Glennville, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Davis Beachum
Jan 6, 2015
Glennville Davis Haywood Beachum, 89, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015 At Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was born April 10, 1925 in Lillington, North Carolina, one of twelve children to Fisher Martin and Mammie Davis Beachum. He was a World War II Navy Veteran and a member of American Legion Post #95 in Glennville....
Lloyd Motes
Jan 5, 2015
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...
Kathryn Purvis
Jan 5, 2015
Swainsboro/Glennville Kathryn Bland Purvis, 71, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015. She was born September 30, 1943 to Kelly and Virginia Porter Bland and lived in Glennville and Swainsboro most of her life. She was a 1961 graduate of Glennville High School. She was employed with OMI at City of Swainsboro for 16 ½ years. She...

Inez Youmans
Jan 4, 2015
Inez Hadden Youmans Stillmore- Mrs. Inez Hadden Youmans 80, of Stillmore died Sunday morning at Candler Hospital in Savannah after a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Emanuel County, and was of the Holiness Faith. She was a homemaker, loving mother and wife. She is preceded in death by her parents Elisha and Annie...
Jackie Holland
Dec 29, 2014
Ludowici Jackie N. Holland, 68, passed away Monday, December 29, 2014. He was born January 1, 1946 to H. N. and Cleo Driggers Holland and lived in Long County most of his life. He was employed with Civil Service at Ft. Stewart and Coastal Auto Parts for many years. He was a member of Poplar Head...

Joshua Futch
Dec 26, 2014
Joshua "Josh" Edward Futch, 32 passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 from injuries received in an automobile accident in Bulloch County. He was born and raised in Glennville and lived here most of his life. He loved fishing, welding and riding motorcycles. He was a member of Watermelon Creek Baptist Church. He is preceded in death...
Bobby Ray, Sr.
Dec 25, 2014
Bobby Carl Ray Sr, 66 passed away Thursday, December 25, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice. He was born in Reidsville, Georgia April 16, 1948 to Carl "Coot" and Allene Jones Ray and lived in Tattnall County all of his life. He was retired from the...
Thomas Rogers
Dec 20, 2014
Thomas "Tommy" Frank Rogers, 54, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Optim Medical Center. He was born in Glennville October 30, 1960 to Derrell and Mary Sikes Rogers and lived in Glennville all of his life. He was a 1978 Graduate of Pinewood Christian Academy and employed with Civil Service at Ft. Stewart for the...
Ruth Peacock
Dec 19, 2014
Ruth L. Eaby Peacock, 82 passed away Friday, December 19, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born in London Grove, Pennsylvania May 4, 1932 to Eugene A. and Ruth E. Dapp Eaby. She had lived in Hinesville for many years moving to Glennville in 1983. She was a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great...

Talmadge Green
Dec 14, 2014
Talmadge Green Cobbtown- Mr. Talmadge Green 85, of Cobbtown died Sunday evening at Community Hospice in Vidalia. The Tattnall County native has lived here all his life. He attended Full Gospel Tabernacle Church in Collins. He was a farmer and a carpenter, who thoroughly enjoyed hunting; along with gardening. He is preceded in death by his...

Palmer Green
Nov 24, 2014
Palmer Jake Green Daisy- Palmer Jake Green,82, of Daisy died Monday evening at St. Josephs Hospital in Savannah. He was the son of Viola Kicklighter Green and Ezra William Green. He worked for 44 years at Union Camp now known as International Paper, 2 of those years he fought for his country in the Korean War...
Gary Purcell
Nov 18, 2014
Gary Neal Purcell, 59, of Claxton, Georgia beloved son, father, brother and friend passed away peacefully surrounded by the ones he laughed with, lived for, and loved on November 18, 2014 at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Gary was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts and upon the age of 17 entered the US Army...
Colby Anderson
Nov 17, 2014
Colby Lane Anderson, 9 passed away Monday November 17, 2014 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah after an 4 year extended battle with Leukemia. He was born August 14, 2005 to David and Rebecca O'Neal Anderson and lived in Glennville all of his life. He was a 3rd grade student at Glennville Elementary School and loved...
James Blocker
Nov 16, 2014
Garnold Blocker, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014 at his residence. The Long County native had lived on the Sandhills of northern Long county all of his life. Garnold was a farmer and logger as a young man before becoming employed at Camp Stewart as a carpenter. Garnold owned and operated Blocker Brothers Grocery Store, Garage...

Maridean Brewton
Nov 16, 2014
Maridean Banks Brewton, 92, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was born April 3, 1922 in Glennville to Eben and Ruby Bacon Banks and lived here all of her life. She attended Draughn's Business College and was employed with Bland...
Annette Oliver
Nov 13, 2014
Annette Durrence Oliver, 93 passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Glenvue Health and Rehabilitation. She was born August 5, 1921 to Carl and Martha Jo Barber Durrence and lived in Mendes, Ga all of her life. She was a graduate of Mendes School and a homemaker, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was...
Rufus Edwards
Nov 11, 2014
Rufus "Dub" L. Edwards, 72 passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was self employed as a heavy equipment operator for many years. He was a member of the Alee Shrine Temple and the Oriental Band for over 40 years. He was a member of the Philadelphia Lodge #73 and...

Dale Gardiner
Nov 7, 2014
Reidsville Dale Dewayne Gardiner, 71, passed away Friday, November 7, 2014. He was born January 23, 1943 in Brookston, Indiana to Gleason and Hazel Reid Gardiner. He had lived in Rincon, GA many years moving to Reidsville 22 years ago. He was a retired truck driver and was a very talented craftsman and mechanic who could...
Brian Barnard
Oct 30, 2014
Brian Keith Barnard, 42, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. Brian was born in Metter and lived in the Collins area all of his life. He was employed with Howard Lumber and Hardware as a millwright and was an avid outdoorsman. He...
G. Dreggors
Oct 26, 2014
G. Larry Dreggors, 74, died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Glennville and a graduate of Glennville High School. Larry was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation after 34 years as a Survey Engineer. After retirement he worked for R....