O. D. Cannon

O. D. Cannon

Funeral services for Mr. O.D. Cannon, 84, who passed on August 17, 2012, will be held on Saturday, August 25, at 1:30 PM at Buckeye Baptist Church, 2176 New Buckeye Road, Wrightsville. Interment will follow in the Buckeye Baptist Church Cemetery. Superintendent Ira Edwards will officiate. Mr. O.D. Cannon was born on July 28, 1928 to Maxie Mae and Isaiah Cannon. He departed this life on Friday, August 17, 2012. Mr. Cannon was born in Cadwell, Georgia. He was a member of Ranger Grove Church of God In Christ for many years. Mr. Cannon was employed by and retired from the Bridgeport Brass Company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was later employed by the Johnson County Convenience Center in Wrightsville, Georgia. His hobbies were fishing, hunting and collecting coins. O.D. was preceded in death by his mother, Maxie Hooks; a brother, Andrew Johnson, a sister, Dorothy Cannon and a daughter, Deborah Cannon of Dudley. He leaves to cherish his memory, his loving and devoted wife of 64 years, Eloise Walden Cannon; five daughters, Alice Jefferies and Bobbie J. Smith both of Bridgeport, CT, Barbara A. Davis of Richmond, VA, Elois Cannon of Wrightsville, GA, and Jacqueline (Willie) Davis of East Dublin, GA; two sons, Odell (Deborah) Cannon of Dublin, GA and Federico (Chasity) Cannon of Rigdeland, SC; two devoted ex sons-in-law, Donald Smith of Bridgeport, CT and Lawrence Davis of Richmond, VA; three sisters, Margarine (Clarence) Wiggins and Ruby (Ossie) Waters both of Dublin, GA, and Mary Lee Carswell of Bridgeport, CT; two brothers, Sam Cannon and Willie (Joyce) Cannon of Bridgeport, CT; 17 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and one great, great grandchild; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. The family will receive friends at the family residence, 13 Flanders Street Wrightsville. Services By Dudley Funeral of Dublin www.ServicesByDudley.com