obituaries

Mar 4, 2025

Bobby Carroll Whitley, 81, of Alapaha, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in the Berrien Oaks.

He was born January 31, 1944, in Berrien County to the late Robert Lee Whitley and the late Doris Shaw Whitley. He was a retired forklift operator with the J.H. Harvey Co. and was a member of the Alapaha Church of God....

Mar 2, 2025

Elwood Heath, 87, of Tifton died Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center.

He was born March 26, 1937, in Berrien County to the late Clifton Edward Heath and the late Rosa Beatrice Fender Heath. He was a retired farmer who truly loved and provided for his family. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, was a hard...

Mar 1, 2025

Barbara "Sue" Hall McClendon, 77, of Brookfield, died Saturday, March 1, 2025, in the Wilson Hospice House in Albany.

Born April 24, 1947, to the late Leroy Higgs Hall and Cora Jackson Hall, Sue grew up on a farm in Alapaha, GA. She learned the value of hard work while working alongside her parents and siblings on...

Mar 1, 2025

Doris Jean Samples, 63, of Nashville, died Saturday, March 1, 2025, at her residence.

She was born June 24, 1961, in Clinch County to the late Bill Monk and the late Dorothy Mae Watson Monk. For years, she was a machinist at Adel Metal Products, she loved her family, enjoyed drawing and was a very involved and...

Feb 28, 2025

Carolyn B. Bishop, 74, of Alapaha died Friday, February 28, 2025, at her residence.

She was born February 5, 1951, in Orlando, FL to the late James Roscoe Brown and the late Betty Eloise Haas. She was a homemaker and was a member of Nashville Methodist Church. In her own words, she was the wife of the...

Feb 28, 2025

Malcom Stone, 81, of Nashville, died Friday, February 28, 2025, at Berrien Oaks.

He was born October 27, 1943, in Berrien County to the late Marcus Stone and the late Cora Lee McMillian Stone. He retired from Nashville Textile after 35 years as a garment cutter and worked at Berlin Corp. in Tifton for several years. He...

Feb 27, 2025

Lila Kay Lennard, 83, of Albany, died Thursday, February 27, 2025, in the Langdale Hospice House.

She was born August 30, 1941, in Atlanta to the late Gordon Lomax Herlong and the late Deiliah Taylor Lomax. She was a homemaker and member of Albany Methodist Church. She was an avid reader, very involved with her church and...

Feb 25, 2025

Linda Sue Tidwell, 73, of Nashville, died Tuesday, February 25, 2025, in Statesboro.

She was born September 28, 1951, in Tift County to the late James Clarence Williford and the late Anna Mozelle Watson Williford. She was a homemaker and cashier at O'Neal's Restaurant in Nashville for years. She was the widow of Jackie Moore Tidwell.

Feb 23, 2025

Reva Sinclair Register, Jr, 92, of Ray City, died Sunday, February 23, 2025, in the Berrien Oaks.

He was born February 11, 1933, in Dupont, GA to the late Reva Sinclair Register and the late Iris Jeanette Newbern Register. He was employed with Jacksonville, FL Print Company for years and was preceded in death by a sister:...

Feb 22, 2025

Norma Jean (Polly) Harnage, 82, of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the Fellowship Home in Nashville.

Polly was born on August 12, 1942, in Nashville, Georgia, to her beloved parents, Oliver and Ruth Alexander, who preceded her in death.

Polly graduated from Berrien High School, where she excelled as...

Feb 22, 2025

Fannie Foxworth Fletcher, 80, of Nashville, died Saturday, February 22, 2025, at Tift Regional Medical Center.

She was born April 18, 1944, in Berrien County to the late Leamon Foxworth and the late Samantha Grimes Foxworth. She worked as a shipping clerk at Nashville Textile for many years and was a member of Flat Creek Church. She...

Feb 22, 2025

Loretha Cersey, 87, of Nashville, died Saturday, February 22, 2025, in the Berrien Oaks.

She was born September 6, 1937, in Berrien County to the late Dorsey Nelms and the late Sadie Vaughn Cersey. She was a homemaker and retired with Nashville Textile as a machinist and supervisor. She was a member of A'New Way Baptist Church,...

Feb 21, 2025

Jessie Hudson, 89, of Nashville, died Friday, February 21, 2025, in the Berrien Oaks.

She was born June 27, 1935, in Lanier County to the late Joseph Candler Pierce and the late Nancy Richardson Hudson. For many years, she was a bookkeeper for the King of the Road in Valdosta and was a member of the Gateway...

Feb 20, 2025

Vivian Sue Mixon, 87, of Nashville, died Thursday, February 20, 2025, in the Berrien Oaks in Nashville.

She was born December 27, 1937, in Indianapolis, IN to the late Kenneth Eugene McClain and the late Emma Frances Smith McClain. She was a homemaker and for years attended the Nashville Holiness Church.

She is survived by...

Feb 17, 2025

Paris Michelle Livingston, 22, of Nashville, died Monday, February 17, 2025, at her residence.

She was born February 18, 2002, in Lowndes County to Ezra Michael Livingston and Selena Kaye Bennett Brady. She worked at SGMC as a sleep tech for two and half years and was a graduate of Cook High School Class of 2020. She...

Feb 13, 2025

James Richard "Ricky" West, 74, of Nashville, died Thursday February 13, 2025, at SGMC Berrien Campus.

He was born October 4, 1950, in Lowndes County to the late James William "Dick" West and the late Carolyn Kitchen West. He was the owner of West Plumbing and Electrical for 52 years and a member of the Nashville Methodist...

Feb 9, 2025

Annette Laursen Goncalves, 82, of Enigma died Sunday February 9, 2025, at Berrien Oaks in Nashville.

She was born October 13, 1942, in Dunedin, FL to the late Archer Fredik Laursen and the late Hazel Smith Laursen. She was an artist and enjoyed making jewelry. She expressed her love and thoughts with a needle and thread or...

Feb 8, 2025

Larry Gene Mathis, 55, of Ray City, died Saturday February 8, 2025, at Berrien Oaks in Nashville.

He was born June 21, 1969, in Lanier County to the late Larry Mathis and the late Imogene Jordan Mathis. He was a tree expert for Asplunt for years, loved to fish and was known as a "neat freak". He...

Feb 6, 2025

Shirley Jean Suggs, 86, of Omega died Thursday February 6, 2025, at her residence.

She was born January 4, 1939, in Berrien County to the late Lawernce Alexander and the late Vida Mae Luke Suggs. She was a homemaker, loved her family, flowers and everyone knew her as "Mama." She was a member of Church of God...

Feb 3, 2025

Betty J. Pruitt, 84, of Nashville died Monday February 3, 2025, at Pruitt Health Sunrise in Moultrie.

She was born February 16, 1940, in Clarksville, TN to the late Leslie Chilton and the late Georgia Annabelle Faulk. She had been employed with Berrien Nursing Center as a food server and was a member of Ruth Forrester Missionary...