Obituaries

Joseph "Joe" White Hood, Sr.

Joseph "Joe" White Hood, Sr.

Feb 18, 2024

Pembroke-  Mr. Joseph “Joe” White Hood, Sr. age 75, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2024 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center.  Mr. Hood was born in Statesboro, GA to the late Hugh Lawrence Hood, Jr. and Betty Adams Hood.  Mr. Hood was formerly co-owner of Georgia Electrical Supply and later was a horse trainer and farrier.  He loved barrel racing...

Laurence Harry Coe

Laurence Harry Coe

Feb 17, 2024

Ellabell-  Mr. Laurence Harry Coe, age 77 passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024.  Mr. Coe was born in Indianapolis, IN to the late Howard Jennings Coe and Margaret Stumph Coe.  He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War.  Mr. Coe was an owner of a trucking company and was an elder in...

Ralph Eugene Rouse

Ralph Eugene Rouse

Feb 13, 2024

Pembroke-  Ralph Eugene Rouse, age 94 passed away Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at his home.   Mr. Rouse was born in Albany, GA to the late William Perry Rouse and Mary Frances Fields Rouse.  He retired from the U.S. Army as a chief warrant officer and fought in the Korean War. After his retirement from the Army, Mr. Rouse was...

Mary Sheets Bard

Mary Sheets Bard

Feb 6, 2024

Reidsville- Mary Erveline Manning Bard, age 83 passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024.  Mrs. Bard was born in Tennessee to the late Howard Martin Manning and Mary Gladys Sheets Manning.  She was retired from Ford Motor Co. as an auto parts foreman.  In addition to her parents, Mrs. Bard was preceded in death by her husband Jerome Cornellius Bard, her...

Anthony Peter "Tony" Ferraioli

Anthony Peter "Tony" Ferraioli

Jan 31, 2024

Mr. Anthony Peter “Tony” Ferraioli, age 43, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. Mr. Ferraioli was born in Kenilworth, NJ to John Ferraioli and Hannah Billich Ferraioli on June 10, 1980. He served in the U.S. Army and completed a tour of duty in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Afterwards, he was employed with Cox Automotive as...

Susie M. Magee

Susie M. Magee

Jan 27, 2024

Mrs. Susie M. Magee, age 86, passed away at East Georgia Regional Medical Center of heart failure on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Mrs. Magee was born in Canton, PA to the late John Albert Rathbun and Anna Louise Lathrop Rathbun on June 9, 1937 in Troy, PA.  Mrs. Magee was a member of the John Duggar American Legon Post 164...

Eloise Davis Hughes

Eloise Davis Hughes

Jan 25, 2024

Eloise Davis Hughes transitioned peacefully into her eternal home on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Eloise was born on May 11, 1924, to Lawrence and Anna Wise Davis in the small town of Ellabell, GA. Eloise, affectionately called “Our Queen of Hearts”, made her home in Augusta, GA. where she and her husband, Charles, raised their two children and shared their...

Annie Helen Nasworthy

Annie Helen Nasworthy

Jan 24, 2024

Mrs. Annie Helen Anderson Nasworthy, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2024 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. Mrs. Nasworthy was born in Lyons, GA on May 23, 1941 to the late George Anderson and Earleen Mosley Anderson. She retired from the Bryan County Board of Education after 37 years as a school bus driver. Mrs. Nasworthy was a member...

Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders

Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders

Jan 24, 2024

Mr. Charles Eugene (Gene) Sanders, age 88, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at Camelia Health and Rehab. Mr. Sanders was born in Pembroke to the late Henry McCleland Sanders and Claudia Hood Sanders on June 2, 1935. He was a 1954 graduate of Bryan County High School and a 1959 graduate of the Georgia Teacher’s College with a...

Shirley Alice Avant

Shirley Alice Avant

Jan 22, 2024

Pembroke-  Shirley Alice Rogers Avant, age 79, passed away Monday, January 22, 2024 at Effingham Care Center.  Ms. Avant was born in Savannah, Georgia to the late Pinkney Lamar Rogers and Mary Louise Etheridge Rogers.  Ms. Avant was a waitress at Carey Hilliard’s Restaurant for many years and later worked as a Quality Control Manager at Claxton Poultry.  She loved...

