Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Edna Riggs

Edna Riggs

May 16, 2014

Reidsville, Edna M. Riggs, 93, passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 at Serenity Place Hospice inpatient center in Dublin. She was born in Toombs County April 1, 1921 and lived in Reidsville most of her life. Ms. Edna was a faithful member of Pineview Baptist Church and loved children, her dog, Bobo, and being outdoors, especially...

Willie Baker

Willie Baker

May 14, 2014

Glennville, Willie Joe Baker, 62, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. He was born on April 16, 1952 in Glennville, Georgia and lived in this area all of his life. He was a member of Watermelon Creek Baptist Church and was a self employed salvage operator. He is preceded in death by...

Jean Odom

Jean Odom

May 9, 2014

Jean Warnock Odom, 80 passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at the Griffin House in Claxton. She was born in Baxley, November 11, 1933 and lived in Mitchell County many years before moving to Glennville in 1953. She was retired from the Tattnall County School system where she was a Home Economics Teacher. She was a...

Adam Burkhalter

Adam Burkhalter

May 8, 2014

Adam Derrell Burkhalter, 29, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014. He was born in Pueblo, Colorado October 20, 1984 to Derrell and Rosa Lee Burkhalter and lived in Glennville most of his life. He was an avid outdoorsman, loved to play baseball and hunt and fish. He was a loving caring, son, brother, uncle and cousin...

James Cobb

James Cobb

May 6, 2014

Glennville, James H. Cobb, 65 passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. He was born in Savannah, August 27, 1948 to Lewis J. Jr. and Mary Lynn Cobb and lived in Tattnall County most of his life. He was retired from the U.S Army as an E7 with 24 years of service. He...

Roy Johnson

Roy Johnson

May 5, 2014

Mr. Roy L. Johnson Metter- Mr. Roy L. Johnson 76, of Metter died early Monday morning at his home in Metter. Mr. Johnson was a retired printer and has lived in Metter for the past year. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Johnson, son Timmy Johnson, and daughter Cynthia Robinson. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at...

Joey Adams

Joey Adams

Apr 19, 2014

Joey Michael Adams, 35 died Saturday, April 19, 2014 at Optim Medical Center in Reidsville. The Glennville native had lived in this area all of his life. He was a Marine Corps Veteran serving in Iraq, where he received numerous awards, medals and commendations. He was a truck driver and attended Glennville First United Pentecostal Church....

David Medlock

David Medlock

Apr 15, 2014

David W. Medlock, 64, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. He was born January 21, 1950 to Milton and Vietta Stanfield Medlock and lived in Tattnall County all of his life. He was retired from Georgia Department of Transportation after 34 years of service. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved to...

William Mcnure, Jr.

William Mcnure, Jr.

Apr 13, 2014

Metter William "Mac" McNure, Jr., 72, died Sunday at his residence. He was a long time employee of Jimmy Franklin Cheverolet of Metter, enjoyed hunting, fishing and building custom rifles and cartridges and was a member of Nevils United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents William and Reba Mae Stewart McNure. He...

Janie Kirkland

Janie Kirkland

Apr 8, 2014

Janie DeLoach Kirkland 85, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the care of Hospice Savannah. She was born January 1, 1929 in Glennville, Georgia to Jesse and Alma Brown DeLoach and lived in Savannah for many years. She was a Homemaker and a member of Trinity Lutheran...

Lynn Culpepper

Lynn Culpepper

Apr 7, 2014

Lynn Banks Culpepper Elizabeth City, North Carolina/Metter, Georgia- Lynn Banks Culpepper 60 died Monday at her residence in Metter. She enjoyed spending time at both of her homes in Metter and Elizabeth City. She was a graduate of the University of Georgia where she received her Bachelors of Science degree in education. She taught middle and...

Mary Harrell

Mary Harrell

Apr 6, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Harrell 87, passed away Sunday, April 06, 2014 at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia September 17, 1926 to Theodore D. and Edna Sangster Holliday and moved to Tattnall County in 1947. She retired from teaching school with over 50 years of teaching kindergarten, first and second grades in Tattnall County...

Alice Warren

Alice Warren

Mar 30, 2014

Holiday, FL Warren, Alice Mary, 82, widow of Jack Warren died Sunday, March 30, 2014. Survived by children, Deborah Curtis (Doug), Dale Warren (Deborah); grandson, Perry Warren(Emily). Graveside funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 5 at noon at Cool Springs Baptist Church cemetery. Kennedy-Brannen Funeral Homes Metter Chapel is in charge of arrangements. "We are...

Eula Rogers

Eula Rogers

Mar 28, 2014

Eula Lee Colson Rogers Claxton- Mrs. Eula Lee Colson Rogers 90, of Claxton died Friday morning at Camellia Health and Rehab under the care of her loving family, and Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was of the Primitive Baptist faith and attended Canoochee Old Line Primitive Baptist Church. She enjoyed working in her yard, quilting and baking...

Emily Hammock

Emily Hammock

Mar 25, 2014

Glennville Emily Blocker Hammock, 85, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Lyons at Oxley Park Health and Rehab under the care of Community Hospice. She was a native and lifelong resident of Glennville and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was employed at Glenvue Nursing Home for many years and worked as a Home...

Eunice Powell

Eunice Powell

Mar 24, 2014

Cobbtown �½" Eunice Green Powell, 76, died Monday at Community Hospice in Vidalia. A native and lifelong resident of Tattnall County, she was a member of New Life Baptist Church in Metter. She enjoyed being a homemaker, reading, barrel racing and deer hunting. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Alice Durrence Green,...

Wallace Rogers

Wallace Rogers

Mar 19, 2014

Wallace Dannis Rogers, 68 passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Optim Medical Center. He was born in Glennville, November 20, 1945 to T.H "Buster" and Juanita Kicklighter Rogers and lived here all of his life. He was a 1964 graduate of Glennville High School and 1975 graduate of Mercer University of Pharmacy. He owned and...

Elbert Kicklighter

Elbert Kicklighter

Mar 15, 2014

Elbert Bird Kicklighter, 88 passed away Saturday, March 15, 2014 at his residence surrounded by his family and friends. He was born January 15, 1926 in Glennville to Lee Iverson and Ollie Mae Bird Kicklighter and lived here all of his life. Elbert was the eldest of seven siblings and a 1943 graduate of Glennville High...

Maxine Barrow

Maxine Barrow

Mar 13, 2014

Maxine Strickland Barrow, 86, passed away Thursday, March 13, 2014 at Glenvue Health & Rehab. She was born in Glennville on July 28, 1927 to Aquilla and Alice Geiger Strickland and lived in Glennville until 1965 before moving to Lakeland, Florida. She lived in Florida for many years until returning to Glennville in 2007. She was...

Willis Doyle, Jr.

Willis Doyle, Jr.

Mar 12, 2014

Willis Ezekial Doyle, Jr. Metter- Willis Ezekiel Doyle, Jr. 58, of Metter died Tuesday March 12, 2013 at North East Georgia Health Care in Gainesville, Georgia. The Metter native has been in the paving business most of his life having worked for Sikes Brothers Paving, and Doyle Paving. Willis enjoyed classic rock with ACDC, and Lynard...