Bobby Lee Cromer of Tifton died Thursday, October 16, 2008, at Tift Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2008, at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chula. Rev. Larry Layfield will officiate with burial to follow in Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Nephews, Ronnie Cromer, Bill Cromer, Gerald Hines, Tommy Hines, Jamie Cromer, Rodney Nipper, Audie Murphy, Gary Murphy and Tim Murphy will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Friday, October 17, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals.
Mr. Cromer was born on May 22, 1927 in Turner County and was the son of James Bacon Cromer and Dora Lee Phelps Cromer, both deceased. He was also preceded in death by six brothers; four sisters; and one granddaughter, Cali Jo Cromer. He was a farmer and a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Chula. He was a lifelong resident of Tift County.
Mr. Cromer is survived by his wife, Lois Mae Collier Cromer of Tifton; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Ricky Lee Cromer and his wife, Teresa Lynn Odom Cromer, of Tifton, and Calvin Duane Cromer of Tucker; three sisters, Mary Shehee of Sycamore, Jean Hines of MacClenny, Florida, and Joyce Murphy of Sycamore; and three grandchildren, Thad Aaron Cromer, Cade Branton Cromer and Addi Jesnin Cromer, all of Tifton.