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Helen S Craft
Sep 24, 2013
OBITUARY CLAXTON: Helen S. Craft, 77, passed away September 24, 2013 at Memorial Health University. She was a member of Gospel Baptist Church and a very active member of her church. Helen was born in Eastanollee, Ga. she lived in Claxton most of her adult life. She was a homemaker, seamstress and loved flowers. She was preceded in death by...
William "Bill" Peregoy
Sep 20, 2013
OBITUARY COLLINS: William “Bill” Peregoy, 78, passed away Friday, September 20, 2013 at Meadows Regional Hospital in Vidalia Ga. He was a native of Westminster, Maryland and moved to Georgia in 1999. After retiring from East Alco Aluminum in Fredrick, Md. He entered the Army in 1952 and spent 18 months in Korea. Among his awards are the Korean National...
Geraldine Beasley Beegle
Sep 17, 2013
OBITUARY CLAXTON: Geraldine Beasley Beegle, 92 of Palmetto passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2013. She was born in Claxton, GA to the late Mr. and Mrs. Neal Beasley. In Addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her brothers, Dilworth, Delmas and Daldon Beasley and daughter, Barbara Beegle Lambert. She graduated from Georgia Southern State College and taught...
Melvin Sapp
Sep 15, 2013
CLAXTON: Melvin Sapp, 78, passed away Sunday, September 15, 2013, at Candler Hospital in Savannah. The native and lifelong resident of Evans County was a member and Deacon of Bible Holiness Church in Hagan. He was a pecan grower and a member of the Georgia Pecan Association. Mr. Sapp retired after 40 years of service to Independent Life Insurance Company....
Louise Bradley
Sep 13, 2013
CLAXTON: Louise E. Bradley, 78, passed away Friday September 13, 2013. She was of Baptist Faith and lived in Claxton most of her life. She is preceded in death by her husband Alfred Bradley, son Cecil Bradley, three sister, Ruth Mitchell, Nina Barnard, and Maybelle Griffin. SURVIVORS: Daughter, Judy (Gary) Loper of Claxton, two sons, Lonnie (Vickie) Bradley of...
James L. Hunter
Sep 3, 2013
CLAXTON: James L. Hunter, 75, died September 3, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro. The Tattnall county native lived most of his life in Evans County. He was Baptist Faith. He was retired from local 474 Operating Engineers, of Savannah, after thirty two years of service. He was a veteran and served in the Army from 1954 to 1968,...
Elton Ricky Todd
Aug 22, 2013
OBITUARY CLAXTON: Elton Ricky Todd, 65, passed away at his home August 22, 2013. The Evans County native was of the Baptist Faith. He retired from the Georgia Department of Corrections, he graduated from Claxton High School in 1967 and from Swainsboro Tech. Mr. Todd was an amazing carpenter and also loved to fish and piddle. He was preceded in...
Harvey Bloyce Waters
Aug 21, 2013
CLAXTON: Harvey Bloyce Waters, 58, passed away at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah. The Evans County native lived here all of his life and also served in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his parents Raleigh “Dick” and Melrose Waters. SURVIVORS: daughter; Priscilla (Eric) Garrison of Claxton, son; Harvey “Ashley” Waters of Hinesville, two brothers; Lewis (Dianne)...
Miriam Faye Smith
Aug 18, 2013
CLAXTON: Miriam Faye Smith, 74, passed away August 18, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Evans County native was an office manager for her husband for 23 years and taught dance and sang on the radio at one time. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her parents, Virgil and Dollie Snipes and three sons, Robert L. DeLong, Jr., Christopher...
Joe G. Strickland
Aug 17, 2013
CLAXTON: Joe G. Strickland, 83, passed away August 17, 2013 at St. Joseph Hospital in Savannah after a short illness. The Evans County native was the son of the late Charlie Clinton and Mittie Purcell Strickland. He was preceded in death by his son Joe G. (Jo-Jo)Strickland, Jr.; brothers, Henry, C C, and David Strickland; sisters, Georgia Bell, Versie, Dicy,...
