Harris County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sands, Fred O.
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SANDS-- Monday 25 Nov 1985  


Fred O. Sands, 81, of 1010 43d St, Columbus, died on
Monday at St Francis Hospital. The funeral will be 2 PM
Wednesday at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus with
Masonic burial in Riverdale Cemetery. Mr. Sands was born
Nov 28, 1903, in Harris County, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles G. Sands. He lived in Columbus most of his life
and was a member of Wynnton United Methodist church,
Midland Masonic Lodge, Augusta Evans Chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star, the Miriam Rebekah lodge no 7,
Muscogee Lodge No 6, International Order of Odd fellows,
the Georgia Peace Officers Associations and the Columbus
Retired Employees Association. 

He retired from the Columbus Police Department in 1968
after 27 years and then worked for the Muscogee county
sheriff's Department, transporting prisoners. He recently
had been working with State Court Judge Robert G.
Johnston as a bailiff. 

Survivors include a daughter Carolyn Deal of Smyrna Ga,
Two sisters, Myrtice Etheridge and Flori Taft both of
Crawford Ala. two granddaughters and a great grand
daughter.