>From Waycross Journal-Herald: Monday, Jan. 28, 2002: Mrs. Lois Carolyn Campbell Jacobs, 85 (1-26-2002) Hortense native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) http://www.musicfuneralhome.com/obits.html Lois Carolyn Campbell Jacobs October 26, 1916 - January 26, 2002 Mrs. Lois Carolyn Campbell Jacobs, 85, died Saturday morning (Jan. 26, 2002) at her residence in Hoboken after an extended illness. She was a native of Hortense and a prominent member of Brantley County. Mrs. Jacobs was born Oct. 26, 1916, the youngest child of the late Alton and Lillie Davis Campbell of Brantley County. She attended elementary school in Hortense and graduated from Brantley County High School in 1936 and played on the basketball team during her high school years. She began teaching in 1936 after attending six weeks of summer school at Georgia Southern College. Her first job was at the Wainright School in its last years of existence. In addition to the Wainright school, she taught at Calvary, Woodard-Godwin, Grady Street in Pierce County, Manor in Ware County, and Hoboken in Brantley County. Her speciality was in elementary education. She married Olen Lee Jacobs on August 6, 1938. She continued her education at Georgia Southern College attending during the summers while raising a family of four children and continuing her teaching profession. She received her Bachelor's of Education degree in Early Childhood Education in 1966. The Depression, as for everyone else, brought hard times to Mrs. Jacobs. She provided her own transportation to school her senior year since there were no funds to run the buses. She received tickets and had to tell how many miles she was to travel each day in order to determine how much gas she could receive. Her pencils had to be scraped to the very bottom since another couldn't be purchased. Her first teaching salary was only $52.00 per month. Lois and Olen faired well through the years. They owned a service station in Hoboken for many years. The store was the last service station in Hoboken to have an ice house where ice was sold in blocks for ice boxes. They attended Hoboken Baptist Church and were members there as well as their children. Lois spent the last years of Olen's life taking care of him due to his extended illness. After his death, she continued to live in their home in Hoboken and attended church each week. She would spend the day visiting with neighbors and family and talking with them on the phone. Many hours were spent each night talking to her sister Daisy before Daisy passed on. Besides being a member of Hoboken Baptist Church, she was also a member of the T.E.L. Sunday School Class, National Retired Teachers, State Retired Teachers, Brantley County Retired Teachers, and the Brantley County Retired Persons. Mrs. Jacobs was prized for the attention she gave her students. She couldn't go anywhere without seeing a former student who would stop her to talk for a few minutes. Attending the Woodard-Godwin Reunion was one of the most treasured moments in her last year. Obtaining an education was always important to her and something she stressed constantly to her family. She cherished every moment she spent in the classroom knowing that she was making a difference in a child's life. Mrs. Jacobs was a well-beloved lady, full of dignity and grace, and never lacking love for anyone she met. In addition to her parents Alton and Lillie Campbell, and her stepmother, Lura Strickland Campbell, she is preceded in death by her husband, Olen Jacobs, son, Keny Jacobs, two sisters, Verdie Lank and Daisy Davison, two brothers, Raymond and Rayford Campbell, two step-brothers, Elton and Ellis Strickland, two step-sisters, Lois Drury and Mauise Carver, and her son-in-law, Ronald Baker. Survivors include two sons, Gary Wendall Jacobs (wife Freida) of Waycross and Rony Lee Jacobs (wife Lisa) of Alma; two daughters, Rita Elaine Baker (husband Ronald Baker, deceased) of Warner Robins and Gwen Carolyn Bohanon of Hoboken. She also has eight grandchildren, Jacob and Charity Baker, Daryl and Derek Jacobs, Laura Johns, Wendy and Cindy Jacobs, and Bridget Bohanon; two step-grandchildren, Doug and Lane Daily; a great grandchild, Dalton Johns; a special niece, Ruby Harris of Nahunta; and numerous other nieces and nephews. She also has one surviving stepbrother, Elmer Strickland (wife Florence) of Hortense. A funeral service will conducted 2 p.m Tuesday (Jan. 29, 2002) at