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Jimmy E. Johnson

Jimmy E. Johnson

Jun 12, 2020

Sylvania/Statesboro –Jimmy E. Johnson, age 90, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2020 at Hospice in Statesboro, GA. Jimmy was born in Sargent, GA on April 30, 1930 to Howard and Lucile Johnson. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy and retired from Delta Airlines, where he worked as an aircraft mechanic, after 32 years of...

Charles David Hill

Charles David Hill

Jun 8, 2020

Charles was born January 15, 1944 to C.L. "Bish" Hill and Eunice Bragg Hill. Born and raised in Hiltonia, GA, Charles loved life. He graduated from Screven County High School and served two years in the US Army in the Vietnam War. Charles returned to Screven County where he met and married the love of his life, Patricia...

Edell Jenkins Oliver

Edell Jenkins Oliver

Jun 4, 2020

Sylvania – Edell Jenkins Oliver, age 94, passed away Thursday, June 4, 2020, at Syl-View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sylvania. She was born in Screven County, GA to the late Walter & Kathleen Odom Jenkins. She was retired having worked as a machinist for Torrington Company and was a member of Sylvania First Methodist Church. She had...

Dorothy Davis Kelly

Dorothy Davis Kelly

May 17, 2020

Fayetteville, GA (formerly of Sylvania) – Dorothy Davis Kelly, age 95, passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at Sacred Journey Hospice Inpatient Facility in McDonough, GA. She was born in Screven County, GA to the late Henry C. & Katie Mead Davis and was a homemaker. She was a member of Sylvania First Methodist Church and loved...

Maureen Scott Williams

Maureen Scott Williams

May 13, 2020

Maureen Scott Williams, a vivacious and resilient woman, passed away on May 13th in Hilton Head, South Carolina at the age of 84.  Maureen was born on September 3, 1935, at home in Sylvania, Georgia. She was the youngest of eight children born to Virgil and Nettie (née Williams) Scott. Maureen married Billie Williams in 1959. She is...

Daniel Wayne Blackburn, Jr.

Daniel Wayne Blackburn, Jr.

May 12, 2020

Millen (Screven County)- Daniel Wayne Blackburn, Jr., age 32, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2020 at Jenkins County Medical Center in Millen, GA. He was born in Richmond County, GA to Daniel Wayne Blackburn, Sr. and the late Nancy Collins Blackburn.  He was a member of the Big Horse Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors: ...

John T. Parker

John T. Parker

May 8, 2020

Sylvania- John Tom Parker, age 84, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020 at Optim Medical Center-Screven in Sylvania. He was born in Screven County to the late Richardson Sealy Parker, Jr. and Lillian Mills Parker Bunch.  He was a U. S. Army veteran, a member of the Rocky Ford Baptist Church and was a retired roofing contractor....

Laura Ethel Bolton

Laura Ethel Bolton

May 5, 2020

Statesboro – Laura Ethel Wise Bolton, age 83, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, GA. She was born in Bulloch County, GA to the late Levy Brantley & Myrtle NeSmith Wise. She was retired having worked in the medical insurance field for many years and was a member of Emmitt Grove Baptist...

Cuba Foskey Wilson

Cuba Foskey Wilson

Apr 15, 2020

Sylvania – Cuba Foskey Wilson, age 83, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, GA. She was born in Emanuel County, GA to the late Elmer L. & Wilma Kitchens Foskey. She was retired from BASF Corporation and was a member of Sylvania First United Methodist Church. She was also a member of the...

Dorothy Ann Crooks

Dorothy Ann Crooks

Apr 7, 2020

Sylvania – Dorothy Ann Crooks, age 70, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Syl-View Rehabilitation and Memory Care Center. She was born in New Jersey to the late Johnny Will & Ivery Lee Cain Crooks.  She was retired from Trust Co. Bank where she worked as the secretary.

Survivors: Daughter: Katrina Crooks of...

