Robert Thomas Couey, Sr., 92, of Coffee County, died Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at Osceola Nursing Home in Ocilla, Georgia.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 P.M., Friday, November 4, 2005, at Walnut Fork Baptist Church Cemetery in Braselton,Georgia with the Rev. Robert Couey, Jr. officiating.
Mr. Couey was born November 12, 1913, in Floyd County, Georgia to the late Thomas and Connie Arp Couey. Moving from Braselton, GA, he had lived for the past three and one half years with his son and daughter-in-law in Coffee County. He was a former Chrysler dealer in Rome,GA and automobile mechanic in Jupiter, FL.
Mr. Couey is survived by CHILDREN: Rev. Robert(Dale)Couey of Willacoochee, GA; Marilyn Hedrick, Albany, GA; Martha Ann Evans, Summerville, FL and Harry Couey, Talladega, AL; 5 GRANDCHILDREN; 2 BROTHERS: Malcolm D. Couey, Rome, GA and Melvin Couey of Marietta, GA and HALF-BROTHER: Tom Couey, Rome, GA.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Monnye Montine Faulkner Couey.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to Fellowship Baptist Church, P.O. Box 777, Fitzgerald, GA 31750.
To sign the online registry for Mr. Couey, go to www.paulkfuneralhome.com.
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, GA in charge of arrangements for Mr. Couey.
Paulk Funeral Home, Fitzgerald, in charge of local arrangements.