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David E. Crocker
BLACKSHEAR -- David E. Crocker, 68, died Jan. 14 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick. He was a native of Johnson, N.C., and a resident of Pierce County the past 15 years. He was a retired sign painter and a member of St. Johns United Methodist Church of Blackshear.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Mary Alice Crocker of Blackshear; five sons, Richard E. and Timothy S. Crocker, both of Blackshear, and Greg, Stephen L., and David W. Crocker, all of Smyrna; a daughter, Cathy Baird of Marion, Ind.; a sister, Sandra Kicklighter of Odum; a brother, Bobby Crocker of Interlachen, Fla.; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. today at Rinehart & Sons Funeral Home in Jesup.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday at Rinehart & Sons Funeral Home, burial at 3:30 p.m. in Glennville City Cemetery.

Carrie Lemon
DARIEN -- Mrs. Carrie Lemon, 85, died Jan. 10 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center. She was born in McIntosh County and graduated from Cuyler School in Savannah. She was a homemaker and a member of First African Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: daughters, Cleo Lemon, Clovis L. Spaulding and Elaine J. Jackson, all of Darien; a son, Hercules Lemon Jr., of Darien; sisters, Alice Mack and Alfreda Allen, both of Carneghan; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
VISITATION: 7-8 p.m. today at Darien Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday at First African Baptist Church, burial in Upper Mill Cemetery.

Vera Jacobs
VIDALIA -- Vera Jacobs, 66, died Jan. 12 at University Hospital in Augusta. She was born and educated in Montgomery County. She was a homemaker and a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: her husband, Clifford Jacobs of Vidalia; daughters, Donna Terrell of Higgston, Mary and Tamala Jacobs, both of Alma, Marsha Jacobs of Vidalia and Tamika Jacobs of New Jersey; sons, Donald, Russell, Bobby, Kenneth and Tyran Jacobs, all of Vidalia, Benjamin Jacobs of Mount Vernon and Eric Terrel of Manheim, Germany; sisters, Irene Adams of Vidalia and Essie Battise of Savannah; and two brothers, Benjamin Harris of Atlanta and Charles Sanford of Vidalia.
VISITATION: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. today at Smalley & Brown Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church, burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery in Vidalia.

Louise F. Thain
METTER -- Mrs. Louise Forehand Thain, 74, died Jan. 14 at Candler County Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Candler County. She was a retired bookkeeper for Metter Nursing Home and a homemaker. She was a member of the nondenominational.
SURVIVORS: her husband, W.H. Thain of Metter; two daughters, Ellen Coleman of South Salem, Ohio, and Susan Thain of Metter; three sisters, Lorine Bonnema of Metter, Betty Gardner of Tampa, Fla., and Mildred Scott of Monroe, N.C.; three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and a step-great-grandson.
VISITATION: 6-9 p.m. today at Kennedy-Morgan Funeral Homes, Kennedy Chapel.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday at Kennedy-Morgan Funeral Homes, Kennedy Chapel.

Neolyn N. Mock
SYLVANIA -- Mrs. Neolyn Newton Mock, 69, died Jan. 14 at Screven County Hospital. She was born in Screven County. She was retired from BASF, Sylvania plant. She was a member of Farmdale Baptist Church in Sylvania.
SURVIVORS: a daughter and son-in-law, Dianne M. and Mickey Brower of Sylvania; a son and daughter-in-law, Donnie and Darlene Mock of Sylvania; a sister, Jackie N. Bennett of Liberty, N.C.; a brother, Emory Newton of Hilltonia; five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. today at Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home in Sylvania.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday at Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral Home, burial in Goloid Cemetery.

Lillie H. Smith
VIDALIA -- Lillie Helen Smith, 44, died Jan. 8 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah. She was born and educated in Vidalia. She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church in Mount Vernon.
SURVIVORS: a daughter, Nancy Hurst of Vidalia; her mother, Nancy P. Hurst of Vidalia; sisters, Nora Sanders and Leatha Zenders, both of Vidalia, and Debra Sneed of Atlanta; and brothers, Tommy and Isaac Hurst, both of Vidalia, and Larry Brinson of Mount Vernon.
VISITATION: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. today at Smalley & Brown Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church, burial in McKinnon Cemetery in Mount Vernon.

