Alvin Bostick Richards

AUG. 26, 2014. HE WAS BORN ON MARCH 13, 1928 TO THE LATE LUTHER FLOYD

RICHARDS AND BESSIE LEE GAINES IN ROME, GA. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HIS LOVING WIFE OF 56 YEARS, MARY JANE COCHRAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS

DAUGHTER JANE RICHARDS (DAVID KING) SONS PHILIP RICHARDS (VICKI), LARRY

RICHARDS (ELAINE),AND DAVID RICHARDS, GRANDCHILDREN, AUTUMN SISK

(MATT), RUSS RICHARDS (BRIDGET), CHRISTA BAGGETT (BRENT), WHITNEY BAILEY

(TED), AUDREY ELLISON (COREY), LARA WEST (KEN), AUSTIN REYNOLDS (JANNA),

MALISSA REYNOLDS, AND KATIE RICHARDS, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ZOE

AND BROCK BAILEY, ELBA AND PHILIP RICHARDS, ASHER AND ELI SISK, JACK

ELLISON AND JACE REYNOLDS. ALSO, SURVIVED BY HIS BROTHER ELLIS RICHARDS,

SISTER-IN-LAW'S, BETTY GRAY (MAX D), ELSIE MANSFIELD (EARL) AND MANY

NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

ALVIN ATTENDED WHITE ELEMENTARY, CARTERSVILLE HIGH AND EMORY AT

OXFORD COLLEGE. HE WAS A DAIRY FARMER FOR 48 YEARS, A RETIRED MEMBER

OF THE EUHARLEE FARMERS CLUB, SERVED ON THE BARTOW COUNTY SCHOOL

BOARD FROM 1958 TO 1976, A KIWANIS CLUB MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS, A BOY

SCOUT LEADER IN THE WHITE AREA, AND A MEMBER OF THE BARTOW

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE HE WAS AN ELDER. HE WAS A

DEVOUT CHRISTIAN WITH A BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE BUT SAUGHT NO

PUBLICITY OR FAME FOR HIS TALENT, ONLY USING IT TO SERVE THE LORD. HE

WAS SINCERE, HONEST, HARD WORKING AND WILL BE MISSED BY HIS FAMILY,

FRIENDS, CHURCH, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF WHITE.

PALLBEARERS INCLUDE RUSS RICHARDS, AUSTIN REYNOLDS, MATT SISK, TED

BAILEY, BRENT BAGGETT, COREY ELLISON, KEN WEST AND BLAKE SCHEFF.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE BARTOW CUMBERLAND

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OR THE ALS ASSOCIATION.

FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON Friday, August 29, 2014 at 11:00 am at BARTOW

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH with Rev. Mark Rackley officiating. The church is LOCATED AT 2851 HWY 140 RYDAL GA.

Burial will follow at White Cemetery.

THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS at OWEN FUNERAL HOME Thursday evening from 4:00pm – 8:00pm

Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Drive, Cartersville, GA. is in charge of the arrangements.