Buie
HOBOKEN — Mr. Pearce Lavern “Vern” Buie, 91, of Hoboken, died early Saturday morning, May 16, 2026, at his resid ence after an extended illness.
He was born in Odum, Ga., to the late Vance Buie and Bessie Mae Scott Buie, and had made Hoboken his home since 1961. He owned and operated Buie’s Texaco in Hoboken and attended Hoboken Baptist Church.
Buie was an avid runner and bowler. He was a longtime member of the Waycross YMCA and the Okefenokee Track Club. He also was a member of the 1952 Bowling Team that won the State of Georgia Bowling Championship. Outside of running and bowling, Buie had a passion for trains and Ford Mustangs. He had a kind and positive spirit, who brightened the day of anyone he encountered.
Along with his parents, he also was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Lawanna “Wannie” Sapp Buie; seven siblings, Barnie Miller, L.V. Buie, Ruby Anderson, Ralph Buie, Lenwood Buie, Reba Dysert, and Juanita Knowles; three brothersin law, Ray Moody, Tommy Sapp and Joey Sapp; and four sisters-inlaws, Peggy Beese, Carol Ann Rowland, Bonnie Sapp, and Annette Glenn.
Buie is survived by two children, Tammy Farr and her husband, Remley, of Blackshear; and Greg Buie and his wife, Cindy, of Hoboken; four grandchildren, Hank Thorn and his wife, Kellie, Kyle Buie and his wife, Kalee, Rem Farr, and Lindy Buie; four great grandchildren, Josie Buie, Braden Thorn, Dylan Thorn and his wife, Marlee, and Rhilee Hubacher; three greatgreat grandchildren, Kaden Thorn, Maybree Thorn, and River Lee Thorn; one brother, Thomas Buie and his wife, Josephine; two sisters-inlaws Carolyn Moody and Kathy Roberts; one brother-in-law, Jerry Sapp; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.
A funeral service was held May 21 in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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