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Mrs. Dora Snow Williams, age 53, of Adrian, Georgia passed away on Tuesday afternoon, January 19, 2021 at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Georgia. Born in Fernandina Beach, Florida, she was the eldest daughter born to the late Kenneth Leroy Drury and Peggy Faye Snow. She grew up in Fernandina Beach until moving with her family to East Dublin, Georgia in 1978. Dora attended East Laurens High School and obtained her Nursing Certifications from Heart of Georgia Technical College and Macon College in Macon, GA. She worked at Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin from where she retired in the mid 2000s. During her thirty year nursing career she spent twenty seven of those years working in...

Raymon Adele Russell Adkins was born on October 18, 1924 in Folkston, GA, where she grew up on her parents' farm. She was the daughter of Hettie R. Howard and Arthur Raymond Russell. Adele Adkins passed away on December 15, 2020 at Morton Plant Hospital in Clearwater after suffering from heart complications during her rehabilitation from hip surgery. By any measure, she lived a healthy life full of friends and family. Adele Adkins is survived by sister Sara Katherine Dixon, daughter Janet and son Russell. She will be interred at Serenity Gardens Memorial Park in Largo alongside husband John. A remembrance gathering for family and friends is planned for mid-2021 in Fernandina Beach, once...

Mrs. Maxine Smith Sims, 88, of Augusta GA went home to be with her Lord on October 20, 2020. She had been a resident of Brandon Wilde Retirement Community in Evans, GA for the past 14 years. Mrs. Sims was born on August 27, 1932, in Atlanta, GA to Joseph Daniel and Maude Howell Smith, the 7th of 8 children. In 1935 the family moved to Augusta, GA, where Maxine attended Joseph Lamar Elementary School and Tubman High School. She also attended Mercer University in Macon, GA. In 1952 Maxine married Paul Lofton Sims, Jr., and together they had four children. She lived in Fernandina Beach, FL with her husband and family for 30 years. While there, she attended First Baptist Church, where she...

Lovick "Sunny" Pierce Suddath III, 85, passed away on July 14, 2020 in Lexington SC, having recently relocated there from Amelia Island, Florida. Born on April 28, 1935 in Athens, Georgia to the late Lovick Pierce Suddath Jr. and Juanita Hearn Suddath. Lovick graduated In 1957 from The Citadel, he received a Master of Science from the University of Illinois and later completed the Harvard Executive Education Program. Lovick married Nina Ruth Black on September 1, 1960 and Lovick's career took them to many beautiful places up and down the east coast of the U.S. and in the Caribbean, all while raising four children, John, Pierce, Guy and Susannah. Lovick enjoyed his profession as well as...

Darlene Carter, age 71, of Jamestown, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2020 at her home. She was born October 2, 1948 in Fernandina Beach, Florida. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mrs. Carter is survived by two daughters, Carrie Lund and husband Matthew of Port Saint Lucie, Florida and Beverly Ruff and husband Mark of Jamestown, Tennessee; Four grandchildren, Kristen Mantalto, Christopher Lund, Maggie Ruff and AJ Ruff; and Six great grandchildren; Two sisters, Nancy Dale Hickox of Yulee, Florida and Mary Dale Henry of Jamestown, Tennessee. Mrs. Carter is preceded in death by her husband, James Avery Carter, father, James Ward Dale, mother, Mary Magdalene Dale, and...

Mary Anne Prosswimmer passed away on April 10, 2020. Born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1933, she graduated from Edgewood High School then the Registered Nursing program at Allegheny General Hospital. She married her husband of 63 years, Alan Prosswimmer, in May 1955. The couple semi-retired to Amelia Island, FL where Mary Anne and a friend opened the Classy Needle. In 1998, she became a founding member of the Eight Flags Needlepoint Chapter of the American Needlepoint Guild. In 2009, they moved to Cypress Village in Jacksonville and became involved with forming the weekly Happy Hour, the Resident's Council and Bridge group. She also was proud that her experience with her children gave her a...

Eric Inness Turner, 54, passed away on March 14, 2020 at his home in Yulee, FL after a short illness. Eric was born in Bennington, VT. He graduated from Mount Anthony Union High School and then earned a bachelor's degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. Eric worked in the aviation industry his entire life. He was Director of Aircraft Maintenance with Fidelity National Financial in Jacksonville, FL. Eric is survived by his loving and devoted wife of almost 17 years, Michele Turner; daughter, Sarah Turner; mother, Joyce Turner of Bennington, VT; two brothers, Cailean (Christi) Turner of Cary, NC and Neal (Megan) Turner of Hoosick Falls, NY; mother-in-law, Patti Scarpa of Fairfield,...

Mrs. Peggy Ann Marsh Weatherford, age 93, of Greensboro, GA, passed, Monday, November 4, 2019, at The Glenn at Lake Oconee Village. Funeral Services, Saturday, November 9, 2019, 2:30 PM, Metter Primitive Baptist Church. Interment, Old Canoochee Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation, 1:00-2:30PM. Mrs. Weatherford born August 13, 1926, Tattnall County, GA to the late Harville and Eunice Tyler Smith Marsh. A graduate of Portal High School, attended Georgia School for Women, Milledgeville, GA, A 1959 graduate of Georgia Teachers College. Mrs. Weatherford taught school in Charlton County, GA, retired from Nassau County Florida Court System in 1987 after 30 years. She was head of Girl...