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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.

Lorene May

Lorene May

Oct 13, 2014

Lorene May, 85, of Nashville, died Monday October 13, 2014 in the Berrien Campus of South GA Medical Center. She was born September 29, 1929 to the late John McLemore and the late Thelma Tuten McLemore. She was a retired LPN and a member of the Jehovah Witness. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Joseph May and...

Wayne Stevenson Taylor

Wayne Stevenson Taylor

Oct 9, 2014

Wayne Stevenson Taylor, 66, of Lake City, FL died Thursday October 9, 2014 in the V.A. Nursing Home in Lake City, FL. He was born December 16, 1947 in Berrien County to the late Riley Nathan Taylor and the late Essie Elizabeth Wallace. He was a disabled Army Veteran and of the Protestant faith. He was preceded in death by...

Gary Wayne Nelms

Gary Wayne Nelms

Oct 4, 2014

Gary Wayne Nelms, 66, of Nashville, died Saturday October 4, 2014 at Shand's Hospital in Gainesville, FL. He was born March 2, 1948 in Berrien County to the late Daniel Monroe Nelms and Sara Lucile Durrance. He was a retired city route carrier for the United States Postal Service and a member of the Nashville First Baptist Church. He was...

Jozette Moore Morgan

Jozette Moore Morgan

Oct 2, 2014

Jozette Moore Morgan, 80, of Nashville, GA and Suwannee, FL died Thursday October 2, 2014 at the Langdale Hospice House from complications after a stroke. She was born February 16, 1934 in Berrien County to the late Malcolm Joel "Jody" Moore and the late Edna Hall. She was the widow of Robert "Bob" L. Morgan who died in 2010 and...

Shirley Ann Nelms

Shirley Ann Nelms

Sep 30, 2014

Shirley Ann Nelms, 76, died Tuesday September 30, 2014 in Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare. She was born August 5, 1938 in Berrien County to the late Clinton Albert Cersey and the late Eunie Griffin Cersey. She was a homemaker, retired as a supervisor from Nashville Textile and a member of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church. She was the widow of Thomas...

Mary Magdeline Nix

Mary Magdeline Nix

Sep 28, 2014

Mary Magdeline Nix, 97, of Nashville died Sunday September 28, 2014 in the Berrien Nursing Center. She was born November 13, 1916 in Berrien County to the late Johnny Ford and the late Lona Mathis Ford. She was a homemaker and a member of Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Glendon Nix,...

Teresa Diane Gillenwater

Teresa Diane Gillenwater

Sep 28, 2014

Teresa Diane Gillenwater, 44, of Ray City, died Sunday September 28, 2014 in the Langdale Hospice House. She was born May 16, 1970 in Alma, Georgia to the late I.J. Kemp and the late Joyce Corbin Kemp. She was a homemaker, was employed with Harvey's Supermarket in Valdosta, and attended Flat Creek Church. She was preceded in death by a...

James Richard Bennett

James Richard Bennett

Sep 24, 2014

James Richard Bennett, 74, of Nashville, died Wednesday September 24, 2014 at the residence of his brother. He was born April 23, 1940 in Berrien County to the late James Benjamin Bennett and the late Mina Lou Nix Bennett. He retired from the United States Navy, an active member of the VFW and of the Methodist faith. He was preceded...

Walter Laverne "Coochie" Kilpatrick

Walter Laverne "Coochie" Kilpatrick

Sep 21, 2014

Walter Laverne "Coochie" Kilpatrick, 74, of Nashville, died Sunday September 21, 2014 at his residence. He was born January 28, 1940 in Laurel,MS to the late Marvin Roy Kilpatrick and the late Gladys Pinson Kilpatrick. He was a retired machine mechanic with Nashville Mills, of the Baptist faith and was an Army veteran. He is survived by his wife Velma...

Ernest Claude Sumner

Ernest Claude Sumner

Sep 19, 2014

Ernest Claude Sumner, 87, of the West Berrien Community, died Friday September 19, 2014 at his residence. He was born December 8, 1926 in Berrien County, to the late Morris Columbus Sumner and the late Eliza Jane Wilson Sumner. He was a retired farmer and member of the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church. He was also a former Berrien County...

