Vercie Ida

Fender Owens Withrow

Obituary

Vercie Ida Fender Owens Withrow, 91, of Tifton passed away Saturday, November 23, 2002, at Tift Regional Medical Center. A graveside funeral service was held for Mrs. Withrow at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 26, 2002, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she was laid to rest. The Rev. John S. Gibbs, Sr. officiated.

Johnny Daughtrey, Jeff Dorman, Jody Hogan, Cliff Hogan, Frankie Hester, Ronald Dorman, Gary Hogan and Jerrold Hogan served as pallbearers.

Born November 20, 1911, in Berrien County, Mrs. Withrow was the daughter of the late J. D. Fender and Lula Overstreet Suggs Fender. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, John Owens; her second husband, James Withrow; one daughter, Thelma Owens Wahlin; two brothers; and one sister. Before retiring, she was a nursing home aide; and she was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Tifton.

Mrs. Withrow is survived by two daughters and one son-in-law, Mildred and Pete Hogan of Tifton and Margie Bloodworth of Sparks; seven grandchildren, Kathy Marie Bloodworth Daughtrey, Robbie Gail Hester, Jerrold Hogan, Gary Hogan, Linda Dorman, Johnnie Franks and Stephen Franks; ten great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.