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 Ollie
Paul Vinson
Ballard Volunteer Fire Department
Born: Died:
January 5, 2004
Ollie Paul Vinson of Brunswick, Ga., died Jan. 5, 2004, at S.E.
Georgia Regional Medical Center in Brunswick.
Funeral services will
be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at 11 a.m., at Taylors United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Franklin Griffith of Augusta,
Ga., officiating.
He is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Marlene G. Vinson of Brunswick; a daughter, Cynthia
Vinson of Brunswick; two sons, Donald Walter Vinson and Paul R.
Vinson both of Houston, Texas; two sisters, Marietta Turner of
N. Augusta, S.C., and Rachel White of St. Augustine, Fla.; a
brother, John Felton Vinson of Saratoga, Calif.; six
grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Active pallbearers will
be Russell Turner, Walter Goodbread, Jimmy Goodbread, Chuck
Outland, Richard P. Hill, Gene Hale, Jr., Stephen M. Hill and
Paul Nathan Wilson.
Honorary pallbearers
will be Ashton Caleb Vinson, Richard Law, Richard J. Vinson, Dr.
Herman Levy, Dr. Marsha Certain, ER Nurses at S.E. Georgia
Regional Medical Center, the staff of Palmetto Florist, Butch
Boyette, Levi Thomas, Mary Bratcher, Gladys Rowe and Richard T.
Brunegraff.
A native of Brunswick,
Ga., he had been a resident of Houston, Texas and Augusta, Ga.,
until his return to Brunswick in July of 2003. He was a 1958
Honor Graduate of Glynn Academy. He was employed as a food
distribution Salesman with Toms Food Co. He was a member of the
Leukemia Society of America, and a member of the St. Jude's
Childrens Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., and a volunteer fireman
with the Ballard Fire Dept. Mr. Vinson helped establish the
Golden Bazaar indoor Flea Market in Lanier Plaza. He recently
sponsored fundraisers at the Bazaar to benefit both the Diabetes
Foundation and the American Heart Association. He was a member
of Taylors United Methodist Church.
The family will receive
friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at Edo Miller and Sons
Funeral Home and request memorial contributions be made to St.
Judes Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
The
Brunswick News
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