Matt Friedlander

MOULTRIE Matt Friedlander, 94, a Moultrie native and business leader, died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Services are set for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7, at Baker Funeral Home followed by a private graveside service. Visitation will be at 4:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ann Friedlander, 106, 13th Ave., S.E., Moultrie. Mr. Friedlander was born in Moultrie in 1920, the third of Louis and Esther Friedlander's six sons. His survivors include his wife, Jacqueline, who now resides in Atlanta; his sons, Stephen, who now lives in Jerusalem, Israel, John and wife Pamela of Ann Arbor, Mich., and Charlie and wife Teresa of Athens, Ga.; grandson Jesse; granddaughters, Cait and Kelly; brother Jack of Moultrie; and two great-granddaughters, Adin and Eliana. After graduating from Moultrie High School at age 16, he attended the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va., and Duke University in Durham, N.C., where he earned his bachelor's degree in business. When the U.S. entered World War II, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving as lieutenant senior grade and was involved in the campaign that liberated North Africa from Nazi Germany. In 1943, he was married to Jacqueline Sprayregen of New York City. Although northern born in the big city, she quickly came to share her husband's affection for Moultrie. In September, the couple celebrated their 71st anniversary. While he developed successful business operations throughout the Southeast across seven decades and traveled to more than 40 countries, he lived most of his live in Moultrie within two miles of his birthplace, a wood-frame house that still stands on First Avenue Southeast. He was an active member in numerous state and national real estate professional organizations, including GAR, NAR and the Association of Georgia Real Estate Exchangors. Arrangements have been entrusted to Baker Funeral Home.