Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

Margaret Busby

Margaret Busby

May 23, 2012

Glennville, Margaret Cannon Busby, 84, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Evans Memorial Hospital. The Stockport England native had lived in Glennville since 1945. She was a homemaker, a member of Calvary Baptist Church and served as secretary of the Migrant Ministry. She was a loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. She is preceded in...

Lacy Driggers

Lacy Driggers

May 21, 2012

Lacy Warren Driggers, 86 passed away Monday, May 21, 2012 after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his family at home. He was born November 22, 1925 to Warren Hawkins Driggers and Varnie Belle Watson, who both preceded him in death. Lacy proudly served his country during World War II and was...

Bobby Bell

Bobby Bell

May 18, 2012

Metter Bobby Short Bell, 73, died Friday at Candler County Hospital after a brave battle with cancer. Born in Toombs County to Charlie Homer and Faye Short Bell, he lived most of his life in Candler County. Bobby spent many years in the trucking industry and was co-owner of Bells Dairy Farm. A member of Metter...

Christopher Simmons

Christopher Simmons

May 18, 2012

Christopher Scott Simmons 34, passed away Friday May 18th, 2012 at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. He was born April 6, 1978 to Keevie and Irene Jernigan Simmons. He lived in Glennville all of his life and attended Christian Life Fellowship Church in Cobbtown. He is preceded in death by his father, Keevie Simmons. He is...

Bernice Kulas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...