All Obituaries

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA ANNA HALL BOYD          Sylvania – Anna Gertrude Hall Boyd, age 91, of Sylvania, passed away on Thursday evening, September 29, 2022, with her family by her side, at The Griffin House in Claxton, GA.      Anna was born September 3, 1931, in Baltimore, Maryland, to the late couple Robert Shannon Hall, Sr. and Isabelle Katherine Eggers Hall. She was a homemaker and member of the First United Methodist Church of Sylvania,...

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA JAMES M. STRICKLAND         Sylvania – James Max Strickland of Sylvania, GA, age 73, husband of Kay Strickland, passed away Monday evening, September 26, 2022, at his residence. He was a native of Royston, Georgia, but had family ties in Screven County. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science in 1973. He began his work in funeral service when he was 15 years old, working for Hall Funeral Home in...

FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA  BETTE JO BOSWELL MEADS         Bette Jo Boswell Meads passed away peacefully in her home in Florence, South Carolina on Sunday morning, September 18, 2022, after a short illness.      Bette was born July 26, 1938, in Womack Hill, Choctaw County, Alabama and was the third of eight children born to Carrie Lee and Leithal Raye Boswell. The family moved to Georgia early in her life and she graduated from Screven County...

MITCHELL, GEORGIA  JAMES TEDDY COOPER        Mitchell- James Teddy Cooper “Teddy,” age 76, of Mitchell Georgia passed away on Tuesday morning, September 13th, 2022, at the Charlie Norwood Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia, with his family by his side.      Born in Glascock County, he was the son of the late James Carl “J.C.” Cooper and the late Mary Catherine Johnson Marsh, both of Glascock County. His...

OLIVER, GEORGIA WALLACE PATRICK "PAT" KILE       Wallace Patrick “Pat” Kile, age 73, of Oliver, Georgia passed away on Saturday morning, September 10, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, Georgia, with his family at his side.  Born in Nyack, New York, he was a son of the late John Wallace Kile and the late Verna Lee Parker Kile. After high school, Pat served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. When he returned home, he...

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA JOHN WENDELL COVINGTON            John Wendell “Cov” Covington, age 61, of Sylvania, and husband of Marilyn Covington, passed away on Friday morning, September 9, 2022, at Augusta University Medical Center.      John was born in Virginia Beach, VA, on May 23, 1961, to the late couple John Wesley Covington and Barbara Francey Covington. John worked as an operations supervisor at the nuclear power plant, Plant...

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA  MICHAEL WILLIAM ROYAL, SR.        Sylvania – Michael Royal, age 54, of Sylvania, widow of Theresa Hodges Royal passed away on Friday evening, September 2, 2022, at his residence with his family at his side.      Michael was born October 12, 1967, in Savannah, GA, to the late couple, Ronald “Ronnie” Ralph Royal, Sr. and Hazel Hall Royal. Michael worked as a painter. He enjoyed mud bogging and working on his...

SYLVANIA, GEORGIA NATHAN BENNETT        Nathan William Bennett, age 77, of Sylvania, and husband of Helen Burke Bennett, passed away on Thursday morning, August 18, 2022, at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro.        Nathan was born December 28, 1944, to the late Dorsey LeHue Bennett and Hattie Bennett McBride in Screven County. Nathan was a member of the McDonald Baptist Church and enjoyed hunting and fishing. He worked in construction as a...

JOHN EZRA BRAGG & BRENDA HELEN BRAGG KRIST    JOHN EZRA BRAGG John “Johnny” Ezra Bragg, Augusta, GA, 71, passed away November 4, 2020.  He was born in Savannah, GA to the late William Watson and Helen Saxon Bragg. Johnny worked in construction as a framer. He enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing and doing carpentry work. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Padgett Watson Bragg.  He is survived by his son,...

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA LARRY "DJ" DEAN JOHNS, JR.    Larry Dean “DJ” Johns, Jr., age 58, of Augusta, passed away on Saturday morning at 4:13 a.m. August 13, 2022, at Augusta University Medical Center-Richmond. DJ was born July 17, 1964, to Larry Dean Johns, Sr. and Faye Boone Johns in Jacksonville, FL. He was a commercial painter and moonlighted as a skilled musician and in many genres, with the ability to play multiple instruments including the piano, keyboard,...