Ronnie Joe Todd

CLAXTON: Ronnie Joe Todd, 73, passed away May 12, 2023 at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, GA. After retiring from Borden’s Milk Company and Georgia Department of Corrections, Ronnie Joe jumped into the restaurant business and reopened Mrs. Rogers Restaurant. He spent a lot of time around the tables with a cup of coffee and a group of friends. Friends and family were important to him, and if you were in his circle you were loved. Ronnie Joe spent much of his time on the ballfield. For many years it was on the softball field. He pitched for a while and then settled in to coaching and won many titles while coaching an 18 and under boys’ softball team. In 1997, he won a national Championship in Alabama. He also spent 40 years on the sidelines of the football field as a member of the chain gang. Ronnie Joe’s commitment to the Tigers Football program was recognized in 2019 when he was inducted to the Claxton High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jr. & Joyce Todd; brother Reggie Todd and sister, Jana Joy Todd.

SURVIVORS: Wife of 53 years, Paula Kicklighter Todd; two sons, Nathan (Mandy) Todd, Curt (Taylor) Todd all of Claxton and one daughter: Hollie (Toby) Smith of Bishop, GA. Two brothers: Marty (Teresa) Todd of Black Creek Community and Joey Todd of Claxton. Six grandchildren: Colby Todd, Hannah Smith, Emma Todd, Jackson Smith, Caroline Smith & Tucker Todd, nieces & nephews: Jeremy Todd, Justin Todd, Jan Todd Pound, Brandi Womack, Stephen Todd, Matthew Todd, Lanna Todd, Drew Todd, Aryn Allen, Stephen Allen & Hunter Russell. Sister-n-law Jana Todd.


VISITATION: Monday, May 15, 2023 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church.

FUNERAL: Monday, May 15, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church

BURIAL: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Claxton, GA.

PALLBEARERS: Jerry Powell, Josh Reynolds, Cliff Kennedy, Ronald Mikell, Norris Mincey and Matt Todd.

HONARARY PALLBEARERS: Ed Mosley, Raymond Lewis, Ray Todd and Edward Oglesbee.

REMEMBRANCE: Antioch Baptish Church and Antioch Baptish Cemetery Fund 2808 Old Highway 250, Glennville, Ga., 30427

Mellie NeSmith Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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