John L.V. “Buddy” Day, 84, of Rochelle, Georgia, died Saturday, December 18, 2004 at Crisp Regional Hospital, Cordele, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel, Fitzgerald, with the Rev. Harris Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Waterloo Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7:00 until 9:00, Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
Mr. Day was born July 2, 1920, in Talapoosa, Alabama to the late John and Mary Frances McKinny Day. He lived in Wilcox County for the past 8 ½ years from the Waterloo Community and was a former resident of Irwin County. Mr. Day was a farmer and he was of the Baptist faith.
Mr. Day is survived by his wife: Verdell Day, Rochelle; twelve children: Frances Dailey, Perry, Fred Day, Rochelle, Vernon Day, Rochelle, Grace Crosby, Cordele, George Day, Bainbridge, Eva May, Fitzgerald, Raymond Day, Colquitt, Jody Day, Donalsonville, Barbara Hancock, Rochelle, Brenda Coleman, Fitzgerald, Geraldine Fountain, Fitzgerald and Teresa Day, Rochelle; thirty-three grandchildren, twenty-five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; one brother: Joe Day, Chula. He was preceded in death by a son, Melvin Day and seven sisters.