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Lawton Lee Shuman
Apr 14, 2019
Lawton Lee Shuman, 87, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at home surrounded by his family. Lawton was born in Clyde, GA and lived there until the government took over and moved his family to Richmond Hill where he resided most of his life. He was a member of Richmond Hill Full Gospel Church. He was a wealth of...
Patricia Braxton Brewer
Apr 12, 2019
Patricia Braxton Brewer, 81, of Hinesville, GA, passed away Friday, April 12, 2019, at home after a long illness.
Born May 20, 1937, in Dorchester, GA, to John Crawford and Jerusha Beard Braxton, she was a member of the Bradwell Institute Class of 1956 and a graduate of Savannah School of Cosmetology. She married the love of her life,...
Franklin David Wood (1SG, US Army, ret.)
Apr 11, 2019
1SG Franklin D. Wood (US Army, retired), 83, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2019, at Candler Hospital after a long battle with lung cancer and heart disease.
A resident of Hinesville for the past 48 years, 1SG Wood retired from the United States Army in March 1981 after 26 years of service and, in 1997, retired from Civil Service. ...
Patty V. Edwards
Apr 7, 2019
Patricia Varnedoe 'Patty' Edwards, 83, transitioned to her heavenly home on April 7, 2019, surrounded by her loving family. She was under the care of her daughter, Rebecca, and Georgia Hospice. Patty was born in Hinesville, Georgia, on February 20, 1936, to the late Carl Ivey Varnedoe, Sr. and Kathleen Stafford Varnedoe. She graduated from Bradwell Institute in 1954. She...
Larry Dean Duke
Apr 6, 2019
Midway
Larry Dean Duke, 61, of Midway went to be with the Lord Saturday, April 6, 2019, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
Born March 31, 1958, to Billy and Audrey Duke in Whitesville, NC, Larry worked at Hobart in Richmond Hill from 1994, when he and his family relocated to the area from Michigan, until the...
Thomas Nelson Burnette, Jr. (LTG, US Army, ret.)
Apr 1, 2019
Lieutenant General Thomas N. Burnette, Jr. (United States Army, Ret.), passed away at home Monday, April 1, 2019.
LTG Burnette was predeceased by his parents, Thomas N Sr. and Mary Gwendoline Burnette, and is survived by his children, Lisa Christine Burnette of Midway, GA, and Thomas N. Burnette III of London, England, and his wife Claudette; his grandchildren, Burnette...
Susan Elizabeth Hall Burnette
Apr 1, 2019
Susan Elizabeth Hall “Sue” Burnette, 72, passed away at home on Monday, April 1, 2019.
Sue was predeceased by her parents John Q. and Elizabeth Hall, and is survived by her children, Lisa Christine Burnette of Midway, GA, and Thomas N. Burnette III of London, England, and his wife Claudette; her grandchildren, Burnette Elizabeth “Bunny” Braun, Valades Bacchus Burnette,...
Jeffrey McKee Powell
Mar 31, 2019
Jeffrey McKee Powell, 73, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Savannah, GA surrounded by his family. Jeffrey was born May 22, 1945 at The Presidio military base in San Francisco, CA to William and Eleanor Powell. Shortly after, his family moved to Warren, OH where he attended school with his three younger sisters - Leslie, Mary Jane and...
Lynda B Mobley
Mar 28, 2019
Lynda Louise Beach Mobley, 78, transitioned to her heavenly home surrounded by her family on March 28, 2019, at Candler Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Brunswick, Georgia, she lived many years in Hinesville, Georgia before retiring to Pine Harbor, Georgia, in 1997. She was a 1959 graduate of Bradwell Institute and attended the Warren A. Candler Hospital School...
