Wayne County High School Georgia Alumni Obituaries

Avalene Beasley Cooper 71 passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday December 30 2025 surrounded by her loving family under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. Avalene was born on December 9 1954 in Jesup Georgia to the late Guyton Beasley and A. Lucille Driggers Beasley. She graduated from Wayne C...

MRS. LINDA HILLIARD BOYD age 80 of Eastman GA passed away on Monday February 9 2026 at her residence. MRS. LINDA HILLIARD BOYD age 80 of Eastman GA passed away on Monday February 9 2026 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 1100AM Friday February 13 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with...

Anthony Warren age 43 passed away on Sunday December 7 2025 at his residence in Kathleen. Funeral services will be held on December 11 2025 at Rowland Chapel Church with Reverend Aubrey Corbitt officiating. Visitation will begin at 100 P.M. followed by the funeral services at 200 P.M. Burial will ta...

John Wayne Pierce age 71 passed away peacefully on January 31 2026 surrounded by his family after a long illness. Born on December 8 1954 in Owensboro Kentucky he was the son of Dorothy Johnson Pierce and the late Lark Pierce Jr. John is survived by his devoted wife of 51 years Debbie Woodall Pierce...

Robert Leon Bowman Jr. 85 of Whitwell Tennessee was called home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 23 2025. Born on December 25 1939 in Sewanee Tennessee he was the son of Robert Leon Bowman and Mable ONeal Bowman. He was a graduate of Marion County High School and served in the United State...

William Wallace Warnick III 78 affectionately known as Bill passed away peacefully on Saturday January 17 2026 at home. A resident of Wayne County for the past fiftysix years Bill was born on September 22 1947 in Flora Indiana to the late William Wallace Warnick II and Genevieve Hanna Warnick. He sp...

Norma Louise OQuinn Poppell 87 passed away peacefully on January 16 2026 under the care of Hospice of South Georgia at Harborview Health System Jesup after a lengthy battle of Parkinsons Disease with Lewy Body Dementia. A native and lifelong resident of Wayne County Norma was born on October 7 1938 ...

Ms. Reta F. Earley Yanez age 71 of Chatsworth Georgia departed this life Friday morning January 30 2026 at Hamilton Medical Center. Reta was born January 28 1955 in Chatsworth Georgia a daughter of the late Luther P. and Mary Jewell Ponders Earley. In addition to her parents she was preceded in deat...

MRS. BARBARA ANN WILLIAMS SNELLGROVE age 80 of Eastman GA passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 30 2025 in Elko GA. MRS. BARBARA ANN WILLIAMS SNELLGROVE age 80 of Eastman GA passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 30 2025 in Elko GA. Funeral services will be held at 200PM Friday January 2 at...

MRS. DEBORAH JOAN JENNINGS BROCKUS age 71 of the Midway Community of Pulaski County passed away on Tuesday January 20 2026 at her residence. MRS. DEBORAH JOAN JENNINGS BROCKUS age 71 of the Midway Community of Pulaski County passed away on Tuesday January 20 2026 at her residence. Deborah was born i...

Funeral service will be 200 P.M. Sunday January 4 2026 at Evergreen AME Zion Church Delco N.C. Burial will follow in the FreemanEverett Cemetery Delco. Visitation will be 500 700 P.M. Saturday at the church. In the early morning hour of Monday December 29 2025 God sent his Loving Angel to carry awa...

Mr. Wayne Hathorn, age 92, of Athens and formerly of Conyers, Georgia, passed away January 31, 2026. Born in Blount County, Alabama, on January 16, 1934, Wayne was the beloved son of the late James Hoyt Hathorn and Oder Blackwood Hathorn. After his mother’s passing when he was just four years old, W...

Sandra S. Cookie Howsman age 85 of Marysville went to be with the Lord on Wednesday January 14 2026 at Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family following a recent decline in her health. On November 13 1940 Sandra was born in Chillicothe Ohio the only child of the late Charles Edgar Hall and...

Howard Lester Lewis 68 passed away on Friday February 6 2026 at Morrow County Hospital. Howard was born on July 9 1957 to the late Ithel and Virginia Ervin Lewis in Crestline Ohio. He graduated from Galion High School in 1975 and later continued his education with some coursework at Marion Technical...

Gloria Jean Shipley 89 of Roseville affectionately known to family and friends as Jeannie passed away peacefully on December 9 2025 at the Helen Purcell Home in Zanesville Ohio the very same town where she was born on March 16 1936 to the late Clarence and Thelma King Browning. She grew up in a lovi...

Melba Ruth Perkins Stephens 88 passed away peacefully on Saturday February 7 2026 at home surrounded by her loving family under the care of Hospice of South Georgia. Melba was born on February 10 1937 to the late Quinelle Trull Perkins and Leonard C. Perkins. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord an...

Born in Granville County January 28 1943. He was the son of the late Joe Ben Watkins and Lillian Watkins Ellington both past residents of Creedmoor NC. Joe graduated from Creedmoor High School in 1961. He served in the United States Air Force in the military police. Joe was the Staff Analyst to the ...

Dr. Gery Wayne Williams devoted husband proud father and grandfather mentor healer and friend entered the Kingdom of Heaven on January 15 2026 surrounded by his family and the love of his life. Born on May 10 1951 Gery was raised in Williams County Ohio. He was preceded in death by his parents Dr. G...

MRS. JOSEPHINE JO PARKERSON SMITH age 93 went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday January 26 2026 at her residence in Eastman GA. MRS. JOSEPHINE JO PARKERSON SMITH age 93 went to be with her Lord and Savior Monday January 26 2026 at her residence in Eastman GA. Funeral services will be held Thursd...

MR. HORACE MARVIN BUDDY BREWER age 64 of Cadwell GA died on Friday January 23 2026 at his residence. MR. HORACE MARVIN BUDDY BREWER age 64 of Cadwell GA died on Friday January 23 2026 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 200 PM Wednesday January 28 2026 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church ...

Juana Hurst Grover 83 passed away peacefully on Thursday January 22 2026 at St. Josephs Hospital in Savannah after a short illness. Born on September 11 1942 in Cairo Georgia Juana was the daughter of the late Ezra and Dorothy Johns Hurst. She grew up in Cairo graduated from Cairo High School and la...

Ian Bradford “Brad” Lipham, age 56, of Carrollton, Georgia, passed away Friday, January 16, 2026.Brad was born on December 12, 1969, in Carrollton, Georgia, the beloved son of Steve Wayne Lipham and Ann Robison Lipham. He was a 1987 graduate of Carrollton High School and went on to earn his undergra...