Tift County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ponder, Robert Mercer May 17, 2007
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The Tifton Gazette  19 May 2007
OMEGA: Robert Mercer Ponder, 86, of Omega, died Thursday, May 17, 2007, 
at Tift Regional Medical Center. 

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday in the chapel of Bowen-
Donaldson Home for Funerals, with the Rev. John Sikes Gibbs Jr. officiating 
and Paul Ponder giving the eulogy. Interment will follow at Oakridge Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be Rogie Dunn, Chris Ponder, Cory Ponder, Bert Ponder, Cy 
Ponder, Thomas Sumner and Johnathan Vice. Honorary pallbearers will be Gibbs 
Patrick, Earl Branch, Buddy Brogdon, Edd Powell, Johnny Brown, William Brown, 
Stephen Rakestraw and Jesse Terrell.

Mr. Ponder was born Nov. 15, 1920, in Tift County and was the son of William 
Roy Ponder Sr. and Lena Jones Ponder, both deceased. In addition to his parents,
he was preceded in death by two brothers, W. Roy Ponder Jr. and Edwin Ponder.

Mr. Ponder was a retired farmer and a member of Omega United Methodist Church. 
He, his father and three brothers were pioneers in the growing and shipping of 
vegetable plants. They were also growers of sweet potatoes. Mr. Ponder was a 
cattle breeder of Santa Gertrudis and was secretary of the Georgia Santa
Gertrudis Cattlemenís Association.

Mr. Ponder is survived by his wife, Charlotte Gibbs Ponder of Omega, and one 
brother, Jones Ponder of Omega. 

To sign the online guest registry, visit www.bowen-donaldson.com. Bowen-
Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge of arrangements.


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