Mr. Henry Allen Studdard Jr.

Henry Allen Studdard, Jr., of Leesburg died Wednesday, Jan. 23rd at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday January 26th at 11 am at First Baptist Church in Leesburg with interment at Crown Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Bobby Harrell will officiate. Visitation will be Friday from 6 - 8 pm at Kimbrell Stern Funeral Home. Born August 11, 1932, in Atlanta, he grew up in the Ben Hill community in Southwest Atlanta. He graduated from ABAC with an associates degree in agriculture and with a bachelor degree in agronomy from the University of Georgia. He was in the farm supply business from the time he graduated college until he retired in 1988 to join Walden and Kirkland as a real estate agent. Henry loved his church and served as a deacon and treasurer throughout his 45 years membership at First Baptist Church in Leesburg. He and his wife, Jane, were fourth grade Sunday School teachers for many years, and later he was an active member of the Jane Studdard Memorial Sunday school class along with many other long-time First Baptist friends. During his agribusiness career with Stevens Industries in Dawson, Monsanto in Sasser, and LeeCo Farm Center in Leesburg, he served as director of the Southern Peanut Warehousemen Association and president of the Georgia Crop Improvement Association. While in Dawson, he was an active member and deacon of First Baptist Church of Dawson and president of the Terrell County Jaycees. In Lee County, he was a member of the Kiwanis Club, an advisory board member of the First State Bank and Trust Company, chairman of the Lee County Development Authority, board member of the Private Industry Council, and Charter President of the Lee County Chamber of Commerce. He was also a veteran of the Korean War. Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Allen Studdard, Sr. and Martha Rivers Studdard, his first wife, Jane Studdard, his grandson, Cole Lentz, his brother, and four sisters. He is survived by his wife, Libby Studdard, sister Bertha Harris of Newnan, son Hank and Anita Studdard of Cumming, daughter Haley and Vance Mims of Leesburg, and step-sons Loren and Teresa Lentz of Bronwood and Kyle and Melanie Lentz of Leesburg, grandchildren Ally Mims, Brooke and Mitch Bryant, and Raegan Lentz, two great-grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews, and special friends, Johnny and Erma Reddick. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of Leesburg, P. O. Box 1009, Leesburg, GA 31763.

Mr. Henry Allen Studdard Jr.

August 11, 1932 - January 23, 2019