OBITUARIES

Jan 15, 2019

Quinton Wayne Mullis, age 80, of McRae, died Tuesday, January 15, 2019.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 18, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home in McRae. Lay-minister Norwood Davidson and Bill McKinnon, Sr. will preside over the service. Interment will follow in Telfair Memorial Gardens.

Mr. Mullis...

Jan 9, 2019

Joseph Rouss Sumner, Sr., 95, of Dublin, died Wednesday, January 9, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00p.m., Friday, January 11, at Siloam Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the funeral service.

A native of Wheeler County, Mr. Sumner was the son of the...

Jan 8, 2019

Lena Hulett Blizzard, 96, of Jacksonville, GA, died Tuesday, January 8.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Friday, January 11, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with visitation an hour prior.  A committal service will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, January 12, at Sunrise Memorial Gardens, Douglasville.

A native of Telfair County, where...

Jan 6, 2019

Mr. Taylor Millwood, of Milan, died Sunday, January 06, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Wednesday, January 9, at Rockwell Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is Tuesday, 6:00-8:00P.M., at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae.

A native of Carbon Hill, Alabama, Mr. Millwood was the son of the late...

Dec 14, 2018

Charles Malette Knowles, 74, of Milan, died Friday, December 14, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M., Sunday, December 16, at New Red Hill Holiness Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Knowles...

Dec 8, 2018

Charles H. Grimes, 82, of Helena, died Saturday, December 08, following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Tuesday, December 11, at Friendship Holiness Baptist Church with burial at Grimes Cemetery.  Visitation is Monday, 6:00-8:00P.M.

A native and lifelong resident of Wheeler County, Mr. Grimes was the son of the late Rev. Esker and...

Dec 3, 2018

Rudell Nelms Dennis, 99, of Fort Valley, died Monday, December 3.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Thursday, December 6, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Mt. Olivet Church Cemetery, Helena.  Visitation is Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M.

A native of Glenwood, Ms. Dennis was the daughter of the late Thomas T. and...

Nov 18, 2018

Robert Herman Hulett, 73, of McRae, died Sunday, November 18.  A visitation will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, November 23, at Vaughn Funeral Home, followed by a funeral service at 3:00P.M.  Burial will be at Friendship Church Cemetery.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Hulett was the son of the late Hugh Dorsey Hulett...

Oct 31, 2018

Billy Purvis, 85, of Alamo, died Wednesday, October 31, following an illness.  A funeral service will be held at 4:00P.M., Saturday, November 3, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Alamo Memorial Cemetery.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-9:00P.M.

A native and lifelong resident of Wheeler County, Mr. Purvis was the son of the late...

Oct 29, 2018

Joane Claire Spires, 50, of McRae, died Monday, October 29, following an illness.  A private funeral service will be held with burial at Bethlehem (Sandhill) Church Cemetery.

Born in Hollywood, FL, Miss Spires was the daughter of Steve Spires and the late Patricia Cornell Spires.  She had attended Telfair County Schools and was a member of Bethlehem...

Oct 27, 2018

Kenneth Aaron Monroe, Sr., 75, of Scotland, died suddenly on Saturday, October 27.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00A.M., Thursday, November 1, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

A committal service will be held at 4:00P.M., Thursday at Riverside Memorial Park, Jacksonville, FL.  Nephews,...

Oct 26, 2018

Lucile Hulett Carnes, 99, of Milan, died Friday, October 26.  A funeral service will be held at 3:00P.M., Sunday, October 28, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae, with burial at Hulett Cemetery.  Visitation will begin an hour prior to the service.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Carnes was the daughter of...

Sep 18, 2018

David Franklin Floyd, Jr., 47, of McRae, died Tuesday, September 18.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Thursday, September 20, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation is Wednesday, 6:00-8:00P.M.

A Telfair County resident, Mr. Floyd was the son of David Franklin Floyd, Sr. and the late Brenda...

Sep 12, 2018

Bill Cason, 82, of Helena, died Wednesday, September 12.  A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, September 15, at Fishing Creek Cemetery, Lumber City.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00 – 8:00P.M.

A native of Lakeland, FL, Mr. Cason was the son of the late Ben and Mamie Katherine Baker Cason.  He was an Army veteran...

Sep 11, 2018

Eddie Sue Welch Batchelor, 95, of McRae, died Tuesday, September 11, following a brief illness.  A funeral service will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, September 14, at Midway United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Batchelor was...

Sep 9, 2018

Billy Steverson, 74, of Helena, died Sunday, September 09, following a lengthy illness.  A memorial service will be held at 4:00P.M., Tuesday, September 11, at Oakland (Helena) Cemetery.

A native of McRae where he lived most of his life, Mr. Steverson was the son of the late William Steverson, Sr. and the late Mary Alice Brewer Steverson. ...

Jul 31, 2018

Donna Sheryl Bass Grimes, 69, of McRae, died Tuesday, July 31.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Saturday, August 4, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home, with burial at Grimes Cemetery, Helena.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-9:00P.M.

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

Jun 27, 2018

Phil Daryl Spires, 50, of McRae, died Wednesday, June 27.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Saturday, June 30, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Telfair Memorial Gardens.  Visitation is Friday, 6:00-8:00P.M.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Mr. Spires was the son of Patricia Horton Spires and the late...

Jun 27, 2018

Weston Eugene "Peck" Evans, 88, of McRae, died Wednesday, June 27, following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00P.M., Friday, June 29, in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service.

A native of Dodge County, Mr. Evans was the son of...

Jun 23, 2018

Tilda Mae Giddens Ray, 88, of Rhine, died Saturday, June 23.  Funeral services will be held at 11:00A.M., Tuesday, June 26, at Bethel United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.  Visitation is Monday, 6:00-8:00P.M. at Vaughn Funeral Home, McRae.

A native and lifelong resident of Telfair County, Ms. Ray was the daughter of the late...