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Local Obituaries for Homerville, GA

Sarah Nell Thomas Trawick

Sarah Nell Thomas Trawick

Feb 6, 2023

Sarah Nell Thomas Trawick, 102, of Homerville passed away Monday morning, February 6, 2023, at Clinch Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was a resident of River Brook Care Center. She was born in Clinch County to the late Jackson and Ella Rosa Lee Corbitt.

Sarah Nell served as Probate Judge for 24 years from 1952 to 1976 until...

Pauline Smith

Pauline Smith

Jan 29, 2023

Pauline Strickland Smith, 87, of Lake Park passed away Sunday evening, January 29, 2023, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House after an extended illness. She was born in Willacoochee to the late Lloyd J. and Mary Jane Metts Strickland. Mrs. Smith worked for King Edward Cigar for forty-four years and worked for Lee Container for fourteen years. She attended Statenville...

Elmaree H. Nelms

Elmaree H. Nelms

Jan 12, 2023

Elmaree Hillhouse Gunter Nelms, 74, of Homerville passed away Thursday morning, January 12, 2023, at Langdale Hospice House after a short illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Claude and Esther Holmes Hillhouse. Mrs. Nelms was a graduate of Clinch County High School and was a member of New Vision Church of God. She was retired from...

Randolph "Keith" Gibbs, Jr.

Randolph "Keith" Gibbs, Jr.

Jan 8, 2023

Randolph “Keith” Gibbs, Jr., 48, of Ocilla passed away Sunday, January 8, 2023, in Irwin County. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 11, 2023, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals in Tifton, GA with Brother Cary Kight officiating. Keith will be laid to rest at Turner Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Enigma. The...

Eric Trevelyan, Jr.

Eric Trevelyan, Jr.

Jan 2, 2023

Eric Trevelyan, Jr, 56, passed on January 02, 2023. He was born at Tift Regional Medical Center to Eric Trevelyan Sr. and Cheryl Ray Trevelyan on April 07, 1966. He welcomed his only child, Chelsea Trevelyan Townson (Bj Townson) into the world on March 13th 1993. He married Tammy Graves on March 07, 2015 and they lived together in Homerville,...

Sterling C. Newton, Sr.

Sterling C. Newton, Sr.

Jan 1, 2023

Sterling C. Newton, Sr., 86, of Homerville passed away Sunday evening, January 1, 2023, at Fellowship Home in Valdosta after a short illness. He was born to Beatrice Pope Newton and Marvin Earl Newton in Greenville, AL, July 8, 1936.

Mr. Newton graduated from Greenville High School, Southern Union College, and Troy State University, all located in Alabama, where he...

Berry McNatt

Berry McNatt

Dec 30, 2022

Donald Berry McNatt, 60, of Homerville passed away Friday morning, December 30, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta after an extended illness. He was born in Homerville to the late Donnie and Mazie Chaney McNatt. Mr. McNatt lived in Michigan for many years and recently moved back to Homerville. Along with his parents he was preceded in death...

Trent Keonta Curtis, Sr.

Trent Keonta Curtis, Sr.

Dec 27, 2022

Mr. Trent Keonta Curtis, Sr., 22, passed away suddenly December 27, 2022, in the South Georgia Medical Center, Valdosta.

Mr. Curtis was born May 28, 2000 in Americus, GA and worked in construction.

Survivors are his fiancé, Harley Lofton, Fargo, GA; three children: Elijah Michael Curtis, Waycross, Kayleigh Zaniyah Curtis and Trent Keonta Curtis, Jr., both of Fargo; his mother:...

Laverne Thrift Strickland

Laverne Thrift Strickland

Dec 26, 2022

Agnes Laverne Thrift Strickland, 75, of Homerville passed away Monday, December 26, 2022, at her daughter’s residence after an extended illness. She was born in Ware County to the late Anthony Flint and Myrtice Strickland Thrift. Mrs. Strickland lived in Homerville most of her life where she was a member of Lighthouse Assembly of God and was a homemaker.   ...

Angela Marie Scott

Angela Marie Scott

Dec 10, 2022

Ms. Angela Marie Scott, 67, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, in the RiverBrook Health Care, following an extended illness.

Ms. Scott was born in Folkston, GA, June 3, 1955, to the late Fleming T. Scott and Lottie Louise Redford Scott. She was a member of the Shiloh Church and loved making things with her hands.

Other than her parents...

