Ret. Major JW Daughtry, 64, of Navarre, Florida, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Friday, September 28, 2018.

JW was born October 3, 1953, in Milledgeville, Georgia. He was the first of seven children born to the late Martha Daughtry Weddington.

He was a 1976 graduate of St. Andrews Presbyterian College of Laurenburg, North Carolina, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He was a 1985 graduate of Golden State University in San Francisco, California, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration. He retired in 1999 as a Major in the United States Air Force and continued working at Hurlburt Field Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, as a Lead Program Analyst.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Martha and Arthur Weddington; and two sisters, Martha Ann McBride and Joyce Miranda McBride.

JW is survived by his wife of 32 years, Glorietta Motley-Daughtry (Navarre, FL); two sons: J’son Daughtry (Orlando, FL) and Brandon Daughtry (Orlando, FL); one sister: Lula McBride (Charlotte, NC); and three brothers, Gene Daughtry (Charlotte, NC), John McBride (Charlotte, NC), and Charles Weddington (Charlotte, NC); as well as, a host of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends that loved him dearly.

A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 13, 2018, at Midway Baptist Church (5471 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563.)

Lewis Funeral Home, Navarre, has been entrusted with arrangements.