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Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

Linda "Sissy" Tew

Linda "Sissy" Tew

Nov 16, 2024

Linda “Sissy” Howling Tew, 58, of Homerville passed away Saturday afternoon, November 16, 2024, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born in Clinch County to Raymond Archie Howling and Delores Corbitt Willis and lived here all of her life. Mrs. Tew was a 1985 graduate of Clinch County High School. She was a member...

Marcus E. "Mark" Cribbs

Marcus E. "Mark" Cribbs

Nov 9, 2024

Mr. Marcus E. “Mark” Cribbs, 59, passed away Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, at his residence following a short illness.

Mr. Cribbs was born, in Jasper, FL, to Annette Lankford Ball and the late Elton Cribbs. He was a self-employed maintenance worker.

Survivors other than his mother, are one daughter: Erica Henderson (Matt), Needmore, GA; and one son: Travis Cribbs (Lileane), Savannah, GA;...

Edwin Alphin Griffis

Edwin Alphin Griffis

Oct 27, 2024

Edwin Alphin Griffis, 94, of Fargo passed away Sunday morning, October 27, 2024 at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Elemuel “Lem” and Alice Howell Griffis. Mr. Griffis lived in Clinch County for most of his life where he retired from the Clinch County Board of Education as the Principal of...

Anthony James Smith

Anthony James Smith

Oct 26, 2024

Mr. Anthony James Smith, 61, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2024, at his residence following a long illness.

Mr. Smith was born March 5, 1963 to the late James Hewitt Smith and Myrna Ann Brown Lee.

He was self-employed and a member of the Trinity Baptist Church. He was an avid reader and enjoyed music.

Survivors are one daughter and son-in-law: Natasha &...

Eddie M. Minson

Eddie M. Minson

Oct 26, 2024

Eddie Maurice Minson, 89, of Homerville, Georgia, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday October 26, 2024 following a short illness. He was born in Valdosta in 1935. His parents were Dave and Katie Minson.

A proud 1953 graduate of Clinch County High School, Eddie furthered his education at the University of Florida before serving in the United...

Johnny Eugene Newbern

Johnny Eugene Newbern

Oct 17, 2024

Johnny Eugene Newbern, 44, of Homerville passed away Thursday evening, October 17, 2024, at the Heritage House in Valdosta after a short illness. He was born in Valdosta to the late Johnny Oscar Newbern and Mary Lee Bagley Newbern and lived in Homerville most of his life. Mr. Newbern worked for Freedom Trailers as an Electrician.

Along with his parents he...

Billy Jack Melton

Billy Jack Melton

Oct 11, 2024

Mr. Billy Jack Melton, 47, passed away suddenly, Friday, October 11, 2024.

Mr. Melton was born July 30, 1977, in Rome, GA to Mrs. Kathy Wanell Royals Melton and the late Billy Jack Corbitt. He was an equipment operator for Corbitt Site Construction. He was preceded in death by his father and one daughter: Dianna Melton.

Survivors other than his mother are...

Jack Jackson Jewell, Sr.

Jack Jackson Jewell, Sr.

Oct 11, 2024

Mr. Jack Jackson Jewell, Sr., 72, passed away Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, GA following a long illness.

Mr. Jewell was born October 15, 1951 in Homerville, GA to the late Levy Jewell and Mary Beckham Jewell. He had worked at Brockway Standard for many years as a fork lift driver. He was preceded in...

Elaine Hughes Hendley

Elaine Hughes Hendley

Sep 30, 2024

Elaine Hughes Hendley, 77, of Homerville, woke up in the presence of her Savior on September 30, 2024. After an extended battle with cancer, she is now free. She was born in 1947 in Dupont, Georgia the daughter of Ora Lee and Gordon M. Hughes. A Baby-Boomer child, Elaine was the youngest of four and grew up in a sharecropper...

