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Talmadge "Smitty" Hughes
Apr 28, 2017
Talmadge “Smitty” Hughes, Jr., 79, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, after a long illness. A native of Long County, GA, and member of Ludowici First Baptist Church, he was a resident of Richmond Hill for the past 47 years. He retired in 1994 after a 30 plus year career with the State of Georgia, which began with the Department...
Glean Eva Bruce
Apr 28, 2017
Glean Eva Cooper Bruce, 82, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017.
Born and raised in Vicksburg, MS, she was a resident of Hinesville for nearly 40 years. Mrs. Bruce lived in the US and Germany as an Army wife before she and her family settled in Hinesville in 1978, where she was a homemaker and worked at Lamas Cleaners for...
Talmadge "Smitty" Hughes
Apr 28, 2017
Richmond Hill
Talmadge “Smitty” Hughes, Jr., 79, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017, after a long illness.
A native of Long County, GA, and member of Ludowici First Baptist Church, he was a resident of Richmond Hill for the past 47 years. He retired in 1994 after a 30 plus year career with the State of Georgia, which began with...
Alexis Nicole Bolinger
Apr 26, 2017
Rincon
My sweet granddaughter, Alexis Nicole Bolinger, 15, went to play with the angels at God’s side on April 26, 2017.
Lexi was born September 3, 2001, to Billy Ray McCormick and Crystal Marie Shyrock, and raised by her loving grandmother in Rincon, GA, and her godmother, who called her “Shorty”, in Guyton. Lexi was a beautiful young lady who...
Alexis Nicole Bolinger
Apr 26, 2017
Rincon My sweet granddaughter, Alexis Nicole Bolinger, 15, went to play with the angels at God’s side on April 26, 2017. Lexi was born September 3, 2001, to Billy Ray McCormick and Crystal Marie Shyrock, and raised by her loving grandmother in Rincon, GA, and her godmother, who called her “Shorty”, in Guyton. Lexi was a beautiful young lady who...
Samuel "SJ" H. Hunt, Jr.
Apr 21, 2017
Hinesville 1SGT Samuel H. “SJ” Hunt (US ARMY, retired), 68, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Hospice House in Savannah. The Rowland, NC, native was reared in North Carolina and Georgia. He was a resident of Hinesville for the past 28 years. A retired First Sergeant, Mr. Hunt served 20 years and 3 months in the United States Army,...
Samuel "SJ" H Hunt, Jr.
Apr 21, 2017
1SGT Samuel H. “SJ” Hunt (US ARMY, retired), 68, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017, at Hospice House in Savannah. The Rowland, NC, native was reared in North Carolina and Georgia. He was a resident of Hinesville for the past 28 years.
A retired First Sergeant, Mr. Hunt served 20 years and 3 months in the United States Army, was...
Mary Louise Shuman
Apr 20, 2017
Richmond Hill
Mrs. Mary Louise Crowley Shuman, age 81, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at her residence surrounded by her family. The Liberty County native had lived in Richmond Hill most of her life. Mrs. Mary not only talked about Jesus but she lived for Jesus. Her prayers were desired by all. Wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all...
Mary Louise Shuman
Apr 20, 2017
Richmond Hill Mrs. Mary Louise Crowley Shuman, age 81, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017, at her residence surrounded by her family. The Liberty County native had lived in Richmond Hill most of her life. Mrs. Mary not only talked about Jesus but she lived for Jesus. Her prayers were desired by all. Wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all...
Ana Maria Valle
Apr 15, 2017
Ana Maria Valle, 70, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017, at home surrounded by her family.
Born in Puerto Rico, she lived most of her life in New York before moving to Hinesville in 2014. She attended the De Dios es el Poder Church in Hinesville.
She is survived by her children, Carmen Mendez, Rafael Maldonado, and Julio Martinez; grandchildren,...
Robert L. Conger
Apr 13, 2017
Robert Lyn Conger, 45, passed away at home Thursday, April 13, 2017, after a long and courageous battle with ALS.
Born in McKinney, TX, he was a graduate of West Mesquite High School. He served his country in Desert Storm and the Iraq War.
Robert Conger was a patriot, a soldier, a faithful Christian, and most of all, a...
Ruthann Marie Crowley
Apr 10, 2017
Ruthann Marie “Mitzie” Crowley, 80, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah following a long illness.
Born August 31, 1936, in Washington, D.C., she was the daughter of Michael J. and Mary Ruth Apperti. On February 25, 1955, she married James M. (Jim) Crowley. Her husband was in the military and was stationed at...
Alicia Ann Rigsby
Apr 6, 2017
Midway
Alicia Ann Rigsby, 37, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017, at home.
Born in Danbury, NC, she lived in Midway for the past 18 years. She was a Baptist and a devoted mother and daughter.
She is survived by her children, Chelsea Rigsby, Justin Rigsby, Michael Rigsby, Preston Rigsby, and Timothy Vancousky; grandson, Cooper; mother, Tina Sheppard; brothers, Michael...
James Michael "Mikie" McAllister
Mar 30, 2017
James Michael “Mikie” McAllister, 58, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017, at his home on Oatland Island. Born in Savannah, Mikie grew up on Wilmington Island. He loved the outdoors and traveling across the United States to places of adventure. He was a loving man who always lent a hand to family, friends, and others in need. A former truck...
James Donald Jackson, Jr.
Mar 20, 2017
Hinesville
James Donald “Donnie” Jackson, Jr., 56, passed away March 20, 2017, at Coastal Carolina Hospital in Ridgeland after a short illness.
Born in Bulloch County on April 3, 1960, to James and Juanita Jackson, he lived in Hinesville all this life. He was a graduate of Bradwell Institute’s class of 1979, and was employed at Argos Concrete Company in...
Siglinde Juliana Benefield
Mar 17, 2017
Siglinde “Sigi’ Benefield, 82, passed away Friday, March 17, 2017, at Community Hospice in Vidalia.
She was born in Germany and moved to the United States in 1958. She worked for H&R Block until her retirement after 20 years. She attended Elim Baptist Church, was a member of the Red Hat Society, and a life member of the DAV and...
Robert Edison Salter
Mar 14, 2017
Hinesville
Robert E. Salter, 85, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017, at his home where he was surrounded by his family.
He spent most of his life in Hinesville. After service in the United States Army, he worked for the Georgia Department of Revenue until his retirement after 22 years of service. He was a member of Gum Branch Baptist...
Deborah Lynn Brown
Mar 10, 2017
Deborah Brown, 60, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at Landmark Hospital surrounded by her family. She spent most of her life in Watertown, NY, where she worked for Mercy Hospital for over 30 years. For the past 12 years, she has been a resident of Hinesville and worked at Hugo Boss. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and...
Deborah L Brown
Mar 10, 2017
Deborah Brown, 60, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, at Landmark Hospital surrounded by her family.
She spent most of her life in Watertown, NY, where she worked for Mercy Hospital for over 30 years. For the past 12 years, she has been a resident of Hinesville and worked at Hugo Boss. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and...
Freda R. Shorke
Feb 26, 2017
Richmond Hill Freda Ribaczonok Shorke, age 72, of Richmond Hill, GA passed away on February 26, 2017, surrounded by her loving daughters and under the compassionate care of Hospice Care of Georgia. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Joseph F. Shorke, Chief Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force. Freda is survived by her sister Mary...
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