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

Inez Hughes
Feb 15, 2011
Inez Stubbs Hughes, 90 passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at Bethany Nursing Home in Vidalia. The Tattnall County native had lived in area most of his life. She employed with Claxton Manufacturing and with the Green Thumb program in Cobbtown for many years. She was a pink lady at Tattnall Memorial Hospital and voted Ms....

Johnny Jones
Feb 12, 2011
Metter; Johnny F. Jones, 70, of Metter died February 12, 2011 at Pleasant View Nursing Home after a long illness. He was a native of Walker County and a retired truck driver. Survivors; Daughter, Tammie Befriese and Son, Lee Jones, both of Chickamauga, Georgia. A celebration of Johnny's life and burial of cremains will be conducted...
Jane Cowart
Feb 11, 2011
Jane Kicklighter Cowart, passed away Friday, February 11, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. She was born in Glennville, August 27, 1941 to Celton and Alma Thompson Kicklighter. She was a Graduate of Glennville Class of 1959 and employed with Winer Industries, Bland Farms and G&R Farms as office manager for many years. She loved...

Swinton Stubbs
Feb 10, 2011
Swinton F. Stubbs, 87 passed away Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Community Hospice inpatient center in Vidalia. He was born March 15, 1923 in Glennville, Georgia to Shelton and Sallie Mae Strickland Stubbs. He had lived in Florida for many years before moving back to Glennville. He was a World War II Army veteran and was...

Martin Akins
Feb 10, 2011
Martin R. Akins, 88, has gone to join his beloved wife, Medra, in the Kingdom of Heaven. Marty had lived a full life and everyone he touched with his presence found him a very difficult man not to love. Born on December 16, 1922 in Glennville, GA and armed with only a high school education, he...
Moses Bowen, Iii.
Feb 6, 2011
Metter - Moses Jackson (Jay) Bowen III, 50, died Sunday, February 6, 2011 in Savannah. Jay was born in Statesboro and lived all of his life in Metter, where he attended the Metter Primitive Baptist Church. He was a graduate of David Emanuel Academy, class of '79. He was owner and operator of the Dairy Park...

Ronald Griffin
Feb 4, 2011
Glennville Ronald Eugene Griffin, 51 passed away, Friday, February 4, 2011 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Ronald was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 16, 1959 to James Eugene and Effie Lucille Snyder Griffin and had lived in Glennville since 1994. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving his country for thirteen years. He was...

Ronald Griffin
Feb 4, 2011
Ronald Eugene Griffin, 51 passed away, Friday, February 4, 2011 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. Ronald was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 16, 1959 to James Eugene and Effie Lucille Snyder Griffin and had lived in Glennville since 1994. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving his country for thirteen years. He was employed...

Johnnie Rogers
Feb 3, 2011
Glennville Johnnie Bell Wilds Rogers, 86, died Thursday, February 3, 2011 at Glenvue Nursing Home. The Tattnall County native had lived in this area all of her life. She retired from Murcell Manufacturing Co. and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is preceded in death by her husband, Fred Rogers. Survivors include: Daughter:Dale...

Tina Rushing
Feb 2, 2011
Tina Rowe Rushing, 45 passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at her residence in Long County. She was born in Tattnall County July 27, 1965 to E.W. and Barbara Rowe. She was a 1983 graduate of Glennville High School and a loving wife and mother. She was a member of the Long County Fireman's Auxiliary and...
Ethan Patterson, Jr.
Jan 30, 2011
Metter-Ethan Allen Patterson, Jr., 78, of Metter died suddenly at his home on Sunday, January 30, 2011. He was the son of the late Ethan Allen, Sr. and Myrtle Bowen Patterson. He grew up attending the Metter Primitive Baptist Church and graduated with honors from Metter High School. He attended North Georgia Military College and graduated...
Mary Williams
Jan 30, 2011
Cobbtown - Mary W. Williams, 78, died Sunday, January 30, 2011. She was a Charter Member of Cedar Street Baptist Church, and was a Nurses Aid at Candler County Hospital for several years. She was also a very active and supportive member of AA in Metter, with 24 years of sobriety. One of Mary's greatest joys...
Ahart Hackett, Jr.
Jan 23, 2011
Metter - Ahart Bruce Hackett, Jr., 64 died January 23, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Decatur, Georgia. He was born in Washington, D.C. and shortly after his family moved to Florida where they lived in Sarasota County, Palm Bay and Melbourne. He was drafted during the Vietnam war and spent two years in Germany....
Louise Blackburn
Jan 21, 2011
Metter- Laura Louise Simpson Blackburn 87 died Saturday at her home after a sudden illness. She was born in Cameron (Screven county, GA.) and had lived several years in St. Mary's before returning back to the Metter area in the early 80's. J.W. and Louise were part of the founding members of The St. Mary's and...
Janet Dutton
Jan 19, 2011
Glennville Janet A. Dutton, 61, passed away Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at Evans Memorial Hospital.She was born in Lovington, New Mexico and lived in Texas moving to Glennville in 1980. She was a retired registered nurse employed with Tattnall Memorial Hospital for many years. She loved to read and crochet and was a member of Harmony...
Mary Fluet
Jan 12, 2011
Mary Ann Coleman Fluet, 78, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at Camellia Health and Rehabilitation in Claxton, under the care of Pearls of Life Hospice. The Cobbtown native lived most of her life there, attending Cobbtown Baptist Church. Mary Ann loved to fish, travel, and to take care of others, especially her children and grandchildren. She...
Maggie Taylor
Jan 8, 2011
Metter- Maggie Watson Taylor, 88, died Saturday evening at Azalea Health Care after an extended illness. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Metter, Georgia for over 60 years and a former member of the Naomi Sunday School Class. Maggie was a great cook, enjoyed serving others and always had a wonderful smile. Maggie resided...

Lila Frost
Jan 5, 2011
LILA B. FROST, 91, passed away Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at Tattnall Healthcare in Reidsville and under the care of Pearls of Life Hospice. Mrs. Frost was a native of Bulloch County, but lived in Glennville and Reidsville most of her life. She was preceded in death by her parents, Cammie and Lottie Barker; Husband, Tom...

Michael Stubbs
Jan 2, 2011
Glennville Michael E. "Mickey" Stubbs, 60, died Sunday, January 2, 2011 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mickey was born in Chicago, Illinois and lived in this area most of his life. He was retired from civil service at Ft. Stewart and employed with Georgia Nuggets as Operations Supervisor. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to fish....

Marie Johnson
Dec 31, 2010
Marie Patterson Jones Johnson, 69, passed away Friday, December 31, 2010 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Savannah. She was born on November 7, 1941 in Tattnall County and had lived in this area most of her life. She was a graduate of Glennville High School Class of 1959 and completed Business College the following year. She...