Donna Deloach Hart

Donna Deloach Hart

Sep 27, 2024

Donna Deloach Hart, 71, of Homerville passed away early Friday morning, September 27, 2024. She was born in Homerville to the late Daniel James and Gladys Rewis Deloach. Mrs. Hart grew up in Echols County and was a 1971 graduate of Echols County High School, where she was the Star Student and Valedictorian. She was also a graduate of Valdosta...

Huey "Butch" L. Hendrix

Huey "Butch" L. Hendrix

Sep 23, 2024

Mr. Huey Larkin “Butch” Hendrix, 77, passed away Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in the Clinch Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Hendrix was born, August 27, 1947, in Homerville, GA, to the late Huey Hendrix and Doris Landrum Hendrix. He was a high school graduate and a veteran of the U. S. Army. He was a member and deacon of the Shiloh Church and...

Drema S. Voight

Drema S. Voight

Sep 20, 2024

Mrs. Drema Smith Voight, 77, passed away Friday, September 20, 2024, at her residence following an extended illness.

Mrs. Voight was born December 26, 1946, in Charleston, West Virginia, to the late Jimmy Lee Smith and Geraldine Midkiff Stacy and step-father, Marlon Stacy. She was a member of the Lighthouse Assembly of God. She was preceded in death by her father,...

Wilmer Lewis Herndon

Wilmer Lewis Herndon

Sep 8, 2024

Wilmer Lewis "Rusty" Herndon passed away after a long illness on Sunday, September 8, 2024, under the care of Langdale Hospice in Valdosta. He was born in Bellville, FL to the late William and Dora Mae Christine Godwin Herndon. Mr. Herndon was a graduate of Hamilton High School in Jasper, FL and was a farmer. 

He is survived by his sister...

Kenneth Earl Kirkland

Kenneth Earl Kirkland

Sep 1, 2024

Kenneth Earl Kirkland, 63, passed away Sunday, September 1, 2024, at River Brook Health Care in Homerville after an extended illness. He was born in Monticello, GA to the late Arthur A. and Sarah Ruth Power Kirkland. Mr. Kirkland grew up in Jackson, GA and worked for High Falls State Park until his health declined. He always enjoyed listening to...

Sarah Hughes Lutz

Sarah Hughes Lutz

Aug 31, 2024

Sarah Ella Hughes Lutz was born in Clinch County on June 19, 1936, to the late Matthew Gordon Hughes and Ora Lee Johnson Hughes Register Jones. She was educated in Clinch County and graduated Valedictorian from Clinch County High School in 1954. After high school, she attended the University of Georgia Off-Campus Center in Waycross, Georgia. As a young woman,...

Roger Dale Stephens

Roger Dale Stephens

Aug 27, 2024

Roger Dale Stephens, 78, of Homerville passed away Tuesday morning, August 27, 2024, at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Berrien County, GA to the late Ernest Etheridge Stephens and Mary Frances Barber Stephens. Mr. Stephens lived in Lenox for forty-seven years where he was a Cabinet Maker and worked for Harvey Collins and Pete Collins....

Kimberly Strickland Rodgers

Kimberly Strickland Rodgers

Aug 26, 2024

Kimberly Strickland Rodgers, 55, of Waycross passed away Monday morning, August 26, 2024, at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville after an extended illness. She was born in Homerville to Robert Strickland and Brenda Starling Nute. Mrs. Rodgers was a 1987 graduate of Clinch County High School; she attended ABAC College in Tifton and graduated with her Bachelors and Master’s Degrees...

Michael Joseph Ingram

Michael Joseph Ingram

Aug 26, 2024

Michael Joseph Ingram, 67, passed away Monday, August 26, 2024, in the Riverbrook HealthCare, Homerville, following a long illness.

Mr. Ingram was born in Jacksonville, FL, to the late Betty J. Rigdon Ingram Chester and James H. Chester. He was the musical director and DJ for the Homewood Suites in Savannah, GA and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He...

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...

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