Obituaries

Levina Ellen Beecher, 66, of St. Augustine, Florida, died Monday, May 6, 2013. Mrs. Beecher was born Jan. 7, 1947 in Jeff Davis County to the late Vascoe Parlor and the late Mary Ellen Carter Parlor. She was of the Baptist faith. Levina was a retired bus driver of the Appling County Board of Education. [Full Story »] 

Jeanette Orvin Bowman, 83, died Sunday evening (May 5, 2013) at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross following a brief illness. [Full Story »] 

Clara Deniece Carter, 81, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at The Pavilion. A native of Appling County, she was born Nov. 24, 1931 to the late John Ellis Carter and the late Lolitta Ellen Lewis Carter. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Bill Summerall and Carlos Carter, a sister, Wilma Sapp and brothers, Wallace, Bertice Lee, Ray and Edwin Carter. Ms. Carter was a member of Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church. [Full Story »] 

Elma O’Berry Hale, 93, of Brantley County, died Saturday night (May 4, 2013) at Baptist Village. She was born in Charlton County to the late John C. O’Berry and Beulah Anderson O’Berry and lived in Brantley County most of her life. In her early years she worked in the Shipyards in Brunswick as a welder, a share cropper and a homemaker. Mrs. Hale retired from the Dairy Queen as the co-manager and also was a bookkeeper for the family wood business. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Hale loved quilting, sewing, cooking and favorite pet, “Princess”, her dog. [Full Story »] 

Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the funeral service for Larry Leroy Rogers, 76, who passed away Friday, May 10, 2013. Services were held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday in Miles Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Rentz and Claude Diehl officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery near Lumber City. [Full Story »] 

Jimmy Lee Shipes, 66, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the Appling HealthCare System. Shipes was born Sept. 4, 1946 in Appling County to the late Elbert and Elvie Thomas Shipes. He was a member of Sand Hill Creek Free Will Baptist Church. Shipes was a retired logger. He was preceded in death by his sister, Dennie Kersey, brother, Bill Shipe and grandson, Trace Lee. [Full Story »] 

Fred R. Brannan, 59, of Baxley, died Monday, April 29, 2013 in the Community Hospice House in Vidalia after an extended illness. He was a native of Toombs County and lived there until moving to Baxley in 2000. He was employed with the former Glenn’s Texaco for thirty years, attended the Liberty Baptist Church in Lyons, and was preceded in death by his parents, Robert and Hattie Juanita Tootle Brannan. [Full Story »] 

Willene Lewis Dell, 87, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Dell was born Oct. 16, 1925 in Coolidge to the late John Richard and the late Pearl Ella Adams Lewis. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. Willene was a devoted Braves fan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Dell, two daughters, Carolyn Sharpe and Dianne Ansley and a grandson, Mark Ansley. [Full Story »] 

Calvin “Wimpy” Jackson, III was born March 23, 1959 in Baxley, to Calvin Jackson, Jr. and Lillie Naomi Jackson. He departed this life on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Georgia Regional Hospital in Savannah. Jackson attended schools in the Appling County School System where he excelled as an artist. [Full Story »] 

Steve Johnson, age 56, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Norfolk, Virginia, living most of his life in Appling County and was a retired carpenter and Baptist by faith. [Full Story »] 

Johnny B. Scott, 71, of Bristol, died Thursday, May 2, 2013. Johnny was born Sept. 12, 1941 in Appling County to the late Jacob Benjamin Scott and the late Lillie Nevada Smith Scott. He was a retired electrician. [Full Story »] 

Steve Allen Stone, 57, died Friday, April 19, 2013 at his residence. Steve Allen was born Jan. 15, 1956 in Appling County to the late Vernon Stone and the late Jessie Brown Yawn Stone. A brother, Eugene Stone, preceded him in death. [Full Story »]