Floyd County GaArchives Obituaries.....Proctor, Benton Russell 2004
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Rome News Tribune
Rome News Tribune: May 2004
Mr. Benton Russell, "B.R." Proctor, age 93, of 1345 Redmond Road, Rom e, a
longtime resident of the Riverside Community, died Saturday evening, May 15,
2004, in a local health care facility. A native of Floyd County, Mr. Proctor was
born on April 9, 1911, son of the late Thomas Luther and Georgia Willis Proctor.
He was educated in Floyd County schools and was a graduate of Haynes Institute
of Combustible Engineering of Chicago, I llinois. He had been a resident of Rome
and Floyd County all of his life. Mr. Proctor had been an employee at the former
Tubize Corporation, later Celanese Fibers Company from 1929 to 1972 as
Superintendent of the Power and Air Conditioning Department. After retirement,
for three years, he was associated with Rome Machine and Foundry as a Purchasing
Agent, until becoming part owner of Eagle Equipment Company in 1977. Mr. Proctor
had been a member of the Riverside Baptist Church since 1938, serving in many
capactities, such as Chairman of Deacons, Training Union Director, Director of
Brotherhood, and teacher of the Men's Gideon Sunday School Class. He was a
member and past President of the Rome Lion's Club,  where he served as Cabinet
Secretary, Treasurer, and Governor of District 18 A, and Director of Georgia's
Lion's Foundations Lighthouse. Mr. Proctor was a recipient (of) the Melvin Jones
Fellow Award, a Lion's International Foundation Award for dedicated Humanitarian
Service. He was preceded in death on July 15, 2003 by his wife, Annie Joe Booker
Proctor, to whom he (was) married on Nov. 28, 1931. Also preceding him in death
was a  daughter, Juanita Owens, two brothers, Willard and Wright Proctor and
sister,  Nell Cradock.(Craddock)


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