Lenora Jefferson

Lenora Jefferson

Sep 16, 2014

Maggie Lenora Jefferson, 82, of Nashville, died Tuesday September 16, 2014 in the Berrien Nursing Center. She was born October 7, 1931 in Berrien County to the late Arlie Newton Harnage and the late Maudie Howell. She was a homemaker and retired school food service employee. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ray City and the...

Melvin Julian Murray

Melvin Julian Murray

Sep 14, 2014

Melvin Julian Murray, 68, of Nashville died Sunday September 14, 2014 at SGMC Berrien Campus. He was born July 9, 1946 in Berrien County to the late Owen Edward "Buck" Murray and Julia Bailey. He was a retired grocery buyer with the J. H. Harvey Company, member of the Nashville United Methodist Church and a U.S. Army veteran. He is...

Mildred Mae Barnes

Mildred Mae Barnes

Sep 12, 2014

Mildred Mae Barnes, 83, of Nashville, Ga died Friday September 12, 2014 in the Lakehaven Nursing Center. She was born May 20, 1931 in Clay County Alabama to the late Reubin Laney and the late Lennie Gay Baker. She was a homemaker and a retired housekeeper with the Florida Lions Camp in Lake Wales, FL. She was a member of...

Myrle Arnold Wallace

Myrle Arnold Wallace

Sep 8, 2014

Myrle Arnold Wallace, 76, of Adel died Monday September 8, 2014 in the Cook Living Center. He was born September 21, 1937 in Newnan, GA to the late Jason Wallace and the late Lessie Newborne. He was a salesman for Georgia Nut and Bolt Company of Atlanta, a U.S. Navy veteran and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in...

Catherine Williams

Catherine Williams

Aug 31, 2014

Catherine Williams, 76, of Douglasville, died Sunday August 31, 2014 at the Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton. She was born March 9, 1938 in Lowndes County to the late Richard Thaddeus Christie and the late Ozzie Ovetta Swilley. She was a homemaker and retired with C&S Bank in bookkeeping. She was a member of the 1st Church of the Nazarene...

Viola Jean Hamilton

Viola Jean Hamilton

Aug 29, 2014

Viola Jean Hamilton, 74, of Adel, died Friday August 29, 2014 in the Berrien Nursing Center. She was born December 18, 1939 in Pearson, Georgia to the late Dewey Sapp and the late Bethany Gurganious. She was a homemaker and attended Knight's Memorial Chapel. She was preceded in death by husbands: Robert Earl "Buke" Watson who died in 1972 and...

Eloise Harper Aaron

Eloise Harper Aaron

Aug 22, 2014

Eloise Harper Aaron, 89, of Alapaha, died Friday August 22, 2014 at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. She was born June 21, 1925 in Alapaha, Georgia to the late Henry Harper and the late Susie Roberts. She was a homemaker and retired from the Berrien County Board of Education after 20 years where she served as secretary...

James Franklin Tyson

James Franklin Tyson

Aug 22, 2014

James Franklin Tyson, 78, of Nashville, died Friday August 22, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 21, 1936 in Berrien County to the late Robert J. Tyson and the late Onnie Rowan. He was a retired MSGT US Air Force as a communications repair specialist with 20 years of service. He is survived by his wife: Mattie Geneva...

Helen Berle Strosnider Duncan

Helen Berle Strosnider Duncan

Aug 22, 2014

Helen Berle Strosnider Duncan, of Nashville, passed Friday August 22, 2014 in Langdale Hospice House. She was born September 18, 1921 in Littleton, West Virginia to the late James Edward Strosnider and the late Bertha Bell Church. She was a member of Montgomery County School Board and was passionate about reading, quilting and needlepoint. She was an active member of...

Gerald Steven "Steve" Bulington

Gerald Steven "Steve" Bulington

Aug 12, 2014

Gerald Steven "Steve" Bulington, 60, of Nashville died Tuesday August 12, 2014 at his residence. He was born August 26, 1953 in Lafayette, IN to the late Robert Stanley Bulington and Ruth Rogene Hughes. He was a carpenter who was passionate about his work and was known by many as the "Genius". Steve's favorite saying was " There is nothing...

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