Full Name:  Sidney Holderness Stringer, Jr.
     Born:  November 3, 1928, Thomasville, Ga.
     Died:  February 1, 2019, Monticello, Fla.
   School:  Young Harrris High School in Young Harris, Georgia

Year  Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1950                 *   Young Harris, GA                        

Published I, Douglas Wafe Stringer (Marie) of Boynton Beach, Floridan the Tallahassee Democrat on Feb 10 2019, page A16.

On Friday, February first, Sidney H. (Sid/Sonny) Stringer, Jr., of Monticello, went to be with his Lord. Born November 3, 1928 at Archbold Hospital, the only child of Sidney H. Stringer and Augusta (Gussie) Strickland Stringer, he survived by his wife of thirty years, Carolyn Fairchild Streinger, three sons, Sidney III (Tammy) of Crawfordville, Florida, Julian Wade (Lucille) of Sopchoppy, Florida, and Robert (Jeannie) of Houston, Missouri, one daughter, Melissa Mochette of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and his beloved pets, Gracie and Gus. He had five grandchildren: Sidney H. Stringer IV (Stephanie) of Port Orange, Florida, Joshua Stringer (Samantha) of Springfield, Missouri, Justin Stringer of St. Peters, Missouri, Douglas Wade Stringer (Marie) of Boynton Beach, Florida, and Kyleigh Stringer of Tucson, Arizona. He was blessed with six great-grandchildren, Sidney H. Stringer V and Stella Stringer, Declan and Bodie Stringer, and Julian and Brooklyn Stringer.

Sid attended Young Harris Academy & High School in Young Harris, Georgia, graduating in 1947. He attended Gordon Military School, Barnesville, Georgia, and Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict and later the Army Reserve. Following his military service, he returned to college attending Florida A&M University where he earned his degree in Pharmacy. He had a full and varied career in pharmacy beginning at Stringer Seed & Drugs in Thomasville, Georgia and retiring in 1993 as the Pharmacy Manager for Florida State University's Thagard Student Health Center.

Still very active he went on to earn his US Coast Guard Captain License and Master Captain License. Always an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and fisherman, one of his many retirement pleasures was taking charter parties flats fishing and bringing in the biggest catch.

Singles Results
      Highest   vs          3    Fall/Spring
Year    Rank   Rank  ACC   Sets  Tournaments   1     2     3     4     5     6    NCAA Total
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1950                  1-0                                  0-1   0-2         1-0         1-3
Tot                   1-0                                  0-1   0-2         1-0         1-3


Doubles Results
                                 Highest   vs         Tie   Fall/Spring
Partner                     Year   Rank   Rank  ACC  Break  Tournaments   1     2     3    NCAA Total
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Tom Babione                 1950                 2-0   1-0                      1-0   1-0         2-0
Shelby Creagh               1950                       1-0                      1-0               1-0
George Martin               1950                                                      0-1         0-1
George McMullen             1950                                                      0-1         0-1
Totals                                           2-0   2-0                      2-0   1-2         3-2


Singles          Opp
  Date     Rank Rank Pos Opponent                  School               W-L Score                Record
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03/22/1950            4  Nick Norris               Pensacola NAS         L  6-2, 6-4               0- 1
03/24/1950            3  Cobb                      Davidson College      L  6-1, 6-0               0- 2
04/07/1950            4  Bob Burham                Indiana               L  6-0, 6-0               0- 3
04/08/1950            6  Sam Kanrich               Florida Southern Col  W  6-4, 6-4               1- 3


Doubles          Opp
  Date     Rank Rank Pos Partner                   Opponent                                 School               W-L Score                Record
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03/22/1950            3  George McMullen           A.W. Angstadt/L.F. Vogt                  Pensacola NAS         L  6-0, 6-0               0- 1
03/31/1950            2  Tom Babione               Sellaars Parker/Madden Reed              Mercer                W  3-6, 6-4, 6-1          1- 1
04/01/1950            2  Shelby Creagh             Gene Caverly/Koren                       Emory                 W  3-6, 8-6, 6-3          2- 1
05/05/1950            3  Tom Babione               Fotti/McClure                            Florida Southern Col  W  6-3, 6-3               3- 1
05/06/1950            3  George Martin             Jack Grigsby/Jim Moore                   Stetson               L  6-1, 8-6               3- 2