Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Relihan Funeral Home in Pearson, GA

Robin Gale Burch

Robin Gale Burch

Sep 4, 2019

Mrs. Robin Gale Burch, age 62 of Axson, Ga. passed away Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at her residence.

Survivors include: 

Son:  Brandon Burch of Axson, Ga.

Daughter:  Michele Hines of Pearson, Ga.

Memorialization was by cremation.

Relihan Funeral Home in Pearson, Ga. is in charge of the arrangements.

Paul Jewell

Paul Jewell

Sep 2, 2019

Mr. Paul Jewell, age 75, of Willacoochee, Ga. passed away, Monday, September 2, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. 

A native of Willacoochee, Ga. Mr. Jewell was born, April 14, 1944, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Millian Summerlin Jewell. He was a self-employed cabinet builder and in his spare time he...

Helen Hunkapiller Merritt

Helen Hunkapiller Merritt

Aug 25, 2019

Mrs. Helen Louise Hunkapiller Merritt, age 74, of Willacoochee, Ga. passed away at her home on Sunday, August 25, 2019, following an extended illness.

A native of Prentiss County, Miss., Mrs. Merritt was born June l7, l945, daughter of the late Troy and Ovaleen Walley Hunkapiller. She had made her home in Willacoochee for most of her life and when...

Tommy Browning, Jr.

Tommy Browning, Jr.

Aug 21, 2019

Mr. Tommy Browning, Jr., age 71 of Pearson, Ga. passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga. following an extended illness.

Tommy was born in Reidsville, Ga. on February l7, l948, son of the late Tommie, Sr. and Wilma Corbitt Browning. He had made his home in Atkinson County for most of his life...

Betty Sue Anderson Stone

Betty Sue Anderson Stone

Aug 21, 2019

Mrs. Betty Sue Anderson Stone, age 72 of Nicholls, Ga. passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2019, at her sister's home, following an extended illness. 

Mrs. Stone was born in Pearson, Ga. on January 20, l947, to the late Albert and Sarah Ann Hutchinson Anderson. She was a homemaker and worked at Wal Mart for many years.  She made her...

Margie Moore Pearce

Margie Moore Pearce

Aug 17, 2019

Margie Moore Pearce, age 99, peacefully passed away Saturday, August 17, 2019.  She was born on June 14, 1920. She was the daughter of Lena Summerlin Moore and Aaron Alexander Moore of Willacoochee. Margie moved to Miami, Florida after graduating from Andrew College and the University of Georgia to work for Pan American Airlines.  There she met and fell in...

Larry Mullis

Larry Mullis

Aug 10, 2019

Mr. Larry Mullis, age 72, of Pearson, Ga. passed away at his home on Saturday, August 10, 2019, following an extended illness.

Born August 26, l946, in Douglas, Ga., Mr. Mullis was the son of the late Ralph Mullis and Carlettie Belch Smith.  He worked at General Motors in Atlanta for many years before relocating back to Pearson where he...

Bernice Jewell Crosby

Bernice Jewell Crosby

Aug 7, 2019

Mrs. Bernice Jewell Crosby, age 71 of Douglas, Ga., passed away Wednesday, August 07, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga. following an extended illness.   Survivors include: Son:  Erie Crosby of Axson, Ga.   Daughter:  Jeana Crosby of Axson, Ga.   3 Brothers:  Gerald Jewell of Douglas, Ga.                     J.R. Jewell of Douglas, Ga.                     Merrill Jewell of Douglas, Ga.   3 Sisters: ...

Ronald "Ronnie" Dorsey White

Ronald "Ronnie" Dorsey White

Aug 7, 2019

Mr. Ronald "Ronnie" White, age 63 of Willacoochee, Ga. passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2019 in Coffee County, Ga. following an extended illness. 

 

Born April 20, l956, in Coffee County Georgia, Mr. White was the son of the late Glenn and Harlene Simmons White.  He had made his home in Willacoochee for most of his life and was...

Erni Jean Chancey

Erni Jean Chancey

Aug 5, 2019

Ms. Erni Jean Chancey age 75, of Pearson, Ga. passed away Monday, August 05, 2019 at Waycross Health and Rehab. Center in Waycross, Ga. following an extended illness.  A native of Atkinson County, Erni Jean was born July 7, l944, daughter of the late Earnest and Myrtice Griffis Chancey.  Although she was physically challenged her entire life, she never let...

