Emory Hinton Bevill , Jr.
Kildare - Emory Hinton Bevill Jr., 86, died, peacefully in his sleep, Friday February 23, 2007 at his childhood home in Kildare, GA.
As a veteran of World War II, he saw action in the Battle of Midway and survived the sinking of the USS Yorktown.
Mr. Bevill farmed and worked in construction as an insulator and was affiliated with Local 96.
He was a lifelong member of his ancestral church, Mizpah United Methodist.
He was an active sportsman and nature-lover and enjoyed fox and deer hunting and fishing.
Mr. Bevill married Martha Farr Smith on June 29th, 1947 and this year would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Pauline (Polly) Smith Bevill Marsh of Kildare and Emory Hinton Bevill, III of Washington DC., and two grandsons, Robert William Marsh, III of Kildare and Matthew Bevill Marsh of Sylvania. He had two brothers and three sisters and is survived by two of those sisters, Lytle Lillian Bevill and Mary Bevill Helmy, both of Savannah.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Thomas Strickland Funeral Home in Springfield, Georgia.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, February 26, 2007 at Mizpah United Methodist Church.
Burial: Church Cemetery.
Remembrances may be sent to Mizpah United Methodist Church, c/o Lisa Sowell, 3889 Springfield Rd., Newington Georgia 30446.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home Effingham Chapel
Savannah Morning News, February 24, 2007
Kildare - Emory Hinton Bevill Jr., 86, died, peacefully in his sleep, Friday February 23, 2007 at his childhood home in Kildare, GA.
As a veteran of World War II, he saw action in the Battle of Midway and survived the sinking of the USS Yorktown.
Mr. Bevill farmed and worked in construction as an insulator and was affiliated with Local 96.
He was a lifelong member of his ancestral church, Mizpah United Methodist.
He was an active sportsman and nature-lover and enjoyed fox and deer hunting and fishing.
Mr. Bevill married Martha Farr Smith on June 29th, 1947 and this year would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Pauline (Polly) Smith Bevill Marsh of Kildare and Emory Hinton Bevill, III of Washington DC., and two grandsons, Robert William Marsh, III of Kildare and Matthew Bevill Marsh of Sylvania. He had two brothers and three sisters and is survived by two of those sisters, Lytle Lillian Bevill and Mary Bevill Helmy, both of Savannah.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Thomas Strickland Funeral Home in Springfield, Georgia.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, February 26, 2007 at Mizpah United Methodist Church.
Burial: Church Cemetery.
Remembrances may be sent to Mizpah United Methodist Church, c/o Lisa Sowell, 3889 Springfield Rd., Newington Georgia 30446.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home Effingham Chapel
Savannah Morning News, February 24, 2007
Emory Hinton Bevill , Jr.
Kildare - Emory Hinton Bevill Jr., 86, died, peacefully in his sleep, Friday February 23, 2007 at his childhood home in Kildare, GA.
As a veteran of World War II, he saw action in the Battle of Midway and survived the sinking of the USS Yorktown.
Mr. Bevill farmed and worked in construction as an insulator and was affiliated with Local 96.
He was a lifelong member of his ancestral church, Mizpah United Methodist.
He was an active sportsman and nature-lover and enjoyed fox and deer hunting and fishing.
Mr. Bevill married Martha Farr Smith on June 29th, 1947 and this year would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Pauline (Polly) Smith Bevill Marsh of Kildare and Emory Hinton Bevill, III of Washington DC., and two grandsons, Robert William Marsh, III of Kildare and Matthew Bevill Marsh of Sylvania. He had two brothers and three sisters and is survived by two of those sisters, Lytle Lillian Bevill and Mary Bevill Helmy, both of Savannah.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Thomas Strickland Funeral Home in Springfield, Georgia.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, February 26, 2007 at Mizpah United Methodist Church.
Burial: Church Cemetery.
Remembrances may be sent to Mizpah United Methodist Church, c/o Lisa Sowell, 3889 Springfield Rd., Newington Georgia 30446.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home Effingham Chapel
Savannah Morning News, February 24, 2007
Kildare - Emory Hinton Bevill Jr., 86, died, peacefully in his sleep, Friday February 23, 2007 at his childhood home in Kildare, GA.
As a veteran of World War II, he saw action in the Battle of Midway and survived the sinking of the USS Yorktown.
Mr. Bevill farmed and worked in construction as an insulator and was affiliated with Local 96.
He was a lifelong member of his ancestral church, Mizpah United Methodist.
He was an active sportsman and nature-lover and enjoyed fox and deer hunting and fishing.
Mr. Bevill married Martha Farr Smith on June 29th, 1947 and this year would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two children, Pauline (Polly) Smith Bevill Marsh of Kildare and Emory Hinton Bevill, III of Washington DC., and two grandsons, Robert William Marsh, III of Kildare and Matthew Bevill Marsh of Sylvania. He had two brothers and three sisters and is survived by two of those sisters, Lytle Lillian Bevill and Mary Bevill Helmy, both of Savannah.
Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Thomas Strickland Funeral Home in Springfield, Georgia.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M., Monday, February 26, 2007 at Mizpah United Methodist Church.
Burial: Church Cemetery.
Remembrances may be sent to Mizpah United Methodist Church, c/o Lisa Sowell, 3889 Springfield Rd., Newington Georgia 30446.
Thomas C. Strickland & Sons Funeral Home Effingham Chapel
Savannah Morning News, February 24, 2007
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