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

Bernice Kulas
May 18, 2012
Mrs. Bernice Ellen Packard Kulas, 72 died Friday, May 18, 2012 at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. She was born June 20, 1939 in Dover Foxcroft Maine to Parents, Eugene and Gladys Hayden Packard. She was a homemaker and lived in Glennville since 2008. She was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by, Daughter, Leanna...

Cecil Anderson
May 15, 2012
Cecil Anderson, 75 passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at his residence under the care of his family and Advantage Hospice. The Tattnall County native had lived in Glennville all of his life. He was employed with the City of Glennville for many years, a farmer and retired from Civil Service at Ft. Stewart. He was...

Lorine Cohen
May 12, 2012
Glennville, Lorine Griffin Cohen 76, passed away Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Glenvue Nursing Home. The Evans County native had lived in this area all of her life. She was a homemaker and a member of Rehoboth Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Cohen She is survived by, Sons and Daughters...
Debbie Barker
May 8, 2012
Metter /Cobbtown Debbie Ruth McCullough Barker, 78, died Tuesday at Azalea Health and Rehabilitation Center where she had been in residence for the last five years. The daughter of Harley and Ella McCullough was born in Emanuel County, and a member of Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church in Aline. As a supportive military wife, she and...
Louis Green
May 7, 2012
Metter Louis Green, 85, died Monday morning at his home after a short illness. The native and lifelong resident of Candler County was a graduate of Metter High School. In August 1949, he married the love of his life Jeanette. Their union lasted over 60 years until her death in April, 2011. He was a faithful...

Nancy Tillman
May 6, 2012
Glennville, Nancy Phelps Tillman, 71, passed away Sunday, May 06, 2012 at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. The Knoxville Tennessee native had lived in North Carolina for many years before moving to Glennville in 2005. She was a homemaker, an avid reader and collector of Coca Cola memorabilia. She was a member of Glennville United...
Evelyn Sikes
May 6, 2012
Twin City Evelyn Grimes Sikes, 66, died Sunday evening at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after an extended illness. She worked at Ithaca Industries, was a talented seamstress, a wonderful homemaker whose passion was her family and loved being called "Nana" by her grandchildren. She was of Baptist faith, enjoyed flower gardening and fishing with her...
Virginia Craft
Apr 27, 2012
Metter Virginia Faye Craft, 80, of Metter died Friday evening at The Medical College of Georgia. She was a native and life long resident of Candler County and the daughter of the late Lewis and Aileen Williams Braddy . She was an accomplished pianist- becoming church pianist at age 13. Her many interest in addition to...

Lottie Jones
Apr 26, 2012
Glennville, Lottie Weathers Jones, 90 passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Camellia Health & Rehabilitation in Claxton. She was born in Evans County November 28, 1921 to Claude J. & Lizzie Marshburn Weathers. She was a homemaker and a member of Glennville United Methodist Church and a member of the Ladies Sunshine Group. She is...
Arlene Griffin
Apr 25, 2012
Aline- Arlene Willis Griffin 80 died Wednesday April 25, 2012 after a short illness. The life long resident of Candler County was a member of New Life Baptist Church. Arlene was a homemaker, enjoyed reading,cooking, fishing and time with her grandchildren. One of the thing she loved was working beside her husband B.J. on the farm...

Ernie Thompson
Apr 24, 2012
Glennville Ernie M. Thompson, 66, died Tuesday at Evans Memorial Hospital. The Tattnall County native had lived in Glennville all of his life. He was retired from Continental Telephone Company after 24 years of service. He was a member of the Philadelphia Lodge # 73 in Glennville and a very active member of Hopewell United Methodist...

Samuel Baxter
Apr 21, 2012
Samuel Mack Baxter, 83, retired turpentine producer, timberman, and businessman died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center in Statesboro following a long illness. A Tattnall County native, Mr. Baxter was the son of the late Raleigh Blanton Baxter and Eunice Hendricks Baxter. He was a 1945 graduate of Glennville High School and...
Wayne Stanfield
Apr 20, 2012
Wayne Michael Stanfield, 51, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at his residence. The Tattnall County native had lived in Savannah for many years. He was a Graduate of Glennville High School and a Appliance installer for General Electric and a member of Canaan Community Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn P. Stanfield...
Paul Baxley
Apr 19, 2012
Paul L. Baxley 49, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2012 at South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City Florida. The Appling County native had lived in Glennville, North Carolina and Florida most of his life. He was a 1981 Graduate of Glennville High School and employed with Charter School Associates in Florida for the past 10...

Louise Howard
Apr 18, 2012
Glennville Louise Kelsoe Howard, 89, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at Halcyon House Hospice in Atlanta. She was born July 10, 1922 in Enterprise, Alabama to John and Mae Kelsoe. She married Willis (Billy) M. Howard, Sr. in 1942 and moved to Glennville. She was employed with Civil Service at Ft. Stewart retiring in 1980....
Remer Turner
Apr 16, 2012
Metter Remer Turner, 88, died Monday at Cedar Plantation after an extended illness. A lifetime resident of the Candler/Bulloch county area, he was the owner of Turner Well Drilling since 1949, retiring in 2001. He was a US Navy veteran serving on the USS Pritchett Destroyer when it was anchored next to the Missouri where Japan...
Bobby Bland
Apr 16, 2012
Reidsville Bobby William Bland, 77, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, SC as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. The Long County native had lived in Tattnall County most of his life. He was a farmer, enjoyed visiting family, friends and neighbors. He was a loving husband,...
Dr. Mercer
Apr 12, 2012
Russell Johnson Mercer May 17, 1927- April 12, 2012 -METTER- Dr. Russell Johnson Mercer, 84, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 12th, 2012. As a native of Metter, GA he held a lifelong legacy and impact on the state of Georgia. He devoted his life to ensuring that "Everything is Better in Metter" and was proud...
Sara Nesmith
Apr 11, 2012
Metter Sara Lee Hurst Nesmith, 88, died Wednesday afternoon at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro after a brief illness. The daughter of Harley and Annie Hurst was a native of Stillmore, Georgia living most of her life in Candler County where she attended the schools of Rosemary and Metter. Through the years she worked...
Ermatrue Kicklighter
Apr 6, 2012
Ermatrue Durrence Kicklighter, 90, passed away Friday, April 6, 2012 at Evans Memorial Hospital. She was born in Glennville to Willie and Ruby Durrence and lived in Glennville all of her life. She was a homemaker and a lifelong member of Loves Chapel Primitive Baptist Church where she faithfully taught Sunday Morning Bible Class for many...