Mitchell County Georgia Obituaries James Allen Eubanks 1992 ****************************************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ****************************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sam Luckey Oct 2002 Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/mitchell.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Obituary of Allen Eubanks as written in "The Camilla Enterprise" dated 13 May 1992. Allen Eubanks, who was responsible for the first public housing in Pelham died Monday morning, 11 May 1992, at Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. Funeral services are to be held Wednesday, 13 May at 11:00 AM at Hand Memorial United Methodist Church. Burial is to be at Pinecrest Memory Gardens. Eubanks retired in 1986 after 35 years as executive director of the Pelham Housing Authority. In 1951 he took advantage of a new federally funded program and built the first low-income housing in Pelham. The first two projects were completed with 70 units in 1953. Thirty more apartments were built in 1962; then 100 in 1968, of which 40 were set aside for the elderly. eight units were built in Ochlocknee in 1967. "I've enjoyed the job over the years---just to know we were helping people who needed a place to live," he said in an interview when he retired in 1986. A plaque was given to Eubanks from the Pelham Housing Authority Board of Commission in appreciation for his work. Employees gave him a party. He was a native of Mitchell County, born 13 Mar 1914, the son of the late John L. and Mary Palmer Eubanks. A graduate of Sale City High School, he also attended Freeman Business College in Albany. Before Eubanks took the position as executive director with the housing authority, he worked for the U. S. Department of Agriculture with the farm program in South Georgia. Previously, he served in the Air Force for four years during World War II. he was a member of the Pelham Rotary Club for 35 years and a member of the Hand Memorial United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife Eugenia (Gee) Turner Eubanks of Pelham, one daughter Mary Ligon of Albany, two sons, Jimmy Eubanks of Milledgeville, and Turner Eubanks of Pelham. Other survivors include one sister, Mrs. Ruby Eubanks Brazel of Sale City, and one Brother, J. Leonard Eubanks of Pelham and four grandchildren. Parker Funeral Home of Camilla is in charge of arrangements.