Mr. Hershel Benjamin Lanier (H.B.), age 94 of Statesboro, passed away peacefully on March 13 at Ogeechee Area Hospice. H.B. was preceded in death by his parents, Aden and Eliza Lanier; two brothers, Alvin Lanier and Inman Lanier; and two sisters, Betty Lanier and Elizabeth Aspinwall. Survivors include his wife Doris of 70 years; one daughter, Jenny Shuman (Monty) of Dublin, Georgia; two sons, Dale Lanier (Janet) of Charlotte, North Carolina; and Don Lanier (Lisa) of Statesboro; five grandchildren, Jeff Shuman (Sara), Rod Shuman (Lindsay), Kaylee Lanier Coleman (Josh), Ashlee Lanier, Chad Lanier; eight great grandchildren; one sister, Helen Ambrose; and four nieces and two nephews. Mr....

Christine "Chris" Upchurch Meade passed away quietly on February 25, 2021, in her daughter's home in Apopka, FL after a long fight with dementia and Parkinson's disease. She was 96. Christine was born on January 12, 1925, in Bulloch County and was the fourth child of Julian Winton and Sara Ila Upchurch of Stilson, GA. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Guthrie "Buddy" Parker Meade, her son, Sandy Meade, Jr., her two sisters, Sara Helen Martin and Virginia Brown, and one brother, J.W. Upchurch. Christine devoted her life to serving others as a registered nurse. She planned to become a WAVE and completed nurse's training at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. There...