Walter Harry "Joe" Hendrix

Cobbtown - Mr. Walter Harry "Joe" Hendrix, age 71, died Saturday at Tattnall Community Hospital. The Tattnall County native lived all of his life in Cobbtown and the Evergreen Community. He was a former Tattnall Co. school bus driver, former member of The Cobbtown Lions Club, a retired farmer and served in the US Army as a Corporal. He was a member of Evergreen Baptist Church, a Cobbtown City Councilman and a Hunting Guide at Mill Creek and Beaver Creek. He was one of the original members of the Melody Masters which later became the Hymnsmen Quartet, which had just celebrated their 50th anniversary. Survivors include: wife, Mary Joyce Hendrix, of Cobbtown; sons, Perkins Hudak Hendrix, of Decatur and Doy Ott Hendrix, of Cobbtown; daughter, Melanie Campione, of Vidalia; brother, John Linton Hendrix, of Wilmington, NC; grandsons, Colin Vincent Campione and Bartholomew Eason Campione, both of Vidalia; one brother -in-law and two siste rs-in-law, Lamar and Betty Durden, of Cobbtown and Catherine Durden, of Tifton. Funeral Services will be conducted Monday 4:00 p.m. at Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church with burial in the Sunlight Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 6:00-9:00 p.m. at the Cobbtown Chapel. In Lieu of Flowers, remembrances can be made to the Tattnall Community Hospital, 247 South Main St., Reidsville, GA 30453 or The American Cancer Society. Kennedy-Morgan Funeral Homes Cobbtown, Chapel Savannah Morning News, October 3, 2004 Please sign our Obituary Guestbook at www.savannahnow.com