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Gwendolyn Snow Carmichael
September 21, 2017

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Gwendolyn Snow Carmichael, 97, of Tifton passed away Thursday, September 21, 2017, at Cypress Pond Assisted Living in Tifton. Her funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 7, 2017, in the Memorial Chapel of Tifton’s First Baptist Church with Dr. Wayne Roe officiating. Mrs. Carmichael will be laid to rest at Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 7, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service at the Memorial Chapel of Tifton’s First Baptist Church.

Born April 20, 1920 in Tifton, Mrs. Carmichael was the daughter of the late E. C. Snow and Elsie White Snow and had three sisters, Lotus Lindsey, Katherine Joiner and Hildred Childress, all deceased.

She married Donald Earnest Carmichael in 1941 in Tifton and were together until his death in 1981. They moved to South Miami, Florida where they lived for 38 years. She was a devoted wife and mother and a kindergarten teacher and the Director of the First Baptist Church of South Miami Kindergarten.

Upon retirement they moved back to Tifton in 1979. Mrs. Carmichael was an active member of Tifton's First Baptist Church, a busy community volunteer, and taught a bible study class at Bradley Place for many years.

Mrs. Carmichael is survived by her three sons and one daughter-in-law, Donald Carmichael Jr. and his wife Beverly of Saint Augustine, Florida, Charles Carmichael of Girdwood, Alaska, and David Carmichael of Dade City, Florida; seven grandchildren, David Carmichael Jr., Stephen Carmichael, Sara Carmichael Silverman, Hope Carmichael, Tina Carmichael, Carrie Carmichael, and Anna Carmichael.

Gwen Carmichael lived a good, long life well and will be loved and remembered always.

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