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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.

Marie Purvine

Marie Purvine

May 19, 2016

Willie Marie Purvine, 72, of Nashville, died Thursday May 19, 2016 in Tift Regional Medical Center. She was born January 18, 1944 in Jasper, FL to the late William Lewis Monk and the late Lerh Irene Churchill Monk. She was employed as a weaver with Dundee Mills in Griffin, GA and a member of Victory Holiness Church. She will be...

David Lester Register

David Lester Register

May 16, 2016

Sergeant David Lester Register, 52, of Nashville died Monday May 16, 2016 in SGMC Berrien Campus. He was born October 27, 1963 in Monroe, NC to the late Henry Ronald Register and Mary Lou Moore Register. He began public service in 1985 when he became as an EMT working for Clinch, Cook and Berrien counties. In 1990 he began his...

Alma Earline Brogdon

Alma Earline Brogdon

May 15, 2016

Alma Earline Brogdon, 71, of Nashville died Sunday May 15, 2016 at her residence. She was born December 15, 1944 in Hickson, TN to the late Clifford Orville Dotson and the late Ruth Janet Boles Dotson. She was a homemaker, worked with her husband at Brogdon Paints and had been employed with Flash Foods. She was a member of Seventh...

Earl Wayne "Wimp" Gray

Earl Wayne "Wimp" Gray

May 10, 2016

Earl Wayne "Wimp" Gray, 78, of Nashville, died Tuesday May 10, 2016 at his residence. He was born December 8, 1937 in Berrien County to the late Edwin Hiram Gray and the late Vienna Swails Gray. He retired from Chaparral Boats in the warranty department after 27 years of service and he could fix anything on a boat. He was...

Phillip Brogdon

Phillip Brogdon

May 10, 2016

Gary Phillip Brogdon, 63, of Nashville died Tuesday May 10, 2016 in the Berrien Nursing Center. He was born December 6, 1952 in Hahira to the late Sherrod Lester Brogdon and Ruby Jeanette Odom Brogdon. He was a retired truck driver with J.B. Hunt and a member of Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church. He was also a veteran of the...

Lisa Marie Bradford Tolley

Lisa Marie Bradford Tolley

May 9, 2016

Lisa Marie Bradford Tolley, 52, of Nashville died Monday May 9, 2016 at SGMC Berrien Campus. She was born September 12, 1963 in Cook County to the late Henry Gray and the late Linda Harrelson Gray. She was a bookkeeper and attended A'New Way Baptist Church. She also went into the restaurant business where she was the owner of The...

Randy Holloway

Randy Holloway

May 8, 2016

Randy Holloway, 59, of Nashville, died Sunday May 8, 2016 in the South Georgia Medical Center. He was born January 6, 1957 in Fayette, AL to the late Willis Holloway and the late Thelma Haley Holloway. He had been employed with the Berrien County Road Dept and Tift County Road Dept as a heavy equipment operator. He attended New Fellowship...

Velma Iris Jefferson

Velma Iris Jefferson

May 1, 2016

Velma Iris Jefferson, 94, of Ray City died Sunday May 1, 2016 in the Langdale Hospice House. She was born May 25, 1921 in Berrien County to the late Willie Westberry Wood and the late Viola Mathis Wood. She was a homemaker, was employed with Oberman's Manufacturing in Valdosta and for a number of years along with her husband owned...

William "Buddy" Bryant Gaskins

William "Buddy" Bryant Gaskins

Apr 29, 2016

William "Buddy" Bryant Gaskins, 72, of Nashville, died Friday April 29, 2016 at his residence. He was born September 29, 1943 in Berrien County to the late Edwin Gaskins and the late Christine Howell Gaskins. He was a retired plant manager with U.S. Gypsum Co. in Jacksonville, FL. He was preceded in death by his first wife: Thelma Mae Gaskins...

Wanda Joyce Gray

Wanda Joyce Gray

Apr 29, 2016

Wanda Joyce Gray, 52, of Nashville died Friday April 24, 2016 at her residence. She was born March 13, 1964 in Wayne County to Alvin Westberry and Susie Hall. She was a Pharmacy Tech with Harvey's Supermarket and of the Mormon Faith. She was preceded in death by 2 brothers: Glenn Kentwell and Michael Westberry. She is survived by her...

