WAYCROSS – Matthew Joseph Dean, 31 of Waycross, died Friday afternoon, September 13, 2024 at his residence after a sudden illness.
Dean was born in Waycross to the late Joseph Adam Dean and Dawn Stevens Dean and made Brantley County his home all his life. He was a 2011 graduate of Brantley County High School where he was a member of the wrestling and football teams for the Herons.
He enjoyed listening to music and playing video games. Dean was a member of First Baptist Church, Waycross.
In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Wayne and Gwendloyn Stevens; and an uncle, John William Dean IV.
Dean is survived by his mother, Dawn Stevens Dean (fiancée David Jackson) of Waycross; his sister, Elizabeth Rigdon (husband Richard) of Pierce County; three nieces and nephews, Madelynn Rigdon, Carter Rigdon and Colton Rigdon; his paternal grandfather, Bill Dean; paternal grandmother, Joyce Dean; aunt, Dana Chancey and husband, Ricky, of Tifton; numerous cousins and other relatives.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2 p.m., in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 1 p.m.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.
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com Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
