Mrs. Jane Lane Corbett, age 72, died Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice Inpatient Facility. Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 26, at 11 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church with Rev. Lee Collins officiating, assisted by Dr. Max Alderman. Interment followed in the church Cemetery. The family received visitors on Monday, December 18, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Joiner-Anderson funeral home in Statesboro.
Pallbearers were her nephews. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Truth Seekers Sunday School Class.
Jane, a Jenkins County native, was a 1969 graduate of E.C.I. in Twin City. Following graduation, she worked for several years with the Guido Evangelistic Association in Metter. Jane then began her 40-year banking career, working with First Bulloch Bank, Farmers & Merchants Bank and last with Renasant Bank, retiring in 2017. She continued to stay busy and worked with her brother Ricky at his Dental practice in Statesboro until her health failed, and she retired in 2021. Jane was an active member of Friendship Baptist Church, where she served for over 15 years as a children’s Sunday School teacher, and she was a member of the Truth Seekers Sunday School Class. She will be remembered for her love and service to others, she truly had a servant’s heart. Mrs. Corbett is preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin Franklin Lane, Jr. and Annie Willie Johnson Lane.
Surviving are her husband of 31 years, Steve Corbett of Statesboro; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Judy and Ezra Price of Swainsboro and Peggy and Jeff Miller of Wes Minister, S.C.; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Steve and Ann Lane of Garfield and Ricky Lane and Stephanie Childs of Statesboro; a niece, Kristle Wheeler of Swainsboro; nephews, Zachary Lane of Denver, CO, Ellis Lane of Atlanta, Justin Lane of Statesboro, Parker Lane (Emily) of Garfield, Corey Lane of Garfield and Peyton Wheeler of Swainsboro; and her best friend, Brenda Mascarello of Statesboro.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to: Friendship Baptist Church, 4025 Friendship Church Road, Statesboro, GA 30458 or Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, GA 30459.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro was in charge of arrangements.
