MRS. JANE ELIZABETH (BENNETT) SELPH, age 67, of Eastman, GA, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026, at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in Macon, GA.
MRS. JANE ELIZABETH (BENNETT) SELPH, age 67, of Eastman, GA, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2026, at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in Macon, GA.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM Wednesday, January 21, in Southerland Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Dwayne Burney officiating, with interment in Parkerson Cemetery.
Jane was born on December 19, 1958, in the Godwinsville community of Dodge County and was a member of Parkerson Baptist Church. She was raised in Godwinsville and attended school in Chauncey. She was a homemaker and a loving sister and aunt. She enjoyed crocheting and working on crossword puzzles, and also liked to watch soap operas on daytime television. She was affectionately known as “Elizabeth” and “Aunt Janie” and will be dearly missed by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessie F. Bennett and Effie Lee Brack Bennett, and her siblings, Joyce Mincey, Frankin “Muchie” Bennett, Billy Allen, Bud Bennett, Edgar Bennett, Leroy Bennett, and James “King” Bennett.
She is survived by her Sister – Mattie Bennett Heath of Eastman; Numerous Nieces and Nephews including, Buddy, Kelvin, Candy, Rita, Richard, Valerie, Stevie, Lisa, Billy, Rodney, Terry, Little Bud, and Robert; Many Great-Nieces and Nephews including a special Great-Niece, Layla Skye Heath.
The family may be contacted at the residence of Mattie Heath, 2152 Dublin Hwy., Eastman, and will receive friends in Southerland Funeral Chapel from 10:00AM-11:00AM Wednesday, January 21.
Locally owned and operated, Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home, has been "A Tradition of Trust" to Eastman, Dodge County and Middle Georgia for over 65 years.