Berrien-Cook County GaArchives Obituaries.....Golden, Walter Leon "W.L." October 12, 2006 ************************************************ 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 April 14, 2014, 2:08 pm The Berrien Press - October 25, 2006 The Berrien Press -- Walter Leon (W.L.) Golden, 69, of Lenox died October 12, 2006 at his residence. Born December 20, 1936 in Tift County to the late Walter James Golden Sr. and Alice Sumner Golden, he was preceded in death by six brothers, Clayton Golden, James Golden, Wiley Golden, Pleamon Golden, Eston Golden and William Sumner and five sisters, Maggie Mathis, Nellie Eaton, Ruth Drawdy, Lena Rutland and Katie Golden. Survivors include his wife, Juanita Perry Golden of Lenox; one son, Ted Golden of West Berrien; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Gay Whitely of Tifton, Kay and Curtis Billings of Tifton and Barbara Elaine and Roy Lynch of Lenox; one brother and sister-in-law, Albert and Dovie Sumner of Tifton; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Laura Golden of Nashville and Ruby and Olen Harris of West Berrien; one sister-in-law, Ida Mae Golen of Enigma; nine grandchildren, Chris Whitley, Chad Whitley and his wife, Natosha, Casey Billings, Brooke Lynch Hancock and her husband, Carl, Jesse Lynch, Teresa Golden Hall and her husband, Jack, Allyson Golden, Teddy Golden and Joey Golden; two step-grandchildren, Sharon Hampton, Tammy Burgess and her husband, Mike; five great-grandchildren, Austin, Kaylin, Dakota and Kaylee Whitley and Nate Hall; four step-great-grandchildren, Jeffery and Jace Hampton, Colt Tomberlin and Brittany Burgess. Funeral services were held Oct. 14 at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Revs. Donnie Sloan and Bill Dawson officiating. Interment was in Oaky Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in the West Berrien Community. Pallbearers were Wayne Sumner, Larry Harris, Terrell Rutland, Lance Golden, Leroy Golden, Jason Golden, Marv Williams and Bobby Drawdy. Honorary pallbearers were Johnnie Ray Eaton, Gary Gaskins, John Gaskins, Felton Purvis, Mark Rutland, J.W. Baker, Bug Baker, Leon Purvis, J.W. Parr, Ray Peele and Terry Butler. Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/g/golden3818nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb