Mr. Denton Hayden Rouse
June 13, 1941 - February 18, 2022
Statesboro, Georgia Mr. Denton Hayden Rouse, age 80, died Friday February 18, 2022, at his residence under the care of Kindred Hospice. The Dover, New Jersey native was raised and lived many years in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, returning to the United States in 1975. He graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor’s in English. Denton later worked for Firestone Tire Company for many years and he was owner and operator of Santa Cruz Farms, a breeder of Paso Fino Horses. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had lived in Effingham County, prior to moving to Statesboro in 2000. Denton continued working until his part-time retirement in 2020 from Colonial Insurance Company. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert G Rouse and Mary F. Ohmeis and a half brother, Robert G. Rouse. Surviving are his wife Margie T. Rouse of Statesboro; two daughters, Twyla Mancil Jones of Statesboro and Diana F. Rouse of Mt. Pleasant, SC; two sons, Matthew Mancil of Statesboro and G. Richmond Mancil of Lakeland, Ga. and six grandchildren. The family will receive visitors on Monday from 5:00pm until 8:00pm at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro. Funeral Rites will be Tuesday at 2:30pm in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Father John Johnson officiating. Interment will be in Bulloch Memorial Gardens. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Georgia Paso Fino Horse Association at www.georgiapasofino.org or the American Heart Association at www.heart.org/aha/memorial. Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com. Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro, Georgia Mr. Denton Hayden Rouse, age 80, died Friday February 18, 2022, at his residence under the care of Kindred Hospice. The Dover, New Jersey native was raised and lived many years in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, returning to the... View Obituary & Service Information