Jule Kerby passed away April 20, 2007 at age 90. Born January 26, 1917 in Sandersville, GA to J. Fred Lambert and Jule Foute Lambert, she was raised in Fort Valley, GA where her father was Superintendent of Schools. Earning a teaching degree from Shorter College, she married and was the beloved wife of Thomas William Kerby, Jr. He, a graduate of Georgia Tech and resident of Waycross served as an eventual Major with the Corps of Engineers in Hawaii during WWII and she joined him there. After the war, they returned to Waycross where he began Kerby Concrete and Construction Co. After giving birth to three sons, she returned to teaching and for many years was a much loved and dedicated teacher of 8th grade Georgia History at the Wacona School.
She cared passionately about her students and will be remembered by the many whose lives she touched. She earned her Master's Degree in History from Valdosta University and won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship which took her abroad to study in India in 1973. She traveled widely circling the globe twice and was a member of PEO. In addition, she was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild.
In her time she was a dynamic force in the community, a fiercely devoted parent and a warm, generous and unpretentious friend. Predeceased by her husband and siblings, Fredrica Harris and Laura Cook, she is survived by two sisters, Beulah Alexander of Atlanta and Palm Beach, FL and Gladys Bursch, Hobesound, FL, three devoted sons, Bill Kerby, Waycross, Fred Kerby, Orlando, FL and Richard Kerby, Valdosta, one granddaughter, Victoria of New Brunswick, NJ. She was loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 - 7 pm at Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 401 Pendleton St. at 2 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 305 University Drive, Suite 1, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Sympathy may be expressed online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She cared passionately about her students and will be remembered by the many whose lives she touched. She earned her Master's Degree in History from Valdosta University and won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship which took her abroad to study in India in 1973. She traveled widely circling the globe twice and was a member of PEO. In addition, she was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild.
In her time she was a dynamic force in the community, a fiercely devoted parent and a warm, generous and unpretentious friend. Predeceased by her husband and siblings, Fredrica Harris and Laura Cook, she is survived by two sisters, Beulah Alexander of Atlanta and Palm Beach, FL and Gladys Bursch, Hobesound, FL, three devoted sons, Bill Kerby, Waycross, Fred Kerby, Orlando, FL and Richard Kerby, Valdosta, one granddaughter, Victoria of New Brunswick, NJ. She was loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 - 7 pm at Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 401 Pendleton St. at 2 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 305 University Drive, Suite 1, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Sympathy may be expressed online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Jule Kerby passed away April 20, 2007 at age 90. Born January 26, 1917 in Sandersville, GA to J. Fred Lambert and Jule Foute Lambert, she was raised in Fort Valley, GA where her father was Superintendent of Schools. Earning a teaching degree from Shorter College, she married and was the beloved wife of Thomas William Kerby, Jr. He, a graduate of Georgia Tech and resident of Waycross served as an eventual Major with the Corps of Engineers in Hawaii during WWII and she joined him there. After the war, they returned to Waycross where he began Kerby Concrete and Construction Co. After giving birth to three sons, she returned to teaching and for many years was a much loved and dedicated teacher of 8th grade Georgia History at the Wacona School.
She cared passionately about her students and will be remembered by the many whose lives she touched. She earned her Master's Degree in History from Valdosta University and won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship which took her abroad to study in India in 1973. She traveled widely circling the globe twice and was a member of PEO. In addition, she was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild.
In her time she was a dynamic force in the community, a fiercely devoted parent and a warm, generous and unpretentious friend. Predeceased by her husband and siblings, Fredrica Harris and Laura Cook, she is survived by two sisters, Beulah Alexander of Atlanta and Palm Beach, FL and Gladys Bursch, Hobesound, FL, three devoted sons, Bill Kerby, Waycross, Fred Kerby, Orlando, FL and Richard Kerby, Valdosta, one granddaughter, Victoria of New Brunswick, NJ. She was loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 - 7 pm at Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 401 Pendleton St. at 2 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 305 University Drive, Suite 1, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Sympathy may be expressed online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
She cared passionately about her students and will be remembered by the many whose lives she touched. She earned her Master's Degree in History from Valdosta University and won a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship which took her abroad to study in India in 1973. She traveled widely circling the globe twice and was a member of PEO. In addition, she was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and served on the Altar Guild.
In her time she was a dynamic force in the community, a fiercely devoted parent and a warm, generous and unpretentious friend. Predeceased by her husband and siblings, Fredrica Harris and Laura Cook, she is survived by two sisters, Beulah Alexander of Atlanta and Palm Beach, FL and Gladys Bursch, Hobesound, FL, three devoted sons, Bill Kerby, Waycross, Fred Kerby, Orlando, FL and Richard Kerby, Valdosta, one granddaughter, Victoria of New Brunswick, NJ. She was loved and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 - 7 pm at Miles-Odum Funeral Home.
Services will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 401 Pendleton St. at 2 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. Burial will follow in Oakland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 305 University Drive, Suite 1, Valdosta, GA 31602.
Sympathy may be expressed online at www.milesodumfuneralhome.com.
Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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