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Van Dyne Peel, Jr.

Van Dyne Peel, Jr.

Mar 12, 2021

Sylvania – Van D. Peel, Jr., of the Bay Branch Community, passed away Friday, March 12, 2021. He was born December 5, 1947 in Jenkins County, Georgia and was seventy-three years old.  He was predeceased by his father, Van D. Peel, Sr. and his mother, Myrtle Waller Peel.

Van is survived by his sister,...

Gary Estelle Rowe

Gary Estelle Rowe

Mar 8, 2021

Sylvania – Gary Estelle Rowe, age 65, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born in Birmingham, AL to the late Dorothy Mock Anderson. He was a retired meat cutter for Food Lion and was a 22-year U.S. Marine Veteran having served in Vietnam and Desert Storm. He also enjoyed...

Rev. Jimmy Drew Mulkey

Rev. Jimmy Drew Mulkey

Mar 8, 2021

Sylvania – Jimmy Drew Mulkey, age 91, passed away Monday, March 8, 2021, at his residence.  He was born in Colquitt, GA to the late Lee Preston & Chloe Sheffield Mulkey. He was 11 years old when he gave his life to the Lord at First Baptist Church of Colquitt, GA and surrendered to preach at the age...

Ida Lynn Taylor Lariscy

Ida Lynn Taylor Lariscy

Mar 6, 2021

Hiltonia, GA – Ida Lynn Taylor Lariscy, 76, passed away on March 6, 2021 at Gentilly Gardens of Statesboro, GA. She was born in Savannah, GA on March 25, 1944 to Thomas Clifton & Anna Floyd Taylor, who preceded her in death. She was also predeceased by her husband, C. Franklin Lariscy, son, Terry Allen Lariscy, daughter, Angela...

Sonny Lee Jones

Sonny Lee Jones

Mar 3, 2021

Sylvania – Sonny Lee Jones, age 71, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Doctor’s Hospital in Augusta, GA.  He was born in Amhurst, OH to the late Arlie and Ioda Mae Jones. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  He worked as a sawyer for a limestone quarry and was a...

James Edward Waters

James Edward Waters

Feb 27, 2021

Rocky Ford - James Edward "Beetle" Waters, age 57, passed away Saturday, February 27, 2021, at Optim Medical Center – Screven in Sylvania.  He was born in Millen, GA to the late Julian Carl Waters and Mildred Lambert Baker, who survives him.  He was a member of McDonald Baptist Church.  He was an employee of Smith Farms of...

Addie Lou Morse

Addie Lou Morse

Feb 25, 2021

Sylvania – Addie Lou Morse, age 80, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021, at her residence. She was born in Saint Brides, Virginia to the late Robert Nealy & Eleanor A. Jones Morse. She worked as a home care nurse and was of Protestant faith.

Survivors: Daughter and Son-In-Law: Rose & Ernest Beasley of...

Debra "Debbie" Howard Mock

Debra "Debbie" Howard Mock

Feb 25, 2021

Sylvania – Debra “Debbie” Darlene Howard Mock, age 66, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021, at Jenkins County Hospital in Millen, GA. She was born in Screven County to the late John & Eudell O’Neal Howard. She was a member of Faith Temple Church and was retired from the United States Postal Service – Statesboro Office. She loved...

Virginia Mathias Volf

Virginia Mathias Volf

Feb 25, 2021

Asheville, NC - Virginia Volf, 94, of Asheville, formerly of Sylvania, died on February 25, 2021. She was born in Montgomery County, was a graduate of University of Georgia, and was a homemaker. She was a member of Union Baptist Church, where she served faithfully in many different capacities, and later a member of Middle Ground Baptist Church....

Glenda Sue Barrs Brown

Glenda Sue Barrs Brown

Feb 22, 2021

Sylvania – Glenda Sue Barrs Brown, age 65, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021, at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. She was born in Savannah, GA to the late Henry & Mildred Mock Barrs. She worked as a homemaker.

