December 28, 1965 - May 5, 2023
Mr. James Robert “JR” Woodcock, age 57, died Friday, May 5, 2023, from injuries sustained in a boating accident.
JR was born in Statesboro, Georgia December 28, 1965, and was raised in Portal. He resided in the Baygall Community of Bulloch County. JR was a 1984 graduate of Portal High School.
He was employed as a welder/pipe fitter and fabrication specialist at Archroma in Martin, South Carolina.
When not working, JR enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing and spending time with his family.
JR was preceded in death by his parents, James Bradley Woodcock and Dorothy Mae Daughtry Woodcock.
Surviving are his wife, Kristy Starling; two daughters, Taylor Woodcock and Hayden Woodcock, all of the Baygall Community; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Patsy and Johnny Hendrix of Portal, and Joann Hendley Hendrix of Portal; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Donnie and Glynda Hendley of Dexter. Ga. and Jerry and Patsy Woodcock of Bluffton, SC; three nieces and their families, Tina Loy, Kristi Gillis and Michelle Scott; and four nephews and their families, Ed Motes, Jeremy Motes, Calvin Hendrix and Brad Woodcock.
The family will receive visitors on Friday from 5:00pm until 6:00pm at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
Funeral services will be at 6:00pm in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Pastor Thomas Hendrix officiating.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
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