Mrs. Bobbie Burke, 81, of North Charleston, SC, passed Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at her residence.
Services were held Friday, Feb. 26, in the chapel of Simplicity Funeral Home in North Charleston.
Mrs. Burke was born June 1, 1934 in Jefferson County, a daughter of Ruth Fortner and MD Fortner. Mrs. Burke recently attended Free Will Baptist. Mrs. Burke enjoyed arts and crafts, shopping and gardening.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas C. Burke and her sister, Elaine Butler. She is survived by her daughter, Sabrina (Kelly) Cooper; granddaughter, Nicole Curtis; and sister, Joan (Norman) Fulgham Heberer; many nieces and nephews.
Simplicity Funeral Home in North Charleston was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Barbara Claxton, 81, of Waynesboro, entered into rest Monday Feb. 22, 2016, at her home.
Graveside services were held Saturday, Feb. 27, in the Burke Memorial Gardens with Rev. Wayne Dixon officiating.
Mrs. Claxton was a lifelong resident of Burke County and had retired from the Burke County Public School System where she was employed 25 years as a bus driver.
Mrs. Claxton was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Claxton, parents, Bessie Mae and Cletus Chavous, brothers, Abe Chavous and Albert Chavous.
She is survived by six children, Jesse Chavous, Sheila (Fred) Eskew, Mike (Sheryl) Claxton, Aaron Claxton, Andy Claxton, and Gerald Claxton; six sisters, Carolyn Barefield, Joan (Floyd) Sparks, Virginia (Frank) Beasley, Jimmie Ann Flake, Pamela Laster, and Rebecca (James) Moore; one brother, Lonnie (Edna) Chavous; five grandchildren, David Shaw, Jessica Eskew, Ashley Claxton, Michael Claxton, Charlie Claxton, and Abbigail Claxton; three great grandchildren, Madisen York, Anslee York, and Ryleigh Claxton.
Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Care Waynesboro was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Frances Inez Daniel, 93, passed away Friday, Feb. 26, 2016.
Mrs. Daniel was born Sept. 2, 1922, to the late Calvin and Daisy Daniel Williams, in Stapleton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ellis W. Daniel; a son, Joel Daniel; and two daughters, Carolyn Patricia Daniel and Gloria Kay Daniel.
Mrs. Daniel is survived by a son, Jack Daniel of Augusta; a brother, Don Williams of Conyers; two granddaughters, Tracy Daniel and Nickie Herink; a grandson, Jack T. Daniel; three great grandchildren, Keaton Daniel, Gracie Howell and Zoey Daniel.
Services were held Tuesday at The Poteet Funeral Home, Rev. Kevin Jones officiating. Burial followed Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Avera.
Poteet Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rachel Amelia Gribble Young Geisik, 100, wife of the late Michael Geisik, entered into her eternal rest Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, at her residence in Wrens.
Graveside services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, Feb. 24, 2016 in the Geisik family plot at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Rockaway, N.J., with Reverend Carl Geisik officiating.
The third eldest of seven children born to the late Sarah Gribble Young and the late Clarence Young, Mrs. Geisik was a lifelong resident of Rockaway until her health declined in 2001 at which time she moved in with her son who relocated to Wrens in 2012.
She retired with over 20 years of service as an assembly worker at Aircraft Radio Corp., now Cessna. Mrs. Geisik submitted her life to Christ at the age of 16 and served Him as a member of First Presbyterian Church for 84 years.
Mrs. Geisik is also preceded in death by her two sons, Michael Geisik Jr. and John Geisik; and her siblings, Overton Young, Edgar Young, Alan Young, Marian Blanchard and Sarah Young.
Survivors include her son, Carl (Patricia) Geisik, of Wrens; her sister, Ruth Laude of Utah; seven grandchildren; and many great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
James Funeral Home in Wrens is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Roger “Bubba” Howard, 54, of Sardis, died Saturday evening Feb. 27, 2016, in the Burke Medical Center in Waynesboro.
Graveside services were held Wednesday in the Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Girard with Rev. Randy Walden officiating. Pallbearers were Cody Howard, Rusty Smith, Johnathan Gossett, Jerry Johnson, Daniel Combs and Steve McCoy.