Mary "Jack" Griffin

Mary "Jack" Griffin

Apr 28, 2016

Mary Zelda "Jack" Griffin, 97, of Alapaha, died Thursday April 28, 2016 at her residence. She was born October 26, 1918 in Ben Hill County to the late Need Drew Whitley and the Late Bertha Brown Whitley. She was a homemaker and a member of New Griffin Missionary Baptist Church. She was the widow of Mack Griffin who died in...

Wayne Nix

Wayne Nix

Apr 25, 2016

Marvin Wayne Nix, 65, of Nashville died Monday April 25, 2016 in Orlando, FL. He was born August 10, 1950 in Berrien County to the late Marvin "Coot" Nix and the late Faye Ree Glover Nix. He was a real estate agent with Southern Tradition Realty and retired from Southern Bell. He also served in the Army National Guard and...

Wayne Giddens

Wayne Giddens

Apr 23, 2016

Terry Wayne Giddens, 64, of Adel died Saturday April 23, 2016 in Tift Regional Medical Center. He was born October 7, 1951 in Lowndes to the late Eston Giddens and the late Carolyn Sirmans Giddens. He was retired from the City of Adel as Public Works Superintendent and was a volunteer fireman and the deputy EMA director for Cook County...

Carson Taylor

Carson Taylor

Apr 20, 2016

Marvin Dennis Carson Taylor, 77, of Nashville died Wednesday April 20, 2016 at his residence. He was born May 26, 1938 in Cook County to the late Johnny Dennis Taylor and the late Ida Paul Taylor. He served in the U. S. Army, was a retired truck driver for Chaparral Boats and a member of Vickers Church. He was the...

Richard "Rickey" Eston Giddens

Richard "Rickey" Eston Giddens

Apr 12, 2016

Richard "Rickey" Eston Giddens, 59, of Ray City died Tuesday April 12, 2016 in South Georgia Medical Center. He was born February 21, 1957 in Berrien County to the late Eston Giddens and the late Carolyn Sirmans Giddens. He was retired from the City of Nashville having worked with the Street Dept., Recreation Dept. and the Sanitation Dept. He also...

Rhonda Lynn Hendrix

Rhonda Lynn Hendrix

Apr 9, 2016

Rhonda Lynn Hendrix, 58, of Statenville died Saturday April 9, 2016 in South Georgia Medical Center. She was born January 27, 1958 in Lowndes County to the late Ronald Gaskins and Bonnie Vickers Gaskins. She was a homemaker, a retired administrative assistant with the Lowndes County Sheriff Office and a member of Redland Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...

James Richard Phillips

James Richard Phillips

Apr 8, 2016

James Richard Phillips, 90, of Ray City, died Friday April 8, 2016 in the South Georgia Medical Center. He was born June 29, 1925 in Elba, Alabama to the late James Ester Phillips and the late Lilly May Chapman. He was a retired computer analysis Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force and served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam....

Sarah Ruvine Singletary Jarboe

Sarah Ruvine Singletary Jarboe

Apr 4, 2016

Sarah Ruvine Singletary Jarboe, 85, of Riverview, FL died Monday April 4, 2016. She was born December 25, 1930 in Nashville to the late Christopher Columbus Tatum and the Late Gidner Stacy Bass Tatum. She was employed as a veterinarian tech with Brandon Animal Hospital. She is survived by her daughter: Wilma Jean Morgan; son: Bobby Joe Singletary; and 7...

Evelyn Danforth

Evelyn Danforth

Apr 1, 2016

Evelyn Danforth, 93, of the West Berrien Community, died Friday April 1, 2016 in the Rehabilitation Center of South Georgia. She was born April 10, 1922 in Cook County. She was a homemaker, member of Vickers Church and was the widow of George Washington "G.W." Danforth who died in 1984. She is survived by nieces and nephews, great nieces and...

James "J.B." Barney Browning

James "J.B." Barney Browning

Mar 28, 2016

James Barney "J.B." Browning, 79, of Nashville died Monday March 28, 2016 at his residence. He was born October 18, 1936 in Berrien County to the late Grover Page Browning and the late Nancy Exum Browning. He was a tractor mechanic and retired from Dickson International Tractor Company as the service manager where he was known as "The Tractor Doctor."...

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