Beverlyn was a lifelong residence of Lowndes County, Ga. She was a graduate of Lowndes High School and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, where she chose nursing as her profession.

She practiced her nursing skills at South Georgia Medical Center, Crestwood Nursing Home and Parkwood Nursing Home until she was disabled by her illness. Beverlyn was a member of the National Nursing Association. She was the core organizer of events that held the Thomas family together. All of her nieces and nephews held her in high esteem because she devoted her time and energy in a caring and compassionate manner. Her nieces and nephews affectionately knew her as “Auntie Bessie.”

Beverlyn dedicated her life to Jesus Christ at an early age. She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church where she was a faithful member until her health began to decline.

She was devoted mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend. She was preceded in death by her father, Mr. John A. Thomas, and brother Mr. John Wesley “Pee Wee” Thomas.

She leaves to lament her passing a son, Herschel Robinson; two daughters, Tawanna L. Thomas, and LaToya S. Thomas, all of Valdosta; one granddaughter, Destiny Makala Robinson, Valdosta; a devoted mother, Mrs. Alberta Irvin and step father, Mr. Richard Irvin, Valdosta; three sisters, Mrs. Clemmie Jean Sams, Mrs. Barbara J. Carter (Marcellous), Valdosta, Ms. Alma J. Yusuff, Stone Mountain, Ga.; five brothers, Jimmy L. Thomas (Grace), Jack Thomas (LaVerne), Larry Thomas (Wanda Faye), Paul Thomas, and Billy W. Thomas (Pandora), all of Valdosta; a devoted aunt and uncle, Willie Mae and Luther Thompkins, Madison, Fla.; special friends, Linda S. Hart, Cynthia Peak, Gloria Ector, Creacy Sermons, Wanda Rhym and Sis. Altamese Morgan; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005 at Morning Star Baptist Church. Pastor William C. Morgan will officiate. Burial will follow in Pallbearers’ Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-6 p.m. today, Dec. 10, 2005 at Godfrey Funeral Home LLC. — Godfrey Funeral Home LLC

WAYNESBORO, Miss.

John Harold Hobdy

WAYNESBORO, Miss.

John Harold Hobdy, 88, 1701 McInnis Drive, Waynesboro, Miss. 39367, died Dec. 8, 2005, at Southern Living Assisted Living, Waynesboro, Miss.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, 2005, at Waynesboro First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Steve Smith officiating. Burial will take place Dec. 11, 2005, in the Waynesboro Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday at Freeman Parlor.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Justin Hobdy Memorial Scholarship Fund at First Federal Savings & Loan in Valdosta.

Born April 29, 1917, in Alabama, he was the son of Edmund Hobdy and Bessie Evans, both of whom preceded him in death. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a postmaster. He was married to Mary John Hobdy of Waynesboro, Miss., who survives.

Mr. Hobdy was a member of Waynesboro First Baptist. There he served as a deacon and Sunday school superintendent. He also served as a member of the Wayne County School Board, president of the Lion Club and president of Wayne County Country Club.