In Memory Of
Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.)
MACON - Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.) born June 3, 1918 to Julian Horne and Mattie Giles Ennis in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ February 26, 2006. He graduated from Georgia Military College in Milledgeville in June of 1940 and began a military career that would continue until his retirement after thirty years of loyal service to his country. He was called into Federal Service November 25, 1940 by virtue of being a member of battery D 214th Coast Artillery (AA), Georgia National Guard in Milledgeville. His initial assignment during WWII was guarding the North American Coast at Newfoundland and from there to the European Theatre of Operations in France and Germany where he advanced from Platoon Leader to Executive Officer to Company Commander in less than three weeks and retained that position throughout the remainder of the war for which he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. After the war he returned to Macon, GA where he continued to serve with the National Guard and the Army Reserve until his retirement. The apex of his military career was when he graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in June of 1964. He retired in 1969 as a Lieutenant Colonel. At his retirement LTC Ennis was on the faculty of the Macon USAR School on Riverside Drive. -He was employed for thirty-three years by the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Macon, GA in the Sales Department and in Customer Relations. He retired in 1981. He also served as past Treasurer of the Golden E. Exchange Club of Macon. Jim and his wife Ruth have retained their membership at Centenary UMC for over fifty years. -He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years Ruth Virginia Garrett Ennis; two brothers, Edgar W. (Nelle) Ennis of Albany, GA and Emory C. (Gayle) Ennis of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters, Frances (William T.) Pinner of Lakeland, FL and Katherine Roberts of Belleview, FL; four children, Jennie (Sidney) Smith of Roanoke, VA, David (Edna) Ennis of Bradenton, FL, Susan (Frank) Di Fiore of Macon and Mike Ennis of Macon; four granddaughters, Maria (Brian) Moseley of The Rock, GA, Christy Ennis of Savannah, GA , Kelly (Brian) McDaniel of Warner Robins, GA and Katie (Nathanael) Gay of Roanoke, VA; three grandsons, David Ennis, Jr. of Warner Robins, GA, Matt (Liz) Smith of Everett, WA and SPC James G. Smith (Greg) currently serving in Iraq and seven great grandsons, Garrett Moseley, Micah McDaniel, Connor Moseley, Silas McDaniel, Noah Gay, Ethan Smith and Caleb Smith. -Funeral services will be held this evening at 3P.M. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Donations may be made to Centenary UMC, 1290 College Street, Macon, GA 31201, or the Methodist Home for Children, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, GA 31204. James B. Ennis
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Obituary By: Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home
Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.)
MACON - Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.) born June 3, 1918 to Julian Horne and Mattie Giles Ennis in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ February 26, 2006. He graduated from Georgia Military College in Milledgeville in June of 1940 and began a military career that would continue until his retirement after thirty years of loyal service to his country. He was called into Federal Service November 25, 1940 by virtue of being a member of battery D 214th Coast Artillery (AA), Georgia National Guard in Milledgeville. His initial assignment during WWII was guarding the North American Coast at Newfoundland and from there to the European Theatre of Operations in France and Germany where he advanced from Platoon Leader to Executive Officer to Company Commander in less than three weeks and retained that position throughout the remainder of the war for which he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. After the war he returned to Macon, GA where he continued to serve with the National Guard and the Army Reserve until his retirement. The apex of his military career was when he graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in June of 1964. He retired in 1969 as a Lieutenant Colonel. At his retirement LTC Ennis was on the faculty of the Macon USAR School on Riverside Drive. -He was employed for thirty-three years by the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Macon, GA in the Sales Department and in Customer Relations. He retired in 1981. He also served as past Treasurer of the Golden E. Exchange Club of Macon. Jim and his wife Ruth have retained their membership at Centenary UMC for over fifty years. -He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years Ruth Virginia Garrett Ennis; two brothers, Edgar W. (Nelle) Ennis of Albany, GA and Emory C. (Gayle) Ennis of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters, Frances (William T.) Pinner of Lakeland, FL and Katherine Roberts of Belleview, FL; four children, Jennie (Sidney) Smith of Roanoke, VA, David (Edna) Ennis of Bradenton, FL, Susan (Frank) Di Fiore of Macon and Mike Ennis of Macon; four granddaughters, Maria (Brian) Moseley of The Rock, GA, Christy Ennis of Savannah, GA , Kelly (Brian) McDaniel of Warner Robins, GA and Katie (Nathanael) Gay of Roanoke, VA; three grandsons, David Ennis, Jr. of Warner Robins, GA, Matt (Liz) Smith of Everett, WA and SPC James G. Smith (Greg) currently serving in Iraq and seven great grandsons, Garrett Moseley, Micah McDaniel, Connor Moseley, Silas McDaniel, Noah Gay, Ethan Smith and Caleb Smith. -Funeral services will be held this evening at 3P.M. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Donations may be made to Centenary UMC, 1290 College Street, Macon, GA 31201, or the Methodist Home for Children, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, GA 31204. James B. Ennis
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Obituary By: Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home
In Memory Of
Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.)
