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Recent obituaries in Nashville, Georgia.

The obituaries in the Nashville, Georgia area reflect the region's diverse population, featuring individuals from a variety of ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Some were pioneers in their fields, while others dedicated their lives to community service or philanthropy. Their stories serve as a reminder of the richness and complexity of Nashville, Georgia's history and identity.

Skip Edmonds

Skip Edmonds

Aug 7, 2022

Alfred William "Skip" Edmonds, 75, of Nashville, died Sunday August 7, 2022 at his residence.

He was born October 12, 1946 in Red Bank, NJ to the late Bill Bacon and the late Eleanor Eckman. He was an engineer with Chaparral Boats for 43 years, an avid deep-sea fisherman and hunter. He was preceded in death by...

Harry Arnold

Harry Arnold

Jul 31, 2022

Harry Arnold, 73, of Ray City, died Sunday July 31, 2022 at the VA Medical Center in Gainsville, FL.

He was born February 16, 1949 in Atkinson County and was a retired machinist at Span-Deck. He was a Vietnam Veteran with the US Army. He was preceded in death by 4 sisters and 4 brothers.

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Shyrlie Kennedy

Shyrlie Kennedy

Jul 27, 2022

Shyrlie Jean Kennedy, 87, of Nashville, died Wednesday July 27, 2022 at her residence.

She was born March 30, 1935 in Niles, OH to the late Clyde Keeley and the late Alyse McConahay. She retired from Honeywell in Tampa, Florida and attended Hope Baptist Church. She was the widow of Richard Kennedy who died in 2009 and...

Tammy Brooks

Tammy Brooks

Jul 22, 2022

Tammy Fay Brooks, 56, of Nashville, died Friday July 22, 2022 at her residence.

She was born July 12, 1966 in Cook County to Henry Jacob Morton and Glenna Jo Durrance Morton. She was employed with Chaparral Boats for over 30 years and attended the Nashville Church of God. She loved her family and spending time with...

Betty Hancock

Betty Hancock

Jul 21, 2022

Betty DeVane Jolley Hancock died July 21, 2022.  She was born and lived the majority of her life in Berrien County, GA.  She was born on February 26, 1928 to Eula Mae Nix DeVane and Kissam DeVane.

Betty lived a full life in the place she loved, New Lois Community. She was active in the Nashville Women's...

Edna Harrell

Edna Harrell

Jul 20, 2022

Edna Mae Harrell, 91, of Nashville, died Wednesday July 20, 2022 at her residence.

She was born October 22, 1930 in Berrien County to the late Roy Ray and the late Willie Mae Griffin Ray. She was a homemaker, worked at Nashville Textile and Sears for many years. She was a member of the Ray City United...

Nancy Mccranie

Nancy Mccranie

Jul 19, 2022

Nancy Ann McCranie, 85, of Nashville, died Tuesday July 19, 2022 at the Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, FL.

She was born July 11, 1937 in Cook County to the late James Robert Nix and the late Geneva Moore Nix. She was a retired clerk with the Berrien County Tax Assessor and member of the Brushy Creek...

Michael Rhoden

Michael Rhoden

Jul 18, 2022

Michael Dale Rhoden, 52, of Nashville, died Monday July 18, 2022 at SGMC Berrien Campus.

He was born December 5, 1969 in Houston County and worked as a roadmaster for Railworks. He was a member of the Saving Grace Ministries and Heaven Bound Ministries. He loved hunting, fishing and adored his family.

He is survived...

Willie Mae Bennett

Willie Mae Bennett

Jul 8, 2022

Willie Mae Bennett, 93, of Nashville, died Friday July 8, 2022 at Pruitt Crestwood Nursing Home in Valdosta.

She was born December 29, 1928 in Berrien County to the late Arthur Woods and the late Bertie Fender Woods. She was a retired housekeeping supervisor with Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland and was a member of the...

Jimmy Griner

Jimmy Griner

Jul 5, 2022

James Harvey "Jimmy" Griner, 84, of the West Berrien Community, died Tuesday July 5, 2022 in the Tift Regional Medical Center.

He was born August 17, 1937 in West Berrien to the late Osborne Griner and the late Rebecca Julia McMillan Griner. He retired from ABAC after 22 years as a professor of physics and was a...

