Dougherty-Bulloch County GaArchives Obituaries.....Poppell, William "Larry" January 4, 2003
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The Albany Herald - Obituaries
William Poppell

STATESBORO — William "Larry" Poppell, 60, died early Saturday, January 4, 2003 
at his residence after a long illness.

He was born July 9, 1942 in Albany, moving to Statesboro in 1983. He was an 
accomplished athlete even at a young age, having been named the 1955 YMCA "Boy 
of the Year" at the age of 13. He later starred as an end and punter on the 
1959 Albany High School Indians AAA Georgia High School State football 
championship team, also being selected the same year as a member of the All 
State Team. Upon graduation in 1960, Mr. Poppell was awarded a full athletic 
scholarship to Presbyterian College. After college, Mr. Poppell returned to 
Albany to begin a successful career in the textile industry, from which he 
retired in 1999. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in 
Albany. He will be remembered a a wonderful husband, father and grandfather who 
had a voracious love of sports and competition. He loved to cook and spend time 
with his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother, Odelle 
Gordon Poppell and his father, James Bennett Poppell Jr.

Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Sandra Poppell of Statesboro; two daughters 
and sons-in-law, Debbie and Shane Spallino of Crowley, LA, and Janet and Ben 
Whitley of Savannah; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Mark and Melissa Poppell 
of Nashville, TN, and Mike Poppell of Statesboro; his stepmother, Louis Poppell 
of Americus; his brother and family, Jim, Julia and Charles Poppell of 
Richmond, VA, and seven granddaughters, Heather, Samantha, Shannon, and Sydney 
Spallino, Virginina Whitley, and Peyton and Isabella Poppell.

Funeral services for Mr. Poppell will be held today (Sunday) at 3 p.m. in the 
chapel of Hodges-Turner-Anderson Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Bulloch Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be Shane Spallino, Ben Whitley, Mike Patton, Travis 
Richardson, Bob Baldree, and Harold Herring.

Visitation will be held today (Sunday) from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 515 Denmark 
St., Statesboro, GA 30458 or to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, 
Statesboro, GA 30459.

Hodges-Turner-Anderson 

Funeral Home 

Statesboro 912/764-5683 


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