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Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

George Dame Barnhill

George Dame Barnhill

Oct 19, 2023

George Dame Barnhill, age 91, passed away peacefully of natural causes on October 19, 2023 with his family by his side.  He was born at home March 14, 1932 in Clinch County, Georgia.  George grew up at the Barnhill Turpentine Still and large farm on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp, Clinch County, Georgia.   He developed expert hunting and...

Georgia Worthington

Georgia Worthington

Oct 7, 2023

Georgia Belle Whittington Worthington, 94, of Homerville passed away Saturday, October 7, 2023, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Altha, FL to the late John Henry and Flora Edenfield Whittington and lived most of her life in Homerville. She was retired from Standard Container and was a member of Victory Chapel Church of...

Carolyn Lane Delk

Carolyn Lane Delk

Oct 6, 2023

Carolyn Lane Delk, 70, of Homerville passed away Friday evening at Langdale Hospice House in Valdosta after a short illness. She was born in Callahan, FL to the late Charlie Otis and Pencie Lee Smith Lane. Mrs. Delk lived in Homerville most of her life and was a homemaker.

Along with her parents she was preceded in death by two...

Iva Elaine Moore

Iva Elaine Moore

Oct 5, 2023

Iva Elaine Guthrie Moore, 81, of Homerville passed away Thursday evening, October 5, 2023, at Coffee Regional Medical Center after a short illness. She was born in Atkinson County to the late Henry and Kathleen Guthrie and lived in Homerville most of her life. Mrs. Moore loved being raised in Willacoochee and especially loved raising her children.

Along with...

Bobby Shaw

Bobby Shaw

Oct 5, 2023

William Kenneth “Bobby” Shaw, 72, of Homerville passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Vernon, AL to the late William Troy and Doris Jean Butler Shaw. Mr. Shaw was Heavy Machine Operator and could operate any kind of machine. He attended Lighthouse Assembly of God.

Along with his...

Duke Griffis

Duke Griffis

Oct 1, 2023

Duke Griffis, 62, of Homerville passed away Sunday afternoon, October 1, 2023, at Clinch Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born in Jacksonville, FL to the late Norman “Pud” Griffis and Naomi Jeffords. Mr. Griffis lived in Jacksonville, FL until he was 13 when the family moved to Homerville. He was a 1979 graduate of Clinch County High...

Frankie Cason

Frankie Cason

Sep 18, 2023

Ernest Franklin “Frankie” Cason, Jr., 71, of Homerville passed away Monday morning, September 18, 2023, at South Georgia Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Ernest Franklin Cason, Sr. and Edna Grisham Cason and lived here all of his life. Mr. Cason graduated from Clinch County High School in 1970. He retired from...

Jason Guice

Jason Guice

Sep 9, 2023

Jason Lloyd Guice of DuPont was found dead at home on Saturday, September 9th after a long term illness. Guice was born in Jesup, GA on March 23, 1962, while his brother and sister watched the Flintstones in the hotel lobby at Wayne County Memorial. 

 

His family moved to Lakeland, GA when he was four years old. Guice graduated as...

Kyler Smith

Kyler Smith

Aug 26, 2023

Kyler Dixon Smith, 9, of Homerville passed away Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Clinch Memorial Hospital from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born in Waycross and lived in Homerville all of his life. Kyler was in the third grade at Clinch County Elementary School. He was a member of Place of Blessings Church of God in Argyle.

Kyler...

Gregory Carver

Gregory Carver

Aug 22, 2023

Dolan Gregory Carver, 46, of Fruitland passed away Tuesday morning at his residence after a sudden illness. He was born in Clinch County and lived in Fruitland most of his life. Gregory always loved bogging, fishing, hunting and especially collecting and hydro dipping guns. He was of the Church of God faith.

He was preceded in death by a niece,...

Sadie Delk Corbitt

Sadie Delk Corbitt

Aug 19, 2023

Sadie Delk Corbitt, 72, of Homerville passed away Saturday at her residence after a short illness. She was born in Homerville to the late Ralph Smith and Rosalee Delk Smith. Mrs. Corbitt was a homemaker most of her life and enjoyed travelling, visiting antique shops, fishing, and especially time with her grandchildren and family.

Along with her parents she was...

Aaron Moore

Aaron Moore

Aug 18, 2023

Aaron Eugene Moore, 83, of Homerville passed away Friday evening at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Ware County to the late Byron Elisha and Beatrice Croft Moore. He lived in Clinch County most of his life and worked at Standard Container for many years and was a self-employed painter. Mr. Moore always enjoyed fishing and...

Clarence Propes

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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