Obituaries

MYRTIE CREWS
Oct 24, 2011
Myrtie Lee Crews, 87, of Folkston, GA passed away Monday, October 24, 2011. She was born February 17, 1924 in Nassau County, Florida to the late Mike Sikes and Gussie Loucindy Hickox Sikes. She was a homemaker and of the Primitive Baptist Faith. She was a seamstress and loved to make quilts. She is survived by 5-Daughters: Ineva (Rayford) Hilton,...

Judith McCoy
Oct 23, 2011
Judith McCoy, 69 of Folkston, Georgia passed away October 23, 2011 at her residence. She was born November 23, 1941 in Fernandina Beach, Florida to James and Dorothy Jones Brazell. A resident of Folkston for the past 15 years, she was a member of the American Business Women’s Association and a member of First Baptist Church. She loved Bingo and...

Robert McCoy
Oct 20, 2011
Robert McCoy, 74 of Folkston passed away October 20, 2011 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. He was born January 13, 1937 in Alma, Georgia to Dr. Walter R. and Maye Moore McCoy. A lifelong resident of Folkston, he was a member of First Baptist Church. Mr. McCoy was the first in Charlton County to be All State in Football. He was...

Ruth Lance
Oct 18, 2011
Ruth Mitchell Lance, 87 of Waycross passed away October 18, 2011. She was born in Cairo, Georgia on February 3, 1924 to William Jesse and Josephine Strickland Mitchell. She worked as a Physician’s assistant for Dr. Willis Keene in Folkston before retirement. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Folkston and the Red Hat Society. Survivors include two...

VERNON HUGGINS
Oct 16, 2011
Vernon Vonzo Huggins, 84, a former resident of Eagle Bend Island for 33 years, passed October 16 at the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring in Jacksonville, Florida. Vernon was of the Methodist Faith, and a US Navy Veteran of WW II, serving on a carrier in the Philippines. He retired from St. Regis Corporation. He is survived by his...

GLADYS KING
Oct 16, 2011
Gladys Louise King, 95 of Waycross passed away October 16, 2011 in Satilla Regional medical Center. She was born April 6, 1916 to Walter F. and Ellen Smith Ivey in Norman Park, Georgia. She was employed as a Nurse at Satilla Regional Medical Center until her retirement. Ms. Gladys was a member of Ware county Homemakers Club, Okefenokee Garden club...
George Bell
Oct 11, 2011
. George Edward Bell, 79 of St. George passed away October 11, 2011 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida. He was born August 21, 1932 in St. George to Ernest and Pauline Tanner Bell. Mr. Bell was a lifelong resident of St. George and was self employed, raising chickens for Gold Kist, for over 20 years. He was an...

GARY TAYLOR
Oct 3, 2011
Gary Lamar Taylor, 55, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away Monday, October 3, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Orange Park, Florida to the late Hardy William Taylor and Dorothy Manning Taylor. He was preceded in death by his wife: Terry Denise Mixon Taylor and a Brother: Hardy W. Taylor, Jr. He is survived by his children: Stella Chancey...

ODESSA HENDERSON
Oct 2, 2011
Odessa Henderson, 101, of Folkston, passed away Sunday October 2 at Folkston Park Care and Rehab. She was born in Valdosta, Georgia. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church where she was on the Deaconess Board. She was also a member of the Easter Star and the Golden Circle. She was preceded in death by her Husband, Willie...

ANNA ODOM
Sep 23, 2011
Anna Marie Odom, 53 of Homeland, Georgia passed away September 23, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. She was born November 24, 1957 in Shubuta, Mississippi to E.L. Odom and Esther Tew. Anna served in the U.S. Army for nine years earning overseas Ribbons and Medals. She is survived by one sister: Lucille Elchorn; Brothers: Dean Odom...

