Elaine Hodges Willis

Elaine Hodges Willis, 67, passed away  on Monday, June 2, 2025 at Memorial Health University Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer.

A resident of Jesup for the past forty-five years and former resident of Savannah, Elaine was born on April 15, 1958 to the late,  Earl and Juanita Tice Hodges.  She spent her early years in Savannah where she graduated from Herschel V. Jenkins High School. Elaine met and married the love of her life, the late Robert Willis and they relocated to Jesup in 1981. Elaine loved taking walks and being in nature.  She loved to stay busy and spending time with her grandchildren. She was truly a joy to be around and was always up for anything as long as she was with the people she loved.  Elaine loved to worship Jehovah and she always encouraged her family and friends to draw close to him.  She practiced the principles of her faith by being selfless: and she would truly give anything she had to help a person in need.  In addition to her parents and husband, her brother, Tom Hodges, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her two sons, Rob Willis and wife, Kaylan of Jesup and Justin Willis and wife, Rachel of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina; one brother, Ronnie Hodges of Statesboro and four grandchildren, Leah, Riley, Sawyer and Myles.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2841 U.S. 301, Jesup, GA 31546.

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