Walter Eugene "Gene" BirdHodges-Moore Funeral Home Walter Eugene "Gene" Bird, 75, died Saturday, December 27, 2014, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Alonza Lee BurnsThomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home, Effingham Chapel KILDARE -- Alonza Lee Burns, 88, passed peacefully into eternal rest surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 28, 2014, at Effingham Care Center. Joshua Edward "Josh" FutchBrannen-Kennedy Funeral Home STATESBORO/GLENNVILLE -- Joshua Edward "Josh" Futch, 32, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014, from injuries received in an automobile accident in Bulloch County.