Mitchell County  Georgia Obituaries John Thomas Reynolds Jr. 1957

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Obituary of John Thomas Reynolds Jr. 
as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 23 Aug 1957.  

Camilla, Georgia.  
The community was saddened by the death of 
John Thomas Reynolds, Jr., prominent Camilla business man, early Friday, 16 Aug 1957, 
at Emory University Hospital, in Atlanta, after a brief illness.  Funeral services were held 
Sunday, 18 Aug 1957, at the First Baptist Church in Camilla, at 4:00 PM.  Rev Louis M. 
Spivey and Rev N. H. Williams officiated.  Comforting funeral music was rendered by 
Mrs. Delton Harden, soloist, and Mrs. W. A. Smith, J., organist.  Interment was in 
Oakview Cemetery with Bramlett Funeral Home in Charge of arrangements. Pallbearers 
were A. R. Royal, P. C. Cullens, E. J. Vann III, Charles Kolbie, Frank S. Twitty, Paschal 
Ward, Harry Bullock and Lynwood Garrett.  Mr. Reynolds was born 26 Aug 1907 in 
Huntsville, Alabama, the son of the late John Thomas Reynolds Sr. and Ada Wheeler 
Reynolds. He was 49 years of age.  He came to Camilla from Huntsville in 1940 to be 
affiliated with Thrifty Food Store as bookkeeper, leaving this position to join the naval 
service where he served three years.  In 1945 he went into the dry cleaning business with 
the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Luckey.  He served on the City Council for four years.  At the 
time of his death, he and his wife were opening a new dry cleaning plant in Camilla.  Mr. 
Reynolds was happily married to Miss Lorette Luckey, of Camilla in 1940.  He was a 
Woodman and Legionnaire. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Ada Leigh and 
Karen; one son, Ensign J. T. Reynolds III of Norfolk, Va.; three sisters, Mrs. M. M. 
Cantrell, Mrs. J. M. Lewter and Mrs. J. P. Sory, all of Huntsville, Alabama, and two 
grandchildren, Patricia and Johnny Reynolds of Norfolk, Va.