Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Vivian Cartwright

Vivian Cartwright

Sep 10, 2015

Vivian Lee Greene Cartwright Orange Park, Florida/Metter, Georgia- Mrs. Vivian Lee Greene Cartwright 63, of Orange Park, Florida died Thursday afternoon at University of Florida Health Center in Jacksonville, Florida. She was a native of Metter, Georgia having moved to Orange Park, Florida from Roswell, Georgia in 2008. After graduating from Metter High School in 1970;...

Kennon Tatum

Kennon Tatum

Sep 1, 2015

Kennon Tatum, age 78, passed away peacefully at Community Hospice of Vidalia on September 1, 2015, surrounded by his family. The only child of DeWitt and Eletha Jones Tatum, he was born on August 6, 1937, in Tattnall County. After graduating from Glennville High School in 1956, he returned to the family farm, establishing the roots...

Vera Putnam

Vera Putnam

Aug 30, 2015

Vera Brown Putnam, 90, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2015 at Glenvue Health and Rehab. She was born in Glennville May 10, 1925 to Jimmy and Alma Brown. She lived in Miami, Florida for many years moving back to Glennville in 1962. She and her family operated the Pat Theater in Glennville and Stewart Drive-In Theater...

Walter Boatright

Walter Boatright

Aug 29, 2015

Walter D. Boatright 90, passed away Saturday, August 29, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. He was born March 9, 1925 in the Oliff Town Community, near Metter, Georgia to Benjamin Floyd and Sarah Annie Daughtry Boatright. He served in the U S Army in World War II and The Korean Conflict and...

Henry Mock

Henry Mock

Aug 27, 2015

Sgt First Class (Ret) Henry A. Mock, 72, passed away Thursday, August 27, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient center. He was born February 18, 1943 to H. Grady and Ora Belle Odom Mock in Long County, GA and lived most of his life in Tattnall County. He was a U.S Army Veteran, retiring from Georgia...

Darvin Purcell

Darvin Purcell

Aug 21, 2015

Mr. Darvin N. Purcell 87 passed away Friday, August 21, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. He was born in Glennville, Georgia March 9, 1928 to Layton E. and Jettie Dent Purcell and lived here all of his life. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired from the Georgia Shipyards as a...

Gladys Durrence

Gladys Durrence

Aug 10, 2015

Gladys Dowdy Durrence, 90, of Glennville, Georgia died on Monday, August 10, 2015 at Roper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina. She was the daughter of the late David Dewey Dowdy and Annie Ruie Tootle and Willie Rufus Thompson. Her survivors include: one son, Dr. Hugh Dowdy Durrence (Ellen) of Charleston, South Carolina; her grandchildren: Marty and...

Gloria Jones

Gloria Jones

Aug 3, 2015

Gloria Mangum Jones, 82, passed away Monday, August 3, 2015 at her home after a long illness. She was born May 10, 1933 in Glennville, Georgia to the late Mattie Lou Kicklighter and Alton Ernest Mangum. Gloria graduated as Salutatorian from Glennville High School in 1950 and immediately moved to Miami, Florida where she met and...

Katie Futch

Katie Futch

Jul 29, 2015

Katie Lee Bland Futch, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at the Community Hospice Center in Vidalia. She was born April 18, 1929 in Long County, Georgia to Troy and Lillie Akins Bland and lived here all of her life. She and her husband owned and operated Futch's Store for many years and she was a...

Grady Mixon

Grady Mixon

Jul 22, 2015

Grady "Joe" Mixon, Jr. Lakeland/Metter, Georgia - Grady "Joe" Mixon, Jr., 76, passed away in Metter, Georgia on July 22, 2015. Mr. Mixon was born in Portal, Georgia on Oct. 30, 1938. He worked for IMC, now Mosaic, as a warehouse supervisor. He is survived by his loving children and family. Visitation will be Tues. July...

Wesley Johnson

Wesley Johnson

Jul 22, 2015

Wesley A. Johnson, 57, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. He was born November 13, 1957 in Eldorado, Kansas to David W. and Delores Miller Johnson. He was a 1976 graduate of Iroquois High School in South Dakota. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired from Georgia National Guard at...

Miriam Dasher

Miriam Dasher

Jul 18, 2015

Miriam Lamb Dasher, 85, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Glenvue Health and Rehabilitation under the care of her family and Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was born February 11, 1930 to JV and Lula Mae Todd Lamb and had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker and attended Beards Creek...

David Reyes

David Reyes

Jul 16, 2015

David Reyes Reyes Metter- Mr. David Reyes Reyes, 39 of Metter died Thursday afternoon at home. He was a farm worker for Labor Solutions in Metter. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. He loved soccer and was an avid fan of Cruz Azul soccer team. He enjoyed planting cantaloupe, strawberries, blackberries, watermelons, and...

Jimmy Shirah

Jimmy Shirah

Jul 10, 2015

Jimmy E. Shirah Metter- Jimmy E. Shirah, 80, of Metter died Friday evening July 10, 2015 at Emanuel County Medical Center. Jimmy was of the Freewill Baptist Faith. He was the ultimate showman having been a very talented musician, magician, and ventriloquist. He owned and operated several restaurants in Florida and the Candler Drive-In movie theater...

Lilla Mobley

Lilla Mobley

Jun 29, 2015

Lilla Mae Proctor Mobley, 79, died Monday, June 29, 2015 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She was born in Glennville on July 17, 1935 to Rufus Proctor and Ruby Watson Proctor and lived in this area all of her life. She worked for 46 years with the National Association of State Department of Agriculture and...

June Gutierrez

June Gutierrez

Jun 28, 2015

June Ann Chauncey Gutierrez, 79, died Sunday, June 28, 2015. She was born in Live Oak, Florida. She lived in Glennville with her husband, Michael Gutierrez, since 1970. She loved her family and was the best wife, mother, and grandmother and always put her family first. She was an excellent cook and specialized in making delicious...

Betty Blocker

Betty Blocker

Jun 27, 2015

Betty Bland Blocker 82, passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. She was born April 19, 1933 to Remer Kelly and Virginia Porter Bland and live in this area all of her life. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, and friend to everyone. She was a member...

Wilford Mchugh

Wilford Mchugh

Jun 24, 2015

Wilford "Billy" McHugh, 63 passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at Optim Medical Center. He was born May 23, 1952 in Mckeesport, Pennsylvania to Wilford Lionel and Bernice Porter McHugh and lived in this area most of his life. He is survived by, Sister and brother in law, Phyllis and Tim Tyree of Glennville, GA Niece...

Frances Anderson

Frances Anderson

Jun 24, 2015

Frances Johnson Anderson, 79, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at her residence under the care of her family and Hospice of South Georgia. She was born January 6, 1936 in the Donald Community of Long County to Harry and Dolly Purcell Johnson and lived in Long and Wayne county most of her life. She was...

Joyce Harrell

Joyce Harrell

Jun 20, 2015

Joyce C. Harrell, 64, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2015at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Evans County, Georgia August 7, 1950 to Leonard and Mattie Lou Cowart Conley and lived in this area all of her life. She was employed with Duramatic Products in Glennville a homemaker, loving caring wife, mother, grandmother. She was...