Mr. Willard Jackson Dixon, 98 of Blackshear, passed away Wednesday morning, April 14, 2021, at Baptist Village. Born in Blackshear, Gaon September 12, 1922, he had lived in Pierce County all of his life.  Mr. Dixon was a US Army veteran.  He had worked for the Spatola Shoe Factory for over 30 years but had also been a life-long farmer.  He was of the Baptist faith. He was the son of the late Allen Jackson Dixon & Bessie Tuten Dixon.  He was also preceded in...

Mr.  Robert Ray “Bob” Harper, 75 of Blackshear, passed away early Monday morning, April 12, 2021, at his residence.  Born in Akron, OH on April 19, 1945, he had lived in Sherman Center, Ohio for 32 years prior to moving to Pierce County in 2013.  Mr. Harper served in the US Army and soon after went to work for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company where he would retire as a tire builder.  His favorite pastime was being outdoors working in his yard and while still...

  Mrs. Marilyn Mizell Joyner Peace, 86 of Blackshear, passed away Monday evening, April 12, 2021, at her residence. Born in Folkston, GA on February 17, 1935, she had lived in Pierce County most of her life.  Mrs. Peace was a 1953 graduate of Blackshear High School and went on to serve in the US Navy for four years as a Yeoman with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations located in the US Pentagon.  Following her military service, she went right to work for South...

  Mr. John Alexander Yovu, 76 of Blackshear, passed away Monday morning, April 12, 2021, at his residence. Born in Leeds, England on February 9, 1945, he had lived in Florida for many years prior to moving to Georgia in the late 70’s.  Mr. Yovu was a graduate of the University of Georgia and served in the US Marines.  He was retired from Georgia Power where he had been an operator and was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. He was a son of the late George & Mary...

Little Miss Alma Octavia Harris, newborn daughter of KaDee Amanda Chandler and Donald Cole Harris, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021, at the Bacon County Hospital.   She is now being held in Heaven by her paternal grandfather, Donald Hugh “Donnie” Harris. She was a little sister to brothers Eric Joe Jace Chandler, Donald Wesley Thomas, Jr., Landon Lamar Chancey, and Elijah Adams Chancey all of Albany; and granddaughter to maternal grandparents, Angie Perine of Waycross and...

Mrs. Lydia Ann Foreman Crump, 73 of Bacon County, passed away Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville.  Born in Upper Darby, PA on July 7, 1947, she had lived in Bacon County most of her life.  Mrs. Crump was a 1964 graduate of Bacon County High School and went on to graduate from Georgia Southern College (now Georgia Southern University) with her Bachelor’s degree in Education.  She was retired from the Bacon County Board of Education where she...

Cahoon, Alice Dubberly Nov. 27, 1918-April 4, 2021 Alice Dubberly Cahoon died peacefully in her sleep on April 4 at her Atlanta home, where she had lived for the past 40 years.  She lived two years past her goal of making it to 100, despite the increasing effects of the dementia that ultimately caused her death. Alice was born in her grandparents’ home on November 27, 1918, on her family’s farm in the Rye Patch community of what is now Long County, but which at the time...

  Mr.  Clarence Vernon Westberry, Jr., 80 of Patterson, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2021 at his residence.  Born in Patterson, GA on July 7, 1940, he had lived in Pierce County all of his life.  Mr. Westberry was a retired farm tractor mechanic.  He started out working for the late Coleman Harrison but had also worked for Reid, Inc. and the Hyers Company.  Over the years he attended all of the churches his late father, Rev. Vernon Westberry, preached...

Ms. Inez Lee Riggins, 91 of Blackshear, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at her granddaughter’s residence.  Born in Blackshear, GA on August 22, 1929, she had lived in Pierce County most of her life.  Ms. Riggins had worked for the former Pierce Trading Company for 18 years before going to work at Clough-Pearson Funeral Home – now Pearson-Dial Funeral Home – as our receptionist and retiring after 42 years of dedicated service.  She had also done babysitting...

Ms. Donna Elaine Griffin Cox, 72 of Waycross, passed away Sunday, March 28, 2021, at her residence. Born in Homerville, GA on June 5, 1948, she had lived in Ware County most of her life.  Ms. Cox was a former Lab Technician for Blackshear Family Practice.  She loved spending time with her children and grandchildren.  She also loved to read her Bible, to go fishing, to travel, helping others, and drinking coffee.  She was a member of Wahoma Church of God of...