Robert Elliott Wainright

Robert “Bob” Wainright, 84, of Albany, GA (formerly of Brunswick, Cochran, Dublin, Albany and Colquitt, GA) died peacefully at Morningside of Albany assisted living center in Albany on Friday, March 08, 2013, from pulmonary and heart problems and age-related complications. Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for interment. A graveside service will be conducted at Christ Episcopal Church Frederica, St. Simons Island at 4:30 p.m. on March 22, 2013, by Father Stephen McWhorter, after which Bob will be buried alongside his wife Mary and her parents. Family and close friends will gather at a local restaurant afterwards to share a meal and celebrate Bob’s life.

Bob was born in Toledo, OH, where his parents, Everett Marshall Wainright, a native of Atkinson, GA, and Kathleen Knox Wainright, a native of Hortense, GA, briefly resided at the time of his birth on March 26, 1928. They soon returned to their former hometown of Brunswick, where Bob (then known as “Bobby”) spent the rest of his childhood. He attended Sidney Lanier Elementary School, Prep Junior High and Glynn Academy, graduating from the latter in 1946.

He served in the U.S. Air Force in the far east during the late 1940s.. Upon receiving his honorable discharge, he attended the University of Georgia, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry in 1953. While a student at UGA, he married Mary Alice Steuart of Atlanta, GA on March 18, 1951, at Christ Episcopal Church Frederica on St. Simons Island. Mary was the daughter of George Calvert Steuart (a native of Brunswick, who was the last child raised on Black Banks Plantation on St. Simons Island and a descendant of James Gould, builder of the first lighthouse on St. Simons Island circa 1811) and Alice Wilson Steuart (a native of Atlanta).

After graduation, Bob and Mary lived in Brunswick for a couple of years. He then went to work for the Satilla Wood Company for a number of years and resided in Waycross with Mary and their children. In 1963, he joined Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. as a District Manager in Cochran for one year and then in Dublin, GA. In 1973, he became a sawmill superintendent for the Davis Lumber Co. in Albany, GA. He retired from the forest-products industry in 1987 and sold lots in two subdivisions that he developed on the Satilla River in Brantley Co. and just west of Waycross in Ware Co.

Bob and Mary had three children, Robert “Gary” Wainright, Jeffery “Jeff” Steuart Wainright and Amy Kathleen Wainright Warren, all of whom survived him. Mary passed away in 1978 following a lengthy fight against breast cancer. Gary lives on St. Simons Island, GA and is married to Rebecca “Becky” Schwegman Wainright. They have two sons, Reeve J. Wainright and Robert “Bobby” J. Wainright. Jeff lives on St. Simons Island and has two children, Jeffery “Steuart” Wainright, Jr. and “Hannah” Bradley Wainright, by his former wife, Susan Corn Wainright. Amy lives in Leesburg, GA and is married to Thomas “Tommy” Warren. They have two children, Steuart Warren and Tommie “Taylor” Warren.

Bob has four siblings, P. Marshall Wainright, deceased, Charles K. Wainright, deceased, Marion J. Wainright, who resides in Folkston, GA, and Rosemary Wainright Hurst, who resides in Waycross, GA.

Bob enjoyed playing golf with his sons when they were boys, fishing at the family pond, fish aquaculture, gardening, maintaining the landscape at home and at the pond, playing computer solitaire and fellowship with family and friends. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, and his family misses him greatly.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made in his name to the American Cancer Society (ACS), Albany Community Hospice (ACH) or another charity of the contributor’s choice. Donations to ACS may be made by phone at 1-800-227-2345. To donate by mail, send a completed donor form available at https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/otherwaystogive/donate-by-mail-or-phone with your check to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. To donate online, go to the web address mentioned above and look for the “Donate online” link. To donate to ACH, the family requests that memorial gifts be forwarded to Albany Community Hospice, c/o Phoebe Foundation, Medical Tower I, 425 3rd Avenue, Suite 220, Albany, Georgia 31701, or you may click on the “Donate now” button on the following webpage: http://www.supportphoebe.org/PhoebeFoundation.aspx?nd=28 . For more information, contact the Foundation office at 229-312-4483 or 1-877-312-4483.

