BROOKLET, Ga. -- Mrs. Myrtle Leigh Collins Kennedy, age 69, died Monday at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro.
    The Metter, Georgia, native was a graduate of Metter High School, Armstrong State College and Georgia Southern University.
    She was employed for many years with Savannah area hospitals and Bulloch Memorial Hospital as a registered nurse.
    Leigh was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mary Lizzie Mimbs Collins.
    Surviving are her husband, Hal Kennedy of Brooklet; a daughter, Shannon Elaine Anderson of Garfield; seven grandchildren, Cheyanne Cornwell, James Anderson IV, Aaron Anderson, Logan Anderson, Olivia Anderson, Benjamin Anderson, all of Garfield; and Samantha Anderson of Statesboro; and a sister, Dorothy Brierton of Tampa, Fla.
    The graveside services and burial will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bulloch Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Ricky Allen officiating.
    Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
    Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.

Statesboro Herald, January 20, 2022
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