William Fleming Underwood Obituary

William Fleming Underwood, Jr. (Bill), age 65, died early Thursday morning, July 22nd while vacationing with his wife, Jeanie Tupper, in the mountains of northern New Mexico.Bill was born in Atlanta, Georgia on October 29, 1944, spending most of his childhood in Blakely, Georgia. He enrolled at Georgia Military College, graduating from high school in 1962, and later from junior college in 1964. He then graduated from the University of Georgia in 1967, with a B.A. degree in journalism. From 1967 to 1969, Bill served as a 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Field Artillery. Bill then matriculated in the night program at John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta, where he graduated in 1974. During that time, he worked with Dr. Sid Williams to publish Volume #1, Issue #1 of Today's Chiropractic. He met and married Marsha Fricks, his ex-wife and mother of his two children. Bill is the proud and loving father of Charlotte Ashley Underwood and William Fleming Underwood, III (Trey). Bill moved to Albany in 1974 where he started his own law firm, Underwood Law Offices, engaging in the general practice of law from 1975-85, before limiting his practice to workers' compensation and personal injury law in 1985. Bill's son, Trey, joined the practice in 2008.Bill served as a Dougherty County Commissioner from 1979-1982, Chairman of the State Bar of Georgia's General Practice and Trial Section from 1982-1983, Vice President for the 2nd District of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association from 1978-1980. He was a member of the American Association for Justice and the American Bar Association, served on the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport Commission, and was recently inducted into the distinguished Melvin Belli Society in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2000, Bill married his current wife, Jeanie Tupper, and he became step-father to three children, Bryan Michael Tupper, Jason Ryan Tupper, and Kristina Rene Edwards who also provided him with his seven grandchildren, all who adored him. Bill was an avid pilot with a commercial/multi-engine instrument rating, having flown his Piper Aerostar across the Atlantic. He had a great sense of humor, a love for reading and a wealth of knowledge concerning American history and politics and built a reputation of always helping others in his community. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States and to many other parts of the world with his wife, Jeanie.In addition to his wife and children, Bill is survived by his sister, Laura Underwood Jordan, and his brothers, John Edgar Underwood of Atlanta and David Underwood of Lansing, Michigan.

William Fleming Underwood Obituary

October 29, 1944 - July 22, 2010