All Obituaries

Sam Lewis Hendrix, Jr., age 78, passed away Monday September 16, 2019 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The native and lifelong resident of Bulloch County retired after 33 years of distinguished service to the United States Postal Service where he was a superintendent of postal operations. Lewis was a graduate of Southeast Bulloch High School class of 1958. He was a member of First Baptist Church, the J. Robert Smith Sunday School Class and the Statesboro Kiwanis Club. Lewis began his musical career...

Brooklet, GA Norma H. Cannady, age 71, passed away Friday morning September 13, 2019 at East Georgia Regional after a brief illness. The Bulloch County native had lived most of her life in the Brooklet area. Norma worked at Wal Mart for 19 years as a department manager and was a member of Brooklet First Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and grandmother who loved to cook, can vegetables and keep the grass cut. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, Levy and Ruby Howard and a...

Garfield, GA Charles Alvin Smith, age 68, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at Augusta University Medical Center. The Moncks Corner, South Carolina native had lived the past 32 years in Garfield. Charles retired after many as a truck driver from Werner Enterprises. After retirement he cooked at the family restaurant Ralph’s Diner. Charles is preceded in death by his son, Justin Terry Smith. He was the loving husband of Tammy Smith and loving dad of Holly Hamilton and Kacy...

Donald H. Lanier, age 83, passed away Saturday morning, September 7, 2019 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Bulloch county native was a graduate of Marvin Pittman Laboratory High School. Donald was veteran of the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1992 from Trans World Airlines (TWA) after 26 years as an aircraft mechanic. After retirement he worked with his brother, Harold Lanier, at the Lakeview Driving Range and enjoyed fishing. Donald was a member of Clito Baptist Church. Donald was preceded in...

Statesboro, GA Betty Jean Williams Glenn, age 90, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2019, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center after an extended illness. Betty was a native of Bulloch County, but had lived most of her life in the Valdosta area where she was a teacher. Betty retired from the Lowndes County school system and moved back to Bulloch County 30 years ago. Betty Glenn served her Lord and was an active member of the Hubert Methodist Church. Her joys in life were her family,...

Statesboro, GA Cecil Mills Mallard, age 50, known lovingly to many as “Poppy” died August 21, 2019. Cecil was born in Augusta, GA and spent all of his childhood in Sylvania, GA. He graduated from Screven County High School in 1987 and earned a bachelor’s degree in History from Georgia Southern College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Armstrong State College. He was a distinguished alumni at Armstrong College. Cecil touched countless lives as a nurse of 23 years at...

Statesboro, GA Thomas Edward (Tommie) Rushing III, “Chief” age 63 died Monday, August 19, 2019 after a brief illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Statesboro, Georgia. Tommie was the son of Eddie and Polly Rushing. He was a graduate of Statesboro High School Class of 1974 and graduated from Georgia Southern in 1979 where he was active as a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. After graduating he joined his father in the family business, T.E. Rushing Peanut Company....

Statesboro, GA   James “22” Brock died peacefully at the age of 77 after a long illness. Jim was born in Enterprise, Alabama; the hospital bill was paid in nickels from the Coke machine.  In 1960 he graduated from Statesboro High School where he played football (#22) and ran track which afforded him a college scholarship. He was a graduate of Georgia Teacher’s College (now GSU) in 1964 with a degree in Business Administration. During his college years he worked...

Daisy Waltz Tilton, age 77, passed away peacefully at her residence in Register under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice. The Bulloch County native was retired from working in the restaurant industry. She enjoyed spending time camping and reading her Bible. Daisy was of the Pentecostal faith. She loved her family dearly. Daisy is preceded in death by her husband, John Henry Waltz, three sons, Ricky Waltz, “Lil” John Waltz and Jerry Waltz Surviving are her husband, David Joseph...

Statesboro, GA Marion Jerome “Jerry” Hagins, age 76, passed away Friday July 26, 2019 at Ogeechee Area Hospice after a long illness. The Swainsboro, GA native lived most of his life in Statesboro where he graduated from Statesboro High School in 1961. After high school he served his country in the Army National Guard and worked for the Georgia Highway Department for a couple of years. Jerry worked for Life of Georgia where he became sales manager and won numerous awards over his...