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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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...
Virginia Gail Mcilrath
Jan 18, 2021
Newington, GA – Virginia Gail Smoak McIlrath, age 77, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021, at Candler Hospital in Savannah, GA. She was born in Screven County to the late Louie & Mattie Lee Smith Smoak. She was a retired Postmaster, having worked at the post office in Harmony, IN for over 30 years and was a...
Evelyn Louise Scott
Jan 18, 2021
Sylvania, GA – Evelyn Louise Scott, age 82, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021, peacefully at home. She was born on August 6 in Effingham County to the late Lewis Hinton Scott and Florrie Berry Scott. She worked as a paraprofessional at Screven County Middle School for 10 years, was a member of Sylvania First Baptist Church,...
Jewel Smith Davis
Jan 6, 2021
Sylvania – Jewel Smith Davis, age 87, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at her residence in Sylvania. She was born in Screven County to the late Solomon D. & Myrtie Jeffers Smith. She was a graduate of Bessie Tift College with a degree in English and began her teaching career at S.W. DeKalb High School in...
Lois Cleland
2021
Sylvania - Lois Cleland, age 62, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Optim Medical Center-Screven in Sylvania. She was born March 24, 1959, in Screven County, GA to the late Henry Earl & Ruby Lee Bolton Cleland and was a member of Red Bluff Baptist Church. She was a homemaker, enjoyed riding horses and once operated...
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