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Richard Rambo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Funeral services for Richard "Red" Rambo, 59, were held in Jacksonville, Fla., Tuesday, January 21, 2003, with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Mr. Rambo died Friday, January 17, 2003, in Jacksonville, Fla. He was born August 22, 1943, in Jacksonville. He attended Jacksonville University where he played baseball. He then played professional baseball with both the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins. Mr. Rambo was a member of the Elks Lodge and the American Legion.
Survivors include two sons, Richard Sean Rambo of Dallas, Texas, and Jason Todd Rambo of Raleigh, North Carolina; sister, Jackie Sheldon of Altamonte Springs, Fla.; brother, William (Bill) Rambo, formerly of Albany, now residing in Atlanta; several nieces, nephews, and many friends.
George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home
Jacksonville, Fla.

MacCarthur Robinson
ALBANY - MacCarthur Robinson, 57, of 1313 Gillespie, Apt. A, died Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Martin Luther King Funeral Directors

Jackie Lee Shorts
ALBANY - Jackie Lee Shorts, 53, of Albany died Monday, January 20, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
J.L. Litman Memorial Funeral Service

Joseph William Veitch Jr.
ALBANY - The memorial service of Joseph William (Lucky) Veitch Jr., 50, of 607 Sapling Lane, who died Monday, January 20, 2003, will be held today at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. The Rev. Chip Gresham will officiate.
A native of the Philippines, Mr. Veitch had lived in Albany most of his life. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and worked for Floor Mechanix of Albany. Mr. Veitch was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph W. Veitch Sr. and Louise Heath Veitch, a sister, Gail Burroughs.
Survivors include his wife, Penny Veitch of Albany; a son, Shannon Veitch of Athens; a daughter, Niki Saavedra of Athens; two stepdaughters, Sheri Westbrook of Athens and Stacy Morley of Woodstock; a stepson, Joseph Jacobs of Albany; two sisters, Nancy Stephens and Nita Falvella, both of Houston, TX; 11 grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 1211 13th Avenue, Albany, GA 31707 or to the American Lung Association of Georgia, 1104-B Third Avenue, Albany, GA 31707.
Mathews Funeral Home

Williams Infant
ALBANY - Jordon Tormal Sherman Williams, of 3108-A Crepe Myrtle Court died Sunday, January 19, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.
The graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in Riverside Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Davis will officiate.
Survivors include his parents, Lucious L. Williams Jr. and Yolanda Sherman of Albany; four brothers, Jaylon Williams, Lucious L. Williams III, Bralee Williams and Dreshawn Newberry, all of Albany; one sister, Bryea Williams of Albany; his grandparents, Hattie Jackson of Leesburg, John Bryant Jr., Lucious L. Williams Sr. and Mary Williams, all of Albany; his great-grandparents, Julia Bell of Leesburg and Lena Mae Jackson of Albany.
Meadows Funeral Home

William L. Bennett
CAMILLA - William L. (Bill) Bennett, 96, of 629 S. Harney Street, Camilla, died Monday, January 20, 2003, at Camilla Retirement Village.
The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Camilla United Methodist Church with interment in Oakview Cemetery. The Rev. Gene Yelverton will officiate.
The pallbearers will be Danny Palmer, Jud Vann, Warren Holton, Fred Rossman, Richard Atkinson, Lou Roberts, Warren Roberts and Stone Workman.
The honorary pallbearers will be the Jay Gardner Sunday School Class.
Mr. Bennett was born December 12, 1906, in Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga. He was a retired farmer, a Navy veteran, a Master Mason for more than 50 years and a member in good standing of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Georgia. He was a member of Camilla United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his daughter, Betty Bennett of Camilla; granddaughter, Jodi Perez of Miami, Fla., Harkey Good of Camilla and Rita Good of Santa Barbara, CA.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Rossman Bennett and parents, W.A. and Elizabeth Butler Bennett.
The family will accept family and friends at Bennett Farm House at 629 S. Harney Street, Camilla.
Memorials may be made to J. Gardener Sunday School Class, Camilla United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 192, Camilla, GA 31730.
Timmons Funeral Home

