Forest Jasper Beverly

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jep
• SSN issued: Georgia, USA
• Social Security Number: 255-07-8647
• Residence: 5 Jun 1917, Argyle, Clinch, Georgia, USA; Not Stated
• Residence: 1920, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; Waycross Ward 2
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231
• Residence: 1935, Ware, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Ware, Georgia, USA; StreetAddress: Albany Ave Extention; Age: 46; Occupation: Carpenter; AttendedSchool: No; ClassofWorker: Wage or salary worker in private work; EmploymentCode: 1; EmploymentDetails: No; EmploymentHistory: No; EnumerationDistrict: 148-21; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 4th grade; HomeOwnership: Owned; HoursWorked: 44; Income: 1200; IncomeOtherSources: No; IsEmployed: Yes; OwnsFarm: No; PublicEmergencyWork: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; SeekingWork: No; ValueOfHome: 1000; WeeksWorked: 50; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
• Residence: 1981, Ware, Georgia, USA
• Vital: 14 Sep 1981; Certificate number: 030974.

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Forest Jasper Beverly Sr.

Forest Jasper Beverly was born November 13, 1892 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia to Martin Columbus Beverly and Mollie (Born a Tatum, who later took her stepfather's name of Barber) Beverly. Forest Jasper Beverly’s paternal grandparents were Forrest Jasper Beverly and Martha E. (Suggs) Beverly , and maternal grandparents were Matilda Tatum Barber and Obediah Barber. Obediah Barber was Forest Jasper Beverly’s grandfather. (All per family info) Forest Jasper Beverly married Margaret Inez Robinson on April 7, 1912 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Margaret Inez (Robinson) Beverly was the daughter of Edward Robinson and Sarah Jane Wildes. Margaret Inez Robinson’s maternal grandparents were John and Sarah Jane (Nunez) Wildes. Maternal great grandparents were Hugh and Sarah Virginia (Carter) Nunez of Appling Co. Ga, then Ware Co. Georgia, and Maximillan and Elizabeth (Wilkinson) Wildes of Tattnall County, Georgia and later Ware County, Georgia. Paternal grandparents were Mark and Sarah (Barber) Robinson.

Forest Jasper Beverly died September 10, 1981 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. His wife, Margaret Inez Robinson Beverly died July 2, 1973 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. They are buried in the Kettle Creek Cemetery in Waycross, Ware county, Georgia.

"Jep Beverly", as he was always known by all who knew him, grew to manhood in Ware County, Georgia, where his father, Martin Columbus Beverly was engaged in farming. In the early days of his adult life, while still in his teens, he drove a team of horses hauling Naval Stores and related items.

He was employed by his wife’s father for a period of time after he was married to Inez (Margaret Inez Robinson) Robinson of Clinch County, Georgia. Later he worked for a period of time as a convict guard. For a brief period of time he operated an overhead crane in the machine shop of the ACL Railroad. Fairly early in his life he turned to the building business for his vocation, becoming a Master Carpenter, and today many of the fine homes and a number of the large commercial buildings bear the mark of his hammer and saw. One of the fine buildings outside Waycross which he constructed is the Post Office in Blackshear, Georgia.

During the Second World War, he worked on the air field at Douglas, on the construction of the "Ways" for the Brunswick Shipyard and on an air field at Sebring, Florida. At the close of the war, he was back home working on houses and other buildings. He undertook extensive remodeling of Historic Kettle Creek Church along with cemetery improvements and construction of a parsonage, and all as a labor of love.

At this time in his life he made several basic changes to his own home, remodeling and updating it as he had always hoped to do.

He was a man who loved life and wanted to live it with his family. The never to be forgotten fishing trips to Harrietts Bluff, the yearly visits to the beach for a week with ALL who would go, and the endless trips to the zoo in Jacksonville to brighten the lives of the children and grandchildren (and when all had grown beyond the zoo age, he rounded up the dogs and carried them) was an indication of the love for his family.

