John Albert Beggs

John Albert Beggs
Funeral services for John Albert Beggs, 90, of Washington were held Sunday, November 30, 2008, at Hopkins Funeral Home with Rev. Charlie Cook and Rev. Glen Kohlhagan officiating. Burial was at the Vic Moore family cemetery in McDuffie County. He died Wednesday, November 26, in Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington.

Mr. Beggs was a native of Hart County and was the son of the late John A. Beggs and Lena Brown Beggs. He was the widower of Helen Moore Beggs. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1945. He retired from the Pet Milk Co. and Mid-America Dairyman Inc. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and had owned Ye Old Lamplighter Antiques in Washington.

Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Beggs Youmans, and her husband Andy of Savannah; a grandson, Andy Youmans III of Savannah; a sister, Frances Tune of Florence, Ala.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington was in charge of arrangements.