Gerald Dewitt Lewis

Gerald Dewitt Lewis

Mar 31, 2020

Sylvania – Gerald Dewitt Lewis, age 63, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Augusta Regional Medical Center University. He was born in Savannah, Georgia to the late George Dewitt & Evelyn Ludene Bassett Lewis.

Survivors: Daughter: Christy Anderson of Newington, GA; Son and Daughter-In-Law: John Christopher & Danielle Anderson of Midway,...

Louise Schindel Morgan

Louise Schindel Morgan

Mar 28, 2020

Sylvania – Louise Schindel Morgan, age 69, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Marathon, FL. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late George Smith Jr. & Helen Elizabeth Dye Schindel. She was a homemaker and was of Methodist faith.

Survivors: Husband: Thomas Robert “Bob” Morgan Jr. of Sylvania; Son and Daughter-In-Law:...

Ann Pearce Tyre

Ann Pearce Tyre

Mar 28, 2020

MRS. ANN DeGRAFFENRIED  PEARCE TYRE

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA

Mrs. Ann DeGraffenried Pearce Tyre, 94, of Sylvania, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the Syl-View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sylvania.

She was born October 30, 1925 in Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia to the late Donald F....

John Bert Passmore

John Bert Passmore

Mar 20, 2020

Bremen, GA - John Bert Passmore, age 68, passed away on Friday, March 20, 2020. He was born on April 8, 1951 in Ludowici, Georgia to the late Bert Andrews Passmore and the late Helen Ann Gilbert Passmore. John was retired from Boleds Part Supply and he was a member of Truth Baptist Church. He loved to fish...

Joseph "Joe" Alvin Cleland

Joseph "Joe" Alvin Cleland

Mar 19, 2020

Sylvania – Joseph “Joe” Alvin Cleland, age 88, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020, at his residence in Sylvania. He was born in Screven County, GA to the late Clyde Alvin & Louise Tilley Cleland. He was retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, where he worked as Division Superintendent, after 37 years of service. He was a member...

Madeline Mcclellan Watkins

Madeline Mcclellan Watkins

Mar 16, 2020

Sylvania – Madeline McClellan Watkins, age 77, passed away Monday, March 16, 2020, at her residence in Sylvania. She was born in Andrews, SC to the late Emmitt Gresham & Ida Williams McClellan. She was a graduate of Screven County High School and lived many years in Savannah, GA; She was a homemaker and kept several kids at...

Evelyn Bazemore Dragon

Evelyn Bazemore Dragon

Mar 10, 2020

Statesboro – Evelyn Bazemore Dragon, age 88, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility in Statesboro. She was born in Screven County, GA to the late Thomas D. & Bessie Williams Bragg.  She as a homemaker and was of Protestant faith. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who...

Thomas Robert Masterson

Thomas Robert Masterson

Mar 5, 2020

Thomas Robert Masterson, Master Chief Fire Control Technician, U. S. Navy Retired, age 90, of Sylvania, passed away Thursday at his residence under the hospice care and his loving family. He was born November 11, 1929, in Buffalo, New York to the late Harold Thomas and Anna Elizabeth Propester Masterson.  He was retired from the Navy after 35...

Frederick Earl "Fred" Parks

Frederick Earl "Fred" Parks

Mar 4, 2020

Union, SC - Mr. Fredrick Earl “Fred” Parks, age 81, widower of Mildred Bragg Parks formerly of Millen, GA, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 4, 2020.  Mr. Parks was born in Union, May 8, 1938, a son of the late Harold and Edna Chalk Parks. He was retired from the Georgia Dept. of Transportation...

Ruth Waters Brinson

Ruth Waters Brinson

Mar 4, 2020

Sylvania - Ruth Waters Brinson, age 97, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. A life-long resident of Screven County, she was the daughter of the late Otto James Waters and Ivor Brant Waters Deer.  She was married for 39 years to the love of her life, Hubert, who preceded her in death...

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