Survivors: Daughter: Cindy Brown Brubaker of Sylvania; Son and Daughter-in-Law: Jerry Atticus...

Charles Edwin Rooks

Charles Edwin Rooks

Feb 18, 2021

Sylvania – Charles Edwin Rooks, age 72, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021, at his residence. He was born in Screven County to the late James E. & Mary Louise Mock Rooks. He was a member of Sylvania First United Methodist Church and was retired from BASF and working as a bailiff of the Screven County Courts. He...

James Ward Hankinson, Iii

James Ward Hankinson, Iii

Feb 13, 2021

Rocky Ford - James Ward “Jimmy” Hankinson, III, age 83, passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021, at his residence. He was born September 26, 1937, in Millen, Georgia, to the late James Ward, Jr. & Deloris Krulic Hankinson.  He was a member of the Rocky Ford Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, was a maintenance supervisor...

Jerry Friese

Jerry Friese

Feb 10, 2021

Sylvania – Jerry Friese, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, at his residence in Sylvania. He was born in Jenkins County to the late Virgil, Sr. & Nevada Griner Friese. He worked at Koyo Bearings Plant as a setter operator in the grinding department for 36 years and was a member of Goloid Baptist Church....

Andy Wayne White

Andy Wayne White

Feb 7, 2021

Sylvania – Andy Wayne White, age 53, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021, at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, GA. He was born in Savannah, GA to Marion Weiss Wagner and the late Terry Wayne White. He worked as a self-employed carpenter.

Survivors: Wife: Dian L. Campbell White of Sylvania; Daughter...

Ronald "Buddy" David Friese

Ronald "Buddy" David Friese

Feb 3, 2021

Sylvania – Ronald David “Buddy” Friese, age 40, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, GA. He was born in Savannah, GA to Ronald Adrian Friese and the late Sheila Grace Williams Friese. He worked as a self-employed truck driver with Crown Transportation and could drive anything with wheels. He enjoyed...

Ellen Woody Cleland

Ellen Woody Cleland

Jan 29, 2021

Burnsville, NC (formerly of Sylvania) – Ellen Woody Cleland, age 88, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, January 29th. A native of Yancey County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Edd and Grace Sparks Woody. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joe Cleland; sisters: Annie McFalls, Ruth Thomas, Jenny Thomas...

Francine E. Nevils

Francine E. Nevils

Jan 29, 2021

Brazil, IN – Francine E. Nevils, age 55, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021 in Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, IN. She was born on April 18, 1965 in Savannah, GA., the daughter of Fred and Rose (Robbins) Nevils. Fran was a 1983 graduate of Brazil High School and Ivy Tech Community College where she...

G. Carroll Saxon, Sr.

G. Carroll Saxon, Sr.

Jan 27, 2021

Millen, GA – Grady Carroll Saxon, Sr., age 81, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at Jenkins County Medical Center in Millen, GA. He was born in Screven County to the late Frank Brown Saxon & Lillian Chance Saxon and was a member of Dry Branch Baptist Church. He worked for Planters Electric as a line foreman...

Kimberly Michelle Nichols

Kimberly Michelle Nichols

Jan 27, 2021

Sylvania – Kimberly Michelle Nichols, age 55, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, GA. She was born in Erie, Ohio to the late Forrest & Carol Carnahan Nichols. She also worked as a photographer for Olan Mills.

Survivors: Half-Sister: Julie Nichols of Ohio; Half-Brothers: Harvey Nichols of...

Alonza "Lonnie" Wilson, Jr.

Alonza "Lonnie" Wilson, Jr.

Jan 27, 2021

Millen, GA – Alonza “Lonnie” Wilson, Jr., age 68, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at his residence in Millen, GA. He was born in Jenkins County to the late Alonza Wilson, Sr. and Frances Lovett Wilson Hickman. He worked for the Jenkins County Road Department and was a member of the Christian Church. He was an...

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