Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

Chester Glenn Stalvey, Sr.

Chester Glenn Stalvey, Sr.

May 31, 2022

Chester Glenn Stalvey, Sr., 79, of Homerville passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Clinch Memorial Hospital peacefully surrounded by loving family. He was born in Fargo, GA to the late Johnnie Mathew and Lillie Cribbs Stalvey and lived in Clinch County all of his life and known by “Poppie”. Chester worked at Brockway for over forty years. Even in...

Eloise "Bebe" Trowell Foster

Eloise "Bebe" Trowell Foster

May 30, 2022

Eloise Trowell “Bebe” Foster, 88, of Homerville passed away Monday, May 30, 2022, at Baptist Village in Waycross after a brief illness. She was born in Homerville to the late Agie and Zeleah Jordan Trowell and lived all of her life here. Mrs. Foster has always enjoyed fishing, gardening, and also enjoyed being outside with family.

Along with her parents...

Dorothy Back

Dorothy Back

May 23, 2022

Dorothy Lee Griffis Back, 59, of Homerville passed away Monday evening, May 23, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital in Savannah after a short illness. She was born in West Melbourne, FL to the late Nolan and Carlene Johnson Griffis. Mrs. Back worked many years at Harvey’s in Homerville in the deli. She always loved yard sales, fishing, riding four...

Nora Lee "Pretty" Daniel

Nora Lee "Pretty" Daniel

May 20, 2022

Nora Lee “Pretty” Delk Daniel widow of Judon “Don” Daniel, 77, of Homerville passed away early Friday morning, May 20, 2022, at Harborview in Pierce County after an extended illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late William Henry Delk, Sr. and Nora Candace Herrin Delk and lived here all of her life. Mrs. Daniel was a Christian...

Stacy Arnold

Stacy Arnold

May 5, 2022

Stacy Allen Arnold, 54, of Homerville passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Lake Park, GA after a sudden illness. He was born in Homerville and graduated from Clinch County High School in 1987. Mr. Arnold was a truck driver for many years and attended Lighthouse Assembly of God. He always loved to hunt and especially loved fishing.

He was...

James "Jimmy" Rigdon

James "Jimmy" Rigdon

Apr 23, 2022

James Collier “Jimmy” Rigdon JR, 79, of Homerville passed away Saturday, April 23, 2022, peacefully at his home surrounded by his beloved family after a short battle with cancer due to Lynch Syndrome.He was born July 7, 1942, in Jacksonville, FL to the late James Collier Rigdon SR and Beulah Rigdon Ward. He resided in Clinch County most his life...

Allen Wayne Brown, Sr.

Allen Wayne Brown, Sr.

Apr 22, 2022

Allen Wayne Brown, Sr., 58, of Homerville passed away Friday evening, April 22, 2022, at Pruitt Health in Valdosta after a short illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Robert James Brown and Mattie Lou Maine Brown. Mr. Brown lived in Clinch County all of his life and was a heavy equipment operator for Timberline Forestry and...

Earnest William Nelson

Earnest William Nelson

Apr 21, 2022

Earnest William Nelson, 78, of Fargo passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Walton County, FL to the late Earnest Kinsey and Daisy Yawn Nelson and moved to Fargo in 1962.  Mr. Nelson was in the logging business all of his life, starting as a Pulpwooder and retired...

Marie Harris Hiers

Marie Harris Hiers

Apr 19, 2022

Marie Harris Hiers, 71, of Homerville passed away Tuesday morning (April 19, 2022) at Clinch Memorial Hospital after a sudden illness. She was born in Lowndes County to the late Russell and Eula Lee Register Harris and lived in Atlanta most of her life before moving to Douglas in 2007 and then to Homerville in 2013. Ms. Hiers attended New...

Tom Reedy, Sr.

Tom Reedy, Sr.

