Mr. Ronnie "Bo" Beecher, 71, of Waycross died Monday at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross. He was born in Manor to the late Ernest Clyde Beecher and Beulah Boyd Beecher. He had made Ware County his home for all of his life. Born with three holes in his heart and undergoing open heart surgery at the young age of fifteen, Mr. Beecher overcame heart issues he faced his entire life. He worked for St. Regents Paper Company and Allied Timber. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. Mr. Beecher loved the outdoors, where he fished, hunted, farmed and spent time working in his yard and garden. More importantly, he loved his family and any time he was able to spend with them. Along with his parents he was preceded in death by his grandson, Dalton Beecher, two brothers, Clyde Beecher, Regenal Beecher, and two sisters, Nellie Beecher and Jennie Kent.

Mr. Beecher is survived by his wife, Syble Arnett Beecher of Waycross, five children, Janie Moreno and her husband Nicho of Gaston, South Carolina, Amy Beecher of Screven, Lori Beecher of Blackshear, Amanda Beecher of Waycross, Kenneth Bo Beecher of Waycross, three step-children, Susan Joyce Smith of Waycross, Syble Ann Wimberly and her husband Eugene of Waycross, Abe Morris of Waycross, his grandchildren, Ronnie Mat Cranford, Brandon Crews, Jonathan Copeland, Destinie Pittman, Cassidy Crews, Briant Pittman, Raylee Beecher, Raelynn Beecher, Layla Beecher, William Caviness, Joseph Edward Caviness, Brett Austin Smith, Hannah Jean Wimberly, Joshua Holden Caviness, Brooke Wimberly, Emma Morris, Bradley Morris, Elizabeth Ponsell, four great grandchildren, Hunter Crews, Brody Mac Jordan, Amylee Crews, Desslin Crews, two sisters, Patricia Ann Thomas of Blackshear, Louise Suggs of Homerville and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday in the Miles-Odum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in New Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery in Manor. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home.

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