Laura M. Colvin

Speech Pathologist AUGUSTA, Ga.- Mrs. Laura M. Colvin, 54, of Wrightsboro Rd., wife of Dr. Charles J. Colvin, entered into rest Wednesday, September 24, 2003. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 4, 2003, at First Baptist Church of Augusta, with Dr. Rodger Murchison and Rev. Jorene Swift of Broadway Baptist Church, Ft. Worth, Texas, officiating. Mrs. Colvin was born in Santa Ana, California and was a retired Speech Pathologist. She was a graduate of Carlsbad High School in 1967 and a graduate of Whittier College with B.A. in Speech Pathology, 1971. She went on to earn her M.A. in special education for the deaf in 1972 from California State University at Los Angeles. Mrs. Colvin taught in Special Education and Speech Therapy in public schools from 1972 until 1991. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Augusta and the Evans Sunday School Class. She was also a member of the Cherokee Rose Garden Club and the Ft. Gordon Dental Wives Group. Surviving in addition to her husband, are her parents, Joe Ben and Cora Lee Tyler, Magalia, Calif.; one son, Stephen M. Colvin; one daughter, Shelley M. Colvin, both of Augusta; one sister, Sharron Lee Jones, Park City, Utah. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tiburon Baptist Church, 445 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon, Calif., 94920 or to First Baptist Church of Augusta Benevolence Fund, 3500 Walton Way, Augusta, Ga. 30909 or to Ovarian Cancer Research, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, Tx. 77210. The family will greet friends in the foyer of the church following the memorial service. Platts Funeral Home, 337 N. Belair Rd., Evans, Ga. (706) 860-6166. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com