RODDIE M. CLOUD, USCG RET.

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF RODDIE M. CLOUD, USCG RET.,66. OF DONALSONVILLE, GA WHO PASSED AWAY SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 4, 2006 AT THE SOUTHEAST ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DOTHAN, AL. SERVICES FOR MR. CLOUD WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2006 AT 2:00 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. ANDY MERRITT OFFICIATING. VISITATION WILL BE HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2006 FROM 7-9 PM AT EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE BETHANY BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS AND MASONIC RITES. MR. CLOUD WAS BORN IN DECATUR COUNTY ON SEPT. 2, 1940 TO THE LATE RODDIE LEE AND RUBY WARD CLOUD. HE RETIRED FROM THE US COAST GUARD AS A SR. MASTER CHIEF. MR. CLOUD WAS A MEMBER OF HEBREW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED CHIEFS, AND THE GERALD GROW AMERICAN LEGION POST 165. HE WAS A DUAL MEMBER OF THE MASONS FROM THE SALEM LODGE 267 OF SEMINOLE COUNTY AND THE CRISSIE WRIGHT LODGE 741 IN SMYRNA, NC. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE PORTSMOUTH SCOTTISH RITE BODIES IN PORTSMOUTH, VA. MR. CLOUD LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE, JUDY F. CLOUD OF DONALSONVILLEl; FOUR DAUGHTERS, SIMONA SPICKETT (DAVID) AND DEIDRA CLOUD BOTH OF MOOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, KIM EARNEST (JOEY) OF DONALSONVILLE, GA, AND KELLY MARSHALL(JOHN) OF BYRON, GA; ONE SON, KEVIN WOOD (JACKI) OF MONROE, GA; TWO BROTHERS, KENNETH CLOUD OF BAINBRIDGE, GA AND ANGELO CLOUD (BETTY) OF COTTONWOOD, AL; TWO SISTERS, MYRA GAUSE (EARL) OF TALLAHASSEE, FL AND MILDRED EZELLE (AVIN) OF THOMASVILLE, GA; AND 8 GRANDCHILDREN. NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS ALSO SURVIVE.