OBITUARIES
Recent Obituaries
Local Obituaries for McRae, GA, Telfair County and Surrounding Areas
Clifford Edsel McCarty
Nov 5, 2012
Clifford Edsel McCarty, 37, of Helena, died Monday, November 5. Funeral services will be at 2:00P.M., Thursday, November 8, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial in the Telfair Memorial Gardens. Born in Homerville to Edsel and Janet Barnes McCarty, Clifford was raised in the Brunswick area. He was a member of New Life Christian Ministries. Survivors include...
James O. Ray
Nov 2, 2012
James O. Ray, 81, of McRae, died Friday, November 02. Funeral services will be at 2:00P.M., Sunday, November 4, at McRae United Methodist Church with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is Saturday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native of Telfair County where he lived for most of his life, Mr. Ray was the son of the late William Morris and Martha...

Walter Jackson Hulett
Oct 31, 2012
Walter Jackson Hulett, 86, of Milan, died Wednesday, October 31. Funeral services will be at 2:00P.M., Monday, November 5, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial in the Friendship Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to the funeral service. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Hulett was the son of the late Jack and Bertha...
Matthew Douglas Maloy
Oct 1, 2012
Matthew Douglas Maloy, 33, of Rhine, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012. Visitation will be at 2:30P.M., Wednesday, October 3, at China Hill Christian Church, with the funeral service following at 4:00P.M. Burial will be private. Born in Telfair County to Harris and Margaret Maloy, he was a graduate of Fitzgerald High School and was a member of Sharon Baptist...
T.J. Bowen
Sep 26, 2012
T.J. Bowen, 86, of Milan, died Wednesday, September 26. Funeral services will be at 11:00A.M., Saturday, September 29, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial in the Milan Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Milan, Mr. Bowen was the son of the late Edwin and Beulah Wells Bowen. A member of Milan Baptist...

Bessie Irene (Carpenter) Cason
Sep 5, 2012
Bessie Irene Carpenter Cason, 73, of Helena, died Wednesday, September 5. Graveside funeral services will be at 2:00P.M., Saturday, September 8, in the Fishing Creek Cemetery. Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mrs. Cason was the daughter of the late Leroy and Catherine Varnadoe Carpenter. She worked as an LPN at the Dodge and...
Mary Seina (Heath) Johnson
Sep 2, 2012
Mary Seina Heath Johnson, 77, of McRae, died Sunday, September 2. Funeral services will be at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, September 5, at McRae First Baptist Church with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday, 7:00-9:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of McRae, Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Arthur G. and Frances Sullivan Heath. A homemaker for...

Larry Dean Powell
Aug 18, 2012
Larry Dean Powell, 68, of Lumber City, died Saturday, August 18. Funeral services are at 4:30P.M., Monday, August 20, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Dodges Chapel Cemetery. Visitation is Monday, 3:00P.M. until service time. A native and lifelong resident of Lumber City, Mr. Powell was the son of the late Roy E. and...
Fred Robert Haymons, Sr.
Aug 14, 2012
Fred Robert Haymons, Sr., died Tuesday, August 14. Funeral services will be at 10:00A.M., Friday, August 17, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial in Riverside Cemetery, Lumber City. Visitation is Thursday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Haymons was the son of the late Lucien and Zimmie Odom Haymons and was married to...
Waymon Sanford LaFavor
Aug 10, 2012
Waymon Sanford LaFavor, 83, of McRae, died Friday, August 10. Funeral services will be at 4:00P.M., Sunday, August 12, at Chauncey Baptist Church with burial in the Telfair Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Saturday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native of Wheeler County and longtime resident of Telfair County, Mr. LaFavor was the son of the late Simmie S. and Essie Mae Selph LaFavor. ...
Minnie (Hulett) Spires
Aug 9, 2012
Minnie Hulett Spires, much loved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, went to be with the Lord on August 9, 2012 at the age of 81 years 11 months and 28 days. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM, Sunday, August 12th, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae. Services will conclude with interment at Rebecca Baptist Church Cemetery in...
Lucille (Russ) Williams
Aug 7, 2012
On Tuesday, August 7, Willie Lucille Russ Williams, 91, was called to her heavenly home. A lifetime resident of Telfair County, Mrs. Williams was born on June 1, 1921, in the Grahamville Community, to Jasper Quincy Russ, Sr. and Sarah (Sadie) Graham Russ. She attended Uniondale and Workmore Schools in Telfair County. Mrs. Williams was the widow of William C....
Charlie Paul Giles
Jul 17, 2012
Charlie Paul Giles, 78, of McRae, died Tuesday, July 17. Funeral services will be at 10:00A.M., Friday, July 20, at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow at 1:00P.M., in the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Milledgeville. Visitation is Thursday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native of Bluffton, Mr. Giles was the son of the late Lester and Emma Snipes Giles. He was a member...
Marie (Fulford) Jeffries
Jul 10, 2012
Marie Fulford Jeffries, 66, of McRae, died Tuesday, July 10. Funeral services will be held at 1:30P.M., Friday, July 13, at Helena Baptist Church with burial in Telfair Memorial Gardens. Visitation is Thursday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mrs. Jeffries was the daughter of the late Pete Fulford and the late Amy Rhodes Fulford Blackburn. She...

Eschol Danny Coleman
Jul 1, 2012
Danny Coleman, 54, of Cochran, died Sunday, July 1. Funeral services will be held at 1:00P.M., Thursday, July 5, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Jacksonville. Visitation is Thursday, from noon until the service hour. A native of Perry, Mr. Coleman was the son of the late Eschol Daniel and Grace...

Carrie Rebecca "Reba" (Spires) Whidby
Jun 29, 2012
Carrie Rebecca "Reba" Spires Whidby, 82, of Macon, died Friday, June 29. Funeral services will be at 11:00A.M., Monday, July 2, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Rebecca Cemetery, Milan. Visitation is Sunday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native of Telfair County, Mrs. Whidby was the daughter of the late Lee and Carrie Rebecca Pipkin Spires. A...

James Ray Bohannon
Jun 18, 2012
James Ray Bohannon, 57, of Milan died Monday, June 18. Graveside services will be held at 4:00P.M., Thursday, June 21, in the Hopewell Church cemetery, Rhine. A native of Jacksonville, FL, Mr. Bohannon was the son of the late J.R. and Hazel Hatten Bohannon. An Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, he was a truck driver. Mr. Bohannon was...

Florence Eugene (Selph) Reynolds
Jun 17, 2012
Florence Eugene Selph Reynolds, 93, of McRae, died Sunday, June 17. Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, June 20, at Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is Tuesday, 6:00 - 8:00P.M. A native of Wheeler County, Ms. Reynolds was the daughter of the late John Henry and Cassie Locke Selph, and was...
Roy Sidney Powell
Jun 12, 2012
Roy Sidney Powell, 74, of McRae, died Tuesday, June 12.. Funeral services will be held at 3:00P.M., Thursday, June 14, at the McRae First Baptist Church with burial in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M. A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Powell was the son of the late Roland Q. and Naomi Burkett Powell. He...

Joseph Robert McGee
May 31, 2012
Joseph Robert McGee, 32, of Chauncey, died Thursday, May 31. Funeral services will be at 4:00P.M., Sunday, June 3, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Little Rock Cemetery, Alamo. Visitation is Saturday, 6:00-9:00P.M. A native of Dade City, FL, Mr. McGee was the son of Betty McGee Nash and the late Jesse Robert McGee,...