Gennie M. Stevens

Gennie M. Stevens obituary, Dublin, GA

Gennie M. Stevens

Gennie Stevens Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dudley Funeral Home on Feb. 16, 2026.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gennie Mae Stevens, of Dublin, Georgia, will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 12 PM at the C. D. Dudley Memorial Chapel at the Dudley Funeral Home, 617 East Jackson Steet, Dublin.

A beloved mother and grandmother, Gennie Mae or "Jean" as she was sometimes affectionately called, was born in Dublin, Georgia, to Nelson and Jeanie Smith. She was the oldest of the couple's six children.

Gennie Mae enjoyed serving others, especially children, and spent most of her professional career caring for kids. mostly through her work at the day care center of the First African Baptist Church of Dublin, Georgia. She later worked in the Department of Children and Family Services, also in Dublin.

She passed away on Valentine's Day, in the year of our Lord 2026, at the Dublinair Health Care & Rehab Facility, in Dublin, Georgia. In addition to her parents, Gennie Mae was preceded in death by brothers, Tom, Elson, Nelson, and Henry.

She is survived by daughters, Duchee Marie Stevens and Sebrena Le'Trese Bartley, both of Jacksonville Florida; and Son, Ernest Paul Stevens III, of Windsor Mill, Maryland. And daughter and son in Christ, Claire and David Boston, of Dublin Georgia, and sisters, Willie Mae and Pamela, and brothers, Norman and John.

She has two granddaughters, Markia (Kelvin) Green, of Montgomery, Alabama, and Marissa Bartley, of Jacksonville, Florida, as well as great-grandchildren, and many other countless family and friends who will all dearly miss the profound love-greeting of "HELLO SUGAH!"

Please post your condolences online at ServicesbyDudley.com.

Services by Dudley Funeral Home and Cremations of Dublin

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