Apr 13, 2022

Thomas Eugene “Tom” Reedy, Sr., 81, of Homerville passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Dade City, FL to the late Alfred and Annis Gilmore Reedy. Mr. Reedy worked many years at the Dollar General Warehouse in Homerville in Maintenance and was a of the Christian faith. He always enjoyed fishing, hunting, and spending...

Beulah P. Nettles

Beulah P. Nettles

Apr 10, 2022

Beulah Daisy Pittman Nettles, 87, of Homerville passed away Sunday afternoon, April 10, 2022, at her daughter’s residence after a lengthy illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Henry Crawley Pittman and Winnie Arnold Pittman. Mrs. Nettles was a graduate of Atkinson County High School and lived in Clinch County most her life. She was retired as...

Ferrell Smith

Ferrell Smith

Mar 26, 2022

Jimmy Ferrell Smith, 68, of Homerville passed away Saturday (March 26, 2022) at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Tifton, GA to the late Richard and Mae Apperson Smith. Mr. Smith was in law enforcement for many years and lived in Sylvester, GA until moving to Homerville in 2001. While in Homerville he served...

Michael Stabler

Michael Stabler

Mar 25, 2022

Michael Anthony Stabler, 64, of Echols County passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Jena, Louisiana to the late Robert Wesley Stabler and Laverne Henson Stabler. Mr. Stabler was a Creek Indian and lived in Echols County most of his life. He was self-employed as a mechanic and...

Justin Douglas Roe

Justin Douglas Roe

Mar 25, 2022

 

Justin Douglas Roe, 42, passed away suddenly last week at his home in Orange Park, Florida. 

Born November 20, 1979, to Frances Douglas Roe, and the late James Olen Roe, Justin spent all but the first three months of his life in Clay County, Florida. Like his dad, he loved spending time in the woods hunting and fishing. He was...

Edward Tootle

Edward Tootle

Mar 18, 2022

Edward Tootle, 53, passed away Friday, March 18, 2022, in the Satilla Medical Center, Waycross, following a brief illness. A native of Wayne County, GA, he was born May 3, 1968, to the late William Clinton Tootle, Sr. and Lauriee Wimpey Tootle. He had worked at Kroger and Harvey's and attended the Lighthouse Assembly of God. Survivors are his sister:...

Matt Courson

Matt Courson

Mar 12, 2022

Michael Matthew Courson, 48, of Echols County passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022, at his residence after an illness. He was born in Valdosta and graduated from Echols County High School in 1991. Mr. Courson graduated from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in 1993 with a degree in Forestry. He worked for Champion and Superior Pine then for Superior Berries and...

Tyler Clifton

Tyler Clifton

Mar 10, 2022

Richard Tyler Clifton, 50, of Cumming, GA passed away Thursday morning, March 10, 2022, from an extended illness after being cared for by his wife of twenty years. Tyler was born December 28, 1971, in Sanford, FL. He graduated from Valdosta High School in 1988 and Valdosta State University in 1994. Mr. Clifton was a member of the Sigma Alpha...

Martha Jane Rowell Lee

Martha Jane Rowell Lee

Mar 7, 2022

Mrs. Martha Jane Rowell Lee, age 66, widow of Allen Lavelle Lee, passed away early Monday, March 7, 2022, surrounded by loved ones at home following a brief battle with cancer.

A native of Ware County, she lived in Ware, Clinch and Atkinson Counties in her lifetime. Martha or better known as “Mamma” spent her life caring for many children...

Lester Davis

Lester Davis

Mar 1, 2022

Lester Lee Davis, 67, of Argyle passed away Tuesday morning, March 1, 2022, at UF Health in Jacksonville after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Marion D. Davis and Mary Smith Davis. Mr. Davis was a graduate of Atkinson County High School. He served in the U.S. Navy for three years and the U.S....

Randall F. Mizell

Randall F. Mizell

Feb 14, 2022

Randall “Randy” Fredrick Mizell, 67, of Clinch County passed away Monday, February 14, 2022, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Rowan Mizell and Lucy Faye Delk Royals and lived here all of his life.

Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Sally Anderson Mizell; one...