Time, and the heavy load he carried with so much family responsibility, finally overtook him and in 1960, he retired. But he didn’t really retire. Someone was always calling him for work that had to be done and he would do it. It also got him out of the house and from under the foot of Inez for a spell. He grew fine vegetable gardens and shared the fruit of that labor with people all across the community.

Inez, the love of his life for 62 years slipped away from him in death in 1973. He was never the same again.

Later he married Margaret Cosmides and for five years they enjoyed going places together and then in his sleep in his 87th year, he had a stroke. It was severe. After a long stay in the hospital and months of therapy at Baptist Village, he was brought home. A short time later he had surgery and the malignancy guided him once again to Baptist Village.

It was from this place that he was released from his suffering and confinement by death. At the funeral, his grandsons were pallbearers. He sleeps in the peaceful quiet of the Kettle Creek Cemetery beside Inez and a son that died in infancy.

Forest Jasper Beverly and Margaret Inez Robinson Beverly had eight children, they are as follows:

1) James Thomas Beverly born January 17, 1917 in Argyle, Clinch County, Georgia. James married Lollie Mae Joyner on March 4, 1939 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia.

2) Sarah Beatrice Beverly was born October 27, 1919 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Sarah married Wallace Paul Mincey in 1937.

3) Mary Alene Beverly was born May 21, 1921 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia Mary married Norman L. Gillis.

4) Forest Jasper Beverly Jr. was born February 20, 1926 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. "FJ" as he is known married Hazel Wigglesworth August 20, 1947 in Waresboro, Ware County, Georgia.

5) Virginia Inez Beverly was born November 16, 1928 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Virginia married O.R. (Bob) Roberson.

6) Betty Jo Beverly was born October 5, 1931 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Betty Jo married Paul Player in 1950, in 1957 married William (Billy) Shaw, and in 1976 married Elton (Buddy) Gibbs.

7) Robert Wesley Beverly died in infancy.

8) Ruth Nelline Beverly was born November 21, 1940 in Waycross, Ware County, Georgia. Nell as she was known married Joseph Clark.

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WAYCROSS JOURNAL HERALD – Waycross, Georgia

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1981

BEVERLY RITES SET TOMORROW

Forest Jasper Beverly Sr., 88, died yesterday afternoon in Baptist Village after an extended illness.

He was a native of Ware County and was the son of the late Martin C. Beverly and Mollie Barber Beverly.

He was a retired carpenter and a member of the local Union No. 779. He attended the Methodist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Margaret Cosmides Beverly, Waycross; two sons, James T. Beverly, Waycross, and Rev. F. J. Beverly Jr., Kingsland; seven daughters, Mrs. Sarah Mincey, Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. Mary Paige, Mrs. Virginia Roberson, Mrs. Betty Jo Gibbs, and Mrs. Barbara Boyette, all of Waycross; Mrs. Nell Clark, Blackshear, Mrs. Olivia Bowen, Bristol; two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Crawford, Waycross, and Mrs. Vernice Strickland, Ormond Beach, Fla; 16 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Mincy-Fulford Chapel. Burial will be in Kettle Creek Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 o’clock.

Mincey-Fulford Funeral Home is in charge.

NOTES:

Forest Jasper Beverly’s first wife and mother of all of his children was Margaret Inez (Robinson) Beverly.
Margaret Inez was the daughter of Ed Robinson and Sarah Jane Wildes.

Mollie Beverly listed above was born Mollie Tatum. She was the daughter of Matilda Tatum and ________. Matilda married Obediah Barber and Mollie took the name of her stepfather and her mother's married surname. Mollie married Martin Columbus Beverly.

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Forest married Margaret Inez Robinson on 7 Apr 1912 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Edward Robinson and Sarah Ann Wildes) was born on 6 Oct 1895 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; died on 2 Jul 1973 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; was buried in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: J T
• Occupation: Retired Conductor CSX RR
• Residence: Ware, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1920, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; Waycross Ward 2
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231
• Vital: 19 Oct 1998; Certificate number: 046570.

