Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

Betty Royals

Betty Royals

Aug 21, 2024

Betty Carolyn Arnold Royals, 83, of DuPont passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Homerville to the late Willie Arnold and Willie Mae Gurley Arnold. Mrs. Royals lived here most of her life where she worked at Clinch Memorial Hospital as a Nurses Aid for thirty years. She...

Jessie Lee Minshew

Jessie Lee Minshew

Aug 21, 2024

Jessie Lee Minshew, 81, of Homerville passed away Wednesday morning, August 21, 2024, at Riverbrook Health Care after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Ross Lee Minshew and Gertrude Mercer Minshew. Mr. Minshew lived in Homerville all of his life and was a Welder and always enjoyed fishing. 

Along with his parents he was preceded in...

Glenn Carl Chauncey, Jr.

Glenn Carl Chauncey, Jr.

Aug 17, 2024

Glenn Carl Chauncey, Jr., 69, of Byron, GA passed away Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Georgia War Veterans Home after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Glenn Chauncey, Sr. and Dorothy Marie Dial Chauncey. Mr. Chauncey was a 1972 graduate of Clinch County High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1975 and...

Maxine Delk Davis

Maxine Delk Davis

Aug 16, 2024

Maxine Delk Davis, 74, of Homerville passed away Friday morning, August 16, 2024 at her residence after a short illness. She was born in Homerville to the late William Henry Delk, Sr. and Nora Candace Herrin Delk and lived here all of her life. Mrs. Davis grew up on the Petty farm in DuPont and always enjoyed planting flowers and...

Pastor Davy Lamar Stabler

Pastor Davy Lamar Stabler

Aug 15, 2024

Pastor Davy Lamar Stabler, 69, of Statenville passed away Thursday evening, August 15, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Pineville, Louisiana to the late Robert Wesley Stabler and Laverne Henson Stabler. Mr. Stabler grew up in Tarver and lived most of his life in Statenville where he worked in Site Prep as...

Phyllis Smith Shirley

Phyllis Smith Shirley

Aug 15, 2024

Phyllis Smith Shirley, 83, of Homerville passed away Thursday afternoon, August 15, 2024, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Homerville to the late Dolphes and Ruby Lee Bell Allen Smith and lived here all of her life. Mrs. Shirley was a graduate of Clinch County High School and a member of the New Vision Church...

Ed Bennett

Ed Bennett

Aug 13, 2024

Cliff Edward Bennett, 56, of Homerville passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at UF Shands in Gainesville, FL after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Cliff and Jacqueline Louise Holmes Bennett and lived here all of his life. Mr. Bennett was a 1986 graduate of Clinch County High School. He was an avid Georgia...

Chloe Smith Cox

Chloe Smith Cox

Aug 7, 2024

Edith Chloe Smith Cox, 92, of Homerville passed away Wednesday afternoon, August 7, 2024, at Riverbrook Healthcare after a short illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Sam and Lurena Barlow Smith. Mrs. Cox was a 1949 graduate of Clinch County High School and along with her husband owned and operated Cox Gas Station in Manor for...

Ruby Dale Smith Deese

Ruby Dale Smith Deese

Aug 2, 2024

Ruby Dale Smith Deese, 79, of Homerville passed away Friday evening, August 2, 2024, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Brunswick, GA to the late James Lonnie “Buster” Smith and Ruby Vera Inman Smith. Mrs. Deese lived in Homerville most of her life where she was a homemaker. She was a member of Harvest Time...

Kenneth Warren Bennett

Kenneth Warren Bennett

Jul 30, 2024

Kenneth Warren Bennett, 78, of Homerville passed away Tuesday evening, July 30, 2024, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Isham Clifford and Gladys Thornton Bennett. Mr. Bennett was a 1964 graduate of Clinch County High School and lived here all of his life where he was a co-owner of Bennett’s...