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.Robert “Bob” Wainright, 84, of Albany, GA (formerly of Brunswick, Cochran, Dublin, Albany and Colquitt, GA) died peacefully at Morningside of Albany assisted living center in Albany on Friday, March 08, 2013, from pulmonary and heart problems and age-related complications. Edo Miller & Sons Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for interment. A graveside service will be conducted at Christ Episcopal Church Frederica, St. Simons Island at 4:30 p.m. on March 22, 2013, by Father Stephen McWhorter, after which Bob will be buried alongside his wife Mary and her parents. Family and close friends will gather at a local restaurant afterwards to share a meal and celebrate Bob’s life.

Bob was born in Toledo, OH, where his parents, Everett Marshall Wainright, a native of Atkinson, GA, and Kathleen Knox Wainright, a native of Hortense, GA, briefly resided at the time of his birth on March 26, 1928. They soon returned to their former hometown of Brunswick, where Bob (then known as “Bobby”) spent the rest of his childhood. He attended Sidney Lanier Elementary School, Prep Junior High and Glynn Academy, graduating from the latter in 1946.

He served in the U.S. Air Force in the far east during the late 1940s.. Upon receiving his honorable discharge, he attended the University of Georgia, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry in 1953. While a student at UGA, he married Mary Alice Steuart of Atlanta, GA on March 18, 1951, at Christ Episcopal Church Frederica on St. Simons Island. Mary was the daughter of George Calvert Steuart (a native of Brunswick, who was the last child raised on Black Banks Plantation on St. Simons Island and a descendant of James Gould, builder of the first lighthouse on St. Simons Island circa 1811) and Alice Wilson Steuart (a native of Atlanta).

After graduation, Bob and Mary lived in Brunswick for a couple of years. He then went to work for the Satilla Wood Company for a number of years and resided in Waycross with Mary and their children. In 1963, he joined Brunswick Pulp & Paper Co. as a District Manager in Cochran for one year and then in Dublin, GA. In 1973, he became a sawmill superintendent for the Davis Lumber Co. in Albany, GA. He retired from the forest-products industry in 1987 and sold lots in two subdivisions that he developed on the Satilla River in Brantley Co. and just west of Waycross in Ware Co.

Bob and Mary had three children, Robert “Gary” Wainright, Jeffery “Jeff” Steuart Wainright and Amy Kathleen Wainright Warren, all of whom survived him. Mary passed away in 1978 following a lengthy fight against breast cancer. Gary lives on St. Simons Island, GA and is married to Rebecca “Becky” Schwegman Wainright. They have two sons, Reeve J. Wainright and Robert “Bobby” J. Wainright. Jeff lives on St. Simons Island and has two children, Jeffery “Steuart” Wainright, Jr. and “Hannah” Bradley Wainright, by his former wife, Susan Corn Wainright. Amy lives in Leesburg, GA and is married to Thomas “Tommy” Warren. They have two children, Steuart Warren and Tommie “Taylor” Warren.

Bob has four siblings, P. Marshall Wainright, deceased, Charles K. Wainright, deceased, Marion J. Wainright, who resides in Folkston, GA, and Rosemary Wainright Hurst, who resides in Waycross, GA.

Bob enjoyed playing golf with his sons when they were boys, fishing at the family pond, fish aquaculture, gardening, maintaining the landscape at home and at the pond, playing computer solitaire and fellowship with family and friends. He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather, and his family misses him greatly.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made in his name to the American Cancer Society (ACS), Albany Community Hospice (ACH) or another charity of the contributor’s choice. Donations to ACS may be made by phone at 1-800-227-2345. To donate by mail, send a completed donor form available at https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/otherwaystogive/donate-by-mail-or-phone with your check to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718. To donate online, go to the web address mentioned above and look for the “Donate online” link. To donate to ACH, the family requests that memorial gifts be forwarded to Albany Community Hospice, c/o Phoebe Foundation, Medical Tower I, 425 3rd Avenue, Suite 220, Albany, Georgia 31701, or you may click on the “Donate now” button on the following webpage: http://www.supportphoebe.org/PhoebeFoundation.aspx?nd=28 . For more information, contact the Foundation office at 229-312-4483 or 1-877-312-4483.