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Died:
Waycross Journal Herald
Thursday, October 15, 1998 Page 3
Waycross, Ware County, Georgia

Mr. James Thomas "J.T." Beverly, 81, of 826 Winona Avenue in Waycross, died Wednesday night at Baptist Village Nursing Facility in Waycross following a long illness.

He was born in Argyle, Clinch County, Georgia but attended Waycross-Ware County public schools and resided here almost his entire life. His parents were Forest J. "Jep" and Margaret Inez (Robinson) Beverly.

He was employed for several years with the Atlanta Gas Light Company before being hired, just before World War II, as a trainman with the Atlantic Coastline Railroad. He served during the war as a machinist's mate 3rd class in the U.S. Navy.

After the war, he returned to work with the railroad, continuing his service with the Seaboard and CSX railroad companies and retiring 37 years later as a conductor.

During his many active years of retirement, he was a member of the Silverhead Motor Home Camping Club and traveled all of the United States. He was also very interested in genealogy and read extensively about the history and background of his family.

He was a member of the Winona Park United Methodist Church, the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and the Retired Engineers,Conductors and Crafts breakfast club.

The survivors include his wife of 59 years, Lollie Mae (Joyner) Beverly, of Waycross; three daughters, Mrs. J.L. Clark

(Margaret Annette) of Marianna, Florida and Mrs. Phillip Cribb (Phyllis Angelyn) and Mrs. John D, Gibson (Carolyn) both of Waycross; a brother the Reverend F.J. Beverly Jr., Waycross; five sisters, Sarah (Beverly) Mincey, Virginia (Beverly) Roberson, Betty Jo (Beverly) Gibbs and Barbara (Beverly) Boyett, all of Waycross and Nell (Beverly) Clark of Blackshear; eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Music Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery.

The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 9 o'clock at the funeral home.

The grandchildren are: John Christopher Clark, Jay Patrick Clark, Jill (Clark) Shuler, Penny Annette (Clark) Allhallaseh, Thomas Gibson, Amanda Gibson, Benjamin Gibson, Dana (Cribb) Dixon.

Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Waycross, Ware County, Georgia.

James married Lollie Mae Joyner on 4 Mar 1939 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. Lollie was born on 10 May 1921 in Hortense, Brantley, Georgia, USA; died on 12 Apr 2006 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; was buried on 15 Apr 2006 in Greenlawn Cemetery, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• SSN issued: Florida, USA
• Name: Sarah B. Mincey
• Occupation: Homemaker
• Social Security Number: 262-65-9227
• Residence: 1920, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; Waycross Ward 2
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231

Sarah married Paul Wallace Mincey on 24 Dec 1937 in Douglas, Georgia, USA. Paul was born on 13 May 1919 in Richland, Georgia; died on 8 Sep 1986 in Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• SSN issued: Georgia, USA
• Name: Mary A Page
• Occupation: Steno-Clerk SCL Railroad
• Residence: Ware, Georgia, USA
• Social Security Number: 260-10-7100
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231
• Vital: 16 Apr 1985; Death Certificate No.:016105.

Mary married Norman Lafayette Gillis in 1940 in Pierce, Georgia, USA. Norman (son of J Leon Gillis and Lillie Gillis) was born in 1918 in Georgia, USA; died on 2 Sep 1968 in Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: F J
• Occupation: Retired Methodist Minister
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231
• Residence: 1935, Ware, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Ware, Georgia, USA; StreetAddress: Albany Ave Extention; Age: 14; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 148-21; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 8th grade; Income: 0; IncomeOtherSources: No; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; WeeksWorked: 0; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Son
• Residence: 1993, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Died:
Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr. - F.J. Beverly, Great Icon Of The Faith Community, Dies At 87: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Waycross Journal Herald (GA) - Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Deceased Name: Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr. - F.J. Beverly, Great Icon Of The Faith Community, Dies At 87

An icon of the faith community of the Waycross region has died.

The Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr., 87, of Waycross, passed peacefully away Tuesday morning at Baptist Village Retirement Communities, family members said.

Funeral arrangements are pending and are to be announced probably today by Miles-Odum Funeral Home.

He experienced a series of health issues and setbacks in recent months leading to his passing at about 9:15 Tuesday morning.

Beverly, a Methodist minister for many years, pastored churches here and in other parts of the state.

His voice has been familiar to radio audiences in the area, most notably for delivering the Sunday morning devotional word via the Big Brothers Sunday School Class at Trinity United Methodist Church program that was broadcast on WKUB (and previously other radio stations) down through the years. In the 1970s it was the voice of his son, Steve, that introduced him as "your friend and my father" weekly on the broadcasts.

"My father was a friend and minister to all he encounteredand he was a man of great humor," said Steve Beverly, a college professor in Tennessee. "We already miss him but we celebrate the great life he led and the legacy he has left. Mother and I are grateful for all of your constant prayers and encouragement through these last five months."

Beverly was a crowd favorite as an engagement speaker at banquets, meetings and other events, in addition to filling pulpits for revivals and homecoming services. And he may have set the modern-day record for preaching funerals hereabouts.

He gave new meaning to the term "holy roller," as he had a special knack for "reverent humor"- even from the pulpit and, at times, at the graveside - that often left the members of his audience almost literally "rolling in the aisles."

Beverly "He was a special servant of God who knew how to speak comfort to the grieving and to the suffering," said a friend, Gary Griffin. "So he was much in demand to conduct funerals.

"I know that he especially looked forward to the Easter Holy Week services at Winona Park Methodist and to the weekly Waycross Exchange Club meetings, and his friends looked forward to seeing him at both."

For years Beverly was the chaplain of the Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame and he conducted a memorial service at the hall's annual induction banquet each March before retiring from that duty at this year's banquet.

Rising to deliver his remarks at the banquet, he said, "I have Parkinson's disease, what's your excuse?" evoking laughter from some 200 throats.

"I know people who went to the hall of fame banquets every year just because of F.J., just to hear his stand-up comedy," Griffin said. "His role was to do the brief memorial service and he always did a great job, but he always interspersed some great funny tales. He was a classic speaker."

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Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr.: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Waycross Journal Herald (GA) - Thursday, October 10, 2013
Deceased Name: Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr.

The Rev. Forest Jasper "F.J." Beverly Jr., 87, of Waycross, died Tuesday morning (Oct. 8, 2013) after an extended illness. He was born Feb. 20, 1926, the son of F.J. "Jep" Beverly Sr. and Inez Robinson Beverly. He graduated from Wa r e s b o r o High School and served in the U.S. Navy during theWorldWar II.

He married Hazel Wigglesworth in 1948 and they have been married for 65 years. To the couple was born one son, Steven Beverly, a professor at Union University.

The Rev. Beverly was educated at South Georgia College, Valdosta State College and Emory University.

He served a number of churches in south Georgia including Trinity United Methodist Church in Waycross and Waresboro United Methodist Church. He was for several years the director of church extension for South Georgia Methodism, moving from that position to a director in the Department of Finance and Field Service of the General Board of Missions of the Methodist Church.

For a brief time he served as director of development for Magnolia Manor in Americus, the Methodist home for the aging. After 42 years of active service, the Beverlys came home to Waycross to live their years of retirement.

He had been active in Trinity United Methodist Church, the Big Brothers Sunday School Class and had preached on at least one half of the Sundays in every year, not only to the Methodist family, but to churches of all faiths, large and small.

He was the recipient of the Brotherhood Award from theWaycross Hebrew Congregation and the Book of Golden Deeds by the Waycross Exchange Club where he was a member and served as chaplain for many years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge for more than 50 years and was also a member of the Waycross Shrine Club.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, James T. Beverly, and three sisters, Sarah Mincey, Mary Gillis Page and Barbara Boyette.

