local obituaries

Virginia Nettles

Virginia Nettles

May 4, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Miriam Virginia Smith Nettles Clyo/Wilmington Island- Miriam Virginia Smith Nettles, wife of M.C. Nettles passed away Friday, May 4, 2012. She was born June 28, 1923 the daughter of John Wesley and Georgia Burns Smith. Visitation: 1- 2 pm Sunday, May 6, 2012 in the funeral home. Funeral:...

Etharee "Dell" R. Waters

Etharee "Dell" R. Waters

May 4, 2012

Pooler-Mrs. Etharee "Dell" R. Waters died on Friday, May 4, 2012 at her home surrounded by her family. The Tattnall County native lived in Pooler most of her life and was a member of Rothwell Baptist Church where she served as church clerk for many years as well as a Sunday school teacher for 54 years. She was preceded in...

Carroll A. Lariscy

Carroll A. Lariscy

May 2, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Carroll A. Lariscy Rincon – Carroll A. Lariscy, 68, passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. The Screven County native was a member of Rincon United Methodist Church. He retired from Stone Container and was an avid hunter and fisherman....

Martha Alexander Pharis

Martha Alexander Pharis

Apr 30, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Martha Alexander Pharis Rincon – Martha Alexander Pharis, 82, passed away Monday, April 30, 2012 at Memorial Health. Mrs. Pharis was born in Manassas, Georgia on February 13, 1930 to the late Allen Lovett and Susie Mae Alexander. She was a member...

Billy Hinely

Billy Hinely

Apr 30, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax (picture) William Thomas "Billy" Hinely Rincon- William Thomas "Billy" Hinely, 78, passed away on April 30, 2012 at Effingham Extended Care Facility after a long illness. He was born in Savannah, moved with his family to Tampa, FL for a number of years, and later moved back to...

Anne Morris Ellis

Anne Morris Ellis

Apr 29, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Anne Morris Ellis Garden City – Anne Morris Ellis, 89, passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at her residence. The Mt. Vernon native was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Springfield. She was preceded in death by her...

Ray Mercer

Ray Mercer

Apr 29, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax James Ray Mercer Rincon- James Ray Mercer, 69 passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. He was born in Greeneville, Tennessee, spending the last 30 years in Rincon. He was a member of the Rincon United Methodist Church where he attended the John Wesley Sunday School...

Marvin Saxon

Marvin Saxon

Apr 28, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Homes-phone 748-2444/fax 748-4112 Marvin C. Saxon Bloomingdale-Marvin Saxon, 59, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. The Chatham County native was an electrician with Local #508. Survivors include two daughters, Melissa Westfall (James) and Jennifer Saxon; a granddaughter, Allyson Westfall; a sister, Angela Davis; and two brothers, Arnold and Darwin Saxon. Visitation: 6-8...

Susan Shuman Rahn

Susan Shuman Rahn

Apr 28, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 PICTURE Susan Shuman Rahn Guyton – Susan Shuman Rahn, 51, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Effingham Hospital. The Effingham County native was a homemaker. Her greatest joy was her grandkids whom she kept daily and loved spending time with. She...

Mamie Lee Dunn

Mamie Lee Dunn

Apr 27, 2012

EDEN - Mrs. Mamie Lee Dunn, 92, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. Mrs. Dunn is preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Lois Brown; husband, Edward LeRoy Dunn; first husband, Willie Bass Brantley; daughter, Lucille Richey; two sons, Bill and Carl Brantley and two grandsons, Larry Cribbs and Lewis Johnson, Jr. She was a member...

Polly Marsh

Polly Marsh

Apr 27, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel (912) 754-3426 Fax 754-6421 Phone Pauline "Polly" Smith Bevill Marsh Pauline (Polly) Smith Bevill Marsh died Friday April 27, 2012 in an automobile accident in Statesboro, Georgia. Polly was born in Camden, South Carolina but was a life-long resident of the Newington (Kildare) community in Effingham County, Georgia. She was a...

Grady Charles "Coach Charlie" Decatur Holt

Grady Charles "Coach Charlie" Decatur Holt

Apr 27, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel 912-754-6421 (fax) 912-754-3426 P.O. Box 295 Springfield, GA 31329 Grady Charles "Coach Charlie" Decatur Holt Rincon – Grady Charles "Coach Charlie" Decatur Holt, 52, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 at Effingham Hospital. The Effingham County native was a member of Countryside Baptist Church and was employed with EFACEC. He coached...

Loretta Adair

Loretta Adair

Apr 24, 2012

Pooler – Mrs. Loretta Ennis Adair, 64, passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Mrs. Adair was a long time resident of Pooler and was employed by the Liberty County Board of Education, but her true employment was her girls and her grandchildren. She was the daughter of Willie and Sally Eddry Ennis of Bryan County...

Nancy King

Nancy King

Apr 24, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Nancy Carolyn "Nanna" Hendrix King Springfield- Nancy Carolyn "Nanna" Hendrix King, 71, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Candler Hospital. A woman of faith who was a longtime Effingham County resident and the former owner of Nanna's Kitchen. Survivors include her husband of fifty-one years, Don King; children,...

Stacy D. Atkinson

Stacy D. Atkinson

Apr 23, 2012

X- photo (color) Savannah-Stacy D. Atkinson was born on March 3, 1999 and passed away on Monday, April 23, 2012 at home among family and friends. Survivors include her mother, Terre L. Carter (Dennis "Buddy") of Savannah; father, Jamie C. Atkinson (Lisa C.) of Monroe; step-sister, Stacey Carter of Pensacola, FL; step-brothers, Christopher Carter of Savannah, Perry and Benjamin Butler,...

Regina Carpenter Metz Maddox

Regina Carpenter Metz Maddox

Apr 23, 2012

Waycross, GA - Regina Carpenter Metz Maddox, nurse and mother was received in heaven on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 4:38 p.m. at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL after suffering a stroke on Saturday morning. She was surrounded by her family as her soul left her body. Regina was born on March 18, 1938 in Spencer, West Virginia to...

Linda G. Altman

Linda G. Altman

Apr 22, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax Linda G. Altman Port Wentworth- Linda G. Altman, 64, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Hospice Savannah. The Effingham County native was a member of Silver Hill United Methodist Church and had retired from Dollar Tree in Garden City. She was preceded in death by her husband, two...

Ed Roberts

Ed Roberts

Apr 21, 2012

Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel. (912) 754-3426 Fax William Edward "Ed" Roberts Clyo- William Edward "Ed" Roberts, 61, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at his residence. The Chatham County native was the owner/operator of Roberts' Express Delivery Service. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Springfield, where he led the music for the early...

Talmadge C. Zipperer

Talmadge C. Zipperer

Apr 20, 2012

Mr. Talmadge C. Zipperer, 77, of Port Wentworth, passed away Friday, April 20, 2012 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Zipperer was a member of New Life Worship Center, past President of the Effingham Hunting Club and a member of the Marine Rescue Squadron. He is survived by his loving wife of 53 years, Mrs. Jackie Zipperer;...

Nellie Ruth Dowd Deal

Nellie Ruth Dowd Deal

Apr 19, 2012

Savannah – Mrs. Nellie Ruth Dowd Deal passed away at home on Thursday, April 19, 2012. God has taken another precious angel home. Mrs. Deal was born in Lyons, GA to the late Carrie and Nick Dowd. She retired from Union Camp Box Plant and was a member of the local union 388. She was a member of the Garden...

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