Clay-Early County GaArchives Obituaries.....KILLEBREW, RALPH LANIER February 18, 2009
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EARLY COUNTY NEWS
Farmer 

Ralph Lanier Killebrew, 86, of Ft. Gaines died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at 
his residence. 

Mr. Killebrew was born in Shorterville, Ala., to the late Edgar Turner 
Killebrew Sr. and Annie Long Wood Killebrew, but moved to Abbeville, Ala., 
with his family as a child. He was a 1940 graduate of Abbeville High School 
and attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute, (Auburn University), where he 
majored in agricultural education and also participated in the Army R.O.T.C. 
He served his country in the United States Army during World War II and was 
discharged in 1946 with the rank of 1st lieutenant. 


In 1948, he moved to Clay County where he was engaged in various aspects of 
farming all his adult lifetime. He was an active member of the Ft. Gaines 
United Methodist Church and formerly served as Sunday School superintendent 
and as a member of the board of stewards. He was a member of the board of 
directors of the Pataula Electric Membership Cooperative and served on the 
board of directors of the Clay County Farm Bureau, the ASCS Committee of Clay 
County and as a member of the Clay County Board of Education. He was also a 
life member of the Ft. Gaines Lions Club. 

Survivors include his wife, Lonie Wood "Mishie" Killebrew; a daughter, Besse 
Killebrew Mills and husband, Bill of Ft. Gaines; two grandchildren, Laura 
Elizabeth Mills of Atlanta and Edward Lanier "Ward" Mills of Athens; a sister, 
Edith Killebrew Latimer of Evans; and a brother, Edgar T. Killebrew Jr. and 
wife, Gussye Arnold of Abbeville. 

Funeral services were Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. at Ft. Gaines 
United Methodist Church with Bishop Paul A. Duffey and Rev. Garth Duke-Barton 
officiating. Interment followed at New Park Cemetery in Ft. Gaines. 

Pallbearers were Jon Latimer, Kent Killebrew, Stan Killebrew, Drew Latimer, 
Benjamin Latimer, Kenton Killebrew, Kyle Killebrew and John S. Riley. 

Holman-Abbeville Mortuary was in charge of arrangements


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