Holly R. Anderson
RICHMOND HILL -- Holly Rachel Anderson, 18, died Jan. 14 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. She was a native of Fort Knox, Ky. She was a member of Saint Annes Catholic Church in Richmond Hill.
SURVIVORS: her parents, Dr. William Ray Anderson Jr. and Winifred Rebecca Otworth Anderson, both of Richmond Hill; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Louis Otworth of Franklin Furnace and Mr. and Mrs. William Ray Anderson Sr. of Portsmouth; three sisters, Heidi Raschel Hunter, Heather Rae Anderson and Hope Rebecca Anderson, all of Richmond Hill; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
VISITATION: 6-9 p.m. today at Harrison-Pyles Funeral Home in Wheelersburg, with rosary at 8 p.m.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday at Saint Peter in Chains Catholic Church, burial in the church cemetery.

George Bangs
SYLVANIA -- George Bangs, 95, died Jan. 12 in Savannah. He was a native of Screven County and retired from the cotton gin industry. He was a member of Waters Grove.
SURVIVORS: a son, Ernest Bangs of Sylvania; a daughter, Jerry A. Roberts of Bronx, N.Y.; four sisters, Ethel Davis, Beatrice Anderson and Corine Hamilton, all of Savannah, and Mary Grant of Statesboro.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today at Waters Grove Baptist Church, burial in Friendship Memorial Park. Sylvania Funeral Home.

Bonnie Bast
SEA ISLAND -- Mrs. Bonnie Bast died Jan. 14 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center, Brunswick. She was a native of Canon City, Colo., and had been a resident of Sea Island since 1993. She was a graduate of Michigan State University. She was a nationally accredited master judge for the Federated Garden Clubs of America, where she judged flowers shows in Atlanta and in New York. She served on the Board of Directors for Save the Children and was a member of Christ Church Frederica on St. Simons Island.
SURVIVORS: her husband, Charles W. Bast of Sea Island; a daughter, Laura Russo of Sea Cliff Long Island, N.Y.; two sons, Kevin Bast of Babylon Long Island, N.Y., and Brian Bast of Huntington ,Long Island, N.Y.; a brother, Robert Essert of California; and four grandchildren.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Jan. 26. in Christ Church Frederica.
REMEMBRANCES: American Cancer Society, Glynn County Unit, P.O. Box 1040, Brunswick, GA 31521-1040 or to Christ Church Frederica, 6329 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA 31522. Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.

Rufus Burnsed Jr.
DENMARK -- Rufus Burnsed Jr., 70, died Jan. 15 at home. The native and lifelong resident of Bulloch County was an Army veteran serving during the Korean Conflict. He was a retired Civil Service employee and of the Primitive Baptist Faith.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Yvonne Fordham Burnsed of Denmark; a daughter, Rhonda Burnsed Sims of Ellabell; two grandchildren, Jessica Sims and Tucker Sims, both of Ellabell; two sisters, Arlene Morgan and Lois B. Morgan, both of Daisy; a half-sister, Ollie B. White of Savannah; a brother, James F. Burnsed of Daisy; and his mother-in-law, Jane W. Fordham of Statesboro.
VISITATION: 4 p.m. today at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home, burial in Upper Black Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
REMEMBRANCES: Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, GA 30459.

Cathleen C. Cauley
TOWNSEND -- Mrs. Cathleen Calhoun Cauley, 77, died Jan. 15 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center, Brunswick. She was a native of Treutlen County and had been a resident of McIntosh County for the past 30 years. She attended Darien Church of God, was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening.
SURVIVORS: a son, Elmer Joe Cauley Sr. of Meridian; a brother, Moody Vaughn Calhoun of Baltimore; six grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. today at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday at Darien Church of God, burial in Davis Cemetery.

Nell S. Cox
DARIEN -- Mrs. Nell Sumner Cox, 58, died Jan. 15 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center, Brunswick. She had been a resident of McIntosh County for the past 35 years and a member of Northside Baptist Church of Darien.
SURVIVORS: her husband, Woody Cox of Darien; four daughters, Marie Parsons, Dorothy Zorn, and Denise Howard, all of Darien, and Tina Lynn of Crescent; a son, Anthony Wayne Cox of Darien; a sister, Wanda Harris of Omega; two brothers, Pete Sumner of Darien and James Love of Commerce; 10 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday at Northside Baptist Church in Darien, burial in St. Andrews Cemetery.
REMEMBRANCES: American Cancer Society.

Clisby Denmark
BROOKLET -- Clisby Denmark, 80, died Jan. 15 at Bulloch Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Bulloch County and retired from Interstate Life Insurance Co. He was an Army veteran of World War II and recipient of two bronze stars. He was a member and deacon of Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Macy Denmark of Brooklet; a daughter and son-in-law, Era Cay and Johnny Joyner of Brooklet; a son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Jennie Wren Denmark of Swainsboro; three sisters, Edith Smith of Ellabell; Couedalene Marburger of Savannah and Beatrice DeLoach of Brooklet; a brother, E.A. Denmark of Reidsville; and four grandchildren.
VISITATION: 4-7 p.m. today at Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday at Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church, burial with military honors, in the church cemetery.
REMEMBRANCES: Red Hill Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Ernest Buie, 788 Buie Circle, Pembroke, GA 31321.

