Obituaries

John C. “Joey” Bracewell III, 56, passed away Tuesday, June 25, 2013. He was a resident of Appling County. He was a long time employee of J.C. Bracewell, Jr. Enterprises and was preceded in death by his parents, John Charles Bracewell, Jr. and Grace Bracewell. [Full Story »] 

William Franklin (Frank) Ellis, 79, of Lawrenceville, passed away on Sunday, June 23, 2013. He was the eldest son of the late William Calvin and Alice Meeks Ellis of Baxley, and was preceded in death by siblings, Jasper Benjamin (Jakey) Ellis, Johnny R. Ellis, and Jeanette Ellis Barnard. [Full Story »] 

Shirley Holton Griffin, 59, passed away Sunday, June 23, 2013 at the Medical College of Georgia. She was a native of Coffee County and had lived the past 39 years in Appling County; a Certified Nurse’s Assistant for 15 years at Appling HealthCare System and a member of Harvest Chapel Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents; EZ and Mary Viola Holton; three brothers, Allen Bryant, Ronnie Cothern and Billy Stapleton and a daughter in-law, Kim Griffin. [Full Story »] 

Jerome Revels, 59, died June 21, 2013 at 519 Heath Street in Baxley. Jerome was born to the late Robert and Vonoree Revels on Oct. 21, 1953. He was married to Selina Revels and served the citizens of Appling County for 25 years as deputy of the Appling County Sheriff’s Department. [Full Story »] 

Cecil Lee Patrick, 63, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013. [Full Story »] 

Charles H. (Mike) Parker III, 67, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 20, 2013. Mike was born on Oct. 1, 1945 and spent most of his early life in Baxley where he met his wife, Brenda, and married on Sept. 11, 1971 at Zoar Baptist Church. Mike was a graduate of Appling County High School and Georgia Southern University. He went on to have a successful career in the finance industry in Savannah where he and Brenda built a wonderful life around their family, church, friends and music. Southern Gospel Music was a cornerstone of Mike’s life from the age of 5 when he started playing the piano. He went on to sing with the Southern Gospel Quartet – The Lordsmen – and was a long-time choir member of Windsor Forest Baptist Church. [Full Story »] 

Jessie Leah Hall Pearson, age 89, of Hazlehurst, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at Lumber City Health and Rehab. [Full Story »] 

Joy Johnson Kopp, 82, of Flowery Branch, ended her long goodbye on June 11, 2013. Since retirement, she and her husband, of 62 years, Robert, had lived at the family’s log home on Lake Lanier among all their good ole stuff. Joy was the only child of the late Lt. Colonel James Ellis Johnson and Cornelia Parker Johnson Reeves growing up in Baxley surrounded by a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. [Full Story »] 

Faye Potter, 78, of Vidalia, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 in the Community Hospice House after a brief illness. She was a native of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and as a child, grew up in Ft. Myers, Florida. She lived in Baxley and Vidalia most of her life. She managed several convenient stores and retired from Magic Market. She was Baptist by faith and was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Potter, Sr.; son Arthur Potter, Jr.; parents, Burley and Edna Spillman; granddaughter, Kimberly Potter; and two brothers, Pat Spillman and Bob Spillman. [Full Story »] 

J. George Burkhalter, age 36, of Mt. Vernon, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 in Pierce County. He was a native of Wheeler County and lived in Glenwood and Mt. Vernon all of his life. He was a truck driver, but was a drywall installer most of his life. [Full Story »]