CLAXTON: Elsie Holland Babcock Boyles, 92, passed away June 10, 2018, at Camellia Health and Rehab. The Evans County native resided for some years in Savannah and Candler County before returning to her home town of Claxton and becoming a Registered Nurse. She was a Christian.
Ms. Boyles was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Lizzie Holland; her husbands, Thomas Irving Babcock, Jr., and Lee L. Boyles; her children, Mary E. Boyles and Lee L. Boyles; and siblings, Mary Chester, Reba Cone, Cecile Walrath, David Deen Holland, Stephen Gregg Holland and Phillip Holland.
SURVIVORS: three sons, Thomas Babcock, III of Seagrove Beach, FL., Daniel (Connie) Babcock of Savannah and Joseph Babcock of Statesboro; one daughter, Susan (Larry) Taylor or Milledgeville; three brothers, Wylen Holland, R.A. Holland and George Holland; three sisters, Josephine Kale, Lida Rich and Barbara Tabor; 18 grandchildren, 32 greatgrandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and other family.
VISITATION: Saturday, June 16, 2018, 10-11:00 a.m., at J. Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home.
FUNERAL: Saturday, June 16, 2018, 11:00 a.m., at J. Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home Chapel.
BURIAL: Hodges Family Cemetery.
REMEMBRANCE: Hodges Family Cemetery Fund, C/O Susan Taylor, 133 Pancras Rd, Milledgeville, GA., 31061 or deposits may be made at The Claxton Bank in the Hodges Cemetery Association fund.
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