Obituaries
WINSTON OWEN
Mar 28, 2012
Winston Byan Owen, 74, of Hilliard, FL, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, March 28. Bryan was the son of the late Winston F. and Clera Powers Owen. Bryan was born in Jacksonville, and grew up in Arlington. He attended Landon High School and married his high school sweetheart, Bobbie Jean Rountree. He and Bobbie moved to Orlando in 1963 and raised...
Silas Nettles, Sr
Mar 27, 2012
Silas Carlo “Bo” Nettles, Sr., 65, of St. George, GA, passed away March 27 in his residence. He was born in Folkston, Georgia to the late John Carlo Nettles and Rachel Inez Hickox Nettles. He was preceded in death by 3-Sisters: Hazel Capps, Doris Vanacor, Janice Harris; 5-Brothers: L.C. Nettles, Jimmy Nettles, Walter Nettles, Curtis Nettles, and William Nettles; and...
Jesse Hudgins
Mar 26, 2012
Jesse Eugene Hudgins, 80, of Folkston, Georgia, passed away Monday, March 26 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. He was born in Waycross, Georgia to the late Mae Pullen. He was a member of the Folkston Lions club and a former member of the Homeland City Council. He loved wood working, gardening, and being outdoors. He was a...
MARY BASDEN
Mar 24, 2012
Mary Elizabeth Breighner Debelius Basden, 87, of Folkston, Georgia passed away March 24, 2012. She was a pampered woman and a loving jewel to her family and all that knew her. She was born in Hanover, Pennsylvania to the late Lewis Henry Breighner and Margaret Catherine Kuhn Breighner. She was a member of the Folkston Lions Club and the First...
Theresa Hudgins
Mar 23, 2012
Theresa M. Hudgins, 79, of Folkston, GA passed away March 23 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL. She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts to the late William and Emma (Farley) Coulombe. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Folkston and the Folkston Lions Club. She enjoyed cooking, traveling and working in the...
JULIAN CREWS
Mar 20, 2012
Julian LaVerne Crews, 83, of Homeland, Georgia, passed away March 20 following a lengthy illness. He was born in Charlton County to the late Julian Crews and Laura Lloyd Crews. He was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He retired from Jerry Hamm Chevrolet as Parts Manager after a number of years of service. He was a...
William Russell
Mar 14, 2012
William “Bill” Lee Russell, 73, of Folkston, Georgia passed away March 14, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was born in New Lexington, Ohio to the late Carl Russell and Sara Russell White. He was the owner/operator of Russell’s Repair Shop in Folkston for a number of years. He attended the Homeland Pentecostal Church. He is survived by his wife: Allie Burch...
LILLIAN TAYLOR
Mar 13, 2012
Lillian Jean Murray Taylor, 73, of Folkston, GA, passed away March 13 in St. Vincent’s Medical Center. She was born in Folkston, GA to the late Jasper Claude Murray, Sr. and Estelle Bennett Murray. She retired from the Charlton County School System. She was a member of Homeland United Methodist Church and attended Philadelphia Free Will Baptist Church. He is...
THOMAS GEIGER
Mar 11, 2012
Thomas Mitchell Geiger, 59, of Fredericksburg, VA, passed away March 11, 2012 in Mary Washington Hospital. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to the late Aaron (George)Geiger and Ruth Smith Geiger. He is survived by a son: Thomas Geiger; 2-Sisters: Janice Menne and Karen McCarthy; a granddaughter: Hallie Geiger and a grandson: Devon Geiger. A graveside funeral service will be...
Annie Crews
Mar 9, 2012
Annie Emeline Altman Crews, 85 of Folkston passed away Friday, March 09, 2012 in Charlton Memorial Hospital, Folkston, Georgia. She was born March 23, 1926 in Hoboken, Georgia to Wilbur Noah and Rosa Mozelle Lee Altman. She loved cooking, gardening, canning, singing Gospel music and most of all entertaining guest. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, Great-grandmother...