Mr. Howard was a native and lifelong resident of Burke County. He was a talented woodworker and most of all loved spending time with his family and friends.
Mr. Howard was preceded in death by his father, Emmett E. Howard and is survived by his mother, Mary Godbee Howard of Sardis; sisters, Joy L. Royal of Sardis and Sandy (Rev. Randy) Walden of Louisville; brothers, Don Howard of Martinez, Brandon Howard of Martinez, Steven Howard of Louisville and Jeremy Howard of Sardis; several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers family respectfully requests memorials be made to Taylor Funeral Home.
Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Care Waynesboro, was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rufus Jackson, Sr., of Louisville, departed this life Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at the University Hospital, Augusta.
Mr. Jackson was a native of Jefferson County, but later lived in Florida for 30 years before returning to Louisville.
He was born the son to the late Roger Jackson and Carrie Paschal Jackson. At an early age he worshipped with the Christian Family at the Greater Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church and he was formally employed as a logger.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and children; Elizabeth Jackson, and Larry Jackson.
Survivors include his two sons, Rufus Jackson, Jr. of Macon and Joenathan Jackson, Del Ray Beach, Fla.; eight daughters, Margaret Ann (Johnny) Mingle, of Louisville, Naomi J. (Frank) Wooden, of Lake Worth, Fla., Linda (Craige) White, Yvonne Jackson, Yvette Jackson, of Lake City, Fla., Pricilla (Jonas) Wright, of Lake Worth, Fla., Brenda Jackson, of Hollywood, Fla, and Andrea Brooks, of Sandersville; 23 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the James and Virginia Davis Memorial Chapel, 727 Beech Street, Louisville, with the Reverend Wallace Mason as Eulogist.
Family may be contacted at the residence, 406 Yazoo Street, Louisville, Georgia 30434 or at Davis Funeral Home, Louisville.
Davis Funeral Home of Louisville is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ricardo “Poosie” Jermine Terrell, 26, and Mr. Antwon “Dudot” Jamal Terrell, 21, brothers and natives of Jefferson County, died in Belle Glade, Fla., Feb. 19, 2016.
They were born the sons of Willie James Terrell, Sr., and Barbara Wicker Terrell on Sept. 26, 1989, and July 3, 1994, respectively. They both spent their early and formative years in Jefferson County; however, they along with their mother and other siblings, relocated to Belle Glade, Fla.
They both attended Louisville Academy Elementary School but completed their studies in the schools of Palm Beach County, Fla.
Ricardo is survived by a daughter, Za’niyah. Antwon is survived by his daughter, Antiana.
They are both survived by their parents, Barbara Wicker Terrell, of Belle Glade, and Willie James Terrell, Sr. of Louisville; three siblings, Antonio Terrell Wicker, Willie James Terrell, Jr., and Nakiya Alexis Terrell all of Belle Glade.
They were both preceded in death by their grandfathers Ernest Mitchell Terrell and Robert Wicker; their aunt Mary Ann Terrell; and uncles Joe Lewis Gibbons and Timothy Wicker.
Other survivors include grandmothers Annie Lee Terrell and Mildred Wicker of Louisville; aunts, Katherine Wicker, of Belle Glade, Christine (Ronnie) Burton, Georgia Ann Wicker, Sandra Holmes, Sabrina Wicker and Diane Terrell all of Louisville; uncles Dean (Tanginiki) Terrell, of Belle Glade, Donnell (Angela) Terrell, Ernest Terrell, of Louisville; Donald (Wanda) Wicker of Stapleton, and Robert (Priscilla) Terrell of Davisboro.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, March 5, at 2 p.m. at the Hardeman Springfield Baptist Church and Cemetery in Louisville.
Active Pallbearers will be Kortny Terrell, Randy Carr, Jr., Terry Lynch, James Swan, Henry Cunningham, Willie Fuller, Donald Terrell, Kelvin Kelly, Antowaski Kittles, Tim Cooper, Antonio Grant and Marcus Gamble.
Davis Funeral Home of Louisville and Stevens Brothers Funeral Home, of Belle Glade are in charge of arrangements.
