William Lawrence Bickerstaff, Sr.

William Lawrence Bickerstaff, Sr., 84, died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, April 26, 2013, at Buena Vista United Methodist Church with Reverend Linda Gail Thompson and Reverend Owen Williams officiating. Burial will be at Buena Vista Cemetery. Serving as Honorary Pallbearers will be Brady Humber, Buck Smoot, John Daniel, Rev. Owen Williams, Burt "Mac" Bickerstaff, Jefferson Bickerstaff, and Ben Moore. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013.

Mr. Bickerstaff was born January 13, 1929, in Hatchechubbee, AL, to Jett McCoy and Anna George Pitts Bickerstaff. Methodist by faith, he was a member of Buena Vista United Methodist Church, United Methodist Men and its Board of Trustees for many years. Additionally, he was a member of the Lion’s Club. Mr. Bickerstaff owned and operated Bickerstaff Chevrolet in Buena Vista for over 25 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Annelle Greene Bickerstaff and a brother, Burt McCoy Bickerstaff.

He is survived by a son, William Lawrence Bickerstaff, Jr. of Buena Vista, Georgia; by three daughters, Annelle Forester Head and husband Jim of Luverne, Alabama, Mary Forester Tondee and husband Terry of Buena Vista, Georgia and Betty Bickerstaff Perno and husband Lou of Athens, Georgia; and by five grandchildren, Josh Forester Head, Steven Greene Tondee and wife Mary Allen, Catherine Merritt Tondee, Kinley Christian Perno, and Collier McCoy Perno.

Watson-Tante Funeral Home of Buena Vista, Georgia, was in charge of these arrangements.