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Mr. Lloyd "Bo" V. Whitaker, Jr. Retired Air Force HARLEM, Ga. -- Entered into rest Friday, January 21, 2005, Mr. Lloyd 'Bo' V. Whitaker, Jr., 80, husband of Ruby N. Roberts Whitaker, of Harlem. Funeral services were held at 2 PM Monday January 24, 2005, at Silver Run Baptist Church, Harlem, Ga., with the Rev. Jerry Pitman officiating. Interment was in the Harlem Memorial Cemetery with full military honors. Mr. Whitaker, a native of McDuffie County, was an Air Force retiree, having served in WWII, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis and Viet Nam. He was a member of the Local Union #150 Plumber and Steam Fitters, the Henry Miller Masonic Lodge and the Shriners of Charleston. He was also a member of the Silver Run Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Ruby N. Roberts Whitaker; one son, Lloyd V. Whitaker, III, of Augusta; three step-daughters, Vernell Ansley, Dearing, Nancy Wilson, Harlem, and Betty Eno, Dearing; two brothers, Harold Kenneth Whitaker, Dearing, and Carol S. Whitaker, Thomson; two grandchildren and six step-grandchildren; one great grandchild and six step-great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were members of the military. Honorary pallbearers were grandsons. Web posted on Thursday, January 27, 2005