Donald Dee Hyden passed away peacefully July 26, 2023 at the age of 76.
Don served in the U.S. Army as an Army Specialist/E-4 with an Honorable Discharge. He served in both Vietnam and Germany. He was a member of the AMVETS in Winder, Ga Post 12. Don worked at Rhodia Chemical Plant in Winder, Ga for many years before settling in Southport, Fl.
Donald Hyden is preceded by his father Louis Damon Hyden, mother Dora Ethel Rose, his siblings, and his son Eric Donovan Hyden.
Donald Hyden is survived by his three step-daughters: Beth Osborne, Jayne Young, and Paula Brayton; and ten grandchildren: Nicole, Andrew, Mason, Bo, Jacob, Paul, Seth, Jared, Sean, and Kelly; and 6 great-grandchildren.
A joint funeral service to honor the life of Donald and Ruth Hyden will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, August 12, 2023 at Carter Funeral Home in Winder, Ga. Burial for immediate family only, will follow the service at Barrow Memorial Gardens. The family will be receiving friends on Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 12:00pm to 2:00pm prior to the funeral service.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make donations in memory of Donald Hyden to Operation Spay Bay in Panama City, Florida.
https://www.spaybay.com
Donations can be made through paypal and is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization dedicated to creating a No-kill Bay County. Donald and his wife Ruth both used this facility and believed in what Operation Spay Bay stood for.
Carter Funeral Home, Winder, is entrusted with the arrangements.