Survivors in addition to his wife, Hazel Wigglesworth Beverly, of Waycross, are one son, Steve Beverly (wife Rebecca), of Jackson, Tenn.; two granddaughters, Melody Davis (husband Corey), of Red Boiling Springs, Tenn., and Holly Beverly, of Jackson, Tenn.; two great-grandchildren, Hunter and James Davis; three sisters, Virginia Roberson (husband O.R. "Bob"), of Waycross, Betty Jo Gibbs, of Waycross, and Nell Clark (husband J.M.), of Blackshear; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives.

The funeral will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock at Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Kettle Creek Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday morning beginning at 9:30 at Trinity United Methodist Church.

The family requests the Waycross Exchange Club, ministers of the South Georgia United Methodist Conference and the Big Brothers Sunday School Class to serve as honorary pallbearers and should meet at the church by 10:40 a.m. Friday for the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's favorite charity.

Sympathy may be expressed online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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Columnist's.Most Interesting Character' Was.. His Father, The Late Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr. Memories At The Mike: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Waycross Journal Herald (GA) - Monday, October 14, 2013
Deceased Name: Columnist's.Most Interesting Character' Was.. His Father, The Late Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr. Memories At The Mike

One of my father's favorite stories was of a woman who came up to him after one of his trademark compassionate, sensitive funeral eulogies. "Oh, Brother Beverly," the woman said. "You've just got to preach my funeral!" Daddy promptly reached into his coat pocket, pulled out his organizer and said, "Well, I've got next Tuesday open." The woman answered, "I didn't mean that soon."

Next Tuesday indeed came last Tuesday for F.J. Beverly Jr. After a 130-day struggle with complications from Parkinson's disease after breaking a hip May 31, Daddy left us to be with our Lord.

I spent 80 of those days in Waycross, watching over him at Mayo Clinic Health System hospital and Baptist Village with my mother. The journey was often difficult but he is, thankfully, now at rest.

The Journal-Herald's own Gary Griffin and Myra Thrift exquisitely captured his life and ministry last Wednesday. Since this column is about broadcasting memories, I will let their tributes stand alone.

Daddy would not have seen himself in this light but he was a broadcaster as well as a minister. More than 600 of his sermons at Trinity United Methodist Church and in other sanctuaries throughout the city over the years aired on radio and television.

From 1972 through 1975, I had the joy of sharing the mike with him on more than 150 editions of "The Back Home, Open Door Program" on WACL. Sunday nights at 9, he capped the weekend with a message to prepare listeners for the week ahead when they were "back home" from evening church services.

Daddy's philosophy of a successful sermon was built in three steps. Make a congregation laugh for five minutes. Stir their emotions for 10 minutes. Finally, make them think for 10 minutes.

His great humor would be woven into virtually every sermon. I often told him he would have been the Bob Hope of ministers had we found him the right agent. He could do preacher humor as well or better than The Rev. Dennis Swanberg or the late Rev. Grady Nutt.

I wanted to share with you a few of his classic vignettes, some of which we shared at his funeral service last Friday.

In the '60s, Trinity member Vernon Bowen met Daddy in front of the church for 52 weeks. With a voice that could be heard to Hoboken, Vernon said: "Preachuh, my boy's in Vietnam. I want you to pray for him." On the 53rd Sunday, Vernon virtually yanked his son, in full dress blues, down the steps. He told Daddy, "Preachuh, my boy's home from Vietnam! You can quit prayin' for him!" When he was appointed Trinity's pastor in June 1968, Daddy's first visit was to the church's oldest living charter member, Mrs. Corrie Yarbrough. Mrs. Yarbrough was confined to a nursing care facility. "Brother Beverly," she said quite loudly, having lost much of her hearing, "I am so sorry I can't come to church. I want to be there but they tell me I have to stay in this nursing home." Daddy responded, "That's all right, Mrs. Yarbrough. Besides, I'm sure you aren't missing anything by not hearing me preach." Mrs. Yarbrough quickly answered, "Yeahhhhh, that's what they tell me!" As pastor of Sherwood Methodist in Columbus in the '50s and early '60s, Daddy had two beloved members, Guy and Kate Harbuck. The Harbucks were the textbook example of the couple in every church who is always tardy. If worship was at 11, they would show up at 11:10. Schedule a church supper at 6:30 and the Harbucks would be there at 6:45. One night before his sermon, Daddy told his congregation he was often inspired to create poetry. "Tonight, I thought of this short rhyme," he said. "Whenever I think of being late, I always think of Guy and Kate." The entire church roared with the exception of the red-faced Kate Harbuck.

