Roy Dean

Sutphin, Sr.

Roy Dean Sutphin, Sr., 78, passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at Archbold Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at Whiddon Shiver Funeral Home on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 11:00 am with Rev. Steve Brooks officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service from 10:00 am - 11:00 am in the funeral home Chapel. He will be laid to rest at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be; Johnny Godwin, Dilyn Stowers, Richard Sanders, Andy Stewart, Tommy Ellis, and Keith Stanaland. Roy was born on July 16, 1944 to the late Francis Dean Sutphin "Blackie" and Lula Opal Stover Sutphin in Pax, West Virginia. He married Sharon Jensen Sutphin on June 18, 1966 in Miami, FL, who survives in Thomasville. He was a member of the U.S. Army in the Vietnam era. He worked for Langdale Forest Products and was a member of First Newark Baptist Church. In addition to his wife, survivors include; his children, Kimberly Green of Pelham, GA, Roy Dean Sutphin, Jr. (Alyse) of Thomasville, GA, grandchildren, Richard Sanders (Brittanie) of Doerun, GA, Georgia Fetzner (Casey) of Hilliard, FL, Jessica Stanaland (Keith) of Meigs, GA, Lauren Sutphin of Thomasville, GA, and Dilyn Stowers of Thomasville, GA, 8 great-grandchildren, a sister, Betty Rotolante (Wayne) of Miami, FL, a number of nieces and nephews, and his precious dog Shadow.