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Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

Wallace Lawson Jernigan

Wallace Lawson Jernigan

Jul 9, 2011

WALLACE L. JERNIGAN June 23, 1925 – July 9, 2011 Homerville, GA Mr. Wallace Lawson Jernigan, 86, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011, in the Clinch Memorial Hospital. Mr. Jernigan was born June 23, 1925, in Jesup, Georgia, to the late Fred W, Jernigan and Sammie Bishop Jernigan. He was preceded by his wife, Carolyn Moore Jernigan and one sister,...

David Ira Steedley

David Ira Steedley

Jul 9, 2011

David “Ira” Steedley July 10, 1924 - July 9, 2011 Argyle, GA Mr. David Ira Steedley, 86, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Steedley was born July 10, 1924 in Clinch County to the late David Ford “Dave” Steedley and Nancy Lucinda Roland Steedley. Mr....

Mary Lightsey Smith

Mary Lightsey Smith

Jul 5, 2011

Mary Lightsey Smith June 16, 1923 - July 5, 2011 Homerville, GA Mrs. Mary Lightsey Smith, 88, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011 in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, GA, following a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was born June 16, 1923, in Echols County to the late Jessie Lightsey and Callie Vann Lightsey. She had lived in Homerville for...

Ruby Griffin Rogers

Ruby Griffin Rogers

Jun 28, 2011

Ruby V. Griffin Rogers Nov. 12, 1928 – June 28, 2011 Mrs. Ruby Vonell Griffin Rogers, 82, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in the Archbold Medical Center, Thomasville, following a brief illness. Mrs. Rogers was born Nov. 12, 1928, in Homerville, GA to the late Harry J. Griffin and Lou Elva Smith Griffin. She had worked at Standard Container...

Phyllis Smith Hall

Phyllis Smith Hall

Jun 28, 2011

Phyllis Smith Hall Nov. 22, 1953 – June 28, 2011 Douglas, GA Mrs. Phyllis Smith Hall, 57, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Hall was born Nov. 22, 1953, in Clinch County to the late, Grover W. Smith and Juanita Stalvey Smith. She was a homemaker and a member of the Prospect...

Jeanette Lanier Griffis

Jeanette Lanier Griffis

Jun 20, 2011

Jeanette Lanier Griffis August 9, 1925 - June 20, 2011 Mrs. Jeanette Lanier Griffis, 85, of Fargo, Georgia, entered the presence of the Lord after a sudden illness, Monday, June 20, 2011, at 1:30 a.m. in the Clinch Memorial Hospital Comfort Care Hospice with her family at her side. Mrs. Griffis was born, August 9, 1925 in Clinch County, the...

Myrl Baxter Brown

Myrl Baxter Brown

Jun 6, 2011

Myrl Baxter Brown, 84, of Homerville, Ga., died Monday, June 6, 2011, at Clinch Memorial Hospital in Homerville, Ga. The youngest of seven children, she was born to the late Hurder and Lizzie Baxter of Glennville, Ga., on Nov. 7, 1926, and graduated from Glennville High School in 1943. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia in...

Kate Smith Shaw

Kate Smith Shaw

May 27, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Kate Smith Shaw, 90, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011, in the Clinch Healthcare, following an extended illness. Mrs. Shaw was born April 28, 1921, in Homerville to the late Dewey Smith and Nancy Ola Highsmith Smith. She was a member of the New Pine Grove Southern Congregational Methodist Church. Mrs. Shaw was retired as the manager...

Marilyn "Sis" Griffin

Marilyn "Sis" Griffin

May 22, 2011

Marilyn "Sis" Hackett Griffin – 71 Of Homerville, passed away late Sunday night May 22, 2011 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born August 3, 1939 in New Castle, PA to the late Hansel Wayne and Esther Pauline (McQuiston) Hackett. She retired as the bookkeeper of Griffin Trucking. She was a member of Shiloh Congregational Methodist Church and...

Marie Lacey Carter

Marie Lacey Carter

May 21, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Marie Lacey Carter, 79, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011, at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Carter was born Dec. 12, 1931 in Homerville, to the late Arthur Lacey, Sr. and Luella Johnson Lacey. She was a homemaker and member of the Antioch Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Franklin Lacey...