Joyce Doctor
VARNVILLE, S,C, -- Mrs. Joyce O'Della Doctor, 46, died Jan. 11 at Medical University of South Carolina Hospital, Charleston. She was a native of Hampton County and a member of Harmonia Baptist Church. She was a 1970 graduate of Wade Hampton High School.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Leslie Doctor and April White, both of Varnville; four sons, Robert J. Doctor, Selwyn Deon Doctor, Reggie C. White and Dennis White, all of Varnville; her mother, Clara Lee Mickens of Varnville; her father, Douglas Mickens Sr. of Jacksonville, Fla.; a brother, Douglas Mickens Jr. of Yemassee, S.C.; four sisters, Velma Carter of Fairfax, S.C., Alfreda Fields of Varnville, Cynthia Riley and Linda Forster, both of Hampton, S.C.; and three grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3:30 p.m. today at Harmonia Baptist Church, burial in the church cemetery. Washington's Funeral Home.

Mildred Gay
ALMA -- Mildred Gay, 64, died Jan. 14 at home. She was a native of Flagstaff, Ariz. She was a homemaker and attended Evangelistic Temple.
SURVIVORS: two sons, Nathan Gay of Flowery Branch, and Gene Gay of Alma; five brothers, Howard Burnette and Roy Burnette, both of Alma, Wade Burnette, Larry Burnette and Gary Burnette, all of Atlanta; two sisters, Martha G. Gary of Callahan, Fla.; and Patsy Thompson of Alma; and four grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today at Crosby Funeral Home, burial in Ridgon Cemetery.

John E. Graves Sr.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- John E. Graves Sr., 75, of Washington, D.C, and formerly of Pineland, S.C., died Jan. 12 at home. He was a native of Jasper County, S.C., a member of Mount Zion AME Church, Garnett, S.C. He was a brick mason.
SURVIVORS: his wife of 53 years, Ella Bing Graves of Washington, D.C; four sons, John E. Graves Jr. and Ronald K. Graves, both of Washington, D.C., Thomas A. Graves of Washington, Md., and Donald D. Graves of Charlotte, N.C.; a daughter, Joyce A. Brown of Washington, D.C.; five sisters, Eva Hutchinson of Newark, N.J.; Louise B. Bostick of Pineland, Virginia Kerringson of Brooklyn, N.Y., Catherine Macky of Rockaway, N.Y., and Sarah Palmer of Newark, N.J.; two brothers, Jeff Graves of Pineland, S.C., and Robert Graves of Hawaii; 12 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. WAKE SERVICE: 7-9 p.m. today at John Eli Memorial Chapel of Martin Funeral Home of Estill, S.C.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Zion AME Church, Garnett, S.C., burial in Graves Cemetery, Pineland, S.C.

Thomas G. Groover
HINESVILLE -- Thomas Glenn Groover, 76, died Jan. 14 at Liberty Regional Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Liberty County. He was a member of First Baptist Church, the Pairs and Spares Sunday School Class and Consite Retirees Breakfast Group. He was a veteran of World War II, having served with the 8th Army Air Force where he was an engineer on a B-17 bomber that was shot down by a German M-109 over Germany. He was then captured as a P.O.W. where he was imprisoned in a camp of 1700 for 15 months. He was awarded several medals including the Air Medal, Purple heart with an oak leaf cluster and a P.O.W. medal. He retired from the National Guard after more than 22 years of service.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Marjorie B. Groover; two daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Joseph S. Ashmore and Barbara and Terry Wheeler, all of Hinesville; a brother, Olin H. Groover of Ludowici; three sisters, Wilma Tabb of Texas, Audrey Mayer of Columbus, and Eleanor Woodall of Ludowici; eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. today at Thomas L. Carter Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, burial in Hinesville Cemetery.

Cleavy B. Harrelson
EVERETT -- Cleavy B. Harrelson, 95, died Jan. 14 in Sunbridge Healthcare and Rehabilitation of the Golden Isles in Brunswick. She was a native of Lincolnton, N.C., and former resident of Alamo, Ga., having lived in Everett since 1938. She attended the Everett Baptist Church and was a housewife.
SURVIVORS: two sons, Charles Howard of Eatonton, Ga., and Thomas E. Mauney Jr. of Everett; three sisters, Marie Tindall of Savannah, Virginia Kaplin of Atlanta, and Mildred Kegebin of Tifton; a brother, T. Earl Mauney of Everett; nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. today at Gordon-Harrison Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday at Gordon-Harrison Funeral Home, burial in Midway Cemetery in Gardi, Ga.

