All Obituaries

Janet Ashley Evans, 87, of McRae, died Saturday, November 2, following an extended illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Monday, November 4, at McRae Presbyterian Church followed by burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. A native of Scotland, Ms. Evans had lived most of her life in McRae.  She was the daughter of the late Harvey E. and Ora Estelle Baughcum Ashley.  Retired after 43 years in various positions at...

Mary Willene Cravey Marchant, 88, of Milan, died Friday, November 1 following a lengthy illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, November 3, in the chapel of Vaughn funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Milan Cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service. A native and lifelong resident of Milan, Ms. Cravey was the daughter of the late Max Lamar Cravey and the late Ruby Shepherd Cravey. A self-employed professional seamstress, she also worked with Roydon...

Alan Jeff Williams, Sr., 64, of Milan died Tuesday, October 22, following an illness.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Friday, October 25, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Milan Cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of Milan, Mr. Williams was the son of the late Henry Gilbert Williams and the late Jeynelle Vaughn Williams.  A husband, father, farmer, bus driver, DNR worker and rail road worker, he was a member of Mt. Zion United Methodist...

Barney Mack Selph, 61, of McRae, died suddenly on Saturday, October 5.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 5:00P.M., Tuesday, October 8, at Siloam Baptist Church Cemetery, Milan.  Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. A native and lifelong resident of McRae, Mr. Selph was the son of the late Thomas Ervin Selph and the late Thelma Margaret Howell Selph.  He was a truck driver, a farmer and had worked with Amercord.  Mr. Selph was preceded in death...

Betty Sue Spires Rawlins, 77, of McRae, died peacefully at her home on Sunday, September 22, following a lengthy illness.  A visitation will be held at 10:00A.M., Saturday, October 12, at Vaughn Funeral Home, followed by a memorial service at 11:00A.M., in the chapel. A native and lifelong resident of McRae, Mrs. Rawlins was the daughter of the late Chris and Ethel Bowen Spires.  A floral designer for most of her life, she was a member of Harmony Baptist Church and Sandhill United...

Gene Calvin Garmon, Jr., 61, of Mt. Vernon, died peacefully at his residence on Sunday, September 22, following an extended illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Monday, September 30, at Middleton Memorial Cemetery, Ludowici, GA.  Visitation will be 6:00-9:00P.M., Sunday at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native of Atlanta, Mr. Garmon was the son of the late Gene Calvin Garmon, Sr. and the late Pat Brown Garmon.  He was a construction...

Walter Aaron Bland, Sr., (Buck), age 73, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 5, after an extended illness.  Buck was born August 11, 1946 in Douglas, Georgia, to Julian and Dorothy Bland of Jacksonville, Georgia.  He attended Telfair County schools, was retired from General Motors Corporation and was an army veteran.  Buck had resided for the past 28 years in Fernandina Beach, Florida.  He maintained close ties to South Georgia and loved his cabin in the woods....

Tommy Redmond Yawn, Jr., 62, of Rhine, died Sunday, August 25, following a lengthy illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Tuesday, August 27, at Rockwell Baptist Church Cemetery.  Visitation will be 6:00-8:00P.M., Monday, at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Yawn was the son of the late Tommy R. Yawn, Sr. and the late Alma Harrington Yawn.  A graduate of West Telfair Academy, he was formerly a...

Eugene Talmadge Howard, 78, of Jacksonville, died Wednesday, August 14, 2019, following a brief illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, August 17, at Clements Cemetery at Mt. Galilee.  Visitation will be held from 6:00 – 9:00P.M., Friday. A native of Dodge County, Mr. Howard was the son of the late Edgar and Sibyl Lowie Howard.  He had worked with the Department of Commerce, St. Regis Paper Company and Champion Company.  Mr....

Emily Wilda Powell, 78, of Lumber City, died Tuesday, August 13, following a lengthy illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, August 17, at Dodges Chapel Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00P.M., Friday at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native and lifelong resident of Lumber City, Mrs. Powell was the daughter of the late Homer and Bessie Strickland Sandiford.  A homemaker, she was a member of Fishing Creek Baptist Church and attended...