Obituaries
Published 3:30 am Tuesday, December 6, 2005
for Monday, July 26, 2004
Betty Young Vickers
HAHIRA — Betty Young Vickers, 72, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 24, 2004, at her home after a lengthy illness.
She was born on June 15, 1932, in Adel to the late John and Bessie Massey Young and had lived in Hahira for many years. Mrs. Vickers was retired from Commerical Banking Company and a member of the Salem Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, whom she married on Dec. 12, 1948, Thomas Drew Vickers of Hahira; son and daughter-in-law, Dennis and Janet Vickers of Hahira; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy Vickers Clanton and LeRoy Clanton Jr. of Hahira; grandchildren and their spouses, Jason Vickers of Hahira, Holly Vickers of Valdosta, Wendy and Dean Failor of Istanbul, Turkey, Tisha and Robert Jones of Albany, Lee and Samantha Clanton of Morven, and Katie Clanton Gordon and Derek Gordon of Hahira; great-grandchildren, Ben and Katie Failor of Istanbul, Turkey, Tyler Clanton of Morven, and Dylan Gordon of Hahira; special niece, Quida Register of Albany; brother-in-law, Dutch Braddock of Green Cove Springs, Fla.; sisters-in-law, Jo Young of Tallahassee, Fla., Venice Young Roberts and L. J. Roberts of Albany, Nellie V. Parker of Hahira, Linnie V. Parker of Hahira, Laquita Vickers of Hahira, Treva Vickers of Hahira, and Betty V. Griffis of Warner Robins; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by four sisters, Myrtice Register, Nell Jeffers, Mildred Lawrence, and Gladys Braddock; two brothers, Ben Young and James Young; her parents-in-law, Henry Drew and Pauline Webb Vickers; and five brothers-in-law, Paul Vickers, Jimmy Vickers, Brinson Parker, Eugene Parker, and Bill Griffis.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, in the chapel of Martin/McLane Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Houseal officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship Cemetery.
The family will receive friends on from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30pm tonight at the funeral home. — Martin/McLane Funeral Home of Hahira.
Mary Lee Burnett Cardin Windham
VALDOSTA — Mary Lee Burnett Cardin Windham, 61, of Valdosta, died Friday, July 23, 2004, at the Heritage House after a lengthy illness.
Born in Chickasha, Okla., she was the daughter of Edwin Quinn Russell and Helen Johnston Salter Burnett. She was self-employed in the embroidery business and a member of New Canaan Baptist Church in Suwanee. She had been a resident of Brooks County from 1962 to 1984. Mrs. Windham moved to Atlanta and returned to Valdosta in 2004.
She is surved by one daughter, Tracey LeWayne Cardin (Vance) Thomas of Valdosta; two sons, Charles Derrick Ty Cardin of Hawkinsville and Petty Officer First Class Dwayne Jo Carl Cardin of Virginia Beach, Va.; a step-daughter, Stacey Windham (Mike) Poole; a step-son, Gary Barnard (Bobbi) Windham; one sister, Deborah Ann Burnett (John) Conroy of Anchorage, Alaska; and seven grandchildren, Jarrod Benjamin Thomas, Matthew Brett Thomas, Diamond Johnston Cardin, Charles Edward Cardin, Marissa Jewell Cardin, Sarah Frances Windham, and Katherine Anne Windham.
Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 28. 2004, in the Maxwell-Miller chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 27, 2004. — Maxwell-Miller Funeral Home.
Gracie Griffin
Gracie Griffin, 81, of Adel, passed away Friday, July 23, 2004, in the Adel Convalescent Center after a lengthy illness. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. today in the Benevolence Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Early Justice officiating. Sympathy may be expressed online at www.musicfuneralservices.com. — Music Funeral Services, Inc.
Loren H. Odom
Loren H. Odom, 62, of Hahira, died Saturday, July 24, 2004, at his residence after a sudden illness. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. — Boone-Lipsey Funeral Home, Inc.