Marion-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Icard, Glenn B. September 20, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jean Frost JFrost3636@aol.com September 23, 2007, 10:08 am Columbus Ladger -Enquirer Sunday September 23 , 2007 Glenn Bernarr Icard, Sr. March 19, 1926- September 20, 2007 BEUNA VISTA, GA— Glenn Bernarr Icard, Sr., 81, of Buena Vista, died Thursday, September 20, 2007 at Vistacare Center at Franciscan Woods in Columbus, GA. Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. at New Providence Baptist Church with Rev. David Chapman officiating. Music will be provided by Sara Lumsden. Interment will follow in the Buena Vista Cemetery. Mr. Icard was born March 19, 1926 in Marion County where he lived all his life. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in World War II. He was employed as a truck driver by T.B. Wight Oil Company for 40 years. He loved and was loved by his family and was a dedicated father. He was a Southern Baptist and was a member of New Providence Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Lester Icard and the late Ora Eckard Icard. He and his wife Myrtle Jernigan Icard celebrated 59 years of marriage this month before they were joined in death. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Glenn B. "Bernie" Icard, Jr.; by three sisters, Pauline Harbuck, Martha Johnson and Phyllis Smith; and by two brothers, Uylus Icard and L. J. Icard. Mr. Icard is survived by three sons, Gregory B. and Sheryl Icard of Laurel Hill, NC, Rex M. and Lisa Icard of Dawson, GA, and Ron B. and Kelli Icard of Woodstock, GA; one daughter, Sherry and Tommy McAllister of Buena Vista; a daughter-in-law, Linda Icard of Jonesboro, GA; two brothers, Bobby and Jeanette Icard of Tazewell, GA and Jimmy and Nell Icard of Bonaire, GA; and two sisters, Mary Harbuck of Americus, GA, and Betty Jean and James Craig of Tazewell. He is also survived by ten grandchildren, Gregory R. and Ginny Icard of Laurinburg, NC, Jamie and Marie Icard and Dustin Icard all of Laurel Hill, Melissa McAllister and Seth McAllister, both of Buena Vista; Lauren Icard of Ann Arbor, MI, Keaton Icard and Hunter Icard of Dawson, Austin Icard and Logan Icard of Woodstock; and by six great-grandchildren, Tyler Icard, Joshua Icard, Jacob Icard, Shannon Icard, Cade Icard, and Karli Icard. The family requests that those who wish to give memorial gifts make them in memory of Mr. Icard to either the ALS Association, 1955 Cliff Valley Way, Suite 116, Atlanta, GA 30329 or to the Muscular Dystrophy Association, P.O. Box JERRY, Phoenix, AZ 85062-1111. Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista is in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/i/icard8131gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb