David Leon Quarterman

David Leon Quarterman was born April 29, 1946 in Valdosta to David Sinclair Quarterman, Jr. and Laura Elizabeth Hargraves Quarterman. He passed away November 3, 2021 at The Orchard @ Stone Creek. David grew up on Longway Farm. He inherited his parents love for reading and his grandmother’s egg business which led to a lifelong interest in farming, family history and nutrition.
David graduated from Hahira High School and received a B. S. degree in physics from Valdosta State College. He served four years in the U. S. Navy including in the Mediterranean Sea and earned the rank of Lieutenant J.G.
David attended the University of Georgia in Athens and worked in the computing center there.
He retired to the family homestead and was well known in the community for his intelligence, his wit and as a loving, devoted, husband and father.
David is preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles.
He is survived by his wife, Cathy Reaves Quarterman of Hahira, his daughter, Margaret Campbell Quarterman Stewart (Garner), his grandchildren, Margaret Stewart and Graden Stewart, all of Bumpass, Virginia, his brothers, Stephen Patrick (Ann) and nephew, David Nicholas Quarterman, both of Nashville, Tennessee, his brother, John Sinclair (Gretchen) of Lowndes County, many cousins, and brother-in-law, Don Reaves (Diane) of St. Augustine, FL.
David will be laid to rest at a graveside service at Friendship Cemetery, 6571 Union Road, Hahira, GA on Friday, November 5, 2021, at one p. m. with Reverend Mike Davis officiating. The family will receive friends from noon until one p.m. at the cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in David’s name to Homestead Hospice, 110 East 10th St., Suite A, Tifton, GA 31794 or to The Orchard @ Stone Creek, 4900 Tillman Crossing, Hahira, GA 31632 or to Hahira United Methodist Church, 208 North Church Street, Hahira, GA 31632. Condolences to the family may be expressed online at www.mclanecares.com.
Martin McLane Funeral Home of Hahira is serving the family of Mr. Quarterman.