John W. ''Bo'' Dempsey, Jr.

Mr. John W. “Bo” Dempsey, Jr. passed away on Sunday, September 28, 2003 at Macon Northside Hospital. Services will be held on Friday, October 3 at 2:00 pm at Trinity United Methodist Church with interment following in Magnolia Park Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 7:00 until 9:00pm at McCullough Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to the Alzheimer’s Foundation.

Mr. Dempsey was born in East Point, Georgia. He graduated from Russell High School where he was an All State football and track standout and was a member of the ROTC. He then joined the Marines where he was a rifle expert, and an All American right fielder for the 1951 Camp Lejeune baseball team. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. After his service he signed with the Atlanta Crackers baseball organization and after a year moved up and played for one year with the New York Giants and three years with the St. Louis Cardinals Organization. He was the Assistant Golf Pro at Meadowbrooks Country Club in Atlanta, then Head Pro at Griffin Country Club. He was the first golf pro in Houston County, having worked first at Perry Country Club, then later at Sandy Run Golf Club (now International City Golf Club). He was instrumental in making it so civilians could play at the RAFB Golf Course. He was retired after 33 years from Civil Service at Robins Air Force Base where he had been an inventory management specialist. He was a member and former Commander of the DAV, VFW, American Legion, American Federation of Government Employees (Treasurer), the PGA of America, the Georgia State Golf Association and the Seniors Golf Association of Georgia. His parents, John W. Dempsey, Sr. and Lena H. Dempsey, and brothers, Groover Dempsey and Joseph Dempsey, preceded him in death.

Survivors include his wife, Gladys M. Dempsey; sons, Steven R. Dempsey (and wife Mary Leigh); Douglas W. Dempsey; John R. Dempsey (and wife Kelly); Jeffrey S. Dempsey, all of Warner Robins; sister, Eleanor D. Weeks, Brunswick; eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Go to www.mcculloughfh.com to sign Online Register Book. McCullough Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.


Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Road
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088