Obituaries

Glennville, GA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Glennville, Tattnall County & Surrounding Areas

James Weitman

James Weitman

Mar 22, 2016

James O. "Jimmy" Weitman 89 passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at Coastal Manor Nursing Home in Ludowici. He was born in Glennville October 14, 1926 to Moses Oscar and Lanoria Moody Weitman living in South Florida for many years moving back to Glennville in 1974. He was a World War II Marine Corps Veteran and...

Alice Eckhart

Alice Eckhart

Mar 18, 2016

Faye Simmons Eckhart, 64 passed away Thursday, March 18, 2016 at her residence. She was born January 10, 1952 living in Glennville most of her life. She was employed with Dr. Troy Rahn for over 30 years as a Dental Assistant. She was one of the founding members of Glennville Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. She loved...

Willie Durrence

Willie Durrence

Mar 18, 2016

Dyril Durrence, 83 passed away Friday, March 18, 2016 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro. He was born in Glennville February 26, 1933 to Garnie and Sadie Stubbs Durrence and lived in Glennville all of his life. He was a farmer and know all over town for his vegetable gardens. He was retired from...

Joyce Anderson

Joyce Anderson

Mar 9, 2016

Joyce E. Anderson, 72 passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Woodland Health and Rehabilitation in Midway Georgia. She was born in Glennville, Georgia March 15, 1943 to Thalmer "Bud" and Marion Milton Anderson living in Glennville, Savannah and Midway all of her life. She was a loving caring daughter and sister. She is preceded in...

Peggy Woods

Peggy Woods

Mar 8, 2016

Peggy M. Woods, 84, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. She was born October 13, 1931 to Malcolm Cohen and Louise Dixon and lived in this area most of her life. She worked in retail clothing sales for many years while...

Lee Mccurdy

Lee Mccurdy

Feb 29, 2016

Lee Glanton McCurdy, age 47, died unexpectedly at his residence at Sutherland Bluff Plantation on Monday evening, February 29, 2016. He was born May 12, 1968, in Savannah. The son of Jimmy McCurdy and the late Janis Anderson McCurdy, Lee spent his childhood and young adult years in Glennville, Georgia. Upon his marriage to Stephanie Turner,...

Anna Morris

Anna Morris

Feb 25, 2016

Anna Lou Dubberly Morris, 76, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2016 at Memorial Health University Medical Center. She was born April 13, 1939 to James and Vasti Todd Dubberly and lived in this area most of her life. She was a loving mother and grandmother who loved to work in her yards. She was very dedicated...

Dane Glisson

Dane Glisson

Feb 22, 2016

Dane A. Glisson, 55, passed away Monday, February 22, 2016 in Charleston at the Medical University of South Carolina. He was born in Reidsville, Georgia January 27, 1961 to Aaron and Dianne McCall Glisson. He lived in this area most of his life and was a 1979 Reidsville High School graduate. He was a graduate of...

Mary Ketchie

Mary Ketchie

Feb 11, 2016

.Mary Hooper Ketchie, 104, passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at her residence in Glennville. She was born in Monticello, Georgia, July 22, 1911 to Henry Benjamin Hooper and Annie Whitten Hooper. At the beginning of 1942 she moved her family to Macon, Georgia where she worked at the Naval Ordinance Plant in the Gun Powder...

Troy Kerby

Troy Kerby

Feb 3, 2016

Troy Emory Kerby 86 passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Grantsville West, Virginia, April 8, 1929 to Gay and Clara Keller Kerby and lived in this area for the past five years. He was a U.S. Army Veteran serving in the Korean War a member of American Legion Post...

Edsel Durrence Jr.

Edsel Durrence Jr.

Feb 2, 2016

Edsel "Eddie" Coy Durrence, Jr. began his eternal life on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, in his home surrounded by his loved ones. Eddie was born August 1, 1951, to the late Edsel Coy and Wynell Durrence, living his entire life in his beloved Mendes community. Eddie graduated from Glennville High School in 1969, where he lettered...

Sharon Dawson

Sharon Dawson

Feb 1, 2016

Sharon Dawson Metter- Sharon Dawson 60, of Metter died last Monday evening at Candler County Hospital. She has lived in the Metter area since 2009. She is survived by several distant relatives and friends. A graveside funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday February 10, 2016 11:00am; at the Lake Church Cemetery in Metter. Visitation will...

Betty Monroe

Betty Monroe

Jan 31, 2016

Betty J. "Peggy" Monroe Metter- Betty J. "Peggy" Monroe, 78, of Metter died Sunday afternoon at home; she was a native of Candler County, and lived here all her life. She was a member of Metter First Baptist Church, enjoyed cooking, and tending to her family; and watching the Atlanta Braves play on TV. She was...

Hugh Blocker Sr.

Hugh Blocker Sr.

Jan 30, 2016

H. Drexel Blocker Sr. 80, passed away Saturday January 30, 2016 at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. He was born July 23, 1935 in Glennville and lived here all of his life. He was a retired accountant at Ft. Stewart and with Dasher and Blocker Income Tax and accounting service. He was a member of Glennville...

David Blanton

David Blanton

Jan 28, 2016

David Jody Blanton, 69 passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at St. Joseph's Hospital after a long battle with diabetes. He was born December 9, 1946 to Bud and Eva Stanfield Blanton living in Glennville all of his life. He was retired from ITT Rayonier mill in Jesup after 34 years of service as Finishing Room...

Lois Duncan

Lois Duncan

Jan 28, 2016

Lois Holland Duncan, 85, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2016 at her residence surrounded by her family and under the care of Affinis Hospice. She was born in Glennville on March 25, 1930 to Willie and Rosa Higgs Holland. She moved to Florida in 1955 living there for many years before moving back to Ludowici in...

Lewis Collins

Lewis Collins

Jan 26, 2016

Lewis Collins Cobbtown- Mr. Lewis Collins 77, of Cobbtown died Tuesday evening at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Tattnall County, and was of the Primitive Baptist Faith. He worked for both Crider Poultry and the Georgia Department of Transportation for many years and retired from Claxton Poultry. He is preceded in death by...

Dorothy Eckhart

Dorothy Eckhart

Jan 23, 2016

Dorothy M. Eckhart, 90, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Glenvue Nursing Home. She was born April 16, 1925 to Anna and Stephen Pinter in South Bend, Indiana. She was a retired CPA and had worked at Georgia Southern and Armstrong University. Her hobbies included arts and crafts, cooking, sewing and traveling. She was preceded...

Reba Waters

Reba Waters

Jan 23, 2016

Reba Kicklighter Waters, 87, went home to be with Jesus on January 23, 2016, surrounded by her family, under the care of Spanish Oaks Hospice and a special nurse friend Diane Roberts. She was born August 1, 1928 to Marvin and Maggie Mae Kicklighter. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, caretaker, and teacher of God's...

Carolyn Durrence

Carolyn Durrence

Jan 21, 2016

Carolyn Anderson Durrence, 91 passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Coastal Manor Nursing Home in Ludowici under the care of Hospice. Mrs. Durrence was born May 8, 1924 in Glennville, Georgia. She was a 1942 graduate of Paris School of Cosmetology and was employed by Avis' Beauty Shop before becoming a full time homemaker and...

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