Melvin Richard BoykinJoiner-Anderson Funeral Home, Screven Chapel Melvin Richard Boykin, 74, of Sylvania, passed away Thursday evening, January 5, 2017, at the Memorial Health University Medical Center. Mrs. Helen Deal CarterJoiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory PORTAL, Ga. -- Mrs. Helen Deal Carter, age 86, died Thursday evening, January 5th, at Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient facility in Statesboro. Mr. John Raburn HaganHodges-Moore Funeral Home STATESBORO, Ga. -- Mr. John Raburn Hagan, age 80, passed into eternal rest Thursday, January 5, 2017, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient facility, surrounded by his loving family.