Mr. Hershell Virgil Hurst, 85 of Bryceville, FL, passed away early Saturday morning, November 9, 2019, at St. Vincent’s Medical Center – Riverside – under the care of Community Hospice.   Born in Waycross, GA on April 2, 1934, he had lived in Jacksonville, FL for several years prior to moving to Bryceville 40 years ago.  Mr. Hurst had been a diesel mechanic and had worked for several different companies (Mercury Motor Express, Terminal Transport, Great Dane...

Mr. Columbus Venable Moore, 94 of Waycross, passed away early Monday morning, October 28, 2019, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House.   Born in Roxboro, NC on May 5, 1925, he had lived in Lakeland, FL for several years prior to moving to Blackshear in 2000.  Mr. Moore was a US Navy Veteran having served during World War II and was retired from Publix where he had worked in their construction division.  He enjoyed building things and would say, “If a man made it he could...

Mrs. Linda Faye Sapp Watkins, 71 of Mershon, passed away late Saturday evening, October 26, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family.   Born in Patterson, GA on November 11, 1947, she had lived in Pierce County most of her life.  Mrs. Watkins had been a seamstress for Julie Hat Co. for many years before taking on the job of full time grandmother.  She loved tending her roses and willow tree as well as enjoyed a breeze and hearing her chimes sing.  She loved her...

Mr. Morris Eugene Griffin, 79 of Blackshear, passed away early Thursday morning, October 24, 2019, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House.   Born in Hoboken, GA on June 13, 1940, he had lived in Toombs County for several years before moving to Pierce County in 1996.  Mr. Griffin was a former truck driver for Oxford Clothing Factory.  He had enjoyed hunting, running his dogs, fishing, and just being outdoors.  Some may have considered him the most stubborn Griffin out of the...

Mrs. Nicy Elizabeth “N.E.” Boyett Sinclair, 99 of Patterson, passed away late Thursday evening, October 24, 2019, at her daughter’s residence.   Born in Blackshear, GA on October 13, 1920, she had lived in Pierce County all of her life.  Mrs. Sinclair was a homemaker and farmer’s wife who enjoyed word searches, sewing, cross stitching, and embroidering.  She was a faithful member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she was in the Senior Adult Sunday...

Mrs. Doris Lee Steele Bennett, 91, passed away Saturday morning, October 19, 2019 at Baptist Village in Waycross Georgia. Born in Clearwater Florida on April 23, 1928, she was the second child of Arabelle Tyre Steele and James T. Steele. She and her brother moved to Jesup, GA when she was just 3 years old after their mother died and she and her brother were raised by her dad’s sister Kathleen Steele Harper and husband Robert (Bob) L. Harper. Along with their daughter Ruby Mae Pittman,...

Mr. John Samuel Jones, 65 of Blackshear, passed away late Tuesday afternoon, October 15, 2019, at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.   Born in Blackshear, GA on March 5, 1954, he had lived in Pierce County most of his life.  Mr. Jones was a 1973 graduate of Blackshear High School and was retired from Gilman Building Products where he had been a trim saw operator.  He enjoyed fishing and riding his golf cart and was an avid CB radio enthusiast (his handle was Mystery...

Mr. Hiram Wayne White, 75 of Mershon, passed away Thursday evening, October 10, 2019, at the Waycross Health and Rehabilitation Center.   Born in Columbus, GA on September 19, 1944, he had lived in Homestead, FL for several years before moving to Bacon County in 1998.  Mr. White was a retired mechanic for the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant in Homestead and spent his retirement tinkering around the house and being a handy man.  He loved the outdoors – fishing and...

Mrs. Mildred Ann Riales Scallorn Byrd, 84 of Blackshear, passed away Thursday afternoon, October 10, 2019, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross.   Born in Como, MS on January 2, 1935, she had lived in Sardis, MS for several years before moving to Pierce County 16 years ago.   Mrs. Byrd had been a military wife for many years but had also been a homemaker for most of her adult life.  She loved the outdoors – camping, hunting, and fishing – and also...

Mrs. Jacqueline “Jackie” Edith Bennett Austin, 90 of Blackshear, passed away early Friday morning, October 4, 2019, at the Twin Oak Convalescent Center in Alma.   Born in Blackshear, GA on April 9, 1929, she had lived in Pierce County all of her life.  Mrs. Austin was a 1946 graduate of Blackshear High School where she had been a star basketball player.   Over the years she continued to enjoy watching basketball.   Following her graduation from high...