Edmond Franklin Jacobs, 84, passed away late Friday night, December 5, 2025, at Baptist Village Retirement Communities in Waycross, following an extended illness.
He was born April 24, 1941, in Hoboken and he was the son of Leon Audrey and Amy Griffin Jacobs. He was a 1959 graduate of Hoboken High School, attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton and the University of Georgia studying Agricultural Engineering. He left the university before completing his degree to assume duties on the family farm which included the growing of tobacco, corn, hay, cattle and egg production. He was a true farmer all his life and loved driving his tractor and tending the cattle.
He was a member of the FSA Committee for Brantley County and Charlton County from January 1977-1980, the Brantley County ASC Committee from Jan. 1993-1996, and a longtime member of the Brantley County Farm Bureau. He received the Brantley County Farmer of the Year Award in 2005.
An active member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, he joined in 1979 and made sure his family received the spiritual training that they needed from growth and development. He was ordained a deacon in May, 1984 and taught Sunday school for many years.
Edmond and Susie instilled in their children basic family values: a belief in God, love and respect for family, love of learning and a good work ethic. Edmond taught his sons to work on the farm and was persistent and consistent in his expectations in which his boys responded well to their father’s teachings.
In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Dr. Davis Jacobs Sr. and grandparents, George Ruel and Minnie Davis Griffin and Edmund F. and Janie Thomas Jacobs.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Susie Lee Bell Jacobs, Hoboken; three sons: Gregory E. Jacobs (wife Sherrie), Hoboken, John Jacobs (wife Lyn), Waycross and James Jacobs (wife Heather), Hoboken; nine grandchildren: Ryan Jacobs (wife Madi), Knoxville, TN, Grant Jacobs (wife Ashley), Brookhaven, Anna Jacobs, Hoboken, Audrey Jacobs (fiancé Drew Mcllrath), Statesboro, Emma Jacobs (fiancé Virgil Dowling), Waycross, Cori Jacobs, Waycross and Annslee Roth (husband Andrew), Banner Jacobs and Carson Jacobs, all of Hoboken; one great-granddaughter, Hadlee Roth; a sister, Elaine Youmans (husband Steve), Hoboken; two brothers, Terry Jacobs (wife Gail) and Ronald Jacobs (wife Deanna), both of Hoboken and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, at the funeral home.
Funeral services will will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, from the chapel of Hart Funeral Home with Elder Jason Deal officiating.
Interment will follow in the Mount Calvary Cemetery in Brantley County.
Active pallbearers were grandsons Ryan Jacobs, Grant Jacobs, Banner Jacobs, Carson Jacobs, Drew McIlreath, Virgil Dowling and. Andrew Roth.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.hartfh.com.
Hart Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
