Obituaries

Obituaries 12.15.22

Rinehart & Sons   Etwendel Blanton Fennel Odum—Etwendel Blanton Fennel, 73, of Odum died Dec. 6, 2022. The Wayne County native was of the Christian faith and a homemaker.

Obituaries 12.8.22

  Roscoe Warren Purvis Jr. Jesup—Roscoe Warren Purvis Jr., 77, died Dec. 1, 2022 at home under the care of Hospice of South Georgia and his loving family. He was born Jan. 4, 1945, in Jesup to the late Roscoe Warren Purvis Sr. and LaTrelle Greene Purvis.

Obituaries 12.1.22

Leaisha Phillips Jesup—Leaisha Phillips, 54, of Jesup died Nov. 20, 2022. The Glynn County native had lived in Wayne County all of her life and was a 1986 Wayne County High School graduate. She was an employee of The Press-Sentinel.

obituaries 11.17.22

Howard-Jones   Kenneth Curtis Kelly Jesup—Kenneth Curtis Kelly, 55, died Nov. 12, 2022. He was born on June 25, 1967, in Ocala, Florida, to the late Frank and Janet Worley.

Obituaries 11.10.22

Royal   Rev. Paul Joseph Bailey Jr. Jesup—The Rev. Paul Joseph Bailey Jr., 72, of Jesup died on Nov. 1, 2022, at Wayne Memorial Hospital. He was born on June 23, 1950, to the late, Paul Joseph Bailey Sr. and Doris Hudson Bailey in Jesup (Doctortown).

Obituaries 11.3.22

 Rinehart & Sons   Calvin Gene Rinehart Sr. Jesup—Calvin Gene Rinehart Sr., 74, of Jesup died on Oct. 28, 2022.

Obituaries 10.27.22

Rinehart & Sons   Sandra Mills Brooker Jesup—Sandra Mills Brooker, 80, of Jesup died on Oct. 17, 2022. The Appling County native had lived in Wayne County most of her life and was an active member of Anderson Drive Baptist Church and former secretary of Anderson Drive Baptist Church.

Obituaries 10.20.22

Rinehart & Sons   Lem Colvin “Sam” Aspinwall Jr. Odum—Lem Colvin “Sam” Aspinwall Jr., 63, of Odum died Oct. 10, 2022. The Wayne County native and 1977 Wayne County High School graduate was a dedicated forestry technician with International Forestry Company.

Obituaries 10.13.22

Rinehart & Sons   David M. Harper Jesup—David M. “Grand Dude” Harper, 71, of Jesup died Oct. 4, 2022, at his residence. The Wayne County native was a retired fraud investigator for the Georgia Department of Labor. He was a member of St.

Obituaries 10.6.22

Howard   Lance E. Lanier Ludowici—Lance E. Lanier, 61, died Sept. 29, 2022. He was born in Jesup and lived in Long County for the past 22 years. He retired from the Georgia Department of Transportation and worked several years in signal maintenance for the city of Hinesville.