Mr. Michael Gary Dillard, age 64, of Summerville, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at a Birmingham Hospital.
 
Mr. Dillard was born in Trion, Georgia on April 6, 1948, son of the late Burl Dillard and Mary Adams Dillard.  He was employed with Julie Industries as a Technical Director, was a member of the Four Mile Baptist Church, the Chattooga County Chamber of Commerce, the Chattooga Tourism Committee and was on the Board of Directors for the Pinhoti Trail Association.  Mr. Dillard was an avid cyclist and loved to hike.
 
Mr. Dillard is survived by his wife, Kathy Reynolds Dillard; sons and daughter-in-law, Britt Dillard, and Brad and Amber Dillard; six grandchildren, Riley Dillard, Braden Dillard, Katie Dillard, Chad Dillard, Tyler Dillard and Josh Dillard; 2 great grandchildren, Audrey Dillard and Rylan Dillard; and a number of Aunts, Uncles and Cousins.
 
Funeral Services for Mr. Dillard will be held Monday, January 21, 2013 at 12:00 Noon in the Chapel of the Mason Funeral Home with Rev. Doyle Kelley, Rev. Sanford Deberry and Rev. Tommy Littleton officiating.  Interment will follow in the Summerville Cemetery.
 
Pallbearers will be Carmen Caldwell, Neal Bowers, Tim Reynolds, and his grandsons, Chad Dillard, Tyler Dillard, and Josh Dillard.  Honorary Pallbearers will be members of Four Mile Baptist Church.
 
Mr. Dillard will be in state at the Mason Funeral Home and the family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 P.M.
 
Mason Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.