Raleigh W. Rollins
February 20, 1922 - February 8, 2009
Raleigh W. Rollins, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL.
The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Al Reese, Rev. Paul Medley, and Rev. Stephen L. Webb officiating. Graveside services with full military honors will follow at Oak Cemetery with grandsons serving as active pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the home of Reese and Missy Rollins, 525 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, GA. Memorials may be made to Gilbert H. Gragg Library, 301 S. Monroe St., Bainbridge, GA 39819.
Mr. Rollins was born February 20, 1922 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Raleigh W. and Myrvin Harrell Rollins. He graduated from Bainbridge High School. He owned and operated Hart-Rollins Furniture Company from 1946 to 2006. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Silver Star with Decorations and the Bronze Star with Decorations among other medals for his service. His unit liberated Dachau and received a citation from the U.S. Congress for their heroic efforts. Mr. Rollins received the first Hero of Freedom Award from Grace Christian Academy. He was a past president of the Bainbridge Jaycees and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where he had served as Deacon and Treasurer. He served as a Director for First Federal Savings and Loan and Park Avenue Bank, was a member of the Bainbridge Hospital Authority, and served on the Bainbridge Housing Authority. He was a member of Orion Lodge # 8 F. & A. M, the Bainbridge Shrine Club, and the Hasan Shrine Temple. He was an avid outdoors man and had a particular passion for quail hunting. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eugenia Willis Rollins.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Raleigh W. Rollins and his wife Gloria of Tallahassee, FL and Reese Rollins and his wife Missy of Bainbridge, GA; two daughters, Kaye R. Luckey and her husband Grady of Atlanta, GA and Mary R. Miller and her husband Gene of Bainbridge, GA; ten grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, Jr. and his wife Madeline of Thomasville, GA; Susan R. Bannon and her husband Ned of Coral Gables, FL; Grady Luckey, Jr. and Rollins Luckey of Atlanta, GA; Gene Miller, Jr. and his wife Lisa of Portland, OR; Rollins Miller and his wife Sarah Ball of Tallahassee, FL; Banks Miller, Mary Claire Rollins, Caroline Rollins, and Mallie Rollins of Bainbridge, GA; and eight great-grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, III and Elizabeth Rollins of Thomasville, GA; Ned Bannon, Jr., Anne Bannon, and Walter Bannon of Coral Gables, FL; Rollins Miller, Hayne Miller, and Mary Call Miller of Tallahassee, FL..
February 20, 1922 - February 8, 2009
Raleigh W. Rollins, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL.
The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Al Reese, Rev. Paul Medley, and Rev. Stephen L. Webb officiating. Graveside services with full military honors will follow at Oak Cemetery with grandsons serving as active pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the home of Reese and Missy Rollins, 525 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, GA. Memorials may be made to Gilbert H. Gragg Library, 301 S. Monroe St., Bainbridge, GA 39819.
Mr. Rollins was born February 20, 1922 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Raleigh W. and Myrvin Harrell Rollins. He graduated from Bainbridge High School. He owned and operated Hart-Rollins Furniture Company from 1946 to 2006. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Silver Star with Decorations and the Bronze Star with Decorations among other medals for his service. His unit liberated Dachau and received a citation from the U.S. Congress for their heroic efforts. Mr. Rollins received the first Hero of Freedom Award from Grace Christian Academy. He was a past president of the Bainbridge Jaycees and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where he had served as Deacon and Treasurer. He served as a Director for First Federal Savings and Loan and Park Avenue Bank, was a member of the Bainbridge Hospital Authority, and served on the Bainbridge Housing Authority. He was a member of Orion Lodge # 8 F. & A. M, the Bainbridge Shrine Club, and the Hasan Shrine Temple. He was an avid outdoors man and had a particular passion for quail hunting. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eugenia Willis Rollins.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Raleigh W. Rollins and his wife Gloria of Tallahassee, FL and Reese Rollins and his wife Missy of Bainbridge, GA; two daughters, Kaye R. Luckey and her husband Grady of Atlanta, GA and Mary R. Miller and her husband Gene of Bainbridge, GA; ten grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, Jr. and his wife Madeline of Thomasville, GA; Susan R. Bannon and her husband Ned of Coral Gables, FL; Grady Luckey, Jr. and Rollins Luckey of Atlanta, GA; Gene Miller, Jr. and his wife Lisa of Portland, OR; Rollins Miller and his wife Sarah Ball of Tallahassee, FL; Banks Miller, Mary Claire Rollins, Caroline Rollins, and Mallie Rollins of Bainbridge, GA; and eight great-grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, III and Elizabeth Rollins of Thomasville, GA; Ned Bannon, Jr., Anne Bannon, and Walter Bannon of Coral Gables, FL; Rollins Miller, Hayne Miller, and Mary Call Miller of Tallahassee, FL..
Raleigh W. Rollins
February 20, 1922 - February 8, 2009
Raleigh W. Rollins, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL.