Mary Etta Cox
CORDELE - Mary Etta (Mashburn) Cox, 80, of Cordele died at her residence in Cordele, Tuesday, January 21, 2003.
The funeral service will be held at the chapel of Rainey Family Funeral Services Thursday at 11 a.m. with burial in Sunnyside Cemetery in Cordele.
Mrs. Cox was born May 20, 1922, in Georgia. She was employed by Cordele Uniform Company as a supervisor.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Faye (Cox) Moore of Cordele; sons, Bill Cox of Tifton and Earl Cox of Albany; brothers, Bob Mashburn and Don Mashburn, both of Lafayette, La.; sisters, Lucille (Mashburn) Wilcox of Pineview, June (Mashburn) Leger of Lafayette, La., Kay (Mashburn) Fisher of Boston, Mass., and Peggy (Mashburn) Martin of Pitts, Ga.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Monroe Cox and parents, John Morris Mashburn and Bennie Jewel (McKinney) Mashburn.
Visitation will be at Rainey Family Funeral Services today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The family is at the home of Linda Moore, 109 Old Tremont Road, Cordele.
Memorials may be made to Albany Community Hospice, 2332 Lake Park Road, Albany, GA 31707.
Rainey Family Funeral Services

Daisy Tucker Edwards
DAWSON - Daisy Tucker Edwards, 94, of 1159 Georgia Avenue SE, Dawson, died Monday, January 20, 2003, at Dawson Manor Nursing Home.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Albritten's Funeral Service

Lee Hilson Hall Jr.
CAMILLA - Lee Hilson Hall Jr., 70, of Newton, died Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at River Willows Nursing Home in Abbeville.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Robert Jester Mortuary

George L. Johnston
WAYCROSS - George L. Johnston, 83, died Monday morning (01-20-03) at the Satilla Care Center after an extended illness. He was a native of Brantley County, son of the late William R. Johnston and Minnie Mae Dryden Johnston Rawls. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as Chief Master Sergeant with twenty-eight years of service during World War Two and the Korean Conflict. He had been making his home in Waycross since 1969, where he retired from Okefenokee RESA as a Technical Service Supervisor after 20 years of service. He was a member of Crawford Street Baptist Church and had served as Sunday School Clerk. A member of the Waycross Shrine Club where he served as Secretary for fourteen years. A member of the Hasan Temple of Albany, Ga., and the VFW Post #4382. He was preceded in death by a sister, Lillian Faye Warnock, two brothers, William Cornelius Johnston and Robert Olen Johnston, and a grandson, Dennis Joseph Puleo.
He is survived by his wife, Rezora Thompson Johnston of Waycross; a son, Dennis Michael Johnston, wife Judy of Kenner, La.; three daughters, Alice Catherine Volosin, husband Bob of Dundee, Fla., Jeanette Suzanne Braddock of Jacksonville, Fla., and Donna Leigh Hancock, husband Jerry of Waycross; a brother, W.A. "Arlie" Johnston of Hoboken; ten grandchildren, Laura Anne Wood, husband Ken of West Saleam, Ohio, Ada Renee Clark of Waycross, George Robert Braddock, wife Heather of Valdosta, Bobby Lee Braddock of Alma, Ga., Brett Dylan Braddock of Waycross, Anthony David Jacobs, wife Dana of Statesboro, Ga., Denise M. Baunbach and Rhett Paul Johnston, both of Kenner, La., Christy Karen Hancock and Jeremy Randall Hancock, both of Statesboro, Ga.; 13 great-grandchildren. A number of nieces, nephews, and other relatives.
Funeral services will be held Thursday morning (01-23-03) at 11 a.m. at Crawford Street Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Hoboken Cemetery with military honors. The Waycross Shrine Club and the Timothy Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers. They are requested to gather at the church at 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning.
The family will receive friends at Miles-Odum Funeral Home from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. today.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home
Waycross

Jack Jones Jr.
CAIRO - Jack Jones Jr., 92, of Cairo, died Monday, January 20, 2003, at his residence.
The graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Greenwood Cemetery.
Clark Funeral Home

Rubie L. Miller
BAINBRIDGE - Rubie L. Miller, 68, died Friday, January 10, 2003.
The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Sunday at First Community Church of Quincy, Fla., with interment in St. Paul P.B. Church cemetery in Attapulgus.
Bruton Mortuary

Sam Sewell
BAINBRIDGE - Sam Sewell, 84, of 1020 Water Street, Bainbridge, died Sunday, January 12, 2003, at Memorial Hospital.
The funeral was held at 3 p.m. Saturday at New Life Ministries Church of Bainbridge with interment in Jonas Lobe Cemetery.
Bruton Mortuary

John T. Thornton
CAMILLA - John T. Thornton, 87, of Camilla died Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at Mitchell Convalescent Center.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Timmons Funeral Home

William Thomas Wiley Sr.
BLAKELY - William Thomas (Buddy) Wiley Sr., 47, of Rt. 5, Box 2885, Blakely, died Monday, January 20, 2003, at his residence.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. today at Zion Freewill Baptist Church with interment in Sowhatchee Cemetery.
Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home

Rayfield Woods
BAINBRIDGE - Rayfield Woods, 69, of 943 Cooper Street died Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at his residence.
The funeral was held at noon Tuesday at St. Paul M.B.C. with interment in Mt. Nebo Church cemetery.
Bruton Mortuary

Gary Randall Daniel
ALBANY - The funeral service of Gary Randall Daniel, 51, of Graceville, FL, formerly of Albany, who died Monday, January 20, 2003, will be held Friday 11 a.m. at Mathews Funeral Home. The Rev. Bobby Moye will officiate. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery.
A native of Albany, Mr. Daniel resided in Graceville, FL. He was a self-employed electrician and was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was of the Christian Faith.
Survivors include his parents, John W. Daniel Jr. and Lou J. Daniel of Graceville, FL; a sister, Gayle McCool of Panama City, FL.
Mathews Funeral Home

Harris N. Day
ALBANY - The Rev. Harris N. Day, 79, of 2606 Whispering Pines Road, Albany, died Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at Palmyra Medical Centers.
Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Meadows Funeral Home

Kathryn Boynton Harris
ALBANY - Kathryn Boynton Harris, 82, died of cancer.
Mrs. Harris was born February 16, 1920, in Albany, GA, the eighth of nine children of Moses Tilden Boynton and Ouida Cannon Boynton. She grew up in Albany, graduating from Albany High School, Class of 1937, and the University of Georgia with a degree in home economics in 1941. She married J. Robert Harris Jr. on September 10, 1941, and resided in Bethesda, Maryland. She enjoyed pottery, gourmet cooking, gardening, tennis and golf. Mrs. Harris twice experienced a hole-in-one, the first at Rehoboth Country Club and the second at the Card Sound Golf Club in Key Largo, FL.
She was a longtime member of the Bethesda Women's Garden Club and was active with St. John's Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland.
Mrs. Harris is survived by her husband of sixty-one years, J. Robert Harris Jr. of Key Largo, FL, and Rehoboth Beach, DE; four children, Janette Crespo of San Juan, P.R., Susan McHugh of Naples, FL, J. Robert Harris III of Glen Arm, MD, and Richard T. Harris of Millers, MD. Also surviving are seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 25, 2003, at Ocean Reef Chapel, Key Largo, FL, and a second service at Rehoboth Beach, DE, in the summer of 2003.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Hospice Care of Southeast Florida Inc., 91256 Overseas Highway, Tavernier, FL 33070.

Kathleen Mode McMillan
ALBANY - Kathleen Mode McMillan, 80, of 408 Whippoorwill Drive in Albany, GA, died Tuesday, January 21, 2003, in Richardson, Texas.
The funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. Friday at First United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Thad Haygood will officiate.
A native of Canton, GA, Mrs. McMillan had lived in Albany since 1963, where she taught at Albany High School and Albany Technical College, retiring in 1985. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, the Hawke Sunday School Class, and UMW. Mrs. McMillan was a 1943 graduate of Furman University, and a member of ADK and PEO Sisterhood.
She is survived by her daughter, Kathleen Prince of Richardson, Texas; son, Brian McMillan of Charleston, SC; two grandchildren, Rebekah Prince of Beverly Hills, CA, and Christine McMillan of Charleston, SC.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 P.M.- 7:30 P.M. today at Kimbrell Stern.
Those desiring may send memorials to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 448, Albany, GA 31702-0448.
Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors

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