Lois Jean McGhee Petty

Lois Jean McGhee Petty

Jul 23, 2024

Lois Jean McGhee Petty, 77, of Crosby, Mississippi, passed away peacefully into the arms of her heavenly Father on July 23, 2024 at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, MS.

Lois was born February 2,1947 in Huxford, Alabama to Travis and Neva McGhee.

Lois was a loving wife for over fifty years to her husband Mickey before his death in 2016.

She...

Joe Sherrod, Jr.

Joe Sherrod, Jr.

Jul 12, 2024

Mr. Joe Sherrod, Jr., 77, passed away Friday, July, 12, 2024, at his residence, following a short illness.

Mr. Sherrod was born December 8, 1946 in Douglas, GA to the late Joe Sherrod, Sr. and Inez Williams Sherrod. He had lived in Homerville all his life and was a member of the Shiloh Church, loved doing woodworking and watching football. He...

Ellice Passmore Martin

Ellice Passmore Martin

Jul 7, 2024

Ellice Passmore Martin, 75, of Homerville passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024, at her residence after a sudden illness. She was born in Hahira, Georgia to the late Robert Alexander and Louise Griffin Passmore. Mrs. Martin was a graduate of Hahira High School and was the Lowndes County Star Student. She also graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of...

Linda Register Griffis

Linda Register Griffis

Jun 20, 2024

Linda Register Griffis, 75, of Homerville passed away Thursday afternoon, June 20, 2024, at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Homerville to the late Eldred Register and Julia Bell Register Bradford and lived here all of her life. Mrs. Griffis retired from B-Way in 2004 after thirty-eight years of service. She attended New Vision Church of...

Floyd Pittman

Floyd Pittman

Jun 18, 2024

Ira Floyd Pittman, 60, of Homerville passed away, June 18, 2024, at River Brook Health Care after a short illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Ira Pittman, Sr. and Ida Lilliam Holmes Pittman and lived here all of his life. Mr. Pittman always enjoyed fishing.

Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Annette...

Deanie F. Hill

Deanie F. Hill

Jun 16, 2024

Deanie Ferrell Hill, Sr., 67, of Homerville passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024, at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Daniel B. and Mary Ann Pittman Hill and lived here most of his life. Mr. Hill worked for Pull Tight Farms as a Blueberry Farmer. He was a member of Shiloh Church...

James A. Butler

James A. Butler

Jun 16, 2024

James Allen Butler, 77, of Homerville passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024, at Clinch Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. He was born in Iowa City, Iowa to the late Harold and Yvonne Boyd Butler. Mr. Butler graduated from high school in Burlington Junction, Missouri and then joined the military. He retired from the U.S Air Force after serving four...

James Edwin Kirkland

James Edwin Kirkland

Jun 11, 2024

James Edwin Kirkland, 76, of Jacksonville passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2024, at Community Hospice at St. Vincent’s Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Jacksonville to the late Austin John Kirkland and Willie Mae Reddick Kirkland and lived there until 2019 when he moved to the family farm in DuPont, GA. Mr. Kirkland retired as a...

Margaret Hooper Higbee

Margaret Hooper Higbee

Jun 8, 2024

On her 84th birthday, June 8, 2024, Margaret Elizabeth Hooper Higbee, longtime former resident of Homerville and resident of Valdosta since June of 2022, passed away peacefully, attended to by her son and daughter-in-law after a valiant battle with cancer. Margaret was born on June 8, 1940, in Winter Haven, FL.

Margaret graduated as a proud Dreadnaught from Lakeland High School...

Kathryn Burton Hilliard

Kathryn Burton Hilliard

Jun 7, 2024

Kathryn Marie Burton Hilliard, 90, of Fargo passed away Friday morning, June 7, 2024, at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. She was born to the late Jesse Olen “Joe” Burton and Marie Godwin Burton. Mrs. Hilliard lived in Fargo most of her life where she worked as a Waitress for Arti-C Brooks. She was a member of...