A good friend e-mailed this week to say, "Not many people are blessed to have the relationship you had with your father. That will sustain you in the years ahead."

In a "Leave It to Beaver" episode from 1959, Beaver was assigned to write an essay on "My Most Interesting Character." He struggled with the composition but eventually wrote an emotional theme about his father, Mr.Ward Cleaver (Mr. counted as a word). Here is my adaptation of Beaver's essay: The most interesting character I ever met was my father, Rev. F.J. Beverly Jr. He was never a national celebrity, nor a widely-published author. That's okay with me because people in the community where he lived loved him because he loved them. The words he spoke Sunday after Sunday may not be in a book but they gave people a road map on how to live a rich and fulfilling life in Christ.

He never made a lot of money but he provided me and my mother with what we needed. When I was growing up, he was gone a lot. He often was away nearly 200 nights a year helping to start new churches all over South Georgia, 33 of them, to be exact. Yet, he would drive 150 to 200 miles and arrive home well after midnight just to have breakfast with me.

He took that mission work to the national level in 1967 and spent a month in Puerto Rico. He did the electrical work for a new church deep in the country away from San Juan. He arranged for Mother and me to join him for two weeks, even though the trip was expensive.

Possibly, he could have been a bishop in the Methodist Church. Instead, he became pastor of a church in Waycross because he wanted to be home with me during my high school years.

In 1971, I saw him overwhelmed by the ravages of clinical depression in an era when that illness bore a stigma that made people shy away. He battled depression off and on for more than 40 years. His courage in telling people of that struggle and his encouragement for those who suffer with it to obtain help gave me the courage to tell others in Tennessee of my own two bouts with depression.

He returned to the full-time ministry in 1977. He didn't serve megachurches - but he made a positive difference in every city and with every congregation, even when he had the usual members who love to participate in the sport of telling the preacher what to do.

He loved to laugh and he loved to make others laugh. His stories were full of humor of everyday life, even when they were about his son's misadventures. He left me with a rich treasure trove of vignettes I will share with others for years.

He had a model marriage with my mother for more than 65 years. They never had to go on "Dr. Phil" to detail secrets of their life together. Was it perfect? No, but whose is? They worked through the tough times and took seriously the word commitment.

The life of a preacher's kid can often be lived under a microscope or in a fishbowl. Yet, he never made my barometer "what would the congregation think?" or "how would it make your mother and me look?" In our house, something was either right or wrong. Because of that, I didn't drift into rebellion as happened with some of my fellow ministers' children.

He gave me more than 59 of his 87 years. He must have done something right because he was both my hero and my role model.

He may not sound very interesting to you. That's because he was not your father - just mine.

