Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Reginald Collins

Reginald Collins

Oct 25, 2014

Mr. Reginald Dean (Reggie) Collins, 90, died on Saturday, October 25, 2014, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Glennville native had lived in Tattnall County for most of his life. He and his wife had made their home at Gentilly Gardens Assisted Living for the past seven years. Mr. Collins was a World War II veteran...

Bertie Parker

Bertie Parker

Oct 18, 2014

Bertie Lue Parker, 74 passed away early Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient center. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and was a woman of great faith. Mrs. Parker possessed an extraordinary will to live as demonstrated by her extended battle with cancer. She is...

William Cox

William Cox

Oct 10, 2014

Glennville William L. Cox, 66, died Friday, October 10, 2014 at Candler Hospital in Savannah. Bill was born in Decatur Illinois on September 5, 1948. He later graduated from Eisenhower High School. Bill married Karen Cox on October 30, 1970, the couple was married 43 years. He was an 18 year retired U.S. Army veteran, a...

Wilbert Knight

Wilbert Knight

Oct 5, 2014

Wilbert Knight, 77, died October 5, 2014 after an extended illness. He was born to Ottis P. and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Branham Knight on September 11, 1937. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a devoted and faithful member of Calvary Baptist Church he served as a deacon for 38 plus years, also...

Barry Ray

Barry Ray

Sep 29, 2014

Barry Dennis Ray, 46, passed away Monday, September 29, 2014 at his residence. He was born April 9, 1968 to Dale Ray and Brenda Thompson Dubberly. He lived in Glennville all of his life and was employed in the logging industry for many years. He loved the outdoors, working in the garden and hunting and fishing....

William Thompson

William Thompson

Sep 28, 2014

William H. Thompson, 66, passed away Sunday, September 28, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was born January 27, 1948 in Glennville, Georgia to Henry Ted and Bertha Mae Driggers Thompson and lived in Glennville and Savannah most of his life. He was a self-employed truck driver and retired after 39 years. He owned...

Lisa Eason

Lisa Eason

Sep 28, 2014

Lisa Driggers Eason, 43, earned her eternal wings on Sunday morning, September 28, 2014 at 7:00 a.m. Lisa grew up in the Gooseneck community but resided in Claxton for the last 17 years. Lisa spent her last, peaceful days at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. She fought a long, hard battle with the horrible disease diffused...

Peggy Pedrick

Peggy Pedrick

Sep 25, 2014

Peggy Folsom Pedrick, 51, passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born August 11, 1963 to R.D and Hazel Johnson Folsom and lived in Glennville most of her life. She was a graduate of Glennville High School and owner and operator of High Maintenance Salon. Her greatest joy was being with...

Gennis Folsom

Gennis Folsom

Sep 25, 2014

Gennis H. Folsom, 83 passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family under the care of Affinis Hospice. He was born in Glennville, GA on December 19, 1931 to Roy D. and Gertrude Hilton Folsom and lived here all of his life. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran and retired...

Ramona Mercer

Ramona Mercer

Sep 25, 2014

Ramona Tempie Bagwell Mercer Metter- Mrs. Ramona Tempie Bagwell Mercer, 86, of Metter entered eternal peace at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro on Thursday, September 25, 2014. One of seven children she was raised by Tom and Grace Bagwell in Fairview, NC (a suburb of Asheville). She met her husband of 59 years, Dr. Russell Mercer,...

Mary Thompson

Mary Thompson

Sep 20, 2014

Valdosta/Glennville Mary Joanna Thompson, 88, of Valdosta, Georgia, died on Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Fellowship Home. Born in Glennville, Georgia on August 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Willie R. and Edna Purcell Thompson. Miss Thompson graduated from Wesleyan College in 1947 where she made many cherished friendships. It was during her...

Tommy Cardell

Tommy Cardell

Sep 17, 2014

Tommy Gene Cardell Metter- Tommy Gene Cardell, 60, of Metter died Wednesday morning at Candler County Hospital. The Kissimmee, Florida native grew up in Metter and moved to Gainesville, GA in 1985, and returned to the area 2001. He was employed for many years by the Coca-Cola Company and worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections...

Patsy Fuller

Patsy Fuller

Sep 11, 2014

Patsy Tootle Fuller, 76, passed away Thursday, September 11, 2014 at Glenvue Health and Rehabilitation Center under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Tattnall County native had lived in Glennville all of her life. She was a retired seamstress at Glennville Lingerie and a homemaker. After retirement she spent her time caring for others in...

Sula Wilson

Sula Wilson

Sep 6, 2014

Sula Weathers Wilson, 89, passed away Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Glennville Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born March 4, 1925 to Pharis and Mammie Sikes Weathers and lived in Claxton most of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Claxton Primitive Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents,...

Howard Tripp

Howard Tripp

Sep 5, 2014

Howard Arthur Tripp, 81 passed away Friday, September 5, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient center. The Bristol, Connecticut native spent the greater portion of his life in Norwich, New York where he taught High School Industrial Arts, Driver Education, Computer Applications and Computer Programming for 31 years. After retirement he moved to Glennville in 1994...

Aligene Lambdin

Aligene Lambdin

Sep 5, 2014

Aligene M. Lambdin, 93, died Friday, September 5, 2014 at Glenvue Health and Rehab. The Long County native had lived in Glennville and Knoxville TN most of her life. She was employed in the Food Service industry and a homemaker. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Lyons. She is preceded in death by...

Carroll Cobb

Carroll Cobb

Sep 2, 2014

Carroll DeLoach Cobb 80, passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro. He was born in Glennville September 14, 1933 to Omer and Inez Deloach Cobb. He was a graduate of Glennville High School, Georgia Military College and The University of Georgia. He was an educator and coach at Glennville...

Wm. Donahue

Wm. Donahue

Sep 1, 2014

William "Bill" H. Donahue, 72 passed away Monday, September 1, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. He was born in Jesup, Georgia on September 5, 1941 to Harold E. and Lessie M. Hendrix Donahue. He retired from the U.S. Army as a SGM after 30 years...

Stephen Blocker

Stephen Blocker

Aug 29, 2014

Stephen L. Blocker 44, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014. He was born December 2, 1969 to Loy and Bonnie Blocker and lived in Glennville all of his life. He was a 1988 graduate of Glennville High School and Southeastern Technical College with a 4.0 average degree in Photography. After graduation he started his own production...

Doretha Thompson

Doretha Thompson

Aug 25, 2014

Doretha Blocker Thompson, 88, passed away Monday, August 25, 2014 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. She was born in Glennville and lived in Savannah and Guyton for many years. She was a homemaker and a member of the Senior Citizens of Springfield. She is preceded in death by her husband, Montell Thompson. She is survived...