Mitchell County GaArchives Obituaries.....Wingate, Rozier Kelly “Bo” Jr. March 13, 2009
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The Camilla Enterprise – March 18, 2009
Rozier Kelly “Bo” Wingate, Jr.


Rozier Kelly “Bo” Wingate, Jr., 82, of 6402 Pinecliff Road, Camilla, died 
Friday, March 13, 2009 at his residence.

Memorial Services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, March 15, 2009 at the Camilla United 
Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Trawick and the Rev. Rick Williams 
officiating.  Interment will follow at a later date in the Yates Family Lot in 
Oakview Cemetery.

Born July 23, 1926 in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late Rosier Kelly 
Wingate, Sr. and Ethel Lucile Musgrove Wingate.  Mr. Wingate graduated from 
Camilla High School in 1943 and served his country in the Merchant Marines in 
World War II.  After the War, he returned home and joined his father in the 
family farming operation, farming land that had been in the Wingate family for 
150 years until his retirement.  Mr. Wingate had served on the Board of 
Trustees of Ravenwood Academy, was a 50 year Mason, and a longtime member of 
the Camilla United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Louise Yates Wingate, Camilla; one son, 
R. Kelly Wingate, III & wife May, of Camilla; two daughters, Anita W. Lastinger 
of Albany, and Lacy W. Shiver & husband, Lynn, of Camilla; three grandchildren, 
Melissa T. Pollock & husband, Josh, Albany; Michael R. Wingate of Tallahassee, 
Fla.; and Carly Taylor of Camilla; one great-grandchild, Marlin Pollock, of 
Albany; one sister, Eleanor W. Simmons, of Camilla; a special niece, Susan D. 
Luke, of Camilla; a special nephew, Charles J. Davis, of Cairo; brothers and 
sisters-in-law, John S. Yates and wife, Betty Lane, of Dahlonega;  and Guy 
Cochran and wife Celia, of Camilla.  His family also included Bill and Liz 
Holton, Stacie and Will;   Brooks and Brandi Holton, Bay and Bo; Ashley H. And 
Gary Nelson, Kayley and Zach; Steve Holton; and a special friend, Randy Wallace.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Southwest Georgia, 818 
Gordon Avenue, Thomasville, Ga., 31792 or the American Diabetes Association, 
8384 Baymeadows Road, Suite 10, Jacksonville, Fla. 32256.

Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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