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- Joseph Lewis Vance, age 95 of Bowdon, Georgia, died Monday, November 27, 2006 at Oak Mountain Health Care Center, Carrollton, GA. Mr. Vance was born in Bowdon, GA on December 2, 1910. He was graduated from Bowdon High School attended Bowdon College and was graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS in Chemistry. At the University, he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity. Following his graduation he was employed by the State of Georgia as a Chemist in Atlanta for eight years. In 1940 he went into business with his father, moved to Bowdon, and later purchased the Bowdon Hardware Company from his father. He enjoyed a long career as the owner of the company until his retirement in 1975. Gardening and playing Golf were his two favorite hobbies that brought him even more pleasure after his retirement. He was a member of the Bowdon Baptist Church, the Keystone Sunday School Class, the Bowdon Masonic Lodge #206 F&AM, and was until his death, one of two surviving charter members of Sunset Hills Country Club.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Luta Herndon Vance and his parents, Fred M. and Ethel G. Vance. He is survived by daughter and son-in-law of Tyler, Texas; son and daughter-in-law of Carrollton, GA; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister of Bowdon; and two nephews.
J. Thomas Vance,(’68 BBA), (’71 JD), is a member of a unique fourth generation UGA alumni legacy.
It all began with his mother’s father, Thomas Herndon, who received his BA in 1909. Later, his daughter, Luta, finished in 1937 and married Joseph Lewis Vance who earned his degree in 1933. Thomas Vance (Tommy) married Karen, Johnston, ’71 BSED.
Tommy practices law in Carrolton and Karen works at the Carrolton Cancer Center. They also have a son, J. Andrew Vance who graduated in ’99 with a BBA in Real Estate and works in that field in Atlanta.
In addition, Tommy has a sister, Shirley Vance Hughes, (’63 BBA), who was an honor graduate in Economics and now lives in Tyler, Texas. [2]
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