Hoboken Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6 until 9 p.m. Monday at Music Funeral Home. The T.E.L. Sunday School Class, Retired Teachers of Brantley County, and Brantley County AARP are asked to meet 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the church to serve as honorary pallbearers. Mr. Ellis May, 85 (1-27-2002) Axson native (Music Funeral Home, Waycross) Ellis May October 12, 1916 - January 27, 2002 Mr. Ellis May, 85, died Sunday morning (Jan. 27, 2002) at Pierce County Nursing Home after an extended illness. He is a native of Axson but he has lived most of his life in Waycross. He was self-employed as a pulpwooder. He also served in the United States Army during World War II. He is the son of the late Bud and Ola May. He is also preceded in death by his two brothers, Bill and J. D. May. He is survived by his wife, Estelle Mercer May of Waycross; step-daughter, Linda Hinkle of Warner Robins; step-son, Herbert Carter of Waycross; sister, Vada White of Alma; two step-grandchildren, Renee Hinkle of Warner Robins and Chad Radford of Waycross; special friend, Tommy Johnston of Waycross; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff at Pierce County Nursing Home especially Billy Joe Gill and Wes McQuaig for the special care and attention they gave Mr. May. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 29, 2002) at Kettle Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends 9 until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Music Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. http://www.musicfuneralhome.com/obits.html Thomas Moore "Tom" Howard, Jr., 82 (1-26-2002) Pierce Co. native (Pearson-Treadwell Funeral Home, Blackshear) Robert S. Bates, 94, (1-26-2002) Cobb Co., GA native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Jan 27, 2002 Robert S. Bates, 94, died Saturday morning (01-26-02) at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was born in Cobb County Georgia, son of the late James Henry Bates and Martha Lou Hill Bates and the widower of the late Clara Jordan Bates. He had made his home in Waycross since his retirement as owner and operator of the Bates Trucking Co. in Sanford, Fla. He was preceded in death by two sisters Odella Bates and Frances Bates, one brother William E. Bates. He is survived by a son William C. Bates of Port Orange, Fla.; onebrother Joseph E. Bates of Weymouth, Mass.; three grandchildren, five great grand children and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon (01-29-02) at two o'clock at the graveside in Oakland Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from one until two o'clock Tuesday afternoon. http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ James Curtis Harper, 84 (1-26-2002) Waycross native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Jan 27, 2002 James Curtis Harper, 84, died Saturday morning (01-26-02) at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born in Waycross, son of the late Raymond R. Harper and Ella Belle Harper and the widower of the late Helen Woods Harper. He had lived most of his life in Tampa, Florida where he retired in 1983 from the American Shipbuilding Co. after twenty-seven years of service. He served with the U. S. Navy as a Seabees during World War Two. He was a Baptist and a member of the International Association of Boilermakers. He was preceded in death by a brother Julian Harper and a sister Jewell Register. He is survived by a daughter Linda Sue Harper of Stone Mountain, Ga.; One sister Jessie Crawford of Waycross; a sister-in-law Frances T. Harper of Waycross; a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning (01-29-02) at eleven o'clock at the graveside in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Miles-Odum Funeral Home from six until eight o'clock Monday night. http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Mrs. Mazel Phillips Cooper, 76 (funeral in Brunswick) Robert Henry "Jimmy" Jackson, 63 (1-25-2002) Homerville native (Fluker Funeral Home, Homerville) William A. Gwillim, 80 (1-15-2002) Jefferson Co., AL native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Jan 16, 2002 William A. Gwillim, 80, died Tuesday night (01-15-02) at the Satilla Regional Medical Center after a short illness. He was a native of Jefferson County Ala., son of the late William Roger Gwillim and Eddeth Abel Gwillim. He had been making his home in Waycross for the past twenty years. He received his BS Degree from the University of