Clarice Tippins Wadsworth

CLAXTON/SAVANNAH: Clarice Tippins Wadsworth, 83, passed away on September 9, 2024, at Hospice of Savannah after a battle with an Auto Immune Infection. She was a native of Evans County, Georgia, but has lived in Savannah, Georgia for the last sixty-five years. Clarice was a registered nurse dedicating most of her career at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was a member of the Central Church of Christ and later became a member of the Ellabell Church of Christ.

She is preceded in death by her husband, James Alan Wadsworth; parents, Samuel Bernice and Lindale Sikes Tippins; son, Jasper Wayne Blackburn; brother, Samuel Gary Tippins;

SURVIVORS: son, Barry Blackburn of Savannah, Ga.; daughter, Linda (Mike) White of Terrell, Tx.; step-daughters, Marion Ashlea Wadsworth of Columbus, Ga., and Margaret April Jeanine Wadsworth of Columbus, Ga.; daughter-in-law, Julie Blackburn of Kingsland, Ga.; brother, Randall Hampton (Jo Ellen) Tippins of Claxton, Ga.; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

VISITATION: Saturday, September 14, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home

MEMORIAL SERVICE: Saturday, September 14, 2024, 11:00 a.m. at Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home Chapel.

BURIAL: Brewton Cemetery

REMEMBRANCES: Ellabell Church of Christ, 3458 Ga. Hwy 204, Ellabell, Ga. 31308; Brewton Cemetery, P.O. Box 978, Claxton, Ga. 30417.


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