Area Obituaries

Gale Osburn Gale Osburn died July 21, 2026. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8, at First Credit Hill Baptist Church, 5693 Ga. Hwy. 251, in Townsend, with interment to follow in Churchill Cemetery. Darien Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Sharlene Deverger Sharlene Deverger died Wednesday, July 22, 2026. A walk-through visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, July 31, at Darien Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Banner of Truth Ministries, 309 Garrison St., in Darien, with interment to follow in…

Jimmy Temple Jimmy Temple, of McIntosh County, died Wednesday, July 22, 2026. A walk-through visitation will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31, at Darien Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Welcome Baptist Church, 4100 Shellman Bluff Road NE, with interment…

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…