Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Medart.
Service will be Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Medart. Bevis Funeral Home, Harvey-Young Chapel in Crawfordville is in charge of arrangements.
While stationed at Camp Gordon in Augusta, Georgia he met, Eleanor Jones Council. They married on November 10, 1942. He is survived by their daughters, Judy Duprey of Woodville, Beverly Council of Crawfordville and Laura Jo Rocco and her husband, Louis A. Rocco, III of Alligator Point. Grandchildren Lynette Pitchford, Tammy Clark and Woolley Sanders; great grandchildren Michael McGuire, Jordan McGuire, Ashley Alexander, Dustin Smith, Demi Smith and Colton James Sanders; great-great- grandsons Trenton McGuire and Jordan McGuire, Jr. He is also survived by his sweetheart of 20 years, Wynelle Wiginton of Crawfordville.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor, grandson, Robbie Alexander; brothers, Major, Ernest and Gary Council. Sisters, Dorothy Loftin, Josephine Smith and Joyce Council.
In his later years he married Mary McCallister Brown and helped raise four of her children, Teresa, Denise, Bo and Joe Brown. He later adopted Teresa's first four daughters, Tiffany, Wendy, Christie and Terry Lynn. He was preceded in death by Mary and Bo.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to VFW Post 4536, Eden Springs Nursing Home, 4679 Crawfordville Highway, Crawfordville, FL 32327 or Big Bend Hospice for the Wakulla team, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32308.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Medart.
Service will be Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. at Friendship Primitive Baptist Church in Medart. Bevis Funeral Home, Harvey-Young Chapel in Crawfordville is in charge of arrangements.
While stationed at Camp Gordon in Augusta, Georgia he met, Eleanor Jones Council. They married on November 10, 1942. He is survived by their daughters, Judy Duprey of Woodville, Beverly Council of Crawfordville and Laura Jo Rocco and her husband, Louis A. Rocco, III of Alligator Point. Grandchildren Lynette Pitchford, Tammy Clark and Woolley Sanders; great grandchildren Michael McGuire, Jordan McGuire, Ashley Alexander, Dustin Smith, Demi Smith and Colton James Sanders; great-great- grandsons Trenton McGuire and Jordan McGuire, Jr. He is also survived by his sweetheart of 20 years, Wynelle Wiginton of Crawfordville.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor, grandson, Robbie Alexander; brothers, Major, Ernest and Gary Council. Sisters, Dorothy Loftin, Josephine Smith and Joyce Council.
In his later years he married Mary McCallister Brown and helped raise four of her children, Teresa, Denise, Bo and Joe Brown. He later adopted Teresa's first four daughters, Tiffany, Wendy, Christie and Terry Lynn. He was preceded in death by Mary and Bo.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to VFW Post 4536, Eden Springs Nursing Home, 4679 Crawfordville Highway, Crawfordville, FL 32327 or Big Bend Hospice for the Wakulla team, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd, Tallahassee, FL 32308.
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