The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Al Reese, Rev. Paul Medley, and Rev. Stephen L. Webb officiating. Graveside services with full military honors will follow at Oak Cemetery with grandsons serving as active pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the home of Reese and Missy Rollins, 525 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, GA. Memorials may be made to Gilbert H. Gragg Library, 301 S. Monroe St., Bainbridge, GA 39819.
Mr. Rollins was born February 20, 1922 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Raleigh W. and Myrvin Harrell Rollins. He graduated from Bainbridge High School. He owned and operated Hart-Rollins Furniture Company from 1946 to 2006. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Silver Star with Decorations and the Bronze Star with Decorations among other medals for his service. His unit liberated Dachau and received a citation from the U.S. Congress for their heroic efforts. Mr. Rollins received the first Hero of Freedom Award from Grace Christian Academy. He was a past president of the Bainbridge Jaycees and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where he had served as Deacon and Treasurer. He served as a Director for First Federal Savings and Loan and Park Avenue Bank, was a member of the Bainbridge Hospital Authority, and served on the Bainbridge Housing Authority. He was a member of Orion Lodge # 8 F. & A. M, the Bainbridge Shrine Club, and the Hasan Shrine Temple. He was an avid outdoors man and had a particular passion for quail hunting. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eugenia Willis Rollins.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Raleigh W. Rollins and his wife Gloria of Tallahassee, FL and Reese Rollins and his wife Missy of Bainbridge, GA; two daughters, Kaye R. Luckey and her husband Grady of Atlanta, GA and Mary R. Miller and her husband Gene of Bainbridge, GA; ten grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, Jr. and his wife Madeline of Thomasville, GA; Susan R. Bannon and her husband Ned of Coral Gables, FL; Grady Luckey, Jr. and Rollins Luckey of Atlanta, GA; Gene Miller, Jr. and his wife Lisa of Portland, OR; Rollins Miller and his wife Sarah Ball of Tallahassee, FL; Banks Miller, Mary Claire Rollins, Caroline Rollins, and Mallie Rollins of Bainbridge, GA; and eight great-grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, III and Elizabeth Rollins of Thomasville, GA; Ned Bannon, Jr., Anne Bannon, and Walter Bannon of Coral Gables, FL; Rollins Miller, Hayne Miller, and Mary Call Miller of Tallahassee, FL..
February 20, 1922 - February 8, 2009
Raleigh W. Rollins, 86, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at Big Bend Hospice House in Tallahassee, FL.
The funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at First Baptist Church with Dr. Al Reese, Rev. Paul Medley, and Rev. Stephen L. Webb officiating. Graveside services with full military honors will follow at Oak Cemetery with grandsons serving as active pallbearers.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, February 10, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the home of Reese and Missy Rollins, 525 E. Shotwell St., Bainbridge, GA. Memorials may be made to Gilbert H. Gragg Library, 301 S. Monroe St., Bainbridge, GA 39819.
Mr. Rollins was born February 20, 1922 in Bainbridge, GA, the son of Raleigh W. and Myrvin Harrell Rollins. He graduated from Bainbridge High School. He owned and operated Hart-Rollins Furniture Company from 1946 to 2006. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and received the Silver Star with Decorations and the Bronze Star with Decorations among other medals for his service. His unit liberated Dachau and received a citation from the U.S. Congress for their heroic efforts. Mr. Rollins received the first Hero of Freedom Award from Grace Christian Academy. He was a past president of the Bainbridge Jaycees and a lifelong member of First Baptist Church where he had served as Deacon and Treasurer. He served as a Director for First Federal Savings and Loan and Park Avenue Bank, was a member of the Bainbridge Hospital Authority, and served on the Bainbridge Housing Authority. He was a member of Orion Lodge # 8 F. & A. M, the Bainbridge Shrine Club, and the Hasan Shrine Temple. He was an avid outdoors man and had a particular passion for quail hunting. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Eugenia Willis Rollins.
Survivors include two sons, Dr. Raleigh W. Rollins and his wife Gloria of Tallahassee, FL and Reese Rollins and his wife Missy of Bainbridge, GA; two daughters, Kaye R. Luckey and her husband Grady of Atlanta, GA and Mary R. Miller and her husband Gene of Bainbridge, GA; ten grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, Jr. and his wife Madeline of Thomasville, GA; Susan R. Bannon and her husband Ned of Coral Gables, FL; Grady Luckey, Jr. and Rollins Luckey of Atlanta, GA; Gene Miller, Jr. and his wife Lisa of Portland, OR; Rollins Miller and his wife Sarah Ball of Tallahassee, FL; Banks Miller, Mary Claire Rollins, Caroline Rollins, and Mallie Rollins of Bainbridge, GA; and eight great-grandchildren, Raleigh W. Rollins, III and Elizabeth Rollins of Thomasville, GA; Ned Bannon, Jr., Anne Bannon, and Walter Bannon of Coral Gables, FL; Rollins Miller, Hayne Miller, and Mary Call Miller of Tallahassee, FL..
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