan 2, 2016
Edward "Buddy" Sikes Collins- Mr. Edward "Buddy" Sikes 92, of Collins died January 2, 2016 at Camellia Health and Rehab in Claxton. He was a native of Tattnall County, having lived there all his life. He was a farmer, and worked at the Hagan and Metter Stockyards; along with the Tattnall County Road Department for many...
Ronald Baker
Jan 1, 2016
Ronald Lee Baker, 67 passed away Friday January 1, 2016 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. He was born January 12, 1948 to Barney and Mable Barrow Baker and lived in this area most of his life. He was employed with Claxton Poultry Farms for 10 years and was an avid outdoorsman who loved...
Louise Brown
Jan 1, 2016
Louise Edenfield Brown Metter- Mrs. Louise Edenfield Brown 80, of Metter died Friday January 1, 2016, at Azalea Nursing and Rehab Center. She was a native of Candler County having lived here all of her life. She was a member of Cobbtown United Methodist Church. She retired from Edenfield's Restaurant having worked for Jessie Edenfield for...