Phil Allen Wilcher
Funeral services for Mr. Phil Allen Wilcher will be held Saturday, August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the Anchor of Hope Worship Center on College Street in Soperton, GA. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery. Reverend Calvin Anderson, Reverend Josh May and Reverend Gilbert Posey will officiate. Mr. Wilcher died Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at his home in Soperton.
Mr. Wilcher, 72, was the son of the late Walden & Audrey McLendon Wilcher. He was born in Vidalia, GA on November 9, 1952 and was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County. He was a “Class of 1970” graduate of Treutlen High School where he played football, baseball and ran track and was also a Senior Class Officer. Phil always said his class was the “Last of the Panthers” and they lived by the school motto, “A Winner Never Quits and a Quitter Never Wins”. After high school, he worked at the Soperton Guano Plant and Harrell’s IGA before becoming a Ranger One Firefighter for the Georgia Forestry Commission where he served from 1986-2010. Phil was also the Soperton/Treutlen County Fire Chief from 1989-2010 and was a longtime member of Anchor of Hope Worship Center. After he retired from the Forestry Commission, he worked for the Soperton Farm Center from 2015-2025 where “he never met a stranger”. His brother and sister-in-law, Glenn & Patricia Wilcher, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Darlene “Pogo” Wilcher of Soperton; son, Philip (Delilah) Wilcher of Alamo; daughter, Danielle (Dale) Krosting of Soperton; three adopted granddaughters; Eva Wilcher (Chris) Young of Dublin, Elena Wilcher and Angela Wilcher of Soperton and five grandchildren, Connor (Kayci Craig) Krosting, Carson Krosting, Andrew Wilcher, Isaac Wilcher and Oliver Wilcher and several nieces/nephews and cousins.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Friday at the Anchor of Hope Worship Center.
Mr. Wilcher, 72, was the son of the late Walden & Audrey McLendon Wilcher. He was born in Vidalia, GA on November 9, 1952 and was a lifelong resident of Treutlen County. He was a “Class of 1970” graduate of Treutlen High School where he played football, baseball and ran track and was also a Senior Class Officer. Phil always said his class was the “Last of the Panthers” and they lived by the school motto, “A Winner Never Quits and a Quitter Never Wins”. After high school, he worked at the Soperton Guano Plant and Harrell’s IGA before becoming a Ranger One Firefighter for the Georgia Forestry Commission where he served from 1986-2010. Phil was also the Soperton/Treutlen County Fire Chief from 1989-2010 and was a longtime member of Anchor of Hope Worship Center. After he retired from the Forestry Commission, he worked for the Soperton Farm Center from 2015-2025 where “he never met a stranger”. His brother and sister-in-law, Glenn & Patricia Wilcher, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Darlene “Pogo” Wilcher of Soperton; son, Philip (Delilah) Wilcher of Alamo; daughter, Danielle (Dale) Krosting of Soperton; three adopted granddaughters; Eva Wilcher (Chris) Young of Dublin, Elena Wilcher and Angela Wilcher of Soperton and five grandchildren, Connor (Kayci Craig) Krosting, Carson Krosting, Andrew Wilcher, Isaac Wilcher and Oliver Wilcher and several nieces/nephews and cousins.
Visitation will be held from 6-8 PM Friday at the Anchor of Hope Worship Center.