Evangeline Lundy

Funeral Services of Mrs. Evangeline Thomas Lundy will be conducted Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 1 pm at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Milledgeville, Ga. with Rev. Dr. Melissa Hartley officiating. A private Interment will be held at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 12 o’clock until the funeral hour and immediately following the services. Mrs. Lundy passed away January 16th, 2015. She was a native of Athens, but resided in Macon and Milledgeville, Ga for most of her life. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty plus years, Lester L. Lundy, her parents, Jeremiah and Beatrice Martin Thomas, sister, Geraldine Barber and brother, J.C. Thomas. As a child, Mrs. Lundy began doing small jobs at her parent’s business, North American Van Lines of Athens, Ga. After graduation from Athens High school, Mrs. Lundy began secondary studies at the University of Georgia; however, during World War II, she was hired by Candler Field (Hartsfield International Airport) and worked there as an air traffic controller. When the war ended, she was encouraged by her parents to return to school. Mrs. Lundy graduated with a Home Economics degree from UGA in 1948. She was chosen, along with four other young ladies from throughout the United States, to complete an internship with Good Housekeeping Institute in New York. This led to a job opportunity with the company, but Mrs. Lundy followed her heart and returned to Georgia, eventually marrying her college sweetheart, Lester Lundy in 1950. In the years that followed, Mrs. Lundy taught at Mcevoy High School and Wesleyan College in Macon. Several years after her son, Bill was born, she returned to work with Georgia Power Co. and remained with this company as a Consumer Marketing representative/home economist until her retirement in the late 1980’s. Mrs. Lundy was well known for her innovative lighting and kitchen designs and won several notable awards for her achievements throughout her tenure with GPC. After retirement, she opened her own company as a free- lance kitchen designer, but eventually chose to enjoy retirement at Lake Sinclair, traveling extensively with her husband, family, and friends, and devoting much of her time to being a grandmother. Survivors include her son, William L. (Bill) Lundy, daughter in law, Cynthia Giddens (Cindi) Lundy, granddaughter, Amanda Lee Lundy, all of Milledgeville, Ga., along with a niece and several nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests expressions of sympathy be made to a charity of their choice in her memory.

Evangeline Lundy

December 21, 1926 - January 16, 2015