Atkinson-Dougherty County GaArchives Obituaries.....Kirkland, James Lamar "Kirk" November 8, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 September 18, 2013, 5:54 pm Atkinson County Citizen - November 10, 2005 Mr. James Lamar "Kirk" Kirkland, 79, of Putney died on Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. The funeral service was held today at 11 a.m. at Harvey Funeral Chapel in Dawson with Rev. Wyman Richardson officiating. Interment followed at 3 p.m. in the Willacoochee City Cemetery. Mr. Kirkland was born in Lanier Co., July 23, 1926, son of the late Timothy Jackson Kirkland and Minnie Kight Kirkland. He lived for many years in Willacoochee and had been a resident of Putney since 1962. He was a retired PBX installation and repair technician with Southern Bell Telephone Company. Mr. "Kirk" loved the outdoors, he was an avid hunter, marksman, fisherman, and horseman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Margaret Kirkland, in 2004. Survivors include two daughters, Phyllis Kirkland of Putney and Tina Halverson and her husband, Terry, of Albany; brother, Russell Kirkland of Willacoochee; sister, Betty Bobitt of Jacksonville, FL; four grandchildren, Christopher Rogers and wife, Kim, of Winfield, PA, Tiffany Halverson and Trevin Halverson, both of Albany, Terra Warren and husband, Ryan, of Leesburg; and great- grandchild, Payton Lizabeth Warren of Leesburg. Visitation was held Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Harvey Funeral Home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/atkinson/obits/k/kirkland3509nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb