Mr. Samuel Brown Lippitt, Jr.

SAMUEL BROWN LIPPITT, JR. Born February 9, 1926, in Albany, Georgia. Attended Albany public schools, serving as student body president his senior year at Albany High School. Attended Emory-at-Oxford, Emory University and Duke University. Graduated from Emory University law school. Practiced law in Albany, Georgia for 43 years. A member of the Georgia Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and a former president of the Albany Bar Association. Was a partner in the law firm that served as attorney for Dougherty County, the Dougherty County School Board, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and First State Bank & Trust Company. Was the first editor of the Georgia Bar News, the predecessor of the Georgia Bar Journal. Served as president of the Albany YMCA and as chairman of the Albany Cancer drive. Served as a member of the Board of Directors of Sowega Youth Home and the Boy’s Club of Albany. A lifelong member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, served several terms on the vestry of the church, served as superintendent of its Sunday school and as a Sunday school teacher. A veteran of World War II, serving as a company commander at age 19 in the Seventh Infantry Division in the Pacific. Two time Georgia State high school golf champion, and the only Albanian to win two Radium Springs invitational golf tournaments. Winner of two Doublegate country club tournaments, numerous one day golf tournaments in the South Georgia area, and the winner of two city of Albany golf championships. A former Radium Springs golf course record holder with a score of 61 over 18 holes and the current record holder for 9 holes with a score of 29; a record that has lasted for over 60 years, and one that now, unfortunately, will never be broken. Defeated the well-known PGA touring golf professional Joe Kirkwood in an exhibition matched played at the Radium Springs Country Club in 1947. Kirkwood had previously defeated Bobby Jones in an exhibition match that opened the Radium Springs course in 1927. A member of the U.S. Army’s South Korea golf team and fourth place finisher in the Occupation Open held in Ito, Japan at the Kawana golf course, known as the “Pebble Beach of the Orient.” Lettered in basketball in both high school and college. Played as the number one man on Emory University’s golf team during both 1947 and 1948. A member of this 1947 team was the son of Bobby Jones. Served as the playing coach of the 32nd Regiment Seventh Infantry Division’s basketball team in South Korea. Won two State YMCA swimming titles, was the Albany city badminton champion on several occasions, and joined his mother as a member of the Albany Sports Hall of Fame. Married to Reverend Dudley Hand Lippitt of Pelham, Georgia. Survived by his wife and six children: Gray Griffith and husband Jonathan of Atlanta, Sam Brown Lippitt III and husband Yoshiyuki Kawai of Brooklyn, New York, Laura Hand Ryan and husband Jeff of Atlanta, David Addison Lippitt and wife Mona Jane of Lawrenceville, Georgia, Robert Aldridge Lippitt and wife Pamela of Greensboro, North Carolina and Lucy Smith and husband Robby of Leesburg, Georgia. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. Samuel Brown Lippitt, Jr.

February 9, 1926 - December 7, 2016