Anne S. Hicks
HILTON HEAD ISLAND -- Anne Sherrard Hicks, 89, died Jan. 14 at Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah. She was a native of Pittsburgh and had attended Wellesley College and Simmons College in Boston. She lived in Natrona Heights, Pa., until 1968, where she was active in community affairs including a term as President of the Allegheny Valley Civic Club and as founder and treasurer of the Gift Shop at the Allegheny Valley Hospital. After moving to Hilton Head Island, she became an active member of the United States Power Squadron, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Yacht Club of Hilton Head and Sea Pines Country Club. She also volunteered at the Bargain Box.
SURVIVORS: her husband, Dr. Laurence C. Hicks of Hilton Head Island; a sister, Patricia S. Stuart of Sewickley, Pa.; three sons, Nelson C. Hicks of Charleston, Laurence C. Hicks Jr. of Lakewood, Colo., and Stephen S. Hicks of Orlando, Fla.; a daughter, Jane Hicks Ludick of Littleton, Colo.; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, private interment in Six Oaks Memorial Park.
REMEMBRANCES: First Presbyterian Church, 540 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928. The Island Funeral Home.

Walton Van Hutcheson
SOPERTON -- Walton Van Hutcheson, 75, died Jan. 14 in a Dublin hospital. He was a native of Emanuel County and was retired from GFF, Soperton. He was a member of Midway Methodist Church, Treutlen County.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Bernice Moore Hutcheson; three sisters, Carol Coleman and Jeanette Powell, both of Soperton, Pat Dykes of Vidalia; four brothers, Neal Hutcheson, Randy Hutcheson and Rayford Hutcheson, all of Soperton, and Kelly Hutcheson of Vidalia; two grandchildren, David Reeves of Perry and Lorri Russo of Elko and two great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today at Sammons Funeral Home, burial in Westview Cemetery.

Ada L. Jackson
BRUNSWICK -- Mrs. Ada L. Jackson, 77, died Jan. 12 at Southeast Georgia Regional Medical Center. She was a native of McIntosh County and had retired from the seafood industry. She was a member of Second Woodland Baptist Church in Cox.
SURVIVORS: two daughters, Ina L. Higdon and Jacqueline Hippard, both of Brunswick; and five sons, Kenneth Bacon, Jack Jackson and Luke Jackson, all of Brunswick, James Jackson of Cannon Bluff and Johnny Wright of Cox.
VISITATION: 6-7 p.m. today at Darien Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Monday at Second Woodland Baptist Church, burial in Oakland Cemetery.

Betty W. Lamb
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Betty Wiggins Lamb, 59, died Jan. 14 in Gainesville. She was a native of Jenkins County and a former resident of Wadley, Ga. She had lived in Gainesville for the past 18 years, was a retired supervisor with K Mart Industries and a member of Millen Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: her husband, Neal Lamb of Gainesville, Fla.; two daughters, Cheryle Polan of Wadley, Ga., and Tamera Gaskins of Fort Hood, Texas; a son, Michael Lamb of Gainesville; two brothers, John Marvin Wiggins of Montgomery, Ala., and Kenneth Wiggins of Millen, Ga.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
VISITATION: 6-9 p.m. today at Peebles-Curry-Durden Mortuary, Swainsboro, Ga.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday at Lambs Chapel Methodist Church, near Wadley, burial in Wadley City Cemetery.

Rev. Milbern M. McRae III
GLENWOOD -- Rev. Milbern M. McRae III, 48, died Jan. 12 at home. He was a native of Wheeler County and pastor of the Brannen Chapel United Methodist Church, Statesboro, and Charlestown United Methodist Church, Sylvania.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Marilyn McRae of Glenwood; four daughters, Tonja McRae of Atlanta, Milania McRae, Clesie McRae and Kwalekah McRae, all of Glenwood; four sons, Milbern M. McRae IV of Mount Vernon, Tico Holloway, Thad Holloway and Miguel McRae, all of Glenwood; his father, Milbern M. McRae Jr. of Vidalia; five sisters, Melvis Carter of Decatur, Reynita Smith, Cleo Gilchrist and Verdell McRae, all of Ailey and Lydia McRae of Hinesville; six brothers, Rev. Carl McRae of Conyers, Alfred McRae of Dublin, Ernest McRae, Malcolm McRae, Emmit Robinson, all of Ailey, and Charles Clark of Indianapolis; three grandchildren, several nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday at Nipsey Warren United Methodist Church of Ailey, burial in Live Oak Cemetery. A.L. Spaulding Funeral Home.