Annie Faye Miller
Aug 15, 2013
CLAXTON: Annie Faye Miller, 74, passed away August 15, 2013, at Memorial Medical Center. The Arkansas native had resided in Evans County for a number of years and was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arvid Miller. SURVIVORS: one son, Jimmy Webb of Hot Springs, AR; five daughters, Mary Horn of Claxton,...
Lawton H. Rogers
Jul 31, 2013
Bellville: Lawton H. Rogers, 87, died Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Tattnall County, his parents, J. Leroy and Mary Lizzie McCord Rogers. He spent his entire life in Bellville, while farming until the early 1970’s when he went to work for O. H. Daniel Lumber Company for over 20 years....
Billy Wayne Pittman
Jul 25, 2013
CLAXTON: Billy Wayne Pittman, 79, passed away July 25, 2013, at Ogeechee Area Hospice. He was a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas, but lived most of his adult life in Claxton. SURVIVORS: two sons, Al (Carol) Pittman of Cooperville and Wayne (Michele) Pittman of Claxton; two daughters, Billie Jean (Charles) Weathers and Cindy Alba all of Claxton; two brothers, Danny...
William Cecil Barrow
Jul 20, 2013
CLAXTON: William Cecil Barrow “C- Boy”, 83, passed away July 20, 2013 at Nursing Center in Statesboro Ga. He was a lifelong resident of Evans County and a retired brick mason. SURVIVORS: brother, Henry Barrow of Claxton; sister, Lucy Jane Driggers of North Charleston S.C. and several nieces and nephews. VISITATION: Tuesday July 23, 2013, p.m., at J. Mellie NeSmith...
Rebecca (Beck) Powell Downs
Jul 15, 2013
SAVANNAH/CLAXTON: Rebecca (Beck) Powell Downs, 73, passed away July 15, 2013, after a long illness. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Claxton and a native of Evans County. She graduated from Georgia Southern and taught school. She then traveled with her husband, who was in the construction business. Becky was preceded in death by her...
Patricia K. Bennett
Jul 12, 2013
CLAXTON: Patricia K. Bennett, 58, passed away quietly at her home July 12th, 2013. She was a lifelong resident of Evans County and was of Methodist Faith. She was a loving mother and grandmother. SURVIVORS: two daughters, Jennifer Bennett, of Claxton and Rebecca Chessnut of Washington, D.C.; and two sisters, Regina K. Zullo, N.J. and Sheryl Garner of Fl., five...
William D. Shaughnessy
Jul 9, 2013
CLAXTON: William D. (Bill) Shaughnessy, 77, passed away July 9, 2013, at St. Joseph Hospital. He was a native of Chicago, IL., and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He attended the Men’s Prayer Breakfast at Daisy Methodist Church and served as the Director over the Hames Senior Citizen Center. SURVIVORS: his wife, Stephanie (Pinki) Shaughnessy of...
Deborah Richey
Jul 7, 2013
CLAXTON: Deborah I. Richey, 56, passed away July 7, 2013 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was a native of Evans County and lived most of her life in Claxton. She was a member of the Claxton First United Methodist Church where she sang in the Chancel Choir. She taught Sunday school, served as President of the Friendship Circle and Treasurer...
Willa Dean Crosby Watson
Jun 27, 2013
CLAXTON: Willa Dean Crosby Watson, 86, passed away June 27, 2013, at Camellia Health and Rehab. She was a native of Bulloch County but had lived most of her life in Evans County. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church and The Senior Citizens Group. Mrs. Watson was preceded in death by her daughter, Gail Hubbard. SURVIVORS: two daughters,...
Jonny Lewis Hodges Sr.
Jun 19, 2013
CLAXTON: Johnny Hodges, 58, passed away June 19, 2013. He lived in Evans County for most of his life and was a member of Hope Baptist Church in Reidsville. He enjoyed wrestling and Nascar. Johnny was preceded in death by two sisters, Ann Durrence and Margie Durrence. SURVIVORS: his wife of 25 years, Sylvia Hodges of Claxton; one brother, Henry...
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