Edgar "Eddie" C. Brunner

Edgar "Eddie" C. Brunner

Aug 1, 2019

Mr. Edgar “Eddie” C. Brunner, age 54 of Pearson, Ga., passed away Thursday, August 01, 2019 at Memorial University Hospital in Savannah, Ga..   Mr. Brunner was born September 25, 1964 in Jacksonville, Fl. to the late John C., Sr. and Thelma Hurlburt Brunner. He lived most of his life near Pearson, Ga.. He was an electrician by trade and also...

James Anthony Cribb

James Anthony Cribb

Jul 24, 2019

Mr. James Anthony Cribb, age 55 of Axson, Ga. passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Douglas, Ga. Mr. Cribb was born, September 29, 1963, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas “Buddy” Edward and Gladys Robinson Cribb. He worked several years as a custodian for the Atkinson...

Linda Louise Jefferson

Linda Louise Jefferson

Jul 20, 2019

Mrs. Linda Louise Jefferson, age 81 of Jesup, Ga. (formerly of Willacoochee, Ga.), passed away Saturday, July 20, 2019 at her home in Jesup, Ga. following an extended illness. Mrs. Jefferson was born June 27, l938 in Kermit, Texas, daughter of Floyd Orville and Mable Louise Stuart Golden. She had made her in Willacoochee for many years before moving to...

Doris Ann May

Doris Ann May

Jul 12, 2019

Mrs. Doris Ann Hendrix May, age 88 of Axson, Ga passed away on Friday, July 12, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga. Mrs. May was born on April 10, 1931 in Ware County, Ga., the daughter of the late Eli Bradford and Lucinda Thrift Hendrix. She was a homemaker who especially loved gardening, cooking, traveling and redoing...

Thelma Loretta Brunner

Thelma Loretta Brunner

Jul 12, 2019

Mrs. Thelma Loretta Brunner, age 73 of Pearson, Ga., passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Fernandina Beach, Fla. Mrs. Brunner was born, July 23, 1945, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon B. and Thelma Allen Hurlburt, Sr. She had made her home in Pearson, Ga....

Larry Delano Sutton

Larry Delano Sutton

Jul 3, 2019

Mr. Larry Delano Sutton, age 67 of Axson, Ga., passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga. following an extended illness.

Mr. Sutton was born in Waycross, Ga. on October 23, l951, son of Clinton Sutton and Josephine Morgan Sutton. He had made his home in Atkinson County for most of his life and...

Betty Murl Bazemore

Betty Murl Bazemore

Jul 2, 2019

Mrs. Betty Murl McGovern Bazemore, age 83, of Pearson, Ga. passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at her home in Pearson, Ga. following an extended illness.  A native of Atkinson County, Mrs. Bazemore was born, April 13, 1936, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Lula Douglas McGovern, Sr. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking and gardening. Mrs. Bazemore...

Wendell Purvis

Wendell Purvis

Jun 26, 2019

OBITUARY                                                                                                               WENDELL PURVIS

Mr. Wendell Purvis, age 59, of Axson, Ga. passed away, Wednesday, June 28, 2019 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga.

Born October 30, l959, in Coffee County, Mr. Purvis was the son of the late Jake and Bernise Lott Purvis. He lived in the Guthrie Heights community in Atkinson County and was a self-employed carpenter....

Nelva Emily Courson Carlton

Nelva Emily Courson Carlton

Jun 10, 2019

OBITUARY                                                                                                   MRS. NELVA EMILY CARLTON

Mrs. Nelva Emily Courson Carlton, age 97, of Ooltewah, Tn. passed away, Monday, June 10, 2019 at Baptist Village in Waycross, Ga. following an extended illness.  A native of Atkinson County, Mrs. Carlton was born, November 17, 1921, daughter of Levi and Lessie Adams Courson. She spent most of her life in Ooltewah, Tn. along...

Robert L. "Buddy" Tanner

Robert L. "Buddy" Tanner

Jun 3, 2019

OBITUARY                                                                                                   MR. ROBERT L. “BUDDY” TANNER

 

Mr. Robert L. “Buddy” Tanner, age 90, of Pearson, Ga. passed away Monday, June 03, 2019 at his home in Pearson, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Kirkland, Ga., Mr. Tanner was born, January 19, 1929, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. and Lillie Mae McKinnon Tanner. He was a...