TALMAGE EDWIN "DOC" LUNDY Born February 17, 1917, the second of six children of Allan Thomas Lundy and Jennie McLeod Lundy, died December 11, 2007. Graduated from Livingston High School, Livingston, Alabama, after spending seven years in the Army Air Corps during and following World War II. Obtained his undergraduate degree from Livingston State Teachers College (now University of West Alabama). Received Masters and PhD degrees in natural sciences from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Was a college professor in biological sciences for many years in Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. Retired in 1981 after teaching fourteen years at Pensacola Junior College. He was a longtime active member of the American Camellia Society and served as president of the Pensacola Camellia Club, a Chapter of ACS. Many dubbed him "the Camellia man" for his liveries of beautiful blooms to area businesses for all to enjoy. He developed a number of distinctive new camellia plant varieties with blooms that are registered with the American Camellia Society, including Lady Laura, selected as the flower of the year in Australia. After winning innumerable prizes in camellia flower shows, he became well known for serving as a judge for camellia shows around the Southeast. His wife Annie Lucille died in 1995. He is survived by two sisters, Loucile Volk of Pensacola and Jennie Raye Hutcheson of Milton; nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and nephews. Interment in Bayview Memorial Park.
Pensacola News Journal - 12/14/2007
Pensacola News Journal - 12/14/2007
TALMAGE EDWIN "DOC" LUNDY Born February 17, 1917, the second of six children of Allan Thomas Lundy and Jennie McLeod Lundy, died December 11, 2007. Graduated from Livingston High School, Livingston, Alabama, after spending seven years in the Army Air Corps during and following World War II. Obtained his undergraduate degree from Livingston State Teachers College (now University of West Alabama). Received Masters and PhD degrees in natural sciences from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Was a college professor in biological sciences for many years in Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. Retired in 1981 after teaching fourteen years at Pensacola Junior College. He was a longtime active member of the American Camellia Society and served as president of the Pensacola Camellia Club, a Chapter of ACS. Many dubbed him "the Camellia man" for his liveries of beautiful blooms to area businesses for all to enjoy. He developed a number of distinctive new camellia plant varieties with blooms that are registered with the American Camellia Society, including Lady Laura, selected as the flower of the year in Australia. After winning innumerable prizes in camellia flower shows, he became well known for serving as a judge for camellia shows around the Southeast. His wife Annie Lucille died in 1995. He is survived by two sisters, Loucile Volk of Pensacola and Jennie Raye Hutcheson of Milton; nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and nephews. Interment in Bayview Memorial Park.
Pensacola News Journal - 12/14/2007
Pensacola News Journal - 12/14/2007
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