LUTHER EDWIN SPOONER, SR.

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. LUTHER EDWIN SPOONER, SR., AGE 92, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. SPOONER PASSED AWAY MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 2013, AT HIS RESIDENCE. GRAVESIDE SERVICES FOR MR. SPOONER WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013 AT 10:30 AM AT FRIENDSHIP CEMETERY WITH REV. DAN JESSOP OFFICIATING. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DONALSONVILLE AT 11:00, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 2013 AT 7:00 PM AT THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. SPOONER WAS BORN IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, GA ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1920 TO LEWIS E.(LUKE) SPOONER AND DELIA JERNIGAN SPOONER. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND WAS A FARMER/RANCHER. MR. SPOONER WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HIS COMMUNITY AND IN FARM RELATED ORGANIZATIONS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND OF THE DONALSONVILLE LIONS CLUB. MR. SPOONER WAS A PAST MEMBER AND DIRECTOR OF FARM BUREAU AS WELL AS A PAST MEMBER AND DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GEORGIA COMMODITY COMMISSION ON PEANUTS AND OF THE GEORGIA CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION. MR. SPOONER LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE, MARTHA GARWOOD SPOONER OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; THREE SONS, LUKE SPOONER AND HIS WIFE DEBBIE OF DONALSONVILLE, GA, GARY SPOONER AND HIS WIFE JILL OF AUBURN, AL, AND WADE SPOONER AND HIS WIFE LAUREN OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; A DAUGHTER, NANCY SPOONER OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO; AND THREE BROTHERS, ROGER SPOONER AND HIS WIFE ELOISE OF IRON CITY, GA, CECIL SPOONER AND HIS WIFE MARY ANN OF STONE MOUNTAIN, GA, AND BILLY SPOONER AND HIS WIFE BETTY JANE OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. SPOONER IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 32 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. ACTIVE PALLBEARERS WILL BE SCOTT MITCHELL, MELVIN FOX, VANN HORNSBY, BRAD CLARKE, KEITH ODOM, LEWIS CARTER, JR., MARK HANNA, AND RONNY SHINGLER. THE FAMILY REQUEST THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO GENTIVA HOSPICE 432 E. SHOTWELL ST. BAINBRIDGE, GA 39817.