MACON - Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.) born June 3, 1918 to Julian Horne and Mattie Giles Ennis in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ February 26, 2006. He graduated from Georgia Military College in Milledgeville in June of 1940 and began a military career that would continue until his retirement after thirty years of loyal service to his country. He was called into Federal Service November 25, 1940 by virtue of being a member of battery D 214th Coast Artillery (AA), Georgia National Guard in Milledgeville. His initial assignment during WWII was guarding the North American Coast at Newfoundland and from there to the European Theatre of Operations in France and Germany where he advanced from Platoon Leader to Executive Officer to Company Commander in less than three weeks and retained that position throughout the remainder of the war for which he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. After the war he returned to Macon, GA where he continued to serve with the National Guard and the Army Reserve until his retirement. The apex of his military career was when he graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in June of 1964. He retired in 1969 as a Lieutenant Colonel. At his retirement LTC Ennis was on the faculty of the Macon USAR School on Riverside Drive. -He was employed for thirty-three years by the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Macon, GA in the Sales Department and in Customer Relations. He retired in 1981. He also served as past Treasurer of the Golden E. Exchange Club of Macon. Jim and his wife Ruth have retained their membership at Centenary UMC for over fifty years. -He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years Ruth Virginia Garrett Ennis; two brothers, Edgar W. (Nelle) Ennis of Albany, GA and Emory C. (Gayle) Ennis of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters, Frances (William T.) Pinner of Lakeland, FL and Katherine Roberts of Belleview, FL; four children, Jennie (Sidney) Smith of Roanoke, VA, David (Edna) Ennis of Bradenton, FL, Susan (Frank) Di Fiore of Macon and Mike Ennis of Macon; four granddaughters, Maria (Brian) Moseley of The Rock, GA, Christy Ennis of Savannah, GA , Kelly (Brian) McDaniel of Warner Robins, GA and Katie (Nathanael) Gay of Roanoke, VA; three grandsons, David Ennis, Jr. of Warner Robins, GA, Matt (Liz) Smith of Everett, WA and SPC James G. Smith (Greg) currently serving in Iraq and seven great grandsons, Garrett Moseley, Micah McDaniel, Connor Moseley, Silas McDaniel, Noah Gay, Ethan Smith and Caleb Smith. -Funeral services will be held this evening at 3P.M. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Donations may be made to Centenary UMC, 1290 College Street, Macon, GA 31201, or the Methodist Home for Children, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, GA 31204. James B. Ennis
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Obituary By: Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home
Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.)
MACON - Lt. Col. James Buford Ennis (Ret.) born June 3, 1918 to Julian Horne and Mattie Giles Ennis in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA went to be with his Lord Jesus Christ February 26, 2006. He graduated from Georgia Military College in Milledgeville in June of 1940 and began a military career that would continue until his retirement after thirty years of loyal service to his country. He was called into Federal Service November 25, 1940 by virtue of being a member of battery D 214th Coast Artillery (AA), Georgia National Guard in Milledgeville. His initial assignment during WWII was guarding the North American Coast at Newfoundland and from there to the European Theatre of Operations in France and Germany where he advanced from Platoon Leader to Executive Officer to Company Commander in less than three weeks and retained that position throughout the remainder of the war for which he was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. After the war he returned to Macon, GA where he continued to serve with the National Guard and the Army Reserve until his retirement. The apex of his military career was when he graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in June of 1964. He retired in 1969 as a Lieutenant Colonel. At his retirement LTC Ennis was on the faculty of the Macon USAR School on Riverside Drive. -He was employed for thirty-three years by the Atlanta Gas Light Company in Macon, GA in the Sales Department and in Customer Relations. He retired in 1981. He also served as past Treasurer of the Golden E. Exchange Club of Macon. Jim and his wife Ruth have retained their membership at Centenary UMC for over fifty years. -He is survived by his wife of sixty-two years Ruth Virginia Garrett Ennis; two brothers, Edgar W. (Nelle) Ennis of Albany, GA and Emory C. (Gayle) Ennis of Jacksonville, FL; two sisters, Frances (William T.) Pinner of Lakeland, FL and Katherine Roberts of Belleview, FL; four children, Jennie (Sidney) Smith of Roanoke, VA, David (Edna) Ennis of Bradenton, FL, Susan (Frank) Di Fiore of Macon and Mike Ennis of Macon; four granddaughters, Maria (Brian) Moseley of The Rock, GA, Christy Ennis of Savannah, GA , Kelly (Brian) McDaniel of Warner Robins, GA and Katie (Nathanael) Gay of Roanoke, VA; three grandsons, David Ennis, Jr. of Warner Robins, GA, Matt (Liz) Smith of Everett, WA and SPC James G. Smith (Greg) currently serving in Iraq and seven great grandsons, Garrett Moseley, Micah McDaniel, Connor Moseley, Silas McDaniel, Noah Gay, Ethan Smith and Caleb Smith. -Funeral services will be held this evening at 3P.M. in the chapel of Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home. Interment to follow in Macon Memorial Park Cemetery. -Donations may be made to Centenary UMC, 1290 College Street, Macon, GA 31201, or the Methodist Home for Children, 304 Pierce Avenue, Macon, GA 31204. James B. Ennis
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Obituary By: Macon Memorial Park Funeral Home
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