Louise Elder
Sep 16, 2011
Louise HIckox Elder, 89 of Brunswick passed away on September 16, 2011 at her residence. She was born April 6, 1922 to Evan and Sally Harris Hickox. She was a lifelong resident of Charlton County and had lived in Brunswick for the past twenty years. Ms. Elder was a member of Open Bible Baptist Church in Brunswick, Georgia. She is...
Lois Crews
Sep 14, 2011
Lois Johnson Crews, 86 of Sanderson, Florida went to be with her Lord on September 14, 2011. She was born March 21, 1925 to Warren and Nora Elizabeth Green Johnson in Nassau County. She was a member of St. George First Baptist Church since 1955. She is survived by her daughter; Brenda Hodges (Rick) of Sanderson, Florida; one Brother: Connie...

LONA EDWARDS
Sep 10, 2011
Lona Kay Edwards, 70, of Folkston, passed away peacefully at her home September 10, 2011. She was born in Soddy Daisy, Tennessee to the late Everett and Louise Cartwright Sisson. She is survived by her husband: James W. Edwards, 5-Children: Debi (Barry) Webb, Robert (Angie) Brown, Dale (Kayla) Brown, Jimmy (Kathy) Bingham, and Susie (Bill) Norris; 9-Grandchildren: Marie Ellis, Jennifer...
CARL LLOYD
Sep 3, 2011
Carl Eugene Lloyd, 81, of Jacksonville, passed away Saturday, September 03, 2011 at Acosta-Rua Center for Caring following a lengthy illness. He was born in Folkston, GA to the late Abe and Angie Lloyd. He was a member of the South Seminole Masonic Lodge #364 F&AM where he served as Grand Master in 1986. He was a member of the...

ADAM KORNACKI, JR
Sep 2, 2011
Adam Jerome Alphonso Kornacki, Jr., 92, passed away Friday September 2, 2011. He was borin in Erie, Pennsylvania to the late Adam and Helen Kornacki. He enjoyed wood working and was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church in Erie, PA. He proudly served his country in the US Army during WW II where he received two Purple Hearts. He...
Mildred Horne
Aug 22, 2011
Mildred Wynelle Jones Horne, 74 of Kingsland, Georgia passed away August 22, 2011 in S.E. Georgia Health Systems, Brunswick Campus. She was born October 17, 1936 in La Belle, Florida to Willie and Gladys Coppage Jones. She, with her husband Joseph, owned and operated Joe’s Seafood in Kingsland. She was a lifelong resident of Kingsland, Georgia and a member of...
Myrtle Roddenberry
Aug 9, 2011
Myrtle Murray Roddenberry, 95, of Folkston, passed away Tuesday, August 9 at Life Care Center in Hilliard, Florida. She was born in Charlton County to the late William Newton and Julia Elvania Dinkins Murray. She was a homemaker and volunteered in many local civic organizations. She was a member of the Folkston United Methodist Church where she was involved with...

JOSEPH COOPER
Aug 9, 2011
Joseph Farrell Cooper, 69, of Folkston, passed away August 9 in the V.A. Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. He was born in Jacksonville, Florida to the late Joseph W. Cooper and Minnie A. Crews Cooper. He was member of the Folkston Masonic Lodge and proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. He was preceded in death by his...
DONNA CORBIN
Aug 4, 2011
Donna Jean Corbin, 59, of Jesup, Georgia, passed away Thursday August 4 following an illness. She was born in Folkston to the late Hilton Carswell Crews and Betty Lou Johnson Crews Price. She was preceded in death by 2-Children: Angela West and Mark Crews; 2-Brothers: Lance Crews and Archie Crews and a Sister: Shana Carver. She is survived by her...

CHARLES LLOYD
Aug 2, 2011
Charles Henry Lloyd, 75, of Hilliard, passed away Tuesday, August 2 at Shands Jacksonville following an illness. He was born in Jacksonville, FL to the late Robert Benjamin Lloyd and Freda Leoda Hicks Lloyd. He was a member of Hickox Baptist Church and the Southeastern Wood Producers Association. He was preceded in death by his son: Robin Lloyd. He is...