Obituaries

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.

Obituaries 9.29.22

Robert W. Waters Jesup—Robert “Bobby” W. Waters, 79, of Jesup died on Sept. 24, 2022.  The Illinois native had lived in Wayne County most of his life and attended St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

Obituaries 9.22.22

Howard-Jones   Brynslet Araya Sellers Screven—Brynslet Araya Sellers, 10, died Sept. 14, 2022, at Wayne Memorial Hospital after a courageous eight-year battle with heart disease, earning herself the title of “Heart Warrior.

Obituaries 9.15.22

Rinehart & Sons   Sylvia Tyre Harvey Odum—Sylvia Tyre Harvey, 78, of Odum died Sept. 6, 2022. The Wayne County native was a member of Jehovah’s Witness of Jesup.  She was a retired Kmart manager and loved to garden in her spare time, maintaining a pristine yard.

obituaries 9.8.22

Rinehart & Sons   Carl Osten Ellis Jesup—Carl Osten Ellis, 99, of Jesup died Sept. 1, 2022. He was born in Horry County, South Carolina, to Benjamin Franklin Ellis and Lettie Oliver Thompson Ellis. His family moved to Wayne County in 1927. He was a member of Bethlehem Wesleyan Church and a U.S.

Obituaries 9.1.22

Rinehart & Sons   Jean Holland Hires Jesup—Jean Holland Hires, 81, died peacefully at her home in Jesup on Aug. 26, 2022. A native and lifelong resident of Wayne County, she was born on Sept. 14, 1940. She grew up “in the country” around her large family of friends.