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Local Obituaries for Hinesville, GA, Liberty County & Surrounding Areas
Patrick Kussard
Mar 27, 2021
Patrick “Pops” Kussard, at age 76, peacefully went to be with Our Lord on March 27, 2021 after a short illness.
Patrick was a true cheesehead, born In Green Bay, Wisconsin on February 12, 1945 as WW II was ending. As an adult, he moved his family to the sunny coast of Florida and eventually settled in Georgia. He spent...
Melva Doris Phillips
Mar 25, 2021
Melva Doris Phillips, 91, passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2021.
She was born on July 20, 1929 and lived in Hinesville all her life. She was a devoted member of the First United Methodist Church in Hinesville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A. L. Phillips; parents, Alton and Annie Dasher; and siblings, Ella Ruth Dasher, Estelle...
Lamar Smoak
Mar 24, 2021
Lamar Smoak, 84, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at home surrounded by his family.
Lamar was born on August 1, 1936 in Candler County. He called Liberty County his home for 54 years. He was a saved Christian and a member of Rosemary Primitive Baptist Church. He was a country boy raised on a dirt road with a...
Donna Marie Wesley-Pearson
Mar 24, 2021
Donna Marie Wesley, 64, of Hinesville, Georgia, passed away on March 23, 2021, in Savannah, Georgia.
Visitation will be 6 - 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at Carter Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel in Hinesville, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 2, 2021, at Carter Funeral Home Oglethorpe Chapel in Hinesville, Georgia, with...
Amber Victoria Hinely
Mar 21, 2021
Amber Victoria Hinely, 34, was called home by her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
She was a lifelong resident of Bryan County. She was a loving, devoted mother to Gabriel “Bube”, Blake, and Destiny; and stepmother to Logan and Connor.
Amber was preceded in death by her father, Gary “Cornbread” Hoffman; maternal grandparents; and paternal grandparents.
She...
Mary Margaret Dorminey
Mar 21, 2021
Mary Margaret Dorminey, 76, passed peacefully on March 21, 2021 at Savannah’s Memorial Hospital.
She was born July 9, 1944 in Eastman, GA to the late Lamar and Lois Giddens. Mary was a proud resident of Macon for many years. There she raised a proud family and worked in various roles with the State of Georgia’s Department of Family &...
Bobby Ryon
Mar 20, 2021
James Robert Ryon, Jr “Bobby”, 65, passed away on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
Born in Savannah, Georgia to Bob and Carolyn Ryon, he lived in Hinesville or Liberty County all his life. He was a proud graduate of Bradwell Institute’s class of 1974.
Bobby was a gentle giant and a true friend to many. He was an avid sports...
Jaileen Lee'Ann Reveron
Mar 20, 2021
Jaileen Lee Ann, 16, of New York, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 20, 2021.
Jaileen was known for being well organized and always maintained a strict schedule. She was a student at Bradwell Institute. When she was not in school, she enjoyed creating perler bead art and had an Instagram page “@perlerwerler” where she would share her creations with...
Carl Ivey Varnedoe, Jr.
Mar 17, 2021
Carl Ivey Varnedoe, Jr., 89, went to be with his Heavenly Father on March 17, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving family who cared for him during his long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Carl was born in Hinesville, Georgia on November 3, 1931 to the late Carl Ivey Varnedoe, Sr. and Kathleen Stafford Varnedoe. He served several years...
Eleonore W. Lofton
Mar 15, 2021
Eleonore Wilhelmine Lofton, 91, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2021 at her son’s home in Sunbury, GA surrounded by her loving family.
Eleonore was born on October 29, 1929 in Ehringshausen, Germany. For the past forty years, she lived in Hinesville where she worked for over twenty years at Liberty Regional Medical Center as a Certified Nursing Assistant. She...
Wanell Crosby Cummings
Mar 14, 2021
Wanell Crosby Cummings, 69, passed away on Sunday, March 14, 2021 surrounded by her family at Coastal Manor Nursing Home.
Mrs. Cummings traveled with her husband Linwood during his military career. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, gardening, and being with her family.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Beulah Crosby; brother, Dennis Crosby; three...
Patricia "Pat" Ann Chandler
Mar 13, 2021
Pat Nobles Chandler of Colonels Island, Midway, GA passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021, at Clinch Memorial Hospital. Pat was born in Charlotte, NC. She grew up in Vidalia, GA and later moved to Statesboro where she met her husband of 41 years, Kenneth William Chandler. They later made their permanent home on Colonels Island, where she was surrounded...
James Launaire Thompson
Mar 12, 2021
James Launaire Thompson, 89, passed away on Friday, March 12, 2021 at his home surrounded by family.
James was born on September 9, 1931 in Hemingway, SC to Troy Lee and Winnie Bell Thompson (McAllister). On November 6, 1950 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged on October 9, 1953 from the 34th Infantry Scout Dog...
Thomas A. Heward, Jr. (SGM, U.S. Army, Ret.)
Mar 6, 2021
Sergeant Major (Ret.) Thomas A. Heward, Jr., 65, died peacefully at his Hinesville, GA home on Saturday, March 6, 2021 after a long illness.
He was born on December 7, 1955 in Baltimore, MD, to Alice L. Heward and Thomas A. Heward, Sr. SGM Heward joined the US Army in 1975, serving in the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg,...
Winifred "Winnie" Crosby
Mar 6, 2021
Winifred “Winnie” Crosby rested in the arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, March 6, 2021 surrounded by her family.
Miss Crosby was a 1976 graduate of Bradwell Institute and a lifelong resident of Liberty County. She was a member of Crossroads Holy Church of God where she taught Sunday school for many years. In 2018 she retired from the...
Rose Bertha West
Mar 5, 2021
Mrs. Rose “Bertha” West, 81, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 5, 2021.
Bertha was born on July 17, 1939 in Abbeyville, SC and lived most of her life in Richmond Hill. She enjoyed cooking and was a member of Fleming Baptist Church where she was active in The Ladies Faith Sunday School Class. She was devoted...
Sammie W. Hughes
Mar 1, 2021
Sammie W. Hughes, 77, went to be at the right hand of the Father on Monday, March 1, 2021 where we know she was made whole again as promised to us.
Sammie’s first love in life was her family. She instilled in us love for our Heavenly Father and love for each other. She was a devoted wife to Bill...
Jeanie Singer
Feb 26, 2021
Eugenia Florence Singer (Jeanie), 80, passed away suddenly at home on Friday, February 26, 2021.
Born on March 29, 1940 in Johnson City, NY to the late Varley and Elsie Mott Birtch, Jeanie lived in Walthourville, GA where she worked for several years as a customer greeter at K-Mart and Wal-Mart in Hinesville, GA. She enjoyed reading and spending time...
Kenneth Kiyoshi Kaneshiro (SFC, U.S. Army, Ret.)
Feb 15, 2021
Kenneth Kiyoshi Kaneshiro (SFC, U.S. Army, Ret.), 75, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2021 due to a heart condition.
A native of Kauai, HI, Kenneth faithfully served in the U.S. Army for twenty-four years and retired as a Sergeant First Class. After his military service, he worked at Georgia Narrow Fabrics, McKenzie, and HUD until his retirement. He was...
Phyllis Troha
Feb 12, 2021
Phyllis Troha, 85, of Senoia, GA went to be with the Lord our Savior on Friday, February 12, 2021 surrounded by family.
Phyllis was the only child born to Edward and Mildred Foley on December 18, 1935 in San Diego, CA where her father was serving in the United States Marine Corps. By six months of age, she and her...
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