Phyllis Fletcher

Phyllis Fletcher

Jul 3, 2022

Phyllis Fletcher, 82, of Lakeland, died Sunday July 3, 2022 in the Langdale Hospice House.

She was born September 19, 1939 in Cook County to the late Daniel Lamar Fletcher and the late Ida Lou Giddens Fletcher. Phyllis grew up in Ray City, graduated from Berrien High School and attended Georgia Baptist School of Nursing in Atlanta....

Patsy Rowan

Patsy Rowan

Jun 30, 2022

Patricia Dianne "Patsy" Rowan, 69, of Hahira, died Thursday June 30, 2022 at Langdale Hospice House.

She was born September 1, 1952 in Berrien County to the late Virgil Levi "Sam" Rowan and the late Sigma Carlson Rowan. She was a purchasing agent with Dow Chemical Company and a graduate of LaGrange College with a BBA degree...

Betty Rose Peters

Betty Rose Peters

Jun 28, 2022

Betty Rose Peters, 90, of Nashville, died Tuesday June 28, 2022 at the Flowers Hospital in Dothan, AL.

She was born June 12, 1932 in Berrien County to the late Austin Luke and the late Annie Reliford Luke. She was a homemaker and retired machinist with the former Anodizing Products in Adel. She was a member of...

Nell Chivers

Nell Chivers

Jun 28, 2022

Sharon Wynelle "Nell" Chivers, 78, of Nashville, died Tuesday June 28, 2022 in the SGMC Berrien Campus.

She was born March 25, 1944 in Berrien County to the late James Wallace Newbern and the late Gladys Tucker Newbern.

She was a homemaker, beautician, and member of Flat Creek Church. She was preceded in death by...

Charlotte O'Steen

Charlotte O'Steen

Jun 28, 2022

Charlotte June Robertson O'Steen, 83, of Brandford, Florida, formerly of Tampa, Florida, passed away on June 28, 2022, in Temple Terrace, Florida.

She was born on September 2, 1938, in Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia to the late Bertha and Comer Robertson, living most of her younger years in the Allenville Community. She was of the Baptist faith...

Jessie Hendley

Jessie Hendley

Jun 27, 2022

Jessie Herbert Hendley, 96 of Braselton, Georgia passed away peacefully on Monday, June 27, 2022, at The Phoenix of Braselton. Born May 25, 1926, in Berrien County, Georgia, to William Thomas Hendley and Annie Vaughn Hendley, he spent the majority of his career in the military and in building materials sales while residing in Albany, Georgia and later in...

Gary Outlaw

Gary Outlaw

Jun 19, 2022

Melvin Gary Outlaw, 78, of Nashville, died Sunday June 19, 2022 at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL.

He was born March 10, 1944 in Berrien County to the late Melvin Leon Outlaw and the late Odell Walker Outlaw Brogdon. He was an electrical millwright, farmer, member and deacon of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church. In his...

Laurene Taylor

Laurene Taylor

Jun 14, 2022

Stella Laurene Taylor, 92, of Nashville, passed away on Tuesday June 14, 2022 at Baptist Village Nursing Home in Waycross. She was born February 22, 1930 in Jeff Davis County to the late George Moses Nelms and the late Mattie Persons Nelms.

She retired from Nashville Mills in 1993; was a member of the Ladies Auxillary VFW...

Virginia Herring

Virginia Herring

Jun 9, 2022

Virginia Ann Herring, 75, of Adel, died Thursday June 9, 2022 at her residence.

She was born April 5, 1947 in Berrien County to the late Carlie Cook and the late Eula Mae Stone Cook. She was a homemaker and for over 25 years worked with the J.H. Harvey Co. She was a member of New Life...

Hadley Warren

Hadley Warren

Jun 9, 2022

Hadley Layne Warren, infant daughter of Klayton and Molly Stevens Warren, died Thursday June 9, 2022 at Tift Regional Medical Center.

She is survived by her parents: Klayton and Molly Warren of Nashville; maternal grandparents: Jennifer (Wade) Kenworthy of Ray City; paternal grandmother: Jessica McDaniel of McRae; 3 uncles: Jackson Brown of Ray City, Dalton (Sara) Warren...

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