Fluker Memorials
Lucy Reid Fluker
Birth Date:
1879-12-03
Deceased Date:
1908-06-07
Obituary:
Washington has never been more shocked at the news of a death than when it was announced on Sunday that Miss Lucy Fluker had died in Atlanta, where she had been taken just a week before for treatment.
She was one of the finest characters who ever grew up to womanhood in Washington and was universally loved and admired by all who knew her. She was refined, cultured and accomplished, and one of the highest types of that womanliness that is so elevating to all those at home and abroad, among whom she moved throughout her life. In the home circle her splendid chaterteristics shone out in their greatest liveliness, and she leaves a memory the beauty and sweetness of which will never be effaced.
Her loss to her father's family and to the entire community is one beyond words to express, and is one of those lessons which we cannot learn here, but in the beautiful beyond we will understand why the Great Jehovah binds us to the ever lasting life with such ties as these.
She was the daughter of Mr. W.T. Fluker, and was twenty eight years of age. The remains were brought to Washington Sunday night and the touching and impressive funeral services took place Monday afternoon.
Washington has never been more shocked at the news of a death than when it was announced on Sunday that Miss Lucy Fluker had died in Atlanta, where she had been taken just a week before for treatment.
She was one of the finest characters who ever grew up to womanhood in Washington and was universally loved and admired by all who knew her. She was refined, cultured and accomplished, and one of the highest types of that womanliness that is so elevating to all those at home and abroad, among whom she moved throughout her life. In the home circle her splendid chaterteristics shone out in their greatest liveliness, and she leaves a memory the beauty and sweetness of which will never be effaced.
Her loss to her father's family and to the entire community is one beyond words to express, and is one of those lessons which we cannot learn here, but in the beautiful beyond we will understand why the Great Jehovah binds us to the ever lasting life with such ties as these.
She was the daughter of Mr. W.T. Fluker, and was twenty eight years of age. The remains were brought to Washington Sunday night and the touching and impressive funeral services took place Monday afternoon.
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Jane Septima Johnson (Fluker)
Birth Date:
1909-10-06
Deceased Date:
1976-12-11
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James D. Fluker
Birth Date:
1909-10-14
Deceased Date:
1989-03-17
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Edward Hawthorne Fluker, Jr
Birth Date:
1925-06-09
Deceased Date:
2014-01-20
Obituary:
MACON: Edward Hawthorne Fluker graduated from this earthly plane on January 20, 2014, after a full and happy life. A memorial service will be held for family and friends at 3:00pm Saturday, January 25, 2014, at The Library Ballroom on Mulberry Street. Stories and tributes will be shared in celebration of Ed's extraordinary life.
Mr. Fluker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 09, 1925, and his early childhood was spent in Washington, Georgia. He graduated from St. Petersburg High School and enlisted in the Navy at the age of eighteen. He served as a store keeper on Guam from 1944 - 1946 and volunteered for reconnaissance flights over the Marianna Islands before Iwo Jima and the surrender of Japan.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida with Blue Key Honors and a BA degree in Commercial Art. He was a partner in Southern Press Printing Co. in Macon, Georgia from 1954-1970. He founded Fluker & Associates Marketing and Advertising Agency, in Macon, in 1970. The agency won many national and local awards for clients' marketing campaigns and projects.
He was a member of several civic organizations and was instrumental in helping to establish the Macon-Bibb Convention Bureau. He also served ten years on the board of Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority and was a lifetime member of the Central Georgia Ad Federation. He was a man of many talents and was a spiritual teacher sharing meditation techniques and metaphysical philosophies. His pen and ink sketches and paintings were often used by clients as gifts to their clients and friends throughout the world. He enjoyed fishing with his children and grandchildren. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren often requested harmonica and ukulele songs embellished by his magic tricks. He was predeceased by his father: Edward Fluker and mother: Harriet Dowling Fluker and by his precious daughter: Patti Brown.
He is survived by his loving wife and partner of thirty-three years: Diane "De" Fluker; daughters and sons-in-law: Miki Fluker of Macon, Terri and Kerry Gilman of Hollywood, California, Valorie and Benji Lewis of Haddock and Rebecca and Arthur Bleakley of Jacksonville, Florida; stepdaughter and her husband: Claire and Jimmy Green of Warner Robins; stepson and his wife: James L. and Joy Stephenson, IV, of Cincinnati, Ohio; twelve grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two on-the-way; extended family includes: Joan Fluker, Patricia Smith of Macon and Jeanne Clark, San Francisco, California.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 886 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, or to one of the Middle Georgia area Hospice organizations.
Bridges Funeral Home and Crematory in Gray has charge of arrangements. Please visit the online memorial at: www.bridgesfh.com.
MACON: Edward Hawthorne Fluker graduated from this earthly plane on January 20, 2014, after a full and happy life. A memorial service will be held for family and friends at 3:00pm Saturday, January 25, 2014, at The Library Ballroom on Mulberry Street. Stories and tributes will be shared in celebration of Ed's extraordinary life.
