Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Relihan Funeral Home in Pearson, GA

Connie McKinnon Tanner

Connie McKinnon Tanner

Mar 26, 2015

Mrs. Connie McKinnon Tanner, age 83, of Pearson, Ga. passed away, Thursday, March 26, 2015 at her residence following a brief illness. A native of Coffee County, Mrs. Tanner was born October 2, l931 daughter of Quincy and Ruby Moore McKinnon. She had made her home in the Willacoochee and Pearson area for most of her life. While living in...

Doris Vickers Deen

Doris Vickers Deen

Mar 24, 2015

Mrs. Doris Vickers Deen, age 88, of Pearson, Ga. passed away, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Oxton Place in Douglas, Ga. following a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Atkinson County, Mrs. Deen was born December 3, l926 daughter of McCager and Mary Gillis Vickers. She was a homemaker and active member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She was preceded...

Carolyn White Sirmans

Carolyn White Sirmans

Mar 15, 2015

OBITUARY MRS. CAROLYN SIRMANS Mrs. Carolyn White Sirmans age 59 of Pearson, Ga. passed away Sunday March l5, 2015 at her home following an extended illness. A native of Coffee County, Ga., Mrs. Sirmans was born, March 18, 1955, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James David (J.D.) and Bernadette Adams White. She enjoyed her job as Secretary for Pearson Elementary...

Eva Esther Cardoza

Eva Esther Cardoza

Mar 14, 2015

OBITUARY MRS. EVA CARDOZA Mrs. Eva Esther Cardoza age 59 of Pearson, Ga. passed away Saturday, March l4, 2015 at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. following a brief illness. A native of San German, Puerto Rico, Mrs. Cardoza was born April 25, 1955, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Miseal and Irma Acosta Morales. She was a homemaker and member...

Barbara Jean Palisoc

Barbara Jean Palisoc

Mar 3, 2015

Mrs. Barbara Jean Palisoc age 60 of Pearson, GA., passed away Monday, March 03, 2015 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. following a brief illness. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Mrs. Palisoc was born, June 30, 1954, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul and Lucille Virginia Warford Sweeney. Coming from Jacksonville, Fla., she made her home here in...

Armando Efren Ortega

Armando Efren Ortega

Feb 22, 2015

Mr. Armando Efren Ortega, age 42, of Pearson, GA. passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, GA. from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. A native of Montera, Mexico, Mr. Ortega was born, August 27, 1972, son of Mr. and Mrs. Efren and Maria Trugillo Ortega. He worked for the past twelve years...

Patricia Ann "Pat" Burch

Patricia Ann "Pat" Burch

Feb 11, 2015

Mrs. Patricia Ann "Pat" Burch age 64 of Axson, Ga. passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at the home of her daughter following an extended illness. Mrs. Burch was born March 25, l950 in Jacksonville, Fl. to Arthur George Lott, Sr. and Julia Marie Bazemore Lott. She had made her in Atkinson County for most of her life. She worked...

Joan Larita Vickers

Joan Larita Vickers

Feb 9, 2015

Ms. Joan Larita Vickers, age 51, of Douglas, Georgia passed away Monday, February 09, 2015 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Georgia following an extended illness. Ms. Vickers was born July l7, l963 in Honolulu, Hawaii to George Elle Vickers and the late Joan Novara McKinnon Vickers. She had made her home in Atkinson and Coffee Counties for most...

Henry Grady Carter

Henry Grady Carter

Feb 8, 2015

Mr. Henry Grady Carter, age 68 of Pearson, GA. passed away Sunday, February 08, 2015 at Tift Regional Medical Center in Tifton, GA. following a brief illness. Mr. Carter was born April 5, l946 in Pearson, Georgia to Milton and Ferrell McNeal Carter. He was a l964 graduate of Atkinson County High School where he was an outstanding drummer in...

Henry Felton "Buck" Morris

Henry Felton "Buck" Morris

Feb 6, 2015

Mr. Henry Felton "Buck" Morris, age 77, of Pearson, Georgia, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2015, at his home in Pearson following an extended illness. Mr. Morris was born on November 12, l937, the son of Henry Z. Morris and Ethel Davis Morris. A native of Atkinson County, Mr. Morris began his teaching career at home in Atkinson County...

