Bulloch-Johnson-Emanuel County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thigpen, Randall Gary October 23, 1997
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Nancy Thigpen nanshaw2001@aol.com November 27, 2005, 2:34 pm

Statesboro Herald
Gary Thigpen, Army Veteran. Hodges-Turner Funeral Home. Gary Thigpen,44, died 
Thursday at Bulloch Memorial Hospital from injuries recieved in a hunting 
accident.The Emanuel County native lived in Bulloch County most of his life and 
was employed with International Knife and Saw Company.He was a veteran of the 
U.S. Army and had recieved the Purple Heart in the Vietnam War.Survivors 
include his wife, Willette B. Thigpen, Statesboro; a son, Adam Thigpen, 
Statesboro; a daughter, Tammy Coleman, Statesboro; his mother, Lois Fernandes, 
Statesboro: three brothers, Lamar Thigpen, Register, and Craig and Steve 
Thigpen, both of Brooklet: and a sister, Sue Baker, Brooklet. The funeral, with 
full military honors, will be Sunday at 3pm in the chapel of Hodges-Turner 
funeral home. Burial will be in Bulloch Memorial Gardens.

Additional Comments:
Gary was hunting in a tree stand which collapsed, his gun discharging and 
shooting him in the leg during the fall. He was hunting with his son Adam and a 
friend and died before they could get him out of the woods.

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