All Obituaries

David Franklin Floyd, Jr., 47, of McRae, died Tuesday, September 18.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Thursday, September 20, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation is Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A Telfair County resident, Mr. Floyd was the son of David Franklin Floyd, Sr. and the late Brenda Joyce Long Coleman.  Self-employed in residential construction and a truck driver with Thom’s Transport, he had served...

Bill Cason, 82, of Helena, died Wednesday, September 12.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, September 15, at Fishing Creek Cemetery, Lumber City.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00 – 8:00P.M. A native of Lakeland, FL, Mr. Cason was the son of the late Ben and Mamie Katherine Baker Cason.  He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was a block mason.  Mr. Cason was a member of both Snowhill Church of God and McRae Church of God and was...

Eddie Sue Welch Batchelor, 95, of McRae, died Tuesday, September 11, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, September 14, at Midway United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Batchelor was the youngest and last surviving of the eleven children of the late William Edgar and Sudie Quinn Welch.  She was the wife of...

Billy Steverson, 74, of Helena, died Sunday, September 09, following a lengthy illness.  A memorial service will be held at 4:00P.M., Tuesday, September 11, at Oakland (Helena) Cemetery. A native of McRae where he lived most of his life, Mr. Steverson was the son of the late William Steverson, Sr. and the late Mary Alice Brewer Steverson.  He was a truck driver and farmer for most of his life. Survivors include his daughters, Lynn Kight of Rhine and Vicki Steverson of Helena;...

        Donna Sheryl Bass Grimes, 69, of McRae, died Tuesday, July 31.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, August 4, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, with burial at Grimes Cemetery, Helena.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native of Telfair County where she lived most of her life, Mrs. Grimes was the daughter of Buck Bass and the late Jean Curtis Bass.  A retired bookkeeper for Foster Tractor Company and for Harry Brett,...

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...