Don Daniel

Don Daniel

May 18, 2011

Homerville, GA Mr. Judon “Don” Daniel, 75, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in the Satilla Regional Medical Center, Waycross. Mr. Daniel was born June 16, 1935, in Camilla, GA, to the late James Edward Daniel and Mary Kate Morgan Daniel, and had lived in Clinch County for the last 28 years. He was retired from Wallace S. Reece Trucking...

Inez Crosby Thornton

Inez Crosby Thornton

Apr 9, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Inez Crosby Thornton, 96, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011, at her residence, surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Thornton was born September 25, 1914, in Lanier County, to the late William Allen Crosby and Mattie Watson Crosby. She was the oldest member of the Homerville First Baptist Church where she was a Youth Sunday School Teacher...

Delois Carter Cleveland

Delois Carter Cleveland

Apr 9, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Delois Carter Cleveland, 66, passed away, Saturday, April 9, 2011, in the Clinch Memorial Hospital, following an extended illness. Mrs. Cleveland was born in Clinch County, July 8, 1944, to the late Miles Gray and Clara Carter Gray. She was a member of the Greater Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church where she served on the Trustee Board, Usher...

John Mark Strauss, Sr.

John Mark Strauss, Sr.

Apr 9, 2011

Homerville, GA Mr. John Mark Strauss, Sr., 77, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2011, in the Clinch HealthCare following an extended illness. Mr. Strauss was born November 15, 1933 in Williamsport, PA to the late George C. Strauss and Laura Schuler Strauss. He was a janitor. He had lived in Valdosta for several years before going in the nursing home....

Eugene Talmage Lee

Eugene Talmage Lee

Mar 10, 2011

Tifton, GA Mr. Eugene Talmage Lee, 82, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011 at his daughters residence in Tifton, GA following an extended illness. Mr. Lee was born April 22, 1928, in Waycross, GA, to the late John Jackson Lee and Lottie James Lee, but he lived in Clinch County for most of his life. He was retired from the...

Timothy Wayne Townsend

Timothy Wayne Townsend

Mar 5, 2011

Valdosta, GA Mr. Timothy Wayne Townsend, 49, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011, at his residence following an extended illness. Mr. Townsend was born August 5, 1961, in Stanton, VA, to Mrs. Doris Townsend of Valdosta, GA and the late Mr. Kenneth Bishop Townsend. He owned and operated Estate Jewelry and Pawn and was a member of First United Methodist...

Eula Mae Brown

Eula Mae Brown

Mar 3, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Eula Mae Gaskins Brown, 87, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Clinch Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Brown was born April 28, 1923, in Nashville, GA, to the late Walter Gaskins and Ruby Rowe Gaskins. She was a homemaker and a member of Homerville Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...

Margaret Viola Stalvey

Margaret Viola Stalvey

Feb 27, 2011

Homerville, GA Mrs. Margaret Viola Register Stalvey, 80, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011 at her residence following a extended illness. Mrs. Stalvey was born April 30, 1930, in Homerville, GA, to the late Eli Register and Gussie Register McLamb. She was a homemaker/farmer, she attended Baptist church and was a member of Lake Vern and DAV. She was preceded...

Dollie Mae Sirmans

Dollie Mae Sirmans

Feb 8, 2011

Baxley, GA Mrs. Dollie Mae Sirmans, 64, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Community Hospice Inpatient Center, Vidalia, GA, following a extended illness. Mrs. Sirmans was born July 19, 1946, in Homerville, GA, to the late Frank Morrell and Sarah Beckham Morrell. She had worked a Brockway Standard and she attended the Argyle Church of God. She was preceded...

Mary Kate Morgan Herndon

Mary Kate Morgan Herndon

Feb 6, 2011

DuPont, GA Mrs. Mary Kate Morgan Herndon, 79, passed away Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta, GA, following a brief illness. Mrs. Herndon was born Nov. 22, 1931 in Homerville, GA to the late Henry Clay Morgan and Alma Dame Morgan. She was retired from the Clinch County Board of Education with 35½ years as...

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