Aaron Gage Stubbs, 16, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Friday, August 11, 2023, at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, Florida, following a courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 4 PM, Wednesday, August 16, 2023, at First Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Blane Jacobs officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery, Fitzgerald. The family will receive friends from 2:30 until the service hour in the sanctuary on Wednesday.
Gage was born August 21, 2006, in Fitzgerald, Georgia, to Aaron Stubbs and Christina McClelland. He was currently a Junior at Fitzgerald High School College & Career Academy. Gage loved hunting and fishing and riding 4-wheeelers. He was an avid baseball player and enjoyed hanging out with his friends and his sisters. He enjoyed listening to music and singing.
He is survived by his parents: Aaron & Courtney Stubbs and Christina McClelland & Michael Wise, all of Fitzgerald; sisters: Lilly Stubbs and Sadie Stubbs; grandparents: Kay & Lewis Fussell, Tina Hutto, Josh & Gina McClelland, Lisa & Jeff Wise, Debbie Hobbs, and Robert & Sandy Johnson; and a great-grandfather, Noah Hutto. Numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends also survive.
The family suggests those desiring to send memorials may send them to the Childhood Cancer Awareness Group of Coffee County, P.O. Box 1203, Douglas GA 31534.