Miller County Georgia Obituaries - Ronnie LaDon Sheffield 1976
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Ronnie LaDon Sheffield Fatally Injured in Accident in West Va.

Shock and grief enveloped Miller County last week when news was received here 
that Ronnie Sheffield, 34, had died Friday, October 1, 1976, in Terra Alta, 
West Virginia, from fatal injuries sustained in an automobile accident about 
three weeks ago.

Ronnie, son of Crawford Sheffield and the late Mrs. Ethel Gilbert Sheffield, 
of Colquitt, was born September 13, 1942, in Miller County.  He was a member 
of Colquitt Free Will Baptist Church.  He was a graduate of Miller County 
High School.

Ronnie was friendly, kind, courteous, honest, considerate, and unselfish.

Funeral services were held from Colquitt Free Will Baptist Church Sunday 
afternoon, October 3, 1976, with the Rev. Hollis Warren, pastor, and the Rev. 
Andy Lanier, pastor of Colquitt First Baptist Church, officiating.

Interment was in Colquitt City Cemetery with Colquitt Funeral Home in charge 
of arrangements.

Pall bearers were Wayne and Gilbert DuBose, Lamar and Tyner Cooper, Frazier 
Lindsey, and Buren Mock.

Survivors include his father, Crawford Sheffield, Colquitt; three brothers, 
Glen Sheffield, Colquitt; Charlie C. Sheffield, Augusta, and Lavon Sheffield, 
Atlanta; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Barnhill, Brunswick.

The bereaved family has the sympathy of all who know them in the tragic and 
untimely passing of their loved one.

Source:  Miller County Liberal Volume 79, Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia, 
Thursday, October 7, 1976.  Front Page.

*Note*  Ronald LaDon Sheffield was the son of Charlie Crawford Sheffield, Sr. 
and Ethel Gilbert.  He was born 12 September 1942 in Miller Co., GA and died 
01 October 1976 in Terra Alta, West Virginia.

Submitted by: Brenda King McNair <Bmcnair614@aol.com >