October 24, 1938 - January 6, 2025
Mr. Ernest Dale Bizzell, age 86, died Monday, January 6, 2025 at home in Statesboro, Georgia. Ernie was born in Grayridge, Missouri on October 24, 1938. He attended the University of Missouri and the University of Arkansas to study agriculture and served in the United States Army stationed in Germany during the Cold War. He later found a career in farming and construction which included overseeing the build of the Rend Lake reservoir in Illinois, Interstate 75 in Forsyth, and Veteran’s Memorial Parkway in Statesboro, Georgia. Ernie enjoyed hunting, gunsmithing, fishing and spending time with his grandsons. He was preceded in death by his son, Todd Bizzell and parents, Mary & William Bizzell of Missouri.
He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Brenda, daughter, Karen Boswell (Thomas), son, Brandon Bizzell (Heather), grandsons, Zachary Boswell (Abigail), Blake Boswell (Jamie-Lee), Avery Bizzell, Bryson Bizzell, great-granddaughter Norah Lilly Boswell, and sister Joyce Proeschel.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, January 11th at 2:00pm at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro, Georgia. Services will also be live streamed via the funeral home’s website.
The family requests that memorial contributions be sent to St Jude’s Children Hospital, where his son, Todd, spent 44-years battling cancer.
Friends and family may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of arrangements.
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