All Obituaries

MRS. ANN DeGRAFFENRIED  PEARCE TYRE SYLVANIA, GEORGIA      Mrs. Ann DeGraffenried Pearce Tyre, 94, of Sylvania, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the Syl-View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sylvania.      She was born October 30, 1925 in Jesup, Wayne County, Georgia to the late Donald F. and Julia Bell DeGraffenried Pearce.  She and her family, who included "susta" Marward and brother Ben, lived in Jesup until they moved to Odum, Georgia in 1939 to start the...

Sylvania – Louise Schindel Morgan, age 69, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Marathon, FL. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late George Smith Jr. & Helen Elizabeth Dye Schindel. She was a homemaker and was of Methodist faith. Survivors: Husband: Thomas Robert “Bob” Morgan Jr. of Sylvania; Son and Daughter-In-Law: Christopher & Carmen Welborn of Dade City, FL; Step-Sons: Thomas Robert Morgan III and Travis Calk Morgan, both of Sylvania; Sister: Mary...

Sylvania – Joseph “Joe” Alvin Cleland, age 88, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2020, at his residence in Sylvania. He was born in Screven County, GA to the late Clyde Alvin & Louise Tilley Cleland. He was retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, where he worked as Division Superintendent, after 37 years of service. He was a member of Sylvania First Baptist Church and was a Kentucky Colonel. He was also a member of the Sylvania Rotary Club, served 16 years on the...

Sylvania – Madeline McClellan Watkins, age 77, passed away Monday, March 16, 2020, at her residence in Sylvania. She was born in Andrews, SC to the late Emmitt Gresham & Ida Williams McClellan. She was a graduate of Screven County High School and lived many years in Savannah, GA; She was a homemaker and kept several kids at her home. She went to work at Hodges Day Car and then at Calvary Baptist Day Care. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church and later, of Radiant Life...

  Statesboro – Evelyn Bazemore Dragon, age 88, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility in Statesboro. She was born in Screven County, GA to the late Thomas D. & Bessie Williams Bragg.  She as a homemaker and was of Protestant faith. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved spending time with her family & friends and whose faith never wavered.  She was preceded in death by her Parents;...

Thomas Robert Masterson, Master Chief Fire Control Technician, U. S. Navy Retired, age 90, of Sylvania, passed away Thursday at his residence under the hospice care and his loving family. He was born November 11, 1929, in Buffalo, New York to the late Harold Thomas and Anna Elizabeth Propester Masterson.  He was retired from the Navy after 35 years of service to his country having served during both the Korean and Viet Nam Wars.  He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars...

Union, SC - Mr. Fredrick Earl “Fred” Parks, age 81, widower of Mildred Bragg Parks formerly of Millen, GA, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 4, 2020.  Mr. Parks was born in Union, May 8, 1938, a son of the late Harold and Edna Chalk Parks. He was retired from the Georgia Dept. of Transportation after 46 years and was of the Baptist faith.  Mr. Parks was an avid hunter and fisherman who also loved to meet people. Surviving are a sister, Jo Wood of Union; a...

Sylvania - Ruth Waters Brinson, age 97, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2020, at Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Center. A life-long resident of Screven County, she was the daughter of the late Otto James Waters and Ivor Brant Waters Deer.  She was married for 39 years to the love of her life, Hubert, who preceded her in death in 1991.  Ruth’s greatest joys were caring for her husband and her home, working in her flowers, and attending Bay Branch Baptist Church.  The...

Sylvania - Carlton Earl Weaver (Pop) died peacefully under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice surrounded by his family, Monday March 2, 2020. He was born July 4th, 1927, the youngest of 9 children, here in Sylvania to James Clyde and Nora Oliver Weaver. He graduated from Sylvania High School and attended Georgia Southern College. He served in the U.S. Army and was a WWII veteran. He was a past president of the Jaycees and also a charter member of the McDonald’s Breakfast Club where he...

Newington – Edith Leona Kitchens Skinner, age 86, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at her residence in Newington. She was born in Leesburg, AL to the late Lonnie Andy & Celann Lindsey Kitchens and was the widow of Nathan McCoy Skinner.  She was a retired seamstress, retiring from the White Stag Co. after 20 years in the Cutting Dept. She was also a Jehovah’s Witness and loved spending time with her family. Survivors: Sons and Daughter-In-Law: Marty...