William Franklin

Trawick

Obituary

William Franklin Trawick, 80, of Tifton, GA passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Georgia. Visitation will be Friday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of the First United Methodist Church in Tifton with the funeral service to follow at 11:00 a.m..
Born December 28, 1942, in Dothan, Alabama, Mr. Trawick was the son of the late Ross Lawrence Trawick and Carrie Mae Hartman Trawick. He served as the Regional Sales Manager for Royal Crown Cola in Columbus, Georgia before moving to Tifton to become the Regional Sales Manager for the area. In 1985 he became the Director of Convenience and Non-Food Sales for Tropicana and later became Vice-president of Sales for Dean Foods in Kentucky. Retiring at age 59, he continued to be an avid golfer and loved his golfing friends. He was also a life-long reader as well as a member of Tifton's First United Methodist Church.

Mr. Trawick is survived by his wife of 50 years, Nancy Browning Dunn Trawick of Tifton; two daughters and sons-in-law, Caroline Browning Trawick Welborn and her husband Matthew of Greenville, South Carolina and Elizabeth Dunn Trawick Leo and her husband Dale of Nashville, Tennessee; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Larry and Meredith Trawick of Saint Simons Island, Georgia and David Trawick of Dothan, Alabama; and four grandchildren, William Clevan Leo, James Whitman Leo, Matthew Riggs Welborn and Caroline Raines Welborn.

In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to Tifton's First United Methodist Church, 107 12th Street West, Tifton, GA 31794 or the Tifton-Tift County Public Library, 245 Love Avenue, Tifton, GA 31794.