Area Obituaries

Ora “Gail” Phillips Our beloved Ora “Gail” Phillips passed away peacefully on May 7, 2026, at the age of 69, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Jesup, Georgia, Gail spent many of her childhood weekends and summers at her grandparents’ fishing cabin on the Sapelo River in McIntosh County. It was there that…

Connie Cline Madray Connie Cline Madray, 82, of Brunswick, GA, formerly of Darien, passed away peacefully on the evening of April 17, 2026, while under the loving and compassionate care of Hospice of the Golden Isles. In recent years, she faced multiple health challenges. In the early 1970s, she unknowingly contracted hepatitis C through blood…

Matthew Bernard Linton Matthew Bernard Linton, 56, of Valona, Georgia, passed away on April 18, 2026. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Matt — known to nearly everyone as “Buck” — found his place along the Georgia coast, and there he built a life as enduring and steady as the tides he lived beside. Buck was the…

Terry Lamar Harrington Terry Lamar Harrington, 85, of Townsend and Hiawassee, Georgia, passed away peacefully on April 13, 2026. He was born on July 29, 1940, to Clarence Milton Harrington and Iva Lee Sweat of Alma, Georgia. As a boy, Terry spent his days in the countryside—fishing the creeks, hunting quail with his dogs, and…