Lynda B Mobley
Mar 28, 2019
Hinesville/Shellman Bluff Lynda Louise Beach Mobley, 78, transitioned to her heavenly home surrounded by her family on March 28, 2019, at Candler Hospital after an extended illness. Born in Brunswick, Georgia, she lived many years in Hinesville, Georgia before retiring to Pine Harbor, Georgia, in 1997. She was a 1959 graduate of Bradwell Institute and attended the Warren A. Candler...
Joseph Edward Thompson
Mar 27, 2019
Joseph Edward Thompson, 91, departed this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. As a youth, Joe sang in the St. John’s Church Choir for three years under the direction of William Brooks Reayes. He attended Savannah High School and Georgia Southern University. Joe was a World War II veteran and served in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was preceded...
Nancy Lou Capps
Mar 23, 2019
Nancy Lou Capps, 77, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2019, at Memorial University Medical Center.
She was a resident of Hinesville for the past 36 years and was a member of Victory Assembly of God. She was a court reporter for many years in Liberty and Wayne Counties before she and her husband opened the Hinesville Western Store.
She...
Carolyn Martin Floyd
Mar 19, 2019
Mary Carolyn Martin Floyd, age 85, of Flemington, died Tuesday, March 18, 2019, at home, with her family at her side.
Born in Bonifay, Florida, Carolyn lived most of her life in Flemington and was a graduate of Bradwell Institute and Georgia State College for Women (now Georgia College). She was a lifelong member and ordained Elder of Flemington Presbyterian...
Roy Edward Mock
Mar 19, 2019
Roy Edward Mock, 76, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at home surrounded by his loving family. Roy was born in Glennville, GA and lived most of his life in Savannah, GA. He served in the U.S. Navy. He attended Chevis Oaks Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Johnny and Mourice Mock; and son...
Peggy J. Bell
Mar 17, 2019
Peggy J. Bell, 86, passed away peacefully after a short illness on Sunday, March 17, 2019.
Peggy was born to Marvin and Martha McKinley in Summerdale, Alabama. She was a member of Hinesville First Methodist Church and the Circle of Love. She was also an avid Alabama fan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon H....
Ruth Elizabeth Divine
Mar 15, 2019
Ruth Divine, 89, passed away at Coastal Manor Nursing Home Friday, March 15, 2019, surround by her family.
Born in New Bedford, MA, she was a resident of Georgia for over 50 years, living in Savannah for many years and in Fleming for the last six.
Ruth loved to travel and has lived all over the country and...
Francis Whitehead
Mar 13, 2019
Francis Whitehead passed away on March 13, 2019. He was born in Germany to military parents Francis and Bertha Whitehead, and raised in Newton, NJ. He joined the military at an early age and retired in Fort Dix, NJ, but moved to Hinesville, GA, in 1987. He enjoyed bowling and playing bingo as hobbies and, most importantly, he loved spending...
Anna Mae Todd Harvey
Mar 13, 2019
Anna Mae Todd Harvey, 82, of Richmond Hill, GA, passed away on March 13, 2019, at home with her family. She was born to the late Olline Eula Todd and late Joe David Todd, in Ft. Lauderdale, FL on April 26, 1936. She married Fullmer Holton Harvey in 1951 in Savannah, GA. She was an avid homemaker, baker and seamstress;...
Jerry Gray
Mar 9, 2019
SFC Gerald T. “Jerry” Gray (United States Army, Retired), 72, passed away at Candler Hospital Saturday, March 9, 2019, surrounded by his family.
A native of Rome, PA, he was a resident of the Hinesville area for the past 33 years and was a member of St. Stephen First Martyr Catholic Church. A Vietnam Veteran, he was retired from the...
Jerry Gray
Mar 9, 2019
SFC Gerald T. “Jerry” Gray (United States Army, Retired), 72, passed away at Candler Hospital Saturday, March 9, 2019, surrounded by his family.
A native of Rome, PA, he was a resident of the Hinesville area for the past 33 years and was a member of St. Stephen First Martyr Catholic Church. A Vietnam Veteran, he was retired from the...
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