Douglas Wellner, Jr
Mar 6, 2012
Douglas Stanley Wellner, Jr., 58, of St. George, Georgia passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at his residence. He served his country in the United States Navy and had been employed, as a welder, at Pratt and Whitney Airless in West Hartford, CN and the Henry Hickory House in Jacksonville, Fl. He was a member of the Hilliard Kingdom Hall...
Jewell Kelly
Feb 29, 2012
Jewell Mizell Kelly, 98 of Folkston passed away at her home Tuesday morning, February 29, 2012. Born in Charlton County, she was one of six children born to the late Jesse P. and Minnie Dowling Mizell. Jewell worked and lived many years in Jacksonville for Knight Paper Company as a Payroll Clerk. She was preceded in death by her husband:...
Margie Prescott
Feb 29, 2012
Margie Ann Davis Prescott, 64 of Folkston passed away February 29, 2012 at her residence. She was born October 8, 1947 in Wilmot, Arkansas to Lawrence and Olvie Viola Wilson Davis. She was employed with the United States Postal Service as a mail sorter and also delivered papers for the Charlton County Herald for ten years. She was a member...
VELMA SMITH
Feb 27, 2012
Velma Travillian Smith, 94, of Callahan, passed away February 27 in Jacksonville Florida following a lengthy illness. She was born in East Burnsted, Kentucky to the late John Travillian and Elvira Sue McWhorter Travillian. She worked at May Cowens in the early 1960’s and was previous owner of Tradewinds Restaurant in Hilliard and the Rainbow in Callahan. She was a...
Glenn Dixon
Feb 25, 2012
Glenn Dixon, 75 of Folkston passed away Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Charlton Memorial Hospital. He was born in Toledo Community of Charlton County on June 9, 1936 to Earney and Gertrude Crawford Dixon. He served his Country in the United States Air force, retiring after twenty years of service. He continued working at Kings Bay with Civil Service and...
Bennie Cornelius
Feb 24, 2012
Bennie C. Cornelius, 75 of Folkston passed away Friday, February 24, 2012 at his residence. He was born May 19, 1936 in Nashville, Georgia to Homer and Pauline Connell Cornelius. Bennie worked with Owens Corning Fiberglass for over 40 years and was a member of North Hilliard Baptist Church. He is survived by his children: two stepsons: Gene Manning(Liz) of...
DONALD WHITENER
Feb 18, 2012
Mr. Donald Glenn Whitener, 69, of Folkston, Georgia, passed away Saturday February 18 at his residence. He was born in Los Angeles, California to the late John Thomas Whitener and Alisue Moon Whitener. He retired from the DeKalb County School System after 35 years as a US History Teacher at Chamblee High School. He was an avid reader, gardner, and...
VERNELL SPRADLEY
Feb 17, 2012
Vernell Burch Spradley, 86, passed away February 17 at St. Cloud Medical Center in St. Cloud, Florida. She was born in Folkston, Georgia to the late John Fairlee Spradley and Allie Melinda Walker Spradley. Vernell had lived in Folkston then St. Mary’s most of her life until Eighteen years ago when she began to live with Tammy and Brooke in...
LARRY HOGAN, SR
Feb 15, 2012
Larry Rubin Hogan, Sr. 54 of Folkston passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born January 29, 1958 to Henry Rubin and Marion Alice Purvis Hogan in Jacksonville, Florida. He was employed at Gilman Building Products in Blackshear, Georgia. He is survived by his son: Larry Rubin Hogan, Jr.(Sherry) of Callahan, Florida;...
GLORIA CRAWFORD
Feb 9, 2012
Gloria Anita Clark Crawford, 66, of Waycross, Georgia passed away at Georgia Health Sciences Medical Center (MCG Health) in Augusta on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 10:07 am. Gloria was born on May 4, 1945 in Savannah, Georgia. She is the daughter of the late Elbert Clark of Folkston and Marguerite Griffin Clark of Savannah. A 1966 Charlton County High...
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