RICHARD "CASEY" SPELLS -77
OF LAKELAND PASSED AWAY FRIDAY JUNE 8, 2012 IN SOUTH GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER IN VALDOSTA AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN MARCH 23, 1935 IN LANIER COUNTY, GA TO THE LATE C.B. AND VERA MAE FENDER SPELLS. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE U.S. NAVY AFTER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE ELAINE SPIKES SPELLS AND A BROTHER-IN-LAW HERMAN MCLELLAN.
SURVIVORS:
SON – RICKY SPELL – LAKELAND, GA
STEP-SON CONNY MULLIS – CRAIG, CO
SISTER – JOANN S. MCLELLAN – ADEL, GA
FOSTER BROTHER- RICHARD P. STANFIELD – WILLIAMSBURG, NM
GRANDCHILDREN-CAREY MULLIS, KAYDEE MULLIS, CODY MULLIS
BEST FRIEND – MIDGE WATSON – LAKELAND, GA
SEVERAL COUSINS NIECES AND NEPHEWS
AS PER HIS WISHES HE WILL BE CREMATED AND A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. SYMPATHY MAY BE EXPRESSED ONLINE AT
WWW.MUSICFUNERALSERVICES.COM
. MUSIC FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE SERVING THE FAMILY.