He was a native of La Grange and was appointed to the Georgia State Court of Appeals in 1977 by then-Gov. George Busbee.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Elizabeth Cliatt Birdsong of La Grange; three daughters, Nancy B. Whitford of Augusta, Elizabeth B. Vann of Bluffton, and Katherine B. Candler of Atlanta; and four grandchildren, Gary M. Whitford Jr., Andrew W. Vann, Sarah E. Vann, and John S. Candler III.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church on the Square in La Grange, burial will be private.
Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, La Grange Chapel.
Savannah News, Sunday, Jun 7, 1998
Contributed by: Jo Ann Bland
Nov 23, 2011
He was a native of La Grange and was appointed to the Georgia State Court of Appeals in 1977 by then-Gov. George Busbee.
SURVIVORS: his wife, Elizabeth Cliatt Birdsong of La Grange; three daughters, Nancy B. Whitford of Augusta, Elizabeth B. Vann of Bluffton, and Katherine B. Candler of Atlanta; and four grandchildren, Gary M. Whitford Jr., Andrew W. Vann, Sarah E. Vann, and John S. Candler III.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church on the Square in La Grange, burial will be private.
Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, La Grange Chapel.
Savannah News, Sunday, Jun 7, 1998
Contributed by: Jo Ann Bland
Nov 23, 2011
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Judge Andrew Will "Buck" Birdsong, Jr; Beloved husband of Sarah Elizabeth Cliatt Birdsong; and father of Nancy, Beth, and Kay; "No man was loved more by so many, No man loved family, honor, justice, God and country"; "sic vos non vobis"
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