OBITUARY LISTING
Nahunta, GA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Nahunta, GA, Brantley County & Surrounding Areas
Raymond Eugene Duke
Feb 26, 2009
Raymond Eugene Duke, 68, of Hortense, GA, died Thursday night at Hospice of the Golden Isles, Brunswick following a lengthy illness. Born in Akron, OH, his parents were Francis Galen and Lotus Flower Leevy Duke. He worked in Shoe sales and in a Automobile factory. He is survived by his daughter, Rhonda Mistopouplos of Garden City, MI; two grandsons, Benjamin...
James Vernon Wells
Feb 24, 2009
James Vernon Wells, 42, of Georgetown, SC died Tuesday (February 24, 2009) from injuries sustained from an accident. Born in Liberty Co., GA his parents are the (late) Earl Vernon Well and Betty Register. He is also preceded in death by his brother Ronald Wells. He was a captain of a shrimp boat in Georgetown, SC and attended the Church...
James Kelly
Feb 21, 2009
Mr. James "Marvin" Kelly, 87, of the Browntown Community died early Saturday morning (Feb. 21, 2009) in the Southeast Georgia Health Systems in Brunswick after a long illness. Born in Atkinson, Georgia he was the son of James Breckingridge Kelly and Hattie Lou Drury Kelly. Mr. Kelly was a member of the Nahunta United Methodist Church, and had worked with...
Woodrow Jackson Wainright
Feb 20, 2009
Woodrow Jackson Wainright, 88 of Nahunta, GA died Friday morning at his residence following a lengthy illness. Born in Charlton, Co, GA, his parents were Willie Jackson and Arizona "Arrie" Prescott Wainright. He served in the United States Army in WWII and was a farmer. He loved hunting and fishing. He was a member of New Hope Primitive Baptist Church,...
John Stanley Simpson, Sr.
Feb 18, 2009
John Simpson, Sr., 72 of the Raybon Community died at his residence Wednesday morning following a brief illness. Born in Detroit, Michigan, his parents were William Joseph and Evelyn Chaffee McKay Simpson. He served in the United States Army and was disabled veteran. He was a member of the VFW and loved old cars. He was a Heavy Machinery Mechanic....
Christopher Andrew Taylor
Feb 13, 2009
Christopher "CT Cruzer" Andrew Taylor, 21, of Waynesville, GA died early Friday morning in Brunswick, Ga. from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Glynn Co, GA, he was a electrician and worked residential and Commercial construction , Christopher was getting ready to go back to school to maybe start a new career in D.N.R, he was of the...
Bruce Whitner Courtney, Sr.
Feb 11, 2009
Bruce Whitner Courtney, Sr. 89, of Nahunta, GA died Wednesday morning at Satilla Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Thomasville, GA his parents were Burton Marshall and Audrey Maxwell Courtney. He is also preceded in death by a grandson, Campbell May. He is retired from State Farm as an insurance agent and was a past member of...
Dewey Gurley
Feb 11, 2009
Dewey Gurley, 94, of Nahunta, GA died early Wednesday morning at his residence following a lengthy illness. Born in Clarkesville, GA his parents were Jim and Grace McClure Gurley. He is also preceded in death by his wife Nellie Hooper Gurley; four sons, Larry, Ralph, Joe and Johnny Gurley. He was a tradesman and loved to fish and deer hunt...
Willetta Morgan Highsmith
Feb 4, 2009
Willetta Mae Morgan Highsmith, 68, of Nahunta, GA died Wednesday night (February 4, 2009) at BayView Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. Born in Glynn Co, GA, her parents were Horace Cecil and Minnie Jacobs Morgan. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Byron "Buddy" Chester Highsmith, and sister, Jeanette Morgan. She was a homemaker and a past...
Lloyd Zonnie Peeples
Feb 4, 2009
Lloyd Zonnie Peeples, Sr., 71 of Brunswick, GA died suddenly Wednesday (Feb. 4, 2009) at his residence. Born in Brantley Co, GA, his parents were Connie G. Peeples, Sr. and Rosa Lee Ammons Peeples. He served in the United States Navy and worked with Brunswick Pulp and Paper as a Crane Operator. He is survived by 4 Children and 3...
Floyd Eugene Dowling
Jan 27, 2009
Floyd Eugene "Bouncer" Dowling 82 of Hoboken, GA died early Tuesday (Jan. 27, 2009) morning at Memorial Medical Center, Savannah. Born in Brantley Co, GA, his parents were James Newton and Caroline Elizabeth Hancey Dowling. He is also, preceded in death by his brothers and sisters, Lawton, Leroy, Willie, Eva and Mable. He worked with Seaboard Construction as a Heavy...
Margaret Vera Wiles
Jan 25, 2009
Margaret Vera Leggett Wiles, 74, of Nahunta, GA died early Sunday morning (Jan. 25, 2009) at BayView Nursing Home, Nahunta following a lengthy illness. Born in Waycross, GA, she was the daughter of Robert Christopher and Thelma Vera Sapp Leggett. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Alfred Adam Wiles, 2 sons, Ronnie and Terry Mixon and 2...
Flossie Eleanor Johns
Jan 22, 2009
Flossie Eleanor Robinson Johns, 88 of Nahunta, GA died Thursday morning (Jan. 22, 2009) at Hospice of the Golden Isles, Brunswick following a lengthy illness. Born in Wayne Co, GA, her parents were Frances Donald and Nora Bell Lewis Robinson. She is also preceded in death by her husband William Oden Johns, a Great Grandson, Jacob Johns, a sister, Vera...
Jeremy Stone
Jan 22, 2009
Jeremy Shane Stone, 25 of Kingsland, GA died suddenly Thursday (Jan. 22, 2009) at his residence. Born in Newport News, VA, he was a Welder and loved his truck, music, friends and his dog, Midi. He was a member of Nahunta First Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Russell Herrin and Virgil C. Stone, and...
Jerry L. Davis
Jan 14, 2009
Jerry L. Davis, 57, of Nahunta, GA passed away at his home in Golden Valley, AZ on Jan. 14, 2009. Jerry was born to Wayne and Julie Herrin Davis on Feb. 3, 1951. He retired to the Arizona desert in the early 1980s after serving in the US Army. Jerry is survived by two daughters, Toni Davis of Hoboken, GA...
Frank Jones Willis
Jan 11, 2009
Frank Jones Willis, 58, of Nahunta passed away early Sunday morning (January 11,2009) at the Army War Veteran Hospital in Milledgeville, GA. Frank served four years in the U.S. Marine Corp. He worked as a mechanic for many years with the railroad and for the Okefenokee Rural Electric Membership Association, and was of the Church of God Faith. He is...
Kendall Aubrey Willis
Jan 11, 2009
Kendall Aubrey Willis, 36 of Nahunta, GA died Sunday afternoon (Jan. 11, 2009) at Memorial Medical Center, Savannah from injuries sustain from an automobile accident. Born in Ware Co, GA, he was preceded in death by his father, Kenneth Monroe "Bozo" Willis, a brother, Bernard Willis, his Paternal Grandparents, Verdie and George Willis and Maternal Grandfather Omie Wilson. He worked...
Henry Horace Varnes
Jan 6, 2009
Henry H. Varnes, 80 of Hoboken, GA died suddenly Tuesday (January 6, 2009) morning at his residence following an extended illness. Born in Bamberg, SC, his parents were John Henry and Seinnie Walling Varnes. He is also preceded in death by a son, Kenneth Wayne Varnes, a grandson, Justin Alley Varnes and a brother, Sampson MacAuthor Varnes. He served in...

