Glennville, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas
Greg Eugene Dasher
Aug 22, 2024
Greg Eugene Dasher, 66, passed away at home surrounded by family and under the care of Affinis Hospice on Thursday, August 22, 2024, after a short illness. Greg was born in Statesboro, GA to Eugene and Patsy Dasher on June 18, 1958. He was a 1976 graduate of Pinewood Christian Academy and attended Georgia Southern College. Greg was the owner...
Glenn Wallace Grooms
Aug 15, 2024
Glenn Wallace Grooms, fondly known to friends and family as Wally, passed away on August 15, 2024, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro, Georgia. He was born on June 15, 1961, to Wallace and Betty Sue Stanfield Grooms, and was a lifelong resident of Glennville, Georgia. Wally was a graduate of Glennville High School and embarked on a...
Kimberly Monfils Blake
Aug 12, 2024
Kimberly Monfils Blake, 41, entered her Heavenly home on August 12, 2024, at her residence under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. Kimberly was born on April 7, 1983, in Anchorage, Alaska, to Mark and Glenda Bland Monfils and has lived in Reidsville for the past 39 years.
Kimberly spent 19 years of her life serving as a receptionist at the...
Thomas Martin Ryan
Aug 9, 2024
Ret. AF General Thomas Martin Ryan (1928-2024)
Retired Air Force General Thomas Martin Ryan, 95, of San Antonio, Texas, died of natural causes on August 9, 2024.
Tom was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1928 to Thomas Ryan, Sr. and Edith Hodges Ryan and had a younger sister, Caroline. General Ryan graduated from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ in 1946. He...
Gloria Frances Flowers
Aug 5, 2024
Gloria Frances Anderson Flowers, a devoted homemaker, passed away on August 5, 2024, under the care of Hospice of South Georgia, at the age of 58. She was born on January 30, 1966, in Jesup, GA, to her loving parents James Alvin and Frances Johnson Anderson and lived there all of her life.
Gloria, known for her kind and caring nature,...
Richard Ocy Flournoy
Jul 24, 2024
Richard Ocy Flournoy, Sr. age 87, went to be with the Lord on July 24, 2024, after a courageous battle with illness. Born on March 31, 1937, in Donald, Georgia, to John and Alma Flournoy, Richard experienced the hardships of the depression-era South but thrived in a loving and close-knit family, surrounded by his five siblings who shared in his...
Clyde Willis Davis
Jul 23, 2024
Clyde Willis Davis, entered his heavenly home on July 23, 2024, at the age of 91. He was born on November 21, 1932, in Douglas, Georgia to Alfred Eugene and Mattie Bell Baisden Davis and has called Glennville, Georgia for the last 41 years.
Clyde led a remarkable life filled with service and dedication to others. Clyde attended South Georgia College...
William Ferrell Forsyth, Jr.
Jul 21, 2024
William Ferrell Forsyth, Jr., affectionately known as Bill, passed away on July 21, 2024, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah, Georgia. He was born in Macon, Georgia, on January 20, 1936, to William and Ethel Feagin Forsyth.
Bill led a remarkable life filled with dedication and service to his country. He proudly served in the US Navy before embarking on a...
Frankie Jernigan
Jul 19, 2024
Frankie Norma Jean Jernigan, known as Muffin, was born on 10/19/1952 to Thomas and Frankie Odom of Jesup Georgia at Wayne Memorial Hospital, Jesup Georgia.
Muffin spent most of her life in Glennville working at Western Auto, then Glennville Alert Sewing Factory. Muffin eventually found her calling working with the Veterans Service Office where she would help numerous military veterans to...
Donna Kennedy Wood
Jul 18, 2024
Donna Kennedy Wood, 74, ran to Jesus and Gene on Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Sharpsburg, Georgia. She was born on March 5, 1950, in Reidsville, Georgia, to Robert Carl Kennedy and Eula Mae Bell Kennedy. Donna was a devoted stay-at-home mother and wife until her children began elementary school. At that point, she began volunteering daily at their school....
Ellen Kicklighter Armstrong
Jul 3, 2024
Ellen Kicklighter Armstrong went to be with our Lord on July 3, 2024 at the Social Memory Care in Savannah, GA. She was born on October 15, 1947, to U.G. and Cubie (Odom) Kicklighter. She was a very special woman of many talents who never slowed down. She had a love of music and played the piano, organ, dulcimer, and...
Betty Sue Smith
Jul 3, 2024
Betty Sue Barrow Smith, age 89, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 15, 1935, to Ollie and Slatie Cribbs Barrow, in same town she called home throughout her life.
Betty Sue was a 1953 graduate of Glennville High where she played basketball for the Bulldogs when they were State Champions...
Lloyd Franklin Davis, Jr.
Jun 27, 2024
Lloyd Franklin Davis, Jr., known affectionately as "Buddy," age 81, passed away peacefully on June 27, 2024, at Hospice of Savannah. He was born on December 20, 1942, in Jacksonville, Florida to Lloyd and Winnie Smith Davis and lived in this area most of his life.
Buddy led a fulfilling life dedicated to his work and passions. He was employed with...
Peggy Talbot
Jun 20, 2024
Peggy Talbot, age 78, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She was born in South Carolina on June 22, 1945, to David and Dorothy Wood Hair.
Peggy led a fulfilling life filled with diverse roles. She and her husband owned and operated Talbot's Boot Store for many years...
Deborah Sue Tatum
Jun 15, 2024
Deborah Sue Tatum, fondly known as "Debbie," passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton Georgia. She was born on March 15, 1957, at Jelks Hospital in Reidsville, Georgia to John C. and Blanche Kicklighter Tatum and lived here all of her life. Debbie was a 1975 graduate of Pinewood Christian Academy and a graduate...
Theresa Ann Demott
Jun 12, 2024
Theresa Ann Demott, known affectionately as "Teri", passed away on June 12, 202, at Evans Memorial Hospital in Claxton Georgia. She was born on August 26, 1954, in Anchorage, Alaska to Craig and Mildred Strickland and lived there all of her life.
Teri lived a fulfilling life as a retired salesclerk in restaurant sales, where she exhibited a remarkable talent for...
Benjamin Franklin Dowdy
Jun 11, 2024
Benjamin 'Ben' Franklin Dowdy III, age 69, passed away Tuesday June 11, 2024, at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah. He was born in Glennville on June 23, 1954, and lived most of his life in the Gooseneck Community. Ben was a welder that many a farmer or logger was glad to see on site to repair their equipment and...
Josephine Howser
Jun 9, 2024
Josephine Bacon Howser, 83, left her earthly home Sunday, June 9, 2024, surrounded by her
loving family in the Donald community where she had lived for over 50 years. She was born at
home in the Jack Baggs house on Herman Parker farm located on Jones Creek Loop in Long
County, Georgia, on Wednesday, February 12, 1941, to Archie and Bessie O’Donnell Bacon....
Nelwanda Purcell
Jun 8, 2024
Nelwanda Dasher Purcell, 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at NorthSpring Senior Living in Claxton, Georgia.
Nelwanda was born on February 6, 1930, to Grady and Zona Dasher of Glennville, Georgia. The Tattnall County native had lived in Glennville all of her life. She was a 1947 graduate of Glennville High School....
John Lethridge Waters
May 27, 2024
John Lethridge Waters, 92, passed away Monday, May 27, 2024, at Augusta University Medical Center after a short illness. Born on September 16, 1931, to Homer and Viola McGlashan Waters, Lethridge led a remarkable life filled with purpose and love.After years of service, he retired from Georgia State Prison as a correctional officer. Lethridge found joy in the simple things...
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