All Obituaries

Phil Daryl Spires, 50, of McRae, died Wednesday, June 27.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, June 30, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Spires was the son of Patricia Horton Spires and the late Phillis Dusty Spires.  He was of Baptist faith and a truck driver. Survivors include his mother, Pat H. Spires of McRae.

Weston Eugene "Peck" Evans, 88, of McRae, died Wednesday, June 27, following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, June 29, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service. A native of Dodge County, Mr. Evans was the son of the late Monroe Evans and the late Beulah Mae Wrye Evans Powell.  He was a salesman and co-owner of Evans, Grimes & Gillen Meat...

Tilda Mae Giddens Ray, 88, of Rhine, died Saturday, June 23.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Tuesday, June 26, at Bethel United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is Monday, 6:00-8:00P.M. at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Ray was the daughter of the late Chess and Claudie Hart Giddens and was the wife of the late Edison H. Ray, Sr.  A homemaker for most of her life, she had also...

Sarah Frances Grimes, 83, of Helena, died Thursday, June 14, following a lengthy illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, June 17, at Friendship Holiness Baptist Church, with burial at Grimes Cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday, 6:00-9:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native of Toombs County, Mrs. Grimes lived most of her life in Wheeler County.  She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Frances Copeland, Sr. and the late Nancy Eugene Moye...

Daniel Deen Jones, 73, of McRae, died Thursday, May 17.  A memorial service will be held at 4:00P.M., Saturday, May 19, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. A native of Douglas, Mr. Jones had lived in Telfair County for most of his life and was the son of the late William Tindal Jones and the late Audrey Powell Jones.  A graduate of Telfair County High School, he worked in residential construction and was a member of...

Sarahlynn Roberson, 77, of Jacksonville, died Thursday, May 10, after an extended illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Monday, May 14, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Roberson Cemetery.  Visitation is Sunday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native of Jacksonville, Ms. Roberson was the daughter of the late Steve and Aileen McLendon Roberson.  She was a member of Milan Church of God and a retired telephone operator with AT&T. Survivors...

Addie Carolyn Garrison Briggs, 83, of Milan, died Monday, April 23.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Thursday, April 26, at McRae Presbyterian Church with burial at Midway Church Cemetery.  Visitation will be Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Briggs was the daughter of the late Levi Saxton Garrison, Sr. and the late Lula Mae Ray Garrison.  She was preceded in death by her husband of...

Jewell B. Cook, 90, of McRae died Saturday, April 21.  Funeral services will be held at 2:30P.M., Tuesday, April 24, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Pleasant Grove Cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service. A native of Rhine, Mrs. Cook was the daughter of the late Jack and Willie Mae Coley Bowen.  She was a nurse with Dodge County Hospital for many years and was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.  Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by a...

Ruby Knowles Fussell, 83, of Rhine, died Friday, April 20.  Visitation will be at 1:30P.M., Sunday, April 22, at Sharon Baptist Church with the funeral service at 3:00P.M.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Fussell was the daughter of the late Dave and Aldine Spires Knowles and the wife of the late John Kingsberry Fussell, Jr.  She was a homemaker and attended Sharon Baptist Church.  Ms. Fussell was...

Stacy Ann Walker, 56, of Vidalia, died Wednesday, March 28, following a lengthy illness.  Funeral services will be held at 3:00P.M., Friday, March 30, at Grace Community Presbyterian Church, Lyons, with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, McRae.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service at Grace Community Presbyterian Church. A native of McRae, Stacy was the daughter of the late James F. Walker and the late Ann Douglas Walker.  She was a graduate of Georgia Southern and Savannah...