Jerry Garner Gaddis

Jerry Garner Gaddis, age 77, of the Hollingsworth Community in Alto, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2011.

Mr. Gaddis was born on September 24, 1933, in Hall County, Georgia, to the late Verdell Leanord and Braska Cora Garner Gaddis. He was also preceded in death by his son, Robin Allen Gaddis, brothers, Larry and Donald Gaddis, and his former wife, Beverly Boles Gaddis. Mr. Gaddis was a proud United States Army veteran having served in Germany. Mr. Gaddis was a retired correctional officer with Lee Arrendale State Prison with 33 years of service and was formerly employed with Area Law Enforcement. He was an avid coon hunter and was willing to help anyone regardless of the need. Mr. Gaddis was a member of Silver Shoals Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Margