Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA
Clarence Propes
Aug 12, 2023
Clarence Lugene “Hogman” Propes, 72, of Waycross passed away Saturday morning, August 12, 2023, at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Claude Daniel and Virginia Beckham Propes and lived here most of his life. Mr. Propes enjoyed Hog hunting.
Along with his parents he was preceded in death by two sisters, Geraldine...
Williejean Stalvey Worthington
Aug 11, 2023
Williejean Stalvey Worthington, 77, of Thomasville formerly of Homerville passed away Friday evening, August 11, 2023, at Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville after an extended illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Marshall and Vida Pearl Stalvey and lived here most of her life. Ms. Worthington was a member of Lighthouse Assembly of God in Homerville and...
Billy Joe Steedley
Jul 31, 2023
Billy Joe Steedley, 65, of Argyle passed away Monday evening, July 31, 2023, at Folkston Park Nursing Home after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Baxley and Mildred Brannen Steedley and lived in Clinch County most of his life. He was a carpenter and of the Baptist faith.
Along with his parents he was preceded...
Donald Virgil Hazel, Sr.
Jul 23, 2023
Donald Virgil Hazel, Sr., 79, of DuPont, Georgia, died July 23, 2023, after a brief illness. Virgil was born to Carter and Gayzelle Hicks Hazel in Mobile, Alabama. After living in Rehoboth, Alabama, the family moved to Fargo, Georgia. Virgil married his Clinch County high school sweetheart and they later moved to Adel, Georgia. They also briefly lived in Engelhard,...
U.S. Army Cpl. Dewey E. Rewis, Jr.
Jul 19, 2023
July 11, 2023 WASHINGTON—The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Dewey E. Rewis Jr., 18, of Waycross, Georgia, who died as a prisoner of war during the Korean War, was accounted for Oct. 25, 2022.
In late 1950, Rewis was a member of Battery D, 15th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, 31st Regimental Combat...
Ann Marie McDonald
Jul 2, 2023
Mrs. Ann Marie McDonald, 54, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2023, in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, following a short illness.
She was born in Homerville, August 11, 1968 and had lived here all her life. She was the daughter of the late, Emory Gunter and Elmaree Hillhouse Gunter Nelms. She was a member of the New Vision Church...
Alonzo Columbus Gibbs, Jr.
Jul 2, 2023
Alonzo Columbus Gibbs, Jr., 86, passed away Sunday, July 2, 2023, in the Satilla Memorial Hospital, Waycross, following a short illness.
A native and lifelong resident of Clinch County, he was born, May 25, 1937 to the late Alonzo Columbus Gibbs, Sr. and Margaret Young Gibbs. He was a retired bee keeper and truck driver for Core Trucking. Mr. Gibbs...
Maxie Willis Brown
Jun 18, 2023
Maxie Brown, 93, of Homerville, passed away on June 18, 2023, at Baptist Village in Waycross after an extended illness. She was born in 1930 in Nicholls, Georgia, the daughter of Hattie and William H. Willis. A Depression-era baby, she was one of eight children and grew up in a sharecropper family, losing her father when she was a very...
Norma Watson Melton
Jun 8, 2023
Norma Watson Melton, 70, of Homerville passed away Thursday morning, June 8, 2023. She was born in Laurel, MS to the late David Levan Watson, Sr. and Lessie Mae McDaniel Watson. Mrs. Melton was a 1970 graduate of Clinch County High School. She was a LPN and worked in Healthcare for many years. After retiring from nursing, she volunteered as...
Cliff Bennett
Jun 4, 2023
Cliff Bennett, 78, of Homerville, Georgia passed away peacefully after a brief illness surround by loved ones at home on June 4, 2023. Cliff was born in Lanier County to the late William Oliver Bennett and Elizabeth Fender Bennett Hughes, but was raised and lived all of his life in Clinch County. He was a hardworking man and spent nearly...
Herman M Corbitt
Jun 2, 2023
Mr. Herman M. Corbitt, 90, passed away Friday, June 2, 2023 in The Pavilion at the Medical Center of Central, Georgia, Macon, following a short illness.
Mr. Corbitt was born March 13, 1933 in Homerville, GA, to the late Jim Corbitt and Belle Steedley Corbitt. He was owner/operator of Corbitt’s Paint and Body Shop for many years. He attended the...
Jesse Watson
Jun 1, 2023
Jesse Jackson Watson, 70, of Homerville passed away Thursday morning, June 1, 2023, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Broxton, GA to the late Jess and Eula Mae Pollard Watson. Mr. Watson was a graduate of Atkinson County High School and was a Truck Driver most of his life. He always enjoyed riding motorcycles, fishing,...
Debbie Jean Wilson
May 30, 2023
Debbie Jean (Day) Wilson, 61, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
She was born January 18, 1962, in Homerville to the late Rufus and Frances Day. She was the youngest of three children and loved being spoiled by her parents. Fargo was the place where she made many life long friendships. She enjoyed sharing stories...
Bonnie Manac, Sr.
May 26, 2023
Mr. Bonnie Bois Manac, Sr., 86, of Fruitland passed away Friday evening, May 26, 2023, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Atmore, AL to the late Harvey and Lonnie Bell Henson Manac. Mr. Manac was retired from A & B Distributors as a truck driver and was a member of Fruitland Church of...
Jonathan "Donnie" Tolle
May 14, 2023
Jonathan “Donnie” Tolle, 68, of Homerville passed away Sunday, May 14, 2023, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to the late David Tolle and Lucille Truluck Tolle Johnson Johns. Mr. Tolle graduated from Clinch County High School in 1973 and lived here all of his life. He was a self-employed painter and attended Shepherd’s...
Elizabeth Findlay Stewart
May 12, 2023
Elizabeth Scott Findlay Stewart, 80, of Waycross formerly of Homerville passed away Friday, May 12, 2023, at Harborview Satilla in Waycross after a short illness. She was born in Birmingham, AL to the late Charlie and Katherine Scott Findlay. She graduated from Sylvan High School in Atlanta and lived most of her life in Atlanta. She attended Bethesdea House of...
Irene Nettles Lashley
May 12, 2023
Lilly Irene Nettles Lashley, 85, of Homerville passed away Friday, May 12, 2023, at her daughter's residence after an extended illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Thomas Jefferson and Minnie Inez Boatright Nettles and lived here most of her life. Mrs. Lashley worked at Standard Container and mostly was a homemaker. She attended Harvest Time Church...
Jackie E. Minor
May 6, 2023
Jackie E. Minor, 69, of Homerville passed away Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Memorial Health in Savannah after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to Jack Edward Minor and Doris Cribbs Johnson. Mr. Minor was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and worked in construction in Jacksonville for many years.
He is preceded in death by his father,...
James Harold Stalvey
May 2, 2023
James Harold Stalvey, 81, of Dupont passed away Tuesday morning, May 2, 2023, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Harold and Alberta Allen Stalvey and lived here most of his life. Mr. Stalvey was a Veteran of the U.S. Army. He started his career with Shell Oil Company and after...
Collier Reed Griffis
Apr 29, 2023
Master Collier Reed Griffis, passed away at birth in Tifton Georgia, April 29, 2023.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother: Bernice Stalvey and maternal great grandfather: Jimmy Rigdon.
Survivors are his parents, Charles “Storm” and Brittney Stalvey Griffis, of Homerville; one sister: Ryleigh Ballance, Homerville; one brother; Jack Griffis, Homerville; maternal grandparents; David and Paulette Stalvey, Homerville;...
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