Obituaries

Name: BILLY JOE MEDDERS, SR.

MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST ANNOUNCES THE SERVICE FOR MR. BILLY JOE MEDDERS, SR., AGE 70, OF HAZLEHURST, WHO PASSED AWAY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27, 2009. SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AT 2:00 PM IN THE CHAPEL OF MILES FUNERAL HOME.

REV. BRUCE TANNER & REV. JAMES MEDDERS WILL OFFICIATE WITH BURIAL IN THE HAZLEHURST MEMORIAL CEMETERY.

MR. MEDDERS WAS BORN IN BACON COUNTY, BUT, HAD RESIDED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE JEFF DAVIS COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT & WAS ALSO A TRUCK DRIVER. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JAMES BARTON MEDDERS & CARRIE LEE CURL MEDDERS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTERS: VIVIAN MEDDERS, REGINA MEDDERS & REBECCA HAND;BROTHERS: WALTER MEDDERS, KENNETH MEDDERS, CHARLIE MEDDERS, WAYNE MEDDERS, & DON MEDDERS; SISTERS: LECELLE MERCER & LUCILLE HERNDON.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE: WIFE OF 25 YEARS: BRENDA MEDDERS OF HAZLEHURST; SONS & DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: BILLY JOE MEDDERS, JR. & MARY, CHARLIE & ANGEL MEDDERS, DAVID & JAN MEDDERS, LEONARD “PUNK” & SHEILA MEDDERS, MIKE & TRENA HAND ALL OF HAZLEHURST; DAUGHTERS & SONS-IN-LAW: ROSE MARIE & RICKY STEVERSON, DEBORAH & GREG TAYLOR, KENAN HAND ALL OF HAZLEHURST; SISTERS: REBECCA HART OF ALMA, CLOETTE JOHNSON OF HORTENSE & LOUISE CROSBY OF BAXLEY; 22 GRANDCHILDREN & 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; SEVERAL NIECES & NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE.

VISITATION WILL BE MONDAY FROM 6-8 PM AT MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST.


MILES FUNERAL HOME IN HAZLEHURST IS IN CHARGE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS.

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