He was a retired senior engineer with the Lanier World Wide Corporation and served in the US Army in the Vietnam War. Survivors include his children, Rebecca Lee (Robert) Colvin, Lilburn, Georgia and Maria Elizabeth Overby, Douglasville, Georgia; step-son, Victor Manual (Michelle) Palumbo, Evanston, Illinois; the mother of his children, Maria Julia Overby, Douglasville, Georgia. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and two step grandchildren, and his brothers, Clarence (Carol) Overby, Verbena, Alabama and Henry Delano Overby Winona, Missouri. A sister JoyceHelen Burdge, Juliette, Georgia. Also, he is survived by his eleven nieces and sixteen nephews.
He was preceded by his other siblings: Billy Clyde Mangum, Dorothy Mae Overby Lacey, Izola Overby Skipper, John Kenneth Overby, and Earl Franklin Overby.
The family will receive friends from noon till the hour of services at 1:00 pm Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn, Georgia. For those who wish in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America, PO Box 1245, Albert Lea, MN 56007-9976. YOU MAY SIGN ON LINE GUEST BOOK BY VISITING PERRY FUNERAL CHAPEL'S WEB SITE AT: www.perryfuneralchapel.com
He was cremated with ashes interned at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rebecca, Georgia.
Published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on January 25, 2013
He was a retired senior engineer with the Lanier World Wide Corporation and served in the US Army in the Vietnam War. Survivors include his children, Rebecca Lee (Robert) Colvin, Lilburn, Georgia and Maria Elizabeth Overby, Douglasville, Georgia; step-son, Victor Manual (Michelle) Palumbo, Evanston, Illinois; the mother of his children, Maria Julia Overby, Douglasville, Georgia. Also surviving are three grandchildren, and two step grandchildren, and his brothers, Clarence (Carol) Overby, Verbena, Alabama and Henry Delano Overby Winona, Missouri. A sister JoyceHelen Burdge, Juliette, Georgia. Also, he is survived by his eleven nieces and sixteen nephews.
He was preceded by his other siblings: Billy Clyde Mangum, Dorothy Mae Overby Lacey, Izola Overby Skipper, John Kenneth Overby, and Earl Franklin Overby.
The family will receive friends from noon till the hour of services at 1:00 pm Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Perry Funeral Chapel in Ashburn, Georgia. For those who wish in lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Chron's and Colitis Foundation of America, PO Box 1245, Albert Lea, MN 56007-9976. YOU MAY SIGN ON LINE GUEST BOOK BY VISITING PERRY FUNERAL CHAPEL'S WEB SITE AT: www.perryfuneralchapel.com
He was cremated with ashes interned at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rebecca, Georgia.
Published in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution on January 25, 2013
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