1st Lt, US Army Air Forces, WW II
Woodie C. Cornwell
AMERICUS — Woodie C. Cornwell, 82, of 304 Cornwell Road, Americus, died Monday morning, February 17, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. today from St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Plains with Pastor Charles Thompson and the Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Ry McRee, Fritz Turpin, and Ralph Cornwell Jr.
Mr. Cornwell, a native of Monticello, GA, was born August 29, 1920, a son of Woodie C. Cornwell and Ina Chaffin Cornwell. He was a pilot of B-26 planes during World War II, serving on the European front. He served for a number of years on the Sumter County Board of Education and on the Sumter County Board of Tax Assessors from July 6, 1977, until December 31, 2000. He participated in President Carter's Peanut Brigade. He was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church and a former council member. He was a prominent Sumter County farmer and agri-businessman, and was an owner of C & M Machinery Company.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Plains, GA 31780, Plains United Methodist Church, Plains, GA 31780, or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Mrs. Ann Harris, 1801 Rose Ave., Americus, GA 31709.
Friends may call at the family residence, 304 Cornwell Road, Americus.
Survivors include his wife, Sue R. Cornwell of Americus; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marjie and Chris McRee of Smithville, Linda and Dr. Fred Turpin of Albany, and Claire Cornwell-Williams and Alan Williams of Savannah; a sister, Rachel C. Hunter of Americus; a brother and sister-in-law, Dr. William Virgil Cornwell and Craig Cornwell of Montgomery, Ala.; other sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Allie Mae Cornwell of Americus, and Homer and Rita Rawls of Gordon; grandchildren, Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Kristin Smith, Fritz Turpin, Collins Turpin, Stuart Williams, and Woodie Williams; step grandchildren, Ry McRee, Greta Miller, and Mandy McRee; a great-grandson, Colby Webb; two step great-grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Woodie C. Cornwell
AMERICUS — Woodie C. Cornwell, 82, of 304 Cornwell Road, Americus, died Monday morning, February 17, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. today from St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Plains with Pastor Charles Thompson and the Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Ry McRee, Fritz Turpin, and Ralph Cornwell Jr.
Mr. Cornwell, a native of Monticello, GA, was born August 29, 1920, a son of Woodie C. Cornwell and Ina Chaffin Cornwell. He was a pilot of B-26 planes during World War II, serving on the European front. He served for a number of years on the Sumter County Board of Education and on the Sumter County Board of Tax Assessors from July 6, 1977, until December 31, 2000. He participated in President Carter's Peanut Brigade. He was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church and a former council member. He was a prominent Sumter County farmer and agri-businessman, and was an owner of C & M Machinery Company.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Plains, GA 31780, Plains United Methodist Church, Plains, GA 31780, or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Mrs. Ann Harris, 1801 Rose Ave., Americus, GA 31709.
Friends may call at the family residence, 304 Cornwell Road, Americus.
Survivors include his wife, Sue R. Cornwell of Americus; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marjie and Chris McRee of Smithville, Linda and Dr. Fred Turpin of Albany, and Claire Cornwell-Williams and Alan Williams of Savannah; a sister, Rachel C. Hunter of Americus; a brother and sister-in-law, Dr. William Virgil Cornwell and Craig Cornwell of Montgomery, Ala.; other sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Allie Mae Cornwell of Americus, and Homer and Rita Rawls of Gordon; grandchildren, Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Kristin Smith, Fritz Turpin, Collins Turpin, Stuart Williams, and Woodie Williams; step grandchildren, Ry McRee, Greta Miller, and Mandy McRee; a great-grandson, Colby Webb; two step great-grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews.
1st Lt, US Army Air Forces, WW II
Woodie C. Cornwell
AMERICUS — Woodie C. Cornwell, 82, of 304 Cornwell Road, Americus, died Monday morning, February 17, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. today from St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Plains with Pastor Charles Thompson and the Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Ry McRee, Fritz Turpin, and Ralph Cornwell Jr.
Mr. Cornwell, a native of Monticello, GA, was born August 29, 1920, a son of Woodie C. Cornwell and Ina Chaffin Cornwell. He was a pilot of B-26 planes during World War II, serving on the European front. He served for a number of years on the Sumter County Board of Education and on the Sumter County Board of Tax Assessors from July 6, 1977, until December 31, 2000. He participated in President Carter's Peanut Brigade. He was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church and a former council member. He was a prominent Sumter County farmer and agri-businessman, and was an owner of C & M Machinery Company.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Plains, GA 31780, Plains United Methodist Church, Plains, GA 31780, or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Mrs. Ann Harris, 1801 Rose Ave., Americus, GA 31709.
Friends may call at the family residence, 304 Cornwell Road, Americus.
Survivors include his wife, Sue R. Cornwell of Americus; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marjie and Chris McRee of Smithville, Linda and Dr. Fred Turpin of Albany, and Claire Cornwell-Williams and Alan Williams of Savannah; a sister, Rachel C. Hunter of Americus; a brother and sister-in-law, Dr. William Virgil Cornwell and Craig Cornwell of Montgomery, Ala.; other sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Allie Mae Cornwell of Americus, and Homer and Rita Rawls of Gordon; grandchildren, Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Kristin Smith, Fritz Turpin, Collins Turpin, Stuart Williams, and Woodie Williams; step grandchildren, Ry McRee, Greta Miller, and Mandy McRee; a great-grandson, Colby Webb; two step great-grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Woodie C. Cornwell
AMERICUS — Woodie C. Cornwell, 82, of 304 Cornwell Road, Americus, died Monday morning, February 17, 2003, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.
Funeral services will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. today from St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Plains with Pastor Charles Thompson and the Rev. Rodney Porter officiating. Interment will follow in Lebanon Cemetery.
Pallbearers will include Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Ry McRee, Fritz Turpin, and Ralph Cornwell Jr.
Mr. Cornwell, a native of Monticello, GA, was born August 29, 1920, a son of Woodie C. Cornwell and Ina Chaffin Cornwell. He was a pilot of B-26 planes during World War II, serving on the European front. He served for a number of years on the Sumter County Board of Education and on the Sumter County Board of Tax Assessors from July 6, 1977, until December 31, 2000. He participated in President Carter's Peanut Brigade. He was a member of St. Andrews Lutheran Church and a former council member. He was a prominent Sumter County farmer and agri-businessman, and was an owner of C & M Machinery Company.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Plains, GA 31780, Plains United Methodist Church, Plains, GA 31780, or to the American Cancer Society, c/o Mrs. Ann Harris, 1801 Rose Ave., Americus, GA 31709.
Friends may call at the family residence, 304 Cornwell Road, Americus.
Survivors include his wife, Sue R. Cornwell of Americus; three daughters and sons-in-law, Marjie and Chris McRee of Smithville, Linda and Dr. Fred Turpin of Albany, and Claire Cornwell-Williams and Alan Williams of Savannah; a sister, Rachel C. Hunter of Americus; a brother and sister-in-law, Dr. William Virgil Cornwell and Craig Cornwell of Montgomery, Ala.; other sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Allie Mae Cornwell of Americus, and Homer and Rita Rawls of Gordon; grandchildren, Cornwell Webb, William Webb, Lewis Webb, Kristin Smith, Fritz Turpin, Collins Turpin, Stuart Williams, and Woodie Williams; step grandchildren, Ry McRee, Greta Miller, and Mandy McRee; a great-grandson, Colby Webb; two step great-grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews.
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