Glennville, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas
Bobbie Waters
Nov 4, 2015
Bobbie Sparks Waters, 79, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. She was born in Tombstone, Arizona October 18, 1936 to Robert and Reba Yarborough Sparks and lived in this area most of her life. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was Chief Bailiff for...
Ralph Simmons
Nov 2, 2015
Ralph Edward Simmons Metter- Mr. Ralph Edward Simmons, of Metter born April 21, 1940 passed away November 2, 2015 at Golden Isles Hospice in Brunswick, Georgia. He is preceded in death by his mother and father, two sons and a daughter. Mr. Simmons retired from the United States Naval Service in December of 1976, and was...
Louise Salter
Nov 2, 2015
Louise Moore Salter, 95, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015 at Glenuve Health and Rehabilitation. She was born August 3, 1920 to Thomas M. and Miriam Strickland Moore. She had lived in Savannah, Crescent, Hinesville, Lyons and Glennville for many years. She and her husband owned several businesses and restaurants. She was a beautician and of...
Janie Bowen
Oct 24, 2015
Janie Cowart Bowen, 74, passed away Saturday October 24, 2015 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah after an extended illness. She was born in Reidsville October 26, 1940 to Herschel and Donnie Kitchens Cowart and lived in Collins and Savannah moving back to Glennville in1974. She and her husband owned and operated Bowen Appliance Service in...
Lorie Johnson
Oct 18, 2015
Lorie O'Berry Johnson, 81 passed away Sunday, October 18, 2015 at Glenvue Health and Rehab. The McIntosh County native had lived in this area most of her life. She was a homemaker and loving, caring, wife, mother and grandmother She loved to cook and care for her family and other people. She was also a member...
Juana Huipe
Oct 18, 2015
Juana Rodriguez Huipe Pulaski- Mrs. Juana Rodriguez Huipe 35, of Pulaski died Sunday evening October 18, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She moved to Pulaski 2 months ago from Anderson South Carolina. She was employed by Marie Baca in agriculture. She was a member of Holy family Catholic Church in Metter. She is...
Doris Coleman
Oct 9, 2015
Doris Cowart Dixon Coleman Doris Cowart Dixon Coleman, 74 of Bluffton, SC, passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015 at her home. She was born in Sparta, GA on November 28, 1940 to Doris Kennedy Cowart White and the late Carlus Cowart, Sr. Doris loved her family and was a devoted member of the Church of...
Don Cobb
Oct 9, 2015
Don P. Cobb, 76, died Friday, October 9, 2015. A native of Tattnall County, he was a co-owner of Tattnall County Broadcasting, Company, Glennville's first radio stations WKIG/WKIG-FM, and Cobb Funeral Home, retiring in 2006. He served Tattnall County as Tax Commissioner for 24 years and as a member of the Board of Elections. He was...
Jimmy Howard
Oct 8, 2015
Jimmy Wallace Howard, Sr, 68, passed away Thursday, October 8, 2015 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born January 16, 1947 to Hughland Q. Howard, Sr. and Frankie Overstreet Howard. Jimmy and Vivian Elaine Iddins were married on June 18, 1966 by Ordinary, W.H. Bazemore. He was a US Army Veteran serving in...

Mary Famiano
Oct 7, 2015
Mary Lee Barrow Famiano, 77, passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She was born March 3, 1938 in Glennville, Georgia to Remer and Mary Flowers Barrow. She lived in Florida for many years before moving back to Glennville. She was a homemaker and a loving and caring sister and friend....
Peggy Nobles
Sep 30, 2015
Peggy DeLoach Nobles passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 after a brief illness. Mrs. Nobles was born in Tattnall County, Georgia on September 24, 1936, to Henry William DeLoach and Navada Todd DeLoach. She was raised on a farm in Tattnall County and graduated from Glennville High School in 1954. Mrs. Nobles was also a...
Montez Todd
Sep 27, 2015
Montez Stubbs Todd, 93, died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at Glenvue Health and Rehab Center. The Glennville native had lived in this area all of her life. She was born May 27, 1922 to Luther and Samantha Bradley Stubbs. She was a homemaker and was employed with several garment factories, various grocery stores in Glennville, Hughes...

Lenward Weaver
Sep 27, 2015
Lenward Franklin Weaver, 68, died September 27, 2015 at Community Hospice Center in Vidalia. He was born in Mississippi on October 10, 1946 and lived in Glennville and Florida for many years. He retired after 20 years of service from the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant at Fort Stewart, Georgia, having served in the Vietnam...
Aletha Brown
Sep 25, 2015
Aletha Oglesbee Brown, 74, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at St. Josephs Candler Hospital. She was born April 26, 1941 to Charles and Marie Harrelson Oglesbee. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker and a hardworker. She loved to...
Bobby Lynn
Sep 25, 2015
Bobby Lynn, 59, passed away Friday, September 25, 2015 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born February 3, 1956 to Dennis and Mildred Wilkes Lynn. The Lyons native had lived in this area most of his life and was a 1974 graduate of Robert Toombs Christian Academy. He was an avid outdoorsmen who...
Jesse Durrence
Sep 21, 2015
Jesse James Durrence, 84, died peacefully at Ogeechee Area Hospice on Monday, September 21, 2015. He was the son of William F. Durrence and Viola James Durrence. For twenty-eight years, Jesse was an educator who served in Tattnall, Washington, and DeKalb counties as an elementary school principal. During his tenure, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy...
Virginia Griffin
Sep 15, 2015
Virginia Ann Griffin, 82, of Glennville, Georgia died on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. She was born in Long County, Georgia on August 29, 1933 to Cecil and Mana Howard Brown and was a graduate of Ludowici High School. She married Eugene Griffin on June 25, 1965, and together, they made the Glennville community their home. Having...
Ruth O'Donnell
Sep 14, 2015
Ruth Adkins O'Donnell, 87, passed away peacefully at her home in Mendes, Georgia on September 14, 2015. She was born in Grayson, Kentucky on April 8, 1928 to Cecil and Ethel Adkins. She moved to this area with her husband in 1947. Her pride in life was being a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and homemaker....

Mary Mccullough
Sep 13, 2015
Mary Lois McCullough Savannah/Reidsville- Mrs. Mary Lois McCullough 90, died early Sunday morning at Azalea Land Nursing Home in Savannah. The Tattnall County native lived in Savannah for the last 2 years having lived in Tattnall County most of her life. She attended Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Collins, Georgia for many years; and enjoyed...

Richard Ballard
Sep 10, 2015
Metter- Mr. Richard Ballard 77, of Metter died Thursday afternoon at Candler County Hospital. He has resided in Metter the last few years. A Memorial Service, and burial will take place in Thomson, Georgia at a later date. Kennedy-Brannen Funeral Homes Metter Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Kennedy-Brannen Funeral Homes Metter Chapel "A Life...