OBITUARIES

Jan 23, 2024

Tommy Purvis, 78, of Alamo died Tuesday, January 23, following a lengthy illness.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M., Friday, January 26,  in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial in the Alamo Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service.

A native and lifelong resident of Wheeler County, Mr. Purvis...

Jan 12, 2024

Harriet Amy Cook Bennett, 78, passed away on January 12, 2024, in Tampa, Florida. Harriet was born on August 3, 1945. She was the daughter of Harry Augustus Cook, Sr., and Amy Lila Herring Cook of Milan, Georgia. She is survived by her children, Amy Wheeler (Daniel) and Andrew Bennett (Emily); five grandchildren, Cole Wheeler and Andrew, Allison, Molly,...

Jan 10, 2024

Beverly Ann Williams Vaughn, 74, of Eastman died Wednesday, January 10, following an illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:30P.M., Sunday, January 14, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Vaughn Tabernacle.  Visitation is Saturday, 4:00-6:00P.M. at the funeral home.

A native of Dodge County where she lived most of her...

Jan 5, 2024

Harry White, Jr., 96, of Alamo, passed peacefully Friday, January 5, at Memorial Hospital in Savannah, after a brief illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M., Sunday, January 7, at Scotland City Cemetery with visitation at the cemetery one hour prior to the service.  Pastor Andy Brownley will officiate.

Mr. White was born January...

Dec 30, 2023

Jerry Daniel Hulett, 75, of Milan, died Saturday, December 30, following a lengthy illness.  Visitation will be held from 1:30 - 2:30P.M., Friday, January 5, at Vaughn Funeral Home, followed at 3:00P.M., by a graveside funeral service at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery.

A native of Telfair County, Mr. Hulett was the son of the late Daniel and...

Dec 28, 2023

Oscar Owen Hulett, 77 of Hazlehurst died Thursday, December 28, following an illness.  The funeral service will be at 3:30P.M.,Sunday, December 31, at First Baptist Church of Hazlehurst with visitation beginning at 1:30P.M.  Burial will follow at Palms Memorial Gardens.

A native of Telfair County, Mr. Hulett was the son of the late Oscar Mark Hulett and...

Dec 6, 2023

Wallace David Durden, 73, of Helena, died Wednesday, December 6.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00P.M., Saturday, December 9, at New Bethel Church Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home.

A native and lifelong resident of Dodge County, Mr. Durden was the son of the late Ewart and Pauline Polk Durden.  He...

Nov 18, 2023

Lofton Haymons, 98, of McRae, died Saturday, November 18, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Tuesday, November 21, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Haymons was the...

Oct 22, 2023

Nina Irene Smith Howell, 52, of McRae died Sunday, October 22, following a brief illness.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 1:00P.M., Wednesday, October 25, at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation will be held Tuesday, from 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home.

A native of Wheeler County, Mrs. Howell was the daughter of the late Thomas Rayburn...

Oct 2, 2023

David Franklin Floyd, Sr., 80, of McRae, died Monday, October 2, following an illness.  A memorial service is being planned and will be announced on this page.

Mr. Floyd was the son of the late James Herman Floyd and the late Martha Willie Holmes Floyd.  He was a carpenter and painter for most of his life, and...

Sep 30, 2023

Christine Spires Seay was born on June 3, 1933 and passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 30, 2023.  She was the daughter of Joel Ross and Exie Alice Smith Spires and was preceded in death by her husband of seventy years, John Emory Seay, and her siblings, Benjamin Franklin Spires, JB Spires, Doshie Mae Spires, Bill...

Aug 6, 2023

John A. Peterson, V died Sunday, August 6.  A memorial service will be held at 12:00Noon, Saturday, August 19, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home.

A longtime resident of Telfair County and the son of the late John A. Peterson, IV and the late Martha Alice Willis Peterson, Johnny was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting...

Jul 30, 2023

Roy Mitchell Yawn, 95, formerly of Telfair County, was born January 20, 1928, to Henry and Estella Yawn.  By the time his birth was registered the legal birth certificate stated he had no middle name and the date was listed as January 22, 1928.  Roy was the second oldest of seven children.  He graduated from Milan High School, class...

Jul 24, 2023

DaLucas Mac Brooks, infant, gained his angel wings Monday, July 24.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, July 29, at Blockhouse Baptist Church Cemetery, Jacksonville, GA.  A visitation will be held from 4:00-6:00P.M., Friday at Vaughn Funeral Home.

DaLucas was the child of Ricky Lucas Sheppard and Annia Maria Brooks.  His maternal grandparents...

Jul 5, 2023

Donald K. Rich, 67, of McRae, died peacefully Wednesday, July 5, 2023, following a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 4:00P.M., Friday, July 7, at Byron Baptist Church, Byron, GA.

A native of Macon, Mr. Rich was the son of the late James Franklin Rich and the late Pearl Cowart Rich.  A Shriner and...

Jun 22, 2023

Velma Howard Cameron, 77, of McRae, died Thursday, June 22, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Sunday, June 25, at Bethlehem-Sandhill Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday, 6:00-8:00P.M.

A native of Wheeler County, Mrs. Cameron was the daughter of the late Edgar Truett Howard and the...

Jun 20, 2023

Sarah Marjorie (Margie) Lord-Burch, age 95 of McRae, Georgia, passed away on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. She was born to the late Joseph Robert and Sarah Molcie Smith-Lord on August 30, 1927 at the Lord family farmhouse in Laurens County. Marjorie grew up in Dudley, Georgia and graduated from Dexter High School in Dexter, Georgia. She went on to...

Jun 7, 2023

Bobby Laverne Grimes, 84, of McRae, died peacefully Wednesday, June 7, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, June 10, at Friendship Holiness Baptist Church with burial at Grimes Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00 - 8:00P.M.

A native of Wheeler County where he lived most of his life, Mr. Grimes was...

May 28, 2023

Julie Ann Jones Dopson, 64, of Jacksonville, died Sunday, May 28, following a brief illness.  A private memorial service will be held.

A native of Warner Robins, Ms. Dopson was the daughter of the late Julian Carlton Jones and the late Cherry Vernita Redmond Tootle.  She was a CNA and had worked with Dogwood Gardens, McRae Manor...

May 21, 2023

Billie Ann Powell Nairn, 93, formerly of Helena, died Sunday, May 21.  A visitation will be held at 10:00A.M., Wednesday, May 24, at Helena Baptist Church, followed by the funeral service at 11:00A.M.  Burial will be at the Oakland (Helena) Cemetery.

A native of Helena, Mrs. Nairn was the daughter of the late William and Bessie Johns...