Roger Lonnie "R. L." Barfield, 82, of Tifton, died Saturday, February 17, 2007, at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals. Rev. Chris Ramsey will officiate with burial to follow in Mount Paron Baptist Church Cemetery in Alapaha. Roger Lonnie Barfield III, James Barfield, who are grandsons, nephew, Wayne Howell, and Philip Laminack, Aaron Swanson and Cole Burgess will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be nephews and great nephews. The family will receive friends on Monday, February 19, 2007, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Barfield was born on January 10, 1925 in Irwin County and was the son of Ruel Elijah Barfield and Roxie Harper Barfield, both deceased. He was a United States Army veteran of World War II, receiving a purple heart and three battle stars. Mr. Barfield worked in the furniture business for many years, owning and operating Barfield Furniture Company for 30 years. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Mr. Barfield is survived by his wife of 58 years, Mamie Stephens Barfield of Tifton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Roger Lonnie, Jr. and Kay Barfield of Cumming, and James Ronald and Martha Barfield of Woodstock; one daughter and son-in-law, Betty Ann and Tommy Lindsey of Tifton; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Gerald and Carolyn Barfield of Tifton and Charles Barfield of Tifton; one sister and brother-in-law, Betty Jean and J. C. Howell of Brookfield; grandchildren and their spouses, Alexis and Aaron Swanson of Dacula, Roger Lonnie Barfield, III of Tifton, Elizabeth and Philip Laminack of Athens, James Barfield of Woodstock, Leigh Ann Lindsey of Valdosta and Lauren Lindsey of Tifton; and one great grandchild, Nate Swanson of Dacula.
Flowers will be accepted or memorial gifts may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 71, Tifton, Georgia 31793.