Stephen (Stevie) Lee Giles, our beloved brother, cousin and nephew, passed away somewhere between 7:15 and 8:00 p.m. on Monday, September 9, 2024, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia.  He died of complications from an hemorrhagic stroke in his thalamus.  He was 59 years old.

     Stevie was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16, 1965, to parents Henry Giles and Joann DeFrancesco Giles.  He resided in Jefferson, Georgia, with his sister, Connie.  They grew up in and around Atlanta, Georgia.  Stevie was the cutest child.  He was fun-loving, silly, full of energy, adventuresome, a prankster, a typical boy!  He loved to play and act goofy.  His father would play all the old-time country music like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, and Stevie would get so silly pretending to play the guitar along with the songs.  He was so funny.  We played long and hard together as children.  He also loved WWF Wrestling from a very young child.  You always knew what he was doing on a Friday night - watching wrestling!  He also loved to build model cars, airplanes and boats.  He worked with his hands.  His occupations were always in the fields of construction and landscaping.  He needed to be autonomous and in the outdoors.  Stevie was a kind-hearted and good-natured person.  He was fiercely devoted to his mother and sister.  He deeply loved animals and was vehemently against people who mistreated them.  He was also very good and gentle with children.  He played with children and animals so well, and they so readily gravitated to him.  He was so wonderful, and we are devastated at his loss.  The last many days of his life, we played hymns and gospel music for him and some of the old country songs we all loved and even some of his favorite band, Kiss.  We sang to him and read the scriptures to him and trusted that he received the pardon that Christ purchased for him by His finished work on the cross as we ministered the gospel to him.  We will miss him immensely and long to be reunited someday.  It is impossible to believe he is gone.  We will forever cherish his memory.

     Stevie is survived by his precious sister, Connie of Jefferson; his loving cousins, Wendy Daugherty of Lawrenceville and her two children, Monica Herron and Galen Daugherty and their families, and Teri Conway of Griffin and her family; his adoring aunt, Dolores Conway of Lawrenceville; his father, Henry C. Giles of Chatsworth; and many more dear and much loved cousins, aunts, uncles, extended family and friends.

     Stevie was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Joann Giles; and his cherished dog, Blackie.

     His closest family is holding a memorial service in his honor at his home that he shared with his sister in Jefferson on Sunday, September 22nd beginning at 12 noon.  We will share food, pictures, memories, hugs and the love that we have for him.  Everyone is invited to join with us on this day in love and remembrance of our beloved, Stevie, by sharing any personal stories, memories, thoughts, comments and pictures to this site.

     If anyone would like to send a memorial gift to help and support his sister through this most tragic and difficult time, please send to her home address at:  417 Rock Forge Court, Jefferson, Georgia 30549.  You may also call Connie at:  706-424-1582.  Thank you to all of Stevie's family and all who loved him.

                                                                                  Not Enough Time

                                                   The time we had, Stevie, wasn't nearly enough

                                                          To pack in an entire lifetime of love.

                                                    There are so many questions that I need answers to,

                                                           But now that you're gone there's no way to ask you.

                                                     But there are still photos to remember you by,

                                                           Each time I look at them I still want to cry.

                                                     They say grief is easier to bear as time goes by,

                                                           But that doesn't stop me from wondering why.

                                                      Why my dear, sweet brother was taken so soon,

                                                           When he was my guiding star, my sun and my moon.

                                                       There are no answers to a question like this,

                                                            So I'll cherish your memory and mourn the years we'll miss.

                                                                  -  Your loving and adoring sister, Connie  -

                                                                                            My Brother

                                                                         "Strength, Perseverance, Caring"

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