J.L. Smith

J.L. Smith

Nov 26, 2022

James Lonnie “J.L.” Smith, Sr., 73 of Homerville passed away Saturday morning, November 26, 2022, at South Georgia Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Clinch County to the late Lonnie “Buster” Smith and Ruby Inman Smith. Mr. Smith was a retired Fireman with the City of Waycross and also was a self-employed Painter. He always loved...

Berrien Loyd Sutton

Berrien Loyd Sutton

Nov 25, 2022

Berrien Loyd Sutton of Homerville, GA., died on November 25, 2022, survived by his wife, Lisa Jordan Sutton; his son, Berrien “Berry” William Sutton (Cindy) of North Captiva, FL; his daughter, April Marie Sutton (Nick Moreno) of San Diego, CA; his step-daughters, Jennifer “Jenny” Blonk (Jon Blonk) of Roxbury, NY and Amy Faulkenberry (Brian Faulkenberry) of Greenville, SC; grandchildren Isabella...

Mellissa Pittman Youmans

Mellissa Pittman Youmans

Nov 12, 2022

Mellissa Sue Pittman Youmans, 55, of Fargo passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022, at her residence after a short illness. She was born in Clinch County to the late Carrell Pittman and Bobbie Sue Chauncey Chute. Mrs. Youmans lived in Fargo most of her life where she was a homemaker and attended Fargo Church of God. She would always go...

Beverly Abbott

Beverly Abbott

Nov 1, 2022

Beverly Simms Abbott of Fargo passed away Monday evening, November 1, 2022, at the Hospice Satilla Hospice House in Waycross after an extended illness. She was born in Thompson, CT to the late Mark and Alice Orzeck Simms. Mrs. Abbott retired as a Surgical Technician after thirty years of service. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott moved to Fargo in 2006 and...

Alfred Leo Kinney

Alfred Leo Kinney

Oct 25, 2022

Alfred Leo Kinney, 71, passed away suddenly at his Jacksonville home October 25, 2022. Mr. Kinney was born in Lake City, Florida, November 15, 1950, to the late Eldridge Kinney and Katharyn G. Stepp, and spent his early years in Fargo, Georgia. But his career path ended up taking him far away from the family’s established timber business putting him...

Shirley Morse Rigdon

Shirley Morse Rigdon

Oct 25, 2022

Shirley Ann Morse Rigdon, 92, of Homerville ascended to Heaven Tuesday morning, October 25, 2022, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born, August 18, 1930, in Honolulu, Hawaii to Alfred Kahekeli Morse and Kathleen Wilson Lechleitner. She loved being around her kids, friends, and grandchildren. She was a loving mother. Shirley was very active attending sports events...

Johnny Oscar Newbern

Johnny Oscar Newbern

Oct 14, 2022

Johnny Oscar Newbern, 63, of Homerville passed away Friday, October 14, 2022, at his residence after a short illness. He was born in Valdosta to the late Oscar Leo Newbern and Verdie Mae Herrin Davis. Mr. Newbern lived in Homerville most of his life and was a truck driver for Leo Bagley Trucking. He always enjoyed fishing and especially spending...

Wayne Lee, Jr.

Wayne Lee, Jr.

Oct 8, 2022

Sammy Wayne Lee, Jr., 46, of Homerville passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Baptist North Hospital in Jacksonville from injuries sustained in an accident while he was helping someone change a tire. He was born in Waycross and was a 1994 graduate of Ware County High School.

Wayne served his country in the U.S. Army from 1997 until 2002...

Zandra Huey Miles

Zandra Huey Miles

Oct 2, 2022

Zandra Huey Miles, 80, of Brunswick, departed this life Sunday, October 2, 2022, at SGHS Brunswick Campus.  Funeral services will be conducted at 11am Thursday, October 6, 2022, in the chapel of Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home with Pastor Kenny Grant officiating.  Interment will follow in Pine Forest Cemetery in Homerville, Georgia at 3pm. 

Born November 21, 1941, in...

Jimmy Charles McMillan, Sr.

Jimmy Charles McMillan, Sr.

Oct 1, 2022

Rev. Jimmy McMillan, Sr.

Rev. Jimmy Charles McMillan, Sr., 71, of Douglas passed away early Saturday morning, Oct. 1, 2022, at Coffee Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Nashville, GA to the late Charles and Othelle Parr McMillan. Rev. McMillan was a graduate of Valdosta State University. He lived in Homerville many years where he...

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