Atkinson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sheffield, Sr., John G. March 28, 2004 ************************************************ 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 March 6, 2013, 9:08 pm Atkinson County Citizen - April 2004 Mr. John G. Sheffield, 82, beloved husband of Mrs. Lottie Pilgrim Sheffield, of 990 George McDuffie Rd., died Sunday, March 28, 2004 in Doctors Hospital. Funeral services was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 31, in Thomson First Baptist Church with Dr. James C. Elder Jr. officiating. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery. Mr. Sheffield was a native of Cedartown, GA, but had lived in Thomson for many years. He was retired from Kingsley Mill. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He was the past Mayor of Willacoochee, GA. He was a Mason, having been a Worshipful Master at the Masonic Lodge of Willacoochee. He was a member of Thomson First Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Men's Bible Class, of which he served as president for 5 years. Survivors include his wife, Lottie P. Sheffield, Thomson; his daughter, Joanie Giddens, Pearson; two sons, John G. Sheffield Jr., Evans, and Max Brooks, Thomson; two God children, Sarah and Farrell McClelland, Waycross; two sisters, Laura Nix, Macon, and Nell McCranie, Willacoochee; a brother-in-law, Julian Pilgrim, Aiken; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were nephews and honorary pallbearers will be members of Men's Bible Class. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/atkinson/obits/s/sheffiel2974nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb