All Obituaries

Quinton Wayne Mullis, age 80, of McRae, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home in McRae. Lay-minister Norwood Davidson and Bill McKinnon, Sr. will preside over the service. Interment will follow in Telfair Memorial Gardens. Mr. Mullis was born in Cadwell and raised in Laurens County. After graduating high school, he played minor league baseball for a short time. He was a member of the...

Joseph Rouss Sumner, Sr., 95, of Dublin, died Wednesday, January 9, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00p.m., Friday, January 11, at Siloam Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the funeral service. A native of Wheeler County, Mr. Sumner was the son of the late Joseph Haygood Sumner and the late Lillie Lee Hood Sumner, and was married to the late Lorene Knowles Sumner.  A supervisor and area manager...

Lena Hulett Blizzard, 96, of Jacksonville, GA, died Tuesday, January 8.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Friday, January 11, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with visitation an hour prior.  A committal service will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, January 12, at Sunrise Memorial Gardens, Douglasville. A native of Telfair County, where she lived most of her life, Ms. Blizzard was the daughter of the late Joe and Lottie Wagstaff Hulett and was the wife of the...

Mr. Taylor Millwood, of Milan, died Sunday, January 06, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, January 9, at Rockwell Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is Tuesday, 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. A native of Carbon Hill, Alabama, Mr. Millwood was the son of the late George Manley Millwood and the late Stella Taylor Millwood.  He was a faithful member and usher at Rockwell Baptist Church,...

Charles Malette Knowles, 74, of Milan, died Friday, December 14, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M., Sunday, December 16, at New Red Hill Holiness Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Knowles was the son of the late Dave and Aldine Spires Knowles.  He had retired from Bellsouth Telephone Company and was a member of New Red...

Charles H. Grimes, 82, of Helena, died Saturday, December 08, following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Tuesday, December 11, at Friendship Holiness Baptist Church with burial at Grimes Cemetery.  Visitation is Monday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Wheeler County, Mr. Grimes was the son of the late Rev. Esker and Mrs. Mary Anna Moore Grimes and was married to the late Frances Copeland Grimes.  He was a farmer and a member of...

Rudell Nelms Dennis, 99, of Fort Valley, died Monday, December 3.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Thursday, December 6, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery, Helena.  Visitation is Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native of Glenwood, Ms. Dennis was the daughter of the late Thomas T. and Della LaFavor Nelms and was the wife of the late Olin Dennis.  A homemaker, she was an accomplished cook and gardener who dearly loved...

Robert Herman Hulett, 73, of McRae, died Sunday, November 18.  A visitation will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, November 23, at Vaughn Funeral Home, followed by a funeral service at 3:00P.M.  Burial will be at Friendship Church Cemetery. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Hulett was the son of the late Hugh Dorsey Hulett and the late Mary Corene Gillis Hulett.  He was a heavy equipment operator and was preceded in death by a son, Robbie Hulett and a brother,...

Billy Purvis, 85, of Alamo, died Wednesday, October 31, following an illness.  A funeral service will be held at 4:00P.M., Saturday, November 3, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Alamo Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Wheeler County, Mr. Purvis was the son of the late Elbert and Mattie White Purvis, and was married to the late Mable Evelyn Evans Purvis.  The well-respected patriarch of the...

Joane Claire Spires, 50, of McRae, died Monday, October 29, following an illness.  A private funeral service will be held with burial at Bethlehem (Sandhill) Church Cemetery.  Born in Hollywood, FL, Miss Spires was the daughter of Steve Spires and the late Patricia Cornell Spires.  She had attended Telfair County Schools and was a member of Bethlehem (Sandhill) United Methodist Church. Survivors include her parents, Steve and Renee Spires of McRae; brothers, David (Dottie)...