Carrol Durrance
Jun 4, 2025
Carrol Elwood Durrance, 91, of Nashville died Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at The Fellowship Home in Nashville.
He was born September 9, 1933, in Berrien County to the late Carlie Ewell Durrance and the late Lillie Mae Connell. He was a retired rural mail carrier with the US Postal Service, a US Army Veteran and was a...
Michael Lloyd Rowland
Jun 4, 2025
Michael Lloyd Rowland, 65, of Alapaha, died Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at his residence.
He was born July 27, 1959, in Frankfurt, Germany to the late William Bridges Rowland and the late Grace Spikes Rowland. He was a retired weaver with JP Stevens and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Nashville...
Don Chivers
May 30, 2025
William Don Chivers, 80, of Nashville, died Friday, May 30, 2025, at SGMC Valdosta.
He was born October 4, 1944, in Sandersville, GA to the late William Tillman Chivers and the late Naomi Smith Bailey. He was a retired truck driver with Heartland Express and also drove for Walmart. He was a member of Flat Creek Church,...
Tim Touchton
May 27, 2025
Thomas Matthew "Tim" Touchton, 67, of Lenox, died Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at Pruitt Holly Hill Nursing Center in Valdosta.
He was born May 30, 1957, in St. Petersburg, FL to the late Albert Touchton and the late Julia Von Dean Loveless Hall. He was a retired supervisor for Nashville Mills and worked in research and development...
Jerry Lamb
May 26, 2025
Jerry Lamb, 57, of Nashville, died Monday, May 26, 2025, at SGMC Berrien Campus.
He was born February 20, 1968, in Colquitt County to the late Donald Lamb and the late Betty Durrance Lamb. He worked at Berrien County Recreation Department for years and was preceded in death by a brother: Randall Lamb.
He is...
Collis Adams
May 21, 2025
Collis Adams, 94, of Nashville died Wednesday May 21, 2025, at Berrien Oaks Nursing Center.
He was born on May 30, 1930, in Lanier County to the late Carson Adams and the late Lucille Pafford Adams. He was retired from Nashville Mills as a production supervisor, was a veteran with the US Army and was an avid...
Ruth Groninger
May 18, 2025
Ruth Martha Groninger, 95, of Nashville, died Sunday May 18, 2025, at her residence.
She was born November 14, 1929, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Erik Ramstack and the late Lillian Giese Ramstack. She was the business manager for the Des Lacs Burlington school district for 27 years and served as the treasurer for the Des...
Freddie Mcclendon
May 18, 2025
Freddie McClendon, 75, of Brookfield, GA passed away peacefully at his home on May 18, 2025, after a long battle with extended illnesses. Born on Flag Day, June 14, 1949, to the late Horace and Ethel McClendon of Mora, GA, he always joked that "they ran up all the flags" because he was born. Weighing less than 2 pounds...
Shirley Hays
May 16, 2025
Shirley Wood Hays, 96, of Nashville died Friday May 16, 2025, at the Fellowship Home in Nashville.
She was born January 13, 1929, in Fulton County to the late James Edward Waldrop and the late Sara Elizabeth Turner Waldrop. She was a homemaker, former secretary for the FHA Office in Valdosta, secretary for the Dorsey Oil and...
Ronald Mchenry
May 16, 2025
Ronald McHenry, 61 of Monticello, MS died Friday May 16, 2025, at his daughter's residence in Nashville.
He was born May 10, 1964, in San Angelo, TX to the late Lester Ronald McHenry and the late Gladys Dugger McHenry. He was a truck driver and a member of New Life Baptist Church in Monticello.
He...
Jimmy Jefferson
May 14, 2025
Jimmy Gordon Jefferson, 76, of Nashville, died Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in the Tift Regional Medical Center.
He was born August 30, 1948, in Berrien County to the late Gordon Junior Jefferson and the late Eula Mae Spikes Jefferson. He retired as an industrial engineer at Nashville Mills, a former substitute teacher with the Berrien County Board...
Bobby Rowe
May 10, 2025
Bobby Rowe, 79, of Alapaha died Saturday May 10, 2025, at his residence.
He was born October 28, 1945, in Irwin County to the late Dewey Rowe and the late Lady Bell Walker Rowe. He was a trucker driver with Swift Transportation and attended Living Word Church. He enjoyed working in his yard, fishing, and spending time...
Nicki Goble
May 8, 2025
Angela Nicole "Nicki" Goble, 50, of Ocala, FL, died Thursday May 8, 2025, in the HCA Florida Ocala.
She was born November 30, 1974, in Lowndes County to the late Stephen Lamar Goble and Paula Renee Parrish Arnold. She loved her family, music, dancing, working on her plants and had a tremendous memory. She was preceded in...
Joyce Benefield
May 8, 2025
Joyce Benefield, 71, of Nashville died Thursday, May 8, 2025, at her residence.
She was born on July 6, 1953, in Worth County to the late William Norris Manders and the late Erma Pearl Renew Manders. She worked with Tifton Aluminum as a cutter, was a waitress at Shoney's in Tifton for years, Peter Pan in Sylvester...
George James
May 8, 2025
George Sylvester James, 83, of Nashville, died Thursday, May 8, 2025, at his residence.
He was born January 2, 1942, in Boone County, West Virginia to the late Jon Sylvester James and the late Eva Stollings James. He spent a career in law enforcement, working for the Baltimore Police Department and was a United States Marshall. He...
Nancy Cole
May 2, 2025
Nancy Carol Vaughn Cole passed away peacefully surrounded by family at her Tifton, GA home May 2, 2025, on her 90th birthday.
Nancy was born May 2, 1935, to Henry Hicks Vaughn and Emma Kathryn Warr Vaughn in Ray City, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brothers Bobby (Bobbie Ann), Ricky (Sandra),...
Floried Harper Hogan
May 2, 2025
In Loving Memory
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Floried Harper Hogan, the oldest resident of Berrien County, who left us on May 2,2025, at the age of 105. Born on November 23, 1919, Floried was a beacon of light to all who knew her, embodying kindness, compassion, generosity and a zest...
Gladys Macdonald
Apr 29, 2025
Gladys MacDonald, 84, of Nashville died Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at SGMC in Valdosta.
She was born August 28, 1940, in Berrien County to the late Walt Taylor and the late Bertha Solomon Taylor. She was a homemaker and a member of Nashville Nazarene Church. She loved her family, strong in her faith and always willing to...
Henry Boyd
Apr 29, 2025
Henry Thomas Boyd, 83, of Nashville died Tuesday April 29, 2025, at his residence.
He was born February 16, 1942, in Berrien County to the late Bo Boyd and the late Vertture Sutton Boyd. He worked as a machinist at Nashville Mills. He is the widower of Sarah Aileen O'Berry Boyd who died in 2020. He was...
Linda Priest
Apr 27, 2025
Linda Lee Priest (September 1st, 1943 - April 27th, 2025)
Trailblazer, Fighter, Mother, Grandmother, Advocate
Linda Lee Priest, a courageous pioneer, fierce advocate, and beloved matriarch, went to the Lord on Sunday, April 27th, 2025. A true testament to perseverance and purpose, Linda overcame polio as a child and went on to become not only...
