All Obituaries

 Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mr. Sammy Jordan Brown, age 70, of Summertown, GA on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the Emanuel Medical Center. Funeral services will be Monday, July 26, 2021, at 11:00 AM in the Peebles-Curry Memorial Chapel with Rev. Joe Bedgood officiating. Interment will follow in the Summertown Cemetery with Rev. Brad McKenzie officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday evening at the funeral home from 6-8PM. Pallbearers are Manuel...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Ms. Martha Nell McGahee, age 84, of Swainsboro, GA, on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at Pruitt Health. Graveside services will be Sunday, July 25, 2021 at 2:00PM in the Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery near Kite. GA, with Rev. Kenneth Edge officiating. Ms. McGahee was born June 10, 1937, to the late James Homer and Bessie Alice Williams Hall. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by son, James Eddie McGahee; sister,...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mr. Herman L. Jones, age 72 , of Twin City, GA, on Thursday, July 8, 2021, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro, GA. Mr. Jones was born April 26, 1949 in Swainsboro, GA, Emanuel County, GA to the late Robert Lester “R.L.” and Ruby Randall Jones. He grew up in Canoochee, GA. He enjoyed helping out and “working” on Allen Farms. When he wasn’t riding on his gator, he liked to fish. In addition...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mrs. Mary E. Kottong, age 86, of Swainsboro, GA, on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at Emanuel Medical Center, Swainsboro, GA. Funeral services will be held on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM in the Peebles-Curry Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow in the Eastbrook Cemetery. Pallbearers are Phillip Riner, Brian Holden, Derek Webb and Zachary McBroom, Ben Flanders and Danny Holden.  Mrs. Kottong was born July 10, 1934, in Rockland,...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of  Mrs. Nancy Lee Bailes, age 69, of Swainsboro, GA, on Sunday, June 20, 2021, at Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia, GA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 11:00 AM in the Peebles-Curry Memorial Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 – 7:00 PM on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Interment will be in the Youmans Cemetery Pallbearers are Jody Youmans, Jason Farmer,...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mrs. Ruth Donaldson Watson, age 94, of Twin City, GA., on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at Community Hospice in Vidalia, GA. Graveside Services will be conducted Saturday, June 19, 2021 at 11AM at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery with Elder Tommy Rountree and Elder Sam Bowen officiating. Interment will be in the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers are William Donaldson, Jim Donaldson, Mark Donaldson, Lew...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mrs. Jean Wilkerson Sheppard, age 72, of Twin City, GA, on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at her residence. Funeral Services will be conducted Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 2pm in the Peebles-Curry Memorial Chapel with Rev. Dale Wilkerson and Rev. Bert Flanders officiating.           Interment will be in the Springhill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mrs. Annette Virginia Toole Dixon, age 85, of Twin City on Sunday, June 6, 2021 at the Emanuel Medical Center. Funeral Services will be conducted Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:00 PM in the Twin City United Methodist Church with Rev. Burton Dixon and Rev. David Donnan officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service, at the Twin City United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Twin City-Coleman...

Durden-Hudson Funeral Directors announces the death of Mr. Garland E. Thompson, age 90, a native of Swainsboro, GA, on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the Emanuel Medical Center Nursing Home. Graveside services will be Friday, June 4, 2021, at 2:00 PM in the Swainsboro City Cemetery with Rev. Casey Shaw officiating and Military Honors observed. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Pallbearers are Jerry Lawson Jr., Hiram Bobo, Michael Gunn,...

David Henry Gambrell died peacefully at home on May 6, 2021, after a brief period of declining health. A proud and lifelong resident of Atlanta, David graduated from public schools there, and then from Davidson College (1949), and Harvard Law School(1952)with honors.  The summer after law school graduation, David met Luck Flanders of Swainsboro, Georgia at the National Democratic Convention in Chicago, and the following year they married and spent an extraordinary 62 years together...