Dougherty County, Georgia - Tom Wise 2002 Submitted by Melissa Norman Evans Aug 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ ** Tom Wise TIFTON Thomas Odell Wise, 62, of Tifton died Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at his residence. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at St. Anne's Episcopal Church with interment in Tift Memorial Gardens. The Very Rev. Jacoba Hurst will officiate. The pallbearers will be Mark VanBrackle, Jim Lever, Frank Kimbro, Roy Rankin, Dr. Travis Smith, Chris Hammond, Harold Pirkle and David Hilliard. The honorary pallbearers will be St. Anne's Men's Club, Child Support Recovery Office and the Tifton Judicial Circuit D.A's Office, Dr. Phillip Roberts and the Oncology Staff at Affinity Health Group and members of Tifton Elks Lodge. A native of Albany, Mr. Wise owned Tom's Deli and served in the United States Army. He was a member of the Elks, South Georgia Chefs' Association, Certified "Pig Jig Judge," St. Anne's Episcopal Church and St. Anne's Episcopal Church Men's Club. He graduated from Tift County High School. He attended Woodrow Wilson School of Law and DeKalb Junior College. Survivors include his wife, Judith Ann Lanz Wise of Tifton; children, Kim and Bill Whittemore of Cumming, Tommy and Lee Wise of Tifton and Randy Wise and fiancee, Amy Brooks of Atlanta; mother, Vivian Florence (Flo) Finger Wise Leeman of Tifton; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Chuck and Billie Lanz of Lilburn and Dennis Lanz of Tampa, Fla.; mother-in-law, June Koppenhofer and stepfather-in-law, Willie Koppenhofer of Tampa; aunt, Mary Coleman of Albany; three grandchildren, Ashley and Brandon Whittemore of Cumming and Tyler Wise of Tifton. He was preceded in death by his father, Dwell Odell Wise and stepfather, Joe Leeman. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Anne's Episcopal Church, Hospice, or the American Cancer Society. Albritton-Beaumont Funeral Directors Tift-area Chapel Tifton 229/382-7550