Henry Richbourg Obituary

Dr. Henry Richbourg NASHVILLE, GA - Dr. Henry Reed Richbourg, of Nashville, Georgia, beloved husband, father, "D daddy" and physician passed away on October 4, 2025. He was 89 years old. Born October 31, 1935, in Anderson, South Carolina, Henry grew up in the "Low Country" of South Carolina and graduated in 1953 from St. George High School in Dorchester County. He worked to put himself through college and medical school, earning a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of South Carolina in 1957. Henry spent a year in Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian Institute's Entomology Department. In 1962 he graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and remained to complete a year-long fellowship in Internal Medicine. While he was a medical student, Henry met his future wife, Mary Ann Guinn, a nursing student at St. Francis Xavier. Henry and Ann married on November 22, 1962. Following his fellowship, Dr. Richbourg served as a Captain and flight surgeon in the United States Air Force. He was stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Florida. Dr. Richbourg began his private practice in St. George, South Carolina. In 1967, the family moved to Nashville, Georgia, where he served as a much beloved family physician. Henry didn't limit his practice to patients with two-legs. When Nashville had no local veterinarian, it wasn't uncommon to find patients with fur and four-legs in the Berrien County Hospital Emergency Room. Although Dr. Richbourg initially retired in 2001, his passion for medicine and dedication to his patients led him to return to work from 2003 to 2016 at Tift Regional Medical Center's rural clinics, where he offered compassionate care and support and made a lasting impact on countless lives throughout the communities surrounding Nashville. Dr. Henry made several trips to Bike Week in Daytona, rode his Harley Davidson Road King, from Nashville to the California coast and back, took an extensive motorcycle ride in Alaska and even celebrated the 100th anniversary of Harley Davidson in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2003 on his Heritage Softail Classic. During those trips he hiked the Grand Canyon, around Linville Gorge, as well as in Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. Henry also traveled extensively with his wife and their lifelong friends from Nashville, both in the United States and abroad. Dr. Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Helen Lucretia Campbell, a homemaker, and Henry Bruce Richbourg, a South Carolina State Trooper; his sister, Lynda Richbourg Bannister; his wife of almost 60 years, Ann Guinn Richbourg; and his son, Michael Elliott Richbourg. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Helen Davis (G.R.); son, Robert Bruce Richbourg (Marian); and daughter-in-law, Nicole Jones Richbourg; in addition, Henry had grandchildren, great-grandchildren; nieces and a great-niece. Dr. Richbourg will be remembered for his dedication to medicine, his adventurous spirit and the love he shared with his family and the Berrien County community. His legacy lives on in the lives he touched, healed and saved, along with the memories he created. On Monday, October 13, 2025, the family will receive visitors from 10:00-11:00 AM, with a memorial service following at 11:00 AM at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church (Ray City, GA). Lovein Funeral Home, Nashville, GA.