Evelyn Louise Hicks Still Tolbert, 83, of Blackshear, passed away Saturday afternoon, September 2, 2023, at the River Brook Healthcare Center in Homerville.
Born in Donaldsonville April 21, 1940, she had lived in Florida for many years before moving to Pierce County in 1996. She had worked at fruit plants as well as seafood factories in Florida prior to going to work at Lowell Kinard Farms in Plant City where she had been a farm hand. She enjoyed doing word searches, crafts and playing card games, especially Uno. She was of the Pentecostal faith.
She was a daughter of the late Richard Joseph and Effie Marie Pate Hicks. She was also preceded in death by a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Lisa Still; a son-in-law, John “J.C.” English; three sisters, Lena Grant, Inez Jurnigan and Viola Benner; and all four of her brothers, Clifton Hicks, John Hicks, Ernest “Jabo” Hicks and Joe Hicks.
Survivors include her daughter, Donna English, Plant City, FL; three sons, Joe (Ann) Still, Blackshear, Lee Tolbert (Tammy), Blackshear and Ricky (Gina) Tolbert, Valdosta; a sister, Pearl Bryant, Jesup; 17 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, September 5.
Memorialization will be by cremation.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.
Pearson Dial Funeral Home of Blackshear is in charge of arrangements.