Willie Hayes

Willie Hayes

Jan 30, 2015

OBITUARY WILLIE HAYES Mr. Willie Hayes, age 91, of Willacoochee, GA. passed away Friday, January 30, 2015 at Shady Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center in Douglas, GA. following an extended illness. A native of Berrien County, Mr. Hayes was born April 6, l923 son of Pearlie and Minnie O'Neal Hayes. He had made his home in Atkinson County and Berrien...

Joe Mercer

Joe Mercer

Jan 23, 2015

OBITUARY MR. JOE MERCER Mr. Joe Mercer, age 93, of Axson, Ga. passed away, Friday, January 23, 2015 at Baptist Village in Waycross, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Breckenridge, Texas, Mr. Mercer was born October 1, 1921, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mercer and Susie Tabor Mercer. Coming from Texas in 1950, Mr. Mercer made...

Sue Kirkland McCranie

Sue Kirkland McCranie

Jan 13, 2015

Sue Kirkland McCranie, age 84 passed away on January 13, 2015 at the Senior Care Center in Brunswick, GA from complications due to a stroke. A native of Atkinson County, Mrs. McCranie was born Cora Sue Kirkland on July 30, 1930 to John and Eva Kirkland of Pearson, GA. She married Shasta McCranie on July 18, 1952 at the First...

Russell L. "Buck" Bennett

Russell L. "Buck" Bennett

Jan 5, 2015

OBITUARY MR. RUSSELL "BUCK" BENNETT Mr. Russell L. "Buck" Bennett, age 66, of Pearson, GA. passed away Monday, January 05, 2015 at Haven Hospice in Orange Park, FL. following a short illness. A native of Pearson, Ga., Mr. Bennett was born, April 1, 1948, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Fannie Bell Benefield Bennett. He worked at Wright's Dairy...

David Estrada

David Estrada

Jan 2, 2015

OBITUARY MR. DAVID ESTRADA Mr. David Estrada, age 68, of Millwood, Ga. passed away Friday, January 2, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Waycross, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Penyamillo Michoacn, Mexico, Mr. Estrada was born, February 18, 1946, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Estrada Ramirez and Maria DeRefugio Martinez. He worked as a Field...

Ronald Edward Parks

Ronald Edward Parks

Dec 15, 2014

OBITUARY Mr. RONALD EDWARD PARKS Mr. Ronald E. Parks age 5l of Lakeland, Ga. passed away Monday, December 15, 2014 at his residence in Lakeland following an extended illness. A native of Broward County, Fl., Mr. Parks was born February 21, l963 son of Gladys Giddens Parks and the late Jamie Parks, Sr.. He worked in the electronics field for...

Olen Sirmans

Olen Sirmans

Dec 12, 2014

Mr. Olen Sirmans, age 81, of Clearwater, Florida, formerly of Pearson, Ga., passed away, Friday, December 12, 2014 at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Lakeland, Ga. Mr. Sirmans was born, March 20, 1933, son of Mr and Mrs. John Dobb and Avriel Browning Sirmans. He was an electrician for Gallaway Chemical Company and attended Freewill Baptist...

Osvaldo Perez

Osvaldo Perez

Nov 21, 2014

Mr. Osvaldo Perez, age 32 of Pearson, Ga. passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 as a result of his injuries from a motor vehicle accident. Survivors include: 1 Son: Julian Perez of Pearson, Ga. Mother: Irma Villegas of Pearson, Ga. 3 Brothers: Juan Perez Alfred Perez Elezar Perez 4 Sisters: Denise Perez Olvido Rodriguez Dalila Perez Silvia Perez Several Nieces,...

Brusta Joseph Williams

Brusta Joseph Williams

Nov 19, 2014

OBITUARY MRS. BRUSTA WILLIAMS Mrs. Brusta Joseph Williams, age 81 of Pearson, Ga. passed away Monday, November 17, 2014 at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, Ga. following an extended illness. A native of Pearson, Ga., Mrs. Williams was born, September 18, 1933, the third child of Mr. and Mrs. William Bruce and Ruth Gordon Joseph. Although, raised in Akron,...

Charles Wood

Charles Wood

Nov 19, 2014

Life Legacy Mr. Charles Wood, age 63 of Axson, Ga. passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014 at his home, Lakewood, in Axson, Ga. following an extended illness. Charles was born May 22, 1951 in Pearson, Ga.He was married to Tammy Guthrie Wood, and they were married for twenty-nine years. He worked for Georgia Pacific for forty years. He began in...