Ky., and was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and a retired teacher. He is survived by his wife Dr. Peggy Howard Gwillim of Waycross; one sister Mary G. Kohr, a niece Amy Kohr and a nephew William W. Kohr and other relatives. The family has requested that memorial be made to the Waycross College President's Trust Fund at Waycross College. A time and place for a memorial service will be announced later by the Miles-Odum Funeral Home. http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Mrs. Janet Bellisle, pallbearers Courtney Crawford Luke, 76 pallbearers Alvis Edison Swain, pallbearers Mary Suzann Register, pallbearers Teressa W. Thomas, pallbearers Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002: Mr. Huddie Nails, (1-24-2002) (Funeral in Patterson) Thelma Pauline Bagley Solomon Spurlock, 82 (1-27-2002)Coffie Co. native, (Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home, Brunswick) Mary McKinney, 73, incomplete Mrs. Elna Faye Eiserman, 75 (1-13-2002) (Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, Jacksonville, FL) Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002: Mrs. Mary Bonnie Crews, 61, (1-29-2002) Ware Co. native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Jan 30, 2002 Mary Vonice Crews, 61, died Tuesday morning (01-29-02) at her residence after an extended illness. She was born in Pierce County, daughter of the late Tracy Eli Smith and Mary Lucille Beverly Smith Crawford. She had lived most of her life in Ware County and retired from the R & B Manufacturing and was a member of the Ruskin Church. She was preceded in death by her Step-Father Charlie Robert "Tobe" Crawford and a sister Nettie Virue Rewis. She is survived by her husband Roger D. Crews of Waycross; three daughters Nancy Herndon and her husband James, Becky Barber and her husband Donnie and Patty Johnson and her husband Randy all of Waycross; one step-daughters Rhonda Martin of Danielsville, Ga.; one brother Tracy "Buddy" Eli Smith, Jr. of Waycross; two sisters Charlene Griffin and her husband Johnny of Hoboken, Ga. and Jessolene Morgan and her husband Johnny of Waycross; Eighteen Grandchildren, Thirteen Great Grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon (01-31-02) at two o'clock in the chapel of the Miles-Odum Funeral Home. Burial will be in High Bluff Cemetery. She will be taken to her residence 885 Rabon Street at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon for visitation. Miles-Odum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/ Robert Henry "Jimmy Thomas" Jackson, 66, Homerville native (Fluker Funeral Home, Homerville) Mr. Huddie Nails, Marshall Funeral Home, Blackshear) Mr. James Curtis Harper, 84 (1-26-2002) Waycross native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Robert Stephens Bates Ellis May Lois Carolyn Campbell Jacobs, pallbearers Thursday, January 31, 2002: Mr. Joseph C. Hobbs, 74 incomplete Mrs. Mary L. McKinney, 73 (1-28-2002) Folkston native (Miles-Odum Funeral Home, Waycross) Posted on Feb 5, 2002 Mary L. McKinney, 73, died Monday (01-28-02) at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio after a short illness. She was born in Folkston, Georgia daughter of the late Lloyd Crews and Eula Brooks Crews. She had lived most of her life in Tampa, Fla. where she was a factory worker and had been making her home in Dayton, Ohio for the past twenty years. She is survived by two daughters Mary Hancock and her husband Jim of Dayton, Ohio, Shirley Golden and her husband Joey of Waycross; one son Billy McKinney and his wife Glenda of Waycross; four sisters Liz Howard and her husband Jack, Helen Raulerson and her husband Bobby all of Waycross, Fannie Sapp and her husband Revis of Hoboken, Ga. and Reba Rush of Jacksonville, Fla.; a sister-in-law Gladys Crews of Hoboken, Ga.; three grandchildren Sheryl Betsinger and Susan Bernhard both of Dayton, Ohio and Abby McKinney of Merritt Island, Fla.; Three step-grandchildren Sandra, Tony and Curtis Montgomery all of Tampa, Fla.; a number of great grandchildren, Nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services will be held Friday night (02-01-02) at seven o'clock in the chapel of the Miles-Odum Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Tampa, Fla. at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. The family will receive friends beginning at five o'clock Friday afternoon at Miles-Odum Funeral Home. http://www.milesodumfuneralhome.com/nm/publish/