David Leslie Cannard, 59, of Fitzgerald, died Wednesday, November 7, 2012, at Phoebe Dorminy Medical Center in Fitzgerald.
Funeral services will be held 4 P.M., Monday, November 12, 2012, at Fitzgerald Church of God with the Rev. Dewain Joiner officiating. Interment will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery will full military honors. The family will receive friends from 7-9 Sunday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Cannard was born October 3, 1953 in Portland, Oregon to Betty Cannard and the late Raymond Cannard. He was graduated from Roosevelt Catholic High School in Portland, Oregon where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He was retired Sergeant First Class with 22 years service in the United States Army. During the Vietnam War era, he served in Korea and Panama. He was stationed in the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War. Following his retirement, he moved to Fitzgerald in 1989 from Fort Drum, New York. Mr. Cannard was employed by R.C.&R., Inc. as a regional manager for Subway restaurants. A former deputy for the Ben Hill County Sheriffs’ Department, he was a member of the St. Williams’ Catholic Church and an avid booster of the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane.
He is survived by his wife: Sharon Rosado Cannard of Fitzgerald; two sons: John & Randi Cannard of Washington, D.C. and Matthew Cannard of Fitzgerald; two daughters: Dr. Mary Long Cannard of Duluth and Reina S. Cannard of Fitzgerald; five grandchildren: Bailey Cannard, Evan Cannard, Tiara Cannard, Gerald Morgan, and Jackson Cannard; his mother: Betty Cannard of Portland, Oregon; three brothers: Michael & Carolyn Cannard of Houston, Texas, Patrick & Liz Cannard of Gladstone, Oregon, and John Cannard of Portland, Oregon; and two sisters: Linda Cannard of Portland, Oregon and Barbara Butler of Tacoma, Washington.