Sam F. Glenn, Jr., 84, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Thursday, November 4, 2004 at the Life Care Center in Fitzgerald.
Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 6, 2004, at Evergreen Cemetery, with Rev. Steve Waldorf officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 until 8:00, Friday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Glenn was born November 8, 1919, in Rochelle, Georgia, to the late Samuel Franklin and Willie Matilda Wilkinson Glenn. He was a 1936 graduate of Rochelle High School, a 1938 graduate of Georgia Military College and a 1940 graduate of the University of Georgia. Mr. Glenn served in the United States Army in England during World War II in the finance department. He was a former partner at Freeman Feed & Seed and in 1953 became General Manager of Planters Warehouse until his retirement in 1985. Mr. Glenn was a member and former Administrative Board member of Central United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Elks Club, having served as Exalted Ruler and a member of the Fitzgerald Country Club.
Mr. Glenn is survived by his son: Wilkie Glenn, Fitzgerald; two daughters: Cheryl Glenn Howard, Tucker, GA and Jennifer Glenn Phillips, Leesburg, GA; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; two sisters: Eugenia Studstill, Ray City, GA and Mary George Bynum, Fitzgerald. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Rhodes Glenn.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 428, Fitzgerald, GA 31750, Alzheimer’s Association, P.O. Box 71341, Albany, GA 31708 or to donor’s favorite charity.