Steve Beverly is a former Journal-Herald staff writer and columnist. He is professor of broadcast journalism at Union University in Jackson, Tenn., and a college basketball TV broadcaster. "Steve Beverly's TV Classics" airs multiple times a week on Mediastream Channel 42. You can email Steve at sbeverly@uu.edu

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Forest married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Virginia I Roberson
• Name: Virginia Inez Roberson
• Occupation: Homemaker
• Residence: 1930, Ware, Georgia, USA; Militia District 1231
• Residence: 1935, Ware, Georgia, USA
• Residence: 1940, Ware, Georgia, USA; StreetAddress: Albany Ave Extention; Age: 11; AttendedSchool: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 148-21; GradeCompleted: Elementary school, 5th grade; ResidenceFarmNineteenThirtyFive: No; MaritalStatus: Single; RelationToHead: Daughter
• Residence: 1994, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA

Virginia married Oscar Rufus Roberson, Jr on 12 Aug 1950 in Ware, Georgia, USA. Oscar was born on 20 Jul 1928 in Blackshear, Pierce, Georgia, USA; died on 13 Jun 2014 in Hospice House Satilla, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; was buried on 16 Jun 2014 in Kettle Creek Cemetery, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death Certificate No.: Certificate Number: 2093.

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Phyllis Angelyn Cribb

Notes:

Died:
Mrs. Phyllis Angelyn Cribb, 67, died Friday evening (July 3, 2009) at her residence after a brief illness.

She was a native and lifelong resident of Waycross. She was a devoted and loving homemaker and member of Central Baptist Church.

She is the daughter of the late James Thomas (J.T.) Beverly and Lollie Mae Joyner Beverly. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Phillip Cribb; and her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Sam O. Cribb and Lucille Mullis Cribb.

Survivors include her daughter, Dana Lollie Dixon (husband Mark) of Blackshear; two sisters, Annette Clark (husband J.L.) of Marianna, FL, and Carolyn Gibson (husband John) of Waycross; three grandchildren, Rodney Dustin Kinnon, Haley Alexis Dixon, and Ayrin Bradi Dixon; one sister-in-law, Mary Anne Belisario (husband Hulett) of Jacksonville, FL; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Sunday (July 5, 2009) at Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6 until 8 p.m. Saturday at Music Funeral Home.

The family will also be gathering at the home of her sister, Carolyn Gibson, 2525 Dorothy St., Waycross, GA.

Memorial contributions can be made to Hospice Satilla, 317 Plant Ave., Waycross, GA 31501.

Music Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com.

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Family/Spouse: Samuel Phillip Cribb. Samuel was born on 11 Jun 1939 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; died on 1 May 2001 in Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA; was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Waycross, Ware, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phyllis married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As: Jimmy
• Occupation: Produce Manager-Harvey's

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Died:
James B. 'Jimmy'Shaw

Waycross Journal Herald (GA) - Thursday, May 17, 2018

James B. "Jimmy" Shaw, 58, died Wednesday morning (May 16, 2018) at his residence following a brief illness.

He was a native of Callahan, Fla., who lived most of his life in Ware County. He was the son of the late William Bernard Shaw and was also preceded in death by a brother, David Shaw.

He was an avid hunter and fisherman and will be remembered as a loving husband, son, father, grandfather and friend. He was a 1978 graduate of Ware County High School and a member of Haywood Baptist Church. He was employed with Serta-Simmons Mattress Company for the past 12 years as a coiler operator.

Survivors include his wife, Lisa Musgrove Shaw, of Waycross; three daughters, Keri Shaw Phan (husband, Eric), Lauren A. Shaw and Casey Waldschlager (husband, Ethan), all of Waycross; two sons, James A. "Drew" Shaw and Jesse Musgrove (wife, Kylie), both of Waycross; eight grandchildren, Tessa Turner, Layton and Jacob Phan, Seth, Kylie and Emma Jayne Waldschlager, Reese and Ava Musgrove; his mother, Betty Jo Beverly Gibbs, of Waycross; a sister, Brenda Tyre (husband, the late Hugh), of Brunswick, formerly of Blackshear; and numerous other relatives.

A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Music Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Satilla, 808 Evergreen Way, Waycross, Ga. 31501 or to the Southeast Cancer Unit, 401 Pendleton St.,Wayacross, Ga. 31501.

Sympathy can be expressed by signing the online registry at www.musicfuneralhome.com

Waycross Journal Herald (GA) - Thursday, May 17, 2018

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