Mr. Fluker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 09, 1925, and his early childhood was spent in Washington, Georgia. He graduated from St. Petersburg High School and enlisted in the Navy at the age of eighteen. He served as a store keeper on Guam from 1944 - 1946 and volunteered for reconnaissance flights over the Marianna Islands before Iwo Jima and the surrender of Japan.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Florida with Blue Key Honors and a BA degree in Commercial Art. He was a partner in Southern Press Printing Co. in Macon, Georgia from 1954-1970. He founded Fluker & Associates Marketing and Advertising Agency, in Macon, in 1970. The agency won many national and local awards for clients' marketing campaigns and projects.
He was a member of several civic organizations and was instrumental in helping to establish the Macon-Bibb Convention Bureau. He also served ten years on the board of Macon-Bibb County Transit Authority and was a lifetime member of the Central Georgia Ad Federation. He was a man of many talents and was a spiritual teacher sharing meditation techniques and metaphysical philosophies. His pen and ink sketches and paintings were often used by clients as gifts to their clients and friends throughout the world. He enjoyed fishing with his children and grandchildren. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren often requested harmonica and ukulele songs embellished by his magic tricks. He was predeceased by his father: Edward Fluker and mother: Harriet Dowling Fluker and by his precious daughter: Patti Brown.
He is survived by his loving wife and partner of thirty-three years: Diane "De" Fluker; daughters and sons-in-law: Miki Fluker of Macon, Terri and Kerry Gilman of Hollywood, California, Valorie and Benji Lewis of Haddock and Rebecca and Arthur Bleakley of Jacksonville, Florida; stepdaughter and her husband: Claire and Jimmy Green of Warner Robins; stepson and his wife: James L. and Joy Stephenson, IV, of Cincinnati, Ohio; twelve grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two on-the-way; extended family includes: Joan Fluker, Patricia Smith of Macon and Jeanne Clark, San Francisco, California.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 886 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201, or to one of the Middle Georgia area Hospice organizations.
Bridges Funeral Home and Crematory in Gray has charge of arrangements. Please visit the online memorial at: www.bridgesfh.com.
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Margaret Ruth Barch (Johnson)
Birth Date:
1945-07-28
Deceased Date:
2015-02-08
Obituary:
Margaret Johnson Barch, passed away on February 8, 2015.
She was a beloved wife, sister, aunt, and a dear friend to many. Margaret was born in Washington, GA in 1945 and lived every aspect of her life with grace, intelligence and warmth.
Margaret was a member of Highland Baptist Church and played an active role in the Cherokee Triangle Neighborhood. She was a proud alum of the University of Minnesota and received her master's in biology from Georgia State University. A pioneering cytogenetic technologist for more than 40 years, Margaret had been manager and interim director of the Frank P. Yen Cytogenetics Laboratory at the University of Louisville since 1991. There she coauthored articles in the fields of pediatric and cancer genetics. Margaret received the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award of the Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) and edited the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions (in press) of the AGT's Cytogenetics Laboratory Manual, used worldwide.
Margaret's impressive scientific credentials were complemented by a passion for beauty and the arts- she was an avid reader, a lover of all wildflowers and enjoyed the ballet, orchestra and opera. Above all, however, Margaret valued her relationships with her friends and family.
She is survived by her husband and soul mate of 32 years, Gary; siblings Robert F. Johnson, Jane Roberta Johnson Roper (John, dec.), Ann Johnson Bowes (Milow) and many treasured nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jane Septima Fluker Johnson and Robert W. Johnson.
All who had the good fortune of knowing Margaret will remember her as someone who truly made her world a better place.
Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Highland Baptist Church, 1101 Cherokee Road immediately followed by a celebration of Margaret's life beginning at 11 am in the church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Highland Baptist Church, the Foundation of Genetic Technologists , AGT Executive Office, P.O. Box 19193 Lenexa, KS 66285 and the Kentucky Opera https://kyopera.org/make-a-donation-to-the-kentucky-opera/.
Margaret Johnson Barch, passed away on February 8, 2015.
She was a beloved wife, sister, aunt, and a dear friend to many. Margaret was born in Washington, GA in 1945 and lived every aspect of her life with grace, intelligence and warmth.
Margaret was a member of Highland Baptist Church and played an active role in the Cherokee Triangle Neighborhood. She was a proud alum of the University of Minnesota and received her master's in biology from Georgia State University. A pioneering cytogenetic technologist for more than 40 years, Margaret had been manager and interim director of the Frank P. Yen Cytogenetics Laboratory at the University of Louisville since 1991. There she coauthored articles in the fields of pediatric and cancer genetics. Margaret received the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award of the Association of Genetic Technologists (AGT) and edited the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th editions (in press) of the AGT's Cytogenetics Laboratory Manual, used worldwide.
Margaret's impressive scientific credentials were complemented by a passion for beauty and the arts- she was an avid reader, a lover of all wildflowers and enjoyed the ballet, orchestra and opera. Above all, however, Margaret valued her relationships with her friends and family.
