Harold Cohen, 89, of Tifton, died Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at Cypress Pond Assisted Living. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 17, 2006, at the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation Cemetery in Fitzgerald. Rabbi Shalom Lewis of O Etz Chiam Synagogue in Marietta will officiate with eulogies to be given by Bob Sorley, Dr. Sammie Dixon and Max Cohen. The military will provide pallbearers with full military honors to be done at the graveside. Honorary pallbearers will be Max Cohen, Jake Cohen, Bud Cohen, Donald Pearson, Dr. Sammy Dixon, Monty Veazey, Ross Pittman, Jimmy Allen, Sonny Hamilton, Ron Gay, Sandy Sims, Jack Stone, Ronald Brownlee, Dr. Jim Scott, Phil Perlis, David Borenstien, Larry Willis, Ford Spinks and Buddy Bryan. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, August 16, 2006, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Cohen was born on October 2, 1916 in Woodruff, South Carolina and grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was the son of Max Cohen and Fannie Rae Goldberg Cohen, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Bettye Pincus Cohen, who died in November of 2005; three brothers, Jack Cohen, Ely Cohen and Louie Cohen; and two sisters, Lottie Cohen and Florence Kiviat. He was retired from Tri-State Systems, the family business, and had lived in Tifton since 1950. He was a member of the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation and a veteran of World War II, where he was armored infantry unit commander of the 10th Armored Infantry Battalion.
Mr. Cohen is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Marty and Debbie Cohen of Tifton; one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Rickey Bernstein of Marietta; and four grandchildren, Anna and Rachel Cohen of Tifton and Michael and Alan Bernstein of Marietta.
The family requests no flowers; however, donations may be made to the Fitzgerald Hebrew Congregation, c/o Big Store, 346 Main Street, Tifton, GA 31794.