Jimmie Sue "Marmee" (Tyre) Steedley

Mrs. Jimmie Sue "Marmee" Tyre Steedley, 87, of Blackshear, passed away Thursday evening, September 26, 2024, at the Baptist Village Nursing Home.

Born in Alma, GA on November 17, 1936, she lived most of her adult life in Pierce County.  Mrs. Sue was a 1954 graduate of Bacon County High School where she was a cheerleader, president of Tri-Hi-Y, and was crowned Miss Bacon County High School her senior year.  She would go on to attend Bessie Tift College for Women on a music scholarship.  Her high school sweetheart, Curtis Neal Steedley, Sr., could not stand to be away from her so they decided to go ahead and get married.  Following their marriage, they lived in Screven briefly before moving to Mershon where over the next few years they would become the parents of three children.  Mrs. Sue was a homemaker & the best mama to her children.  Following the sudden passing of her husband at the age of 44, she knew she had to keep going for her children and therefore managed to continue to raise them on her own.  She was and will always be the "Queen of her family's hearts" for all of the love she constantly showered upon them.

Mrs. Sue worked in the office at the Carter Tobacco Warehouse in Alma, was a beloved substitute teacher at Patterson Elementary, & Co-owned The Plantation - Wedding and Formal Wear in Blackshear. She eventually went to work for Inez Raulerson at The Dakki Shop.  Following Mrs. Raulerson's retirement, she and another co-worker from The Dakki Shop, Mrs. Margie Sapp, opened The Sassy Fox clothing store. They would eventually move their location to Waycross where they would eventually close it so they could enjoy retirement.  

Singing & playing the piano were her most passionate hobbies.  She and her sister, Ann, sang at numerous weddings and funerals over the years.  Mrs. Sue also enjoyed walking in her younger days and was an avid reader often reading several books within a week.    She was known for her cooking and would still have people call her for some of her recipes.  She was a member of the Blackshear First Baptist Church where she had been a co-teacher of the ladies Sunday School class. 

She was a daughter of the late Delmas Marion "D.M" & Minta Medders Tyre, Sr.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Neal Steedley, Sr., a daughter, Dinah Miles; her sister, Ann Tyre Williams; both of her brothers, Delmas M. Tyre, Jr. & Eddie Wendell "Winkie" Tyre; twin grandsons, Walt & Whit Hollis; a niece, Dana Williams; a former sister-in-law, Martha Jon Weatherly; and her dear friend, Irene Dixon.

Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Kathy & Jerry Hollis of Waycross; her son & daughter-in-law, Curtis N. "Curt" & Linda Steedley, Jr. of Blackshear; a son-in- law, Monroe Miles of Blackshear; two brothers-in-law, Earl Williams of Alma & Van (Ruth) Steedley of Mershon; her former sister-in-law, Joan Griffith of Gainesville, GA; 7 grandchildren, Amber Miles, Dr. Kyle (Hannah) Hollis, Landon (Marah) Miles, Dr. Neal (Megan) Hollis, Victor Steedley, Sergey Steedley (Tiffany Boyette), & Yuri Steedley; 3 great grandchildren, Watson Hollis, Bowen Steedley & Anna Hampton Hollis; and several nieces, nephews, & other relatives.

Funeral services for Mrs. Steedley will be held Saturday morning, October 5, 2024, at 11:00 o'clock from the Pearson-Dial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Young and Rev. R. C. James officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home chapel one hour prior to the service.

Interment will be in the Bristol Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Satilla, 808 Evergreen Way, Waycross, GA. 31501 or to First Baptist Church, 670 Main Street, Blackshear, GA. 31516.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online register at www.pearsondial.com.  

Pearson-Dial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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