Miss Ava Jaden Epps

CLAXTON/REGISTER: Ava Jaden (Ava Lou) Epps, 17, passed away May 26, 2021, due to an auto accident. She was a native of Bulloch County and attended Statesboro High School, where she would have been entering into her senior year. She loved her siblings, horses, fishing, 4 wheelers, makeup and fixing her hair. She was a loving daughter, granddaughter, sister and friend.
Ava was preceded in death by her grandfather, Bobby L. Epps and an uncle, Christopher Epps.
SURVIVORS: her mother, Jennifer L. Durrence of Register; her father, Kevin A. Epps of Swainsboro; maternal grandparents, Jim and Jan (Durrence) Hendrix of Shellman Bluff, Ga., and Alvin Durrence of Register; paternal grandparents, Dr. Sam and Sharon Tillman of Millen; her great-grandmother, Laverne Crosby of Claxton; two sisters, Arizona Epps of Register and Katie Donaldson of Statesboro; four brothers, Tyler Epps of Statesboro, Bryce McGahee of Register, Devin Epps of N. Augusta and Gage McGahee of Register; two great-aunts, Charlene (Ferrell) DeLoach of Claxton and Judy (John) Laricy of Richmond Hill; one aunt, Kristi Durrence of Hagan; and several cousins and other family members.
SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE OBSERVED DURING THE VISITATION AND FUNERAL DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MASKS ARE REQUIRED.
VISITATION: Friday, May 28, 2021, 5-7:00 p.m., at J. Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in Claxton.
FUNERAL: Saturday, May 29, 2021, 2:00 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, with Rev. Lelon Jeffers and Rev. Mike Lyons officiating.
BURIAL: Brewton Cemetery, Hagan, Ga.
PALLBEARERS: Shane Rogers, Harold Rogers, Chandler Driggers, Will Durrence, Vincent Lingenfelser and Will Rogers.
REMEMBRANCES: donations may be made to Brewton Cemetery Fund, P. O. Box 978, Claxton, Ga., 30417.


Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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