HOBOKEN — Edmond Jacobs, long-time farmer and former Brantley County Farmer of the Year, is being remembered as a faithful steward of the land and a good and decent man.
Jacobs, 84, passed away late Friday night, December 5, at Baptist Village in Waycross.
Jacobs was a life-long farmer growing tobacco, corn and hay and involved in cattle and egg production. He was a true farmer all his life who loved driving his tractor and tending the cattle. He received the Brantley County Farmer of the Year Award in 2005. Jacobs was a member of the FSA Committee for Brantley County and Charlton County from January 1977-1980, the Brantley County ASC Committee from January 1993-1996 and a longtime member of the Brantley County Farm Bureau.
An active member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church for over 40 years, Jacobs was a deacon and taught Sunday school for many years.
Funeral services were held Monday, December 8, from the chapel of Hart Funeral Home in Blackshear with burial at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery near Hoboken.
