Area Obituaries

Veronica Jaudon Veronica Jaudon died Sunday, July 18, 2026. A visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, July 24, at Darien Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Union Missionary Baptist Church in Ardoch. Interment will follow in Ebenezer Cemetery in Townsend. Darien Funeral Home…

Bettye Ector Bettye Ector, of McIntosh County, died on Saturday, July 11, 2026. A visitation will be held on Friday, July 17, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Darien Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, at St. John Baptist Church, 2415 E. DeRenne Ave., Savannah. Interment will…

Gertrude Hutcherson Gertrude Hutcherson, 79, of Darien, died Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 25, at Zion Missionary Baptist Association, 1111 Johnson Road NE, Crescent. Interment will follow at Belleville Cemetery. A walk-through viewing will be held on Friday, July 24, from 5…

Benjamin Blidge Benjamin Blidge, of McIntosh County, died Thursday, July 9, 2026. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 17, at Darien Funeral Home, with burial to follow in Upper Mill Cemetery. Darien Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Patrick Henry Hope Patrick Henry Hope, 62, of Townsend, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2026. Born in Jacksonville, FL, he lived in McIntosh County all his life and worked as a crabber and commercial fisherman.  He enjoyed the outdoors, time spent with family, and his beloved K9 companion, Dredge. He attended Crescent Baptist Church…

Michael Allen Ogden Michael Allen Ogden, 72, of Darien, Ga. passed away on Saturday, July 11, 2026. The McIntosh County resident was a 1972 graduate of Oglethorpe Academy and attended Brunswick Junior College. He was a mechanic/wrecker driver for Ogden and Guffey’s Used Cars and Ogden’s Body Shop and served in the U.S. Army and…

Henry Hall Ware, III Henry Hall Ware, III of Darien, Georgia, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2026, at the age of 90. Mr. Ware (Hall) was born December 16, 1935, at the St. Joseph Infirmary in downtown Atlanta, the son of Henry Hall Ware, Jr. and Katherine Catchings Ware. He received his primary education…

Mark Charles Goodrich Mark Charles Goodrich, 70, passed away on June 25, 2026. A devoted Christian, loving husband, father, grandfather, and faithful friend, Mark lived a life that reflected God’s grace, kindness, and unwavering love. Above all else, he loved Jesus. Nothing brought Mark greater happiness than his family. His wife, daughters, sons-in-law, and especially…

Sylvia McLaughlin Rigdon Sylvia McLaughlin Rigdon, 72, of Townsend, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Born in Clewiston, FL, she lived in Florida and New York until she married and has lived down south ever since.  She enjoyed riding horses, even falling off multiple times didn’t stop…

James Robert “Bob” Thompson James Robert “Bob” Thompson, age 94, of Townsend, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27, 2026, under the compassionate care of Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Bob was the son of the late Ralph Everett Thompson and Elizabeth Reeves Thompson, and grew up at…