She is survived by her husband and soul mate of 32 years, Gary; siblings Robert F. Johnson, Jane Roberta Johnson Roper (John, dec.), Ann Johnson Bowes (Milow) and many treasured nieces, nephews, and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jane Septima Fluker Johnson and Robert W. Johnson.
All who had the good fortune of knowing Margaret will remember her as someone who truly made her world a better place.
Visitation will be 9-11 a.m. Thursday, February 12, 2015 at Highland Baptist Church, 1101 Cherokee Road immediately followed by a celebration of Margaret's life beginning at 11 am in the church sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Highland Baptist Church, the Foundation of Genetic Technologists , AGT Executive Office, P.O. Box 19193 Lenexa, KS 66285 and the Kentucky Opera https://kyopera.org/make-a-donation-to-the-kentucky-opera/.
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Jane Roberta Roper (Johnson)
Birth Date:
1942-11-06
Deceased Date:
2015-04-20
Obituary:
Roberta Roper, resident of Thomson, GA since 2002, died Monday the 20th of April. She passed peacefully and with dignity in her home with family members at her side.
Born on November 6, 1942 in Washington, GA, Jane Roberta Johnson Roper was the second of four children born to Robert Willie Johnson and Jane Septima Fluker Johnson. A graduate of O’Keefe High School in Atlanta, Roberta earned her degree in nursing from Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing and her BS in Social Sciences from Tift College. It was during her time at Georgia Baptist that she met John Warren Roper, and the two were married on July 2nd, 1966 at Northwest Baptist Church in Atlanta. John was ordained into the ministry that same year, and Roberta took on her role of minister’s wife with exceeding grace and sincerity.
A lifetime caregiver, educator, Roberta worked tirelessly in various institutions in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia as a nurse, administrator, and teacher. She worked for several hospitals and home health services in Savannah, GA, before becoming an Allied Health Instructor for LPN and CNA students at Savannah Technical College. After the death of her husband in 1997, Roberta moved to Thomson where she continued to work as Assistant Director of Nursing for Augusta Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta, GA, and in 2005 made full circle by working in Washington, GA as RN supervisor at Wilkes Healthcare Nursing Center until 2006 when she was forced to retire from any full-time position due to illness.
A true Southerner, “Bertie” loved animals – especially horses and her beloved dogs – gardening, good food, good music, good sermons, and, above all else, her family. She is preceded in death by her sister, Margaret, and is survived by her brother, Robert; sister, Ann; brothers-in-law Milow and Gary, sons, Nathaniel and Christopher; daughters-in-law, Amanda and Heather; nephews, James and Robert; and her beloved grandchildren, John and Henry.
The funeral is to be held at First Baptist Church in Thomson, Thursday, April 23rd at 2:00 p.m. There will be a visitation to precede the service at 1:00 p.m. at the church.
Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made in her memory to First Baptist Church or Pine Grove Baptist Church in Thomson, GA or to the American Cancer Society.
Beggs Funeral Home, 799 Cobbham Rd., Thomson, GA has been entrusted with her care.
Roberta Roper, resident of Thomson, GA since 2002, died Monday the 20th of April. She passed peacefully and with dignity in her home with family members at her side.
Born on November 6, 1942 in Washington, GA, Jane Roberta Johnson Roper was the second of four children born to Robert Willie Johnson and Jane Septima Fluker Johnson. A graduate of O’Keefe High School in Atlanta, Roberta earned her degree in nursing from Georgia Baptist Hospital School of Nursing and her BS in Social Sciences from Tift College. It was during her time at Georgia Baptist that she met John Warren Roper, and the two were married on July 2nd, 1966 at Northwest Baptist Church in Atlanta. John was ordained into the ministry that same year, and Roberta took on her role of minister’s wife with exceeding grace and sincerity.
A lifetime caregiver, educator, Roberta worked tirelessly in various institutions in Virginia, North Carolina, and Georgia as a nurse, administrator, and teacher. She worked for several hospitals and home health services in Savannah, GA, before becoming an Allied Health Instructor for LPN and CNA students at Savannah Technical College. After the death of her husband in 1997, Roberta moved to Thomson where she continued to work as Assistant Director of Nursing for Augusta Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta, GA, and in 2005 made full circle by working in Washington, GA as RN supervisor at Wilkes Healthcare Nursing Center until 2006 when she was forced to retire from any full-time position due to illness.
A true Southerner, “Bertie” loved animals – especially horses and her beloved dogs – gardening, good food, good music, good sermons, and, above all else, her family. She is preceded in death by her sister, Margaret, and is survived by her brother, Robert; sister, Ann; brothers-in-law Milow and Gary, sons, Nathaniel and Christopher; daughters-in-law, Amanda and Heather; nephews, James and Robert; and her beloved grandchildren, John and Henry.
The funeral is to be held at First Baptist Church in Thomson, Thursday, April 23rd at 2:00 p.m. There will be a visitation to precede the service at 1:00 p.m. at the church.
Interment will follow in the Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made in her memory to First Baptist Church or Pine Grove Baptist Church in Thomson, GA or to the American Cancer Society.
Beggs Funeral Home, 799 Cobbham Rd., Thomson, GA has been entrusted with her care.
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