Mrs. Venda S. Thomson

Mrs. Venda S. Thomson

Jan 19, 2024

Ellabell-  Mrs. Venda S. Johnston Thomson, age 73 passed away Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Hospital.  Mrs. Thomson was a native of Albany, Georgia but was a long-time resident of Ellabell.   She was a graduate of Georgia Southern University, having received her Master’s in Education.  Mrs. Thomson loved teaching second grade at Lanier Primary School and retired...

Stacy Kevin Strickland

Stacy Kevin Strickland

Jan 17, 2024

Savannah-  Stacy Kevin Strickland, age 55, passed away Wednesday, January 17, 2024.  Mr. Strickland was born in Savannah, GA to the late Marcus Wendell Strickland and Lula Alene Blanton Strickland.  He was the former police chief for the Pembroke Police Department and was the former pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Daisy, GA.  Stacy was a member of the Free...

Cynthia Christine "Cindy" Scharp

Cynthia Christine "Cindy" Scharp

Jan 11, 2024

Faulkville-Mrs. Cynthia Christine “Cindy” Scharp, age 61, passed away on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Mrs. Scharp was born in Germany on March 15, 1962 to the late Fred Radcliffe and Shirley Ann Murphy Dowd. She was a certified nursing assistant for over 4 years before becoming disabled. Mrs. Scharp was of the Baptist faith, she enjoyed...

Clyde I. Howell, Jr.

Clyde I. Howell, Jr.

Jan 8, 2024

Mr. Clyde I. Howell, Jr age 90 of Ellabell passed away Monday, January 8, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Hospital.  Mr. Howell was born in Hinesville to the late Clyde I. Howell, Sr. and Rena Wells Howell.  He lived a number of years in Savannah before moving to Ellabell in 1972.  Mr. Howell was retired as iron worker with local union...

Frank Blake

Frank Blake

Jan 4, 2024

Guyton-  Frank Blake, age 88 passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024 at his home after an extended illness.  Mr. Blake was born in Hawesville, Ky to the late Orville Leonard Blake and Willie Mae Husk Blake.  He was a veteran of the United States Army and retired as a millwright with over 20 years of service at Union Camp.  Mr....

Werny Bast Blake

Werny Bast Blake

Jan 3, 2024

 Guyton-  Werny Bast Blake, age 81 passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at Effingham Hospital.  Mrs. Blake was born in Copenhagen, Denmark on December 30, 1942.  She was retired from Sam’s Club after 17 years of service as a demonstration cook.  Previously she served as a substitute teacher at Bryan County High School.  Mrs. Blake enjoyed crocheting, traveling to the...

Ricky Howard Wilson

Ricky Howard Wilson

Dec 30, 2023

Mr. Rick Howard Wilson, age 61, passed away at home Saturday, December 30, 2023 surrounded by loved ones. Rick was born in Savannah to the late Thurston Lee Wilson and Annie Mildred Hollis Wilson on May 21, 1962. He served in the U.S. Army and later became a member of the Carpenters Union Local 256, he was a foreman and...

Terrance "Terry" Smith

Terrance "Terry" Smith

Dec 25, 2023

Newington-  Terrance “Terry” Smith went to be with the Lord on December 25, 2023 while under the loving care of Ogeechee Area Hospice.  Terry was born on March 13, 1959 in Newark, DE to the late Edward and Florence Smith. 

 

He was survived by his wife, Tracy O. Smith; father-in-law, Langwood Oglesby and family; brother, Michael Smith; sister,...

Lawrence Henry Schuermann, Jr.

Lawrence Henry Schuermann, Jr.

Dec 22, 2023

Ellabell- Lawrence “Butch” Henry Schuermann, Jr., age 66, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023 at Candler Hospital in Savannah.  Mr. Schuermann was born in Rock Island, IL to the late Lawrence Henry Schuermann and Elizabeth Jane Scherahel Schuermann.  He was a veteran of the United States Navy.  Mr. Schuermann retired as chief of police for the Department of Veteran’s Affairs...

Wanda Gayle Adams

Wanda Gayle Adams

Dec 18, 2023

Ellabell-  Wanda Gayle Myers Adams, age 73, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023 at Ogeechee Area Hospice.  Mrs. Adams was born in Bulloch County, Georgia to the late R.T. and Maxie Wilson Myers.  Mrs. Gayle was a member of Olive Branch Baptist Church.  She enjoyed being outdoors, especially fishing. But most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her family. ...