Johnson County GaArchives Obituaries.....Foskey, Obediah "Obie" December 14, 1982
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The Wrightsville Headlight 12-23-1982 Page 2A
                            Mr. Obie Foskey
 Obie Foskey, 69, of Adrian, died in a Dublin hospital Tuesday, Dec. 14, 1982, 
after a short illness.
 Mr. Foskey, a lifelong resident of Johnson County, was a son of the late Sam 
Foskey and Mrs. Anna Pitts Foskey. He was a veteran of World War II and a 
member of the American Legion Post in Wrightsville. He was retired from the 
Veterans Administration and was a member of the Masons and Bay Springs Baptist 
Church.
 Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Cora Mae Foskey; a son, Samuel W. Foskey of 
Adrian; two sisters, Mrs. Katie Mae McPhederian and Mrs. Victoria Doshia 
McDaniel, both of Adrian; three brothers, Tillman Foskey, Elton Foskey, and 
James G. Foskey, all of Adrian.
 Funeral services were conducted in Bay Springs Baptist Church at 3 o'clock 
Thursday afternoon, Dec. 16, with the Rev. Franklin Sasser officiating. Burial 
was in the church cemetery with nephews serving as pallbearers. Members of the 
Wrightsville American Legion Post served as honorary escort.
 Sammons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Additional Comments:
Obie was born 12-15-1912 to Samuel "Sam" Foskey and Sophia "Saffie" Spence 
Foskey (the obituary is in error).

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