Mr. Joe DeForest Eleam JR

Mr. Joe DeForest Eleam, JR, age 90, of Summerville, GA died Tuesday,

July 24, 2012 at Redmond Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Eleam was born August 3, 1921 in Chelsea, GA, the son of the late

Joe DeForest Eleam and Mattie Lee Killian Eleam. He was retired from

Georgia Power – Southern Company. He was a member of the Summerville

First Baptist Church. Mr. Eleam was a veteran of the United States Marines,

having served in WWII. He was a member of the Chattooga Masonic Lodge

#704, and he was retired from the Summerville Volunteer Fire Department.

Other than his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rachel Phillips.

Mr. Eleam is survived by a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law, Tom and

Vonnie Phillips; several Nieces and Nephews; and several Great Nieces and

Nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a. m. Saturday, July 28, 2012 at

Mason Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Summey officiating.

Burial will follow in Greenhills Memory Gardens with military

services by Shanklin-Attaway Post #5 Honor Guard. Active pallbearers will

be Scott Copeland, Joseph Eleam, Daniel Eleam, Alvin Phillips, Charles

Copeland, and Bob Eleam. Honorary pallbearers will be all members of

Summerville Fire Department and Chattooga Masonic Lodge #704.

Mr. Eleam will be in state at Mason Funeral Home and the family will

receive friends from 10:00 until the service hour on Saturday.

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