| Graduation Year | Class of 1961 |
| Date of Passing | Mar 08, 2014 |
| About | Jerry Byron Corbitt, 71 January 7, 1943 - March 8, 2014 Biography Jerry Byron Corbitt of Smiley, Texas passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014. Mr. Corbitt was born January 7, 1943 in Moultrie, GA to Mary Hall Corbitt and Colonel Byron Corbitt, Master Sergeant, USAF retired, both deceased. Visitation was held 4 to 6 p.m. for family and close friends on Saturday, March 15 at Bakers Funeral Home, Moultrie, GA. The funeral service was held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 15 at the Antioch Baptist Church, Omega, GA with burial following at the Omega Cemetery. The Rev. Danny Smith and Steve Meders officiated. Member of The Youngbloods Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter Jerry Corbitt was the singer of The Youngbloods for their first 2 albums and was only "pictured" on Elephant Mountain. Corbitt was his first solo album in 1969, but its better than anything The Youngbloods ever did with or without him! March 10, 2014 Jerry Corbitt is gone from this world. We lost him this weekend. He left peacefully and willingly having lost a long battle with lung cancer. He was my best friend and I miss him. There seems to be a hole in my life now and I'm trying to fill it with memories of him and all the adventures we shared creating the Youngbloods. I just watched Jerry singing Grizzly Bear on the Dick Clark show. That was the fall of 1966. He is so young and handsome and his voice so strong in that video, strong as his love of ragtime music learned from the old folk guitar masters. We still lived in New York when the first album came out but we were destined to play the Avalon Ballroom in the Spring of 1967 and head west that next September. We caught the leading edge of the summer of love and knew we belonged in San Francisco. Jerry and I drove my funky little Valiant across the country together. We were so excited and full of the dreams of a new life in the hills of West Marin. What a time! It has all happened way to quickly. And now I shall have to press on without him. But this video is how I will remember him....young and strong and full of dreams. And I will carry the strength of our friendship with me always. Jesse Colin Young |
