Mrs. Jewel Allen, age 78, of Statesboro, Ga., passed away peacefully on Monday, May 27, 2024, at Brown's Health and Rehabilitation Center under the care of Regency SouthernCare Hospice.

She was a Bulloch County native and retired from Georgia Southern University as a custodian.

Jewel was a member of the Summer Hill Missionary Baptist Church, where she served faithfully on the Usher Board.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Teresa Gordon-Caldwell.

She is survived by her children, David Carl (Debra) Smith, Augusta, Ga.; Wonda (Ronald) Rawls and Jeffery Smith, both of Statesboro, Ga.; sister, Henrietta Whitfield, Statesboro, Ga.; brother, James Garbett, Tampa, Fla.; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be held on Friday, June 7, 2024, from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at Craig R. Tremble Funeral Home Chapel, 238 West Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458.

The celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Summer Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 200 Summer Hill Church Road, Statesboro, GA 30461. The Rev. Raphele Smith, pastor.

Jewel will lie in state from noon until 1 p.m.

Interment will be at the church cemetery.

We will adhere to CDC guidelines.

Friends may sign the online register book at www.craigrtremblefuneralhome.com.

You may send flowers to the family through our floral store, where an independent florist will make delivery according to your instructions.

The celebration of life services has been entrusted to the care of Craig R. Tremble Funeral Homes, Inc., Statesboro Chapel, 238 West Main Street, Statesboro, GA 30458.

Statesboro Herald, May 30, 2024

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