Obituaries for Monday, Dec. 19, 2005
Published 6:51 pm Sunday, December 18, 2005
Inez Cox Spears
Inez Cox Spears, 94, passed away Dec. 16, 2005, at Camellia Gardens of Life Care in Thomasville.
She was born Feb. 8, 1911, in Dooley County to the late Jacobus and Fannie Lilly Cox. Mrs. Spears was a resident of Quitman since 1941with her husband, the late Cutts Spears. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Quitman and a teacher in the Brooks County School System for many years until her retirement.
Mrs. Spears is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Majel and Dr. Robert Rivers of Dyer, Ind., and Evelyn and Thomas Strickland of Toccoa; a sister, Margaret and Young Brown of Thomasville; grandchildren, Anissa Rivers of Dyer, Ind., Dr. Jennifer Rivers of Amherst, Mass., and Joel (Jena) Strickland of Toccoa; a great-grandchild, Madison Strickland; two nieces and a nephew, Margaret and Tony Abbott of Atlanta, Frances, Tom Wechsler of Decatur and Young and Barbara Brown Jr. of Statesboro. She was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. today in Oak Hill Cemetary with Dr. Robert Rivers officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 12:30-1:30 p.m. today. — Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home, Quitman
William H. (Bill) Golden Sr.
William H. (Bill) Golden, Sr., 92, of Valdosta, died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Langdale Place after a period of declining health. He was born on Oct. 4, 1913, in Sylvester to the late Benjamin Augustus and Mattie Jo McCord Golden. He graduated from Tifton High School in 1931. Mr. Golden served in United States Navy during World War II as an aviation electrician’s mate, 1st Class. He moved to the Valdosta area with his family in 1950 and opened Golden Studio in the Valdes Hotel. He remained in business in Valdosta until his retirement in 1984. Mr. Golden was an active member of First Baptist Church, in Valdosta.
Mr. Golden is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, William H. Jr. (Bill) and Peggy Golden of East Point; two daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Billy Embry and Lynn and Calvin Nolan, all of Valdosta; sisters, Martha Raye Harrell, and Rhunelle Branch, both of Tifton; grandsons, Trey (Amy) Golden of Covington, Bo (Lisa) Willis of Conyers, Gary Golden of Norfolk, Va., Chris (Valerie) Embry of Charleston, S.C., Kevin (Roz) Nolan of Hiram, Nicky (Rachel) Nolan, of Kernersville, N.C., Dennis (Pat) Nolan of Lake Park, and Pete (Tammy) Nolan of Hiram; granddaughters, Debbie (Barney) Hamlin of Fitzgerald, Kim Shiver of Hahira, Christy Golden (TJ) Recinella, of Nashville, Tenn. and Kelly Golden of Gainesville; 17 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews and his very special family of caregivers at Langdale Place. Mr. Golden was preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Lillian H. Golden (2003); one son and daughter-in-law, Don and Debbie Golden (2005); a daughter Sandra Lee Golden, and two brothers, Ben Golden Jr. and Bob Golden.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2005, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of the Carson McLane Funeral Home. The Rev. Mac Weaver will officiate. Entombment will follow at McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p. m. this evening at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Don and Debbie Golden Scholarship Fund, c/o Sun Trust Bank or to Hospice of South Georgia. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. — Carson McLane Funeral Home.