Mr. Herbert Talmadge Core Jr. left his earthly home on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida.
TALMADGE HERBERT “FREIGHT” CORE, JR., WAS BORN ON MAY 20, 1942, IN FARGO GEORGIA TO THE LATE TALMADGE AND INEZ CORE. HE ATTENDED THE LOCL SCHOOLS IN GEORGIA AND GRADUATED FROM CLINCH COUNTY HIGH. HE STAYED IN FARGO WORKING FOR HIS DAD BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE ARMY. WHERE HE SERVED ONLY A SHORT PERIOD AFTER BEING INJURED AND HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED.
TALMADGE “FREIGHT” CORE AFFECTIONATLEY KNOWN TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS WELL LOVED BY MANY. HE WAS VERY COMMICAL AND HE COULD MEZMIRIZE YOU WITH HIS STORIES OR HIS TELL ALL PIECES. HE WORKED FOR THE AMVETS CLUB WHERE HE MET AND ENJOYED MOST OF HIS FRIENDS FROM THE EARLY 2000 UNTIL HE LEFT IN 2018. HE WAS EITHER LIKED OR NOT LIKED, BUT HE DID NOT CARE AND HE NEVER CHANGED FOR NO ONE, HE WAS SIMPLY “FREIGHT”.
MR. TALMADGE CORE JR. WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS TALMADGE AND INEZ CORE; 4 SISTERS, 5 BROTHERS, AND 1 SISTER-IN-LAW.
HE LEAVES HIS MEMORIES TO BE CHERISHED BY HIS CHILDREN; MELISSA JACKSON (HARRISON), MELINDA CARTER (DILIL), DEIDRE CORE (TERRY), SOPHIA CORE-RAGLAND(JOSEPH), TALAMDGE T. CORE, OCTAVIA BORDES-KOHN (JOSEPH), BRIAN CORE (STACY), ANTOINE WOLFE, TONYA BONNER WING (RALPH), TAKIYAH GREEN, CLINTON EVANS, AND THE BABY BOY AQUAVIUS CORE (AMBRIA). SISTERS INEZ CORE, AND LINDA BERRY (AMOS). SISTER-IN-LAWS MICHELLE CORE AND ANNIE MAE CORE. FRIENDS RICK LANE AND MR. BRASWELL, AND A HOST OF GRAND CHILDREN, GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, AND GREAT-GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.
Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2023, at 11:00 am at Edith Cemetery in Fargo, Georgia. Please keep the family in prayer during this difficult time.
Services of care and comfort entrusted to the caring professionals of Fluker Funeral Home 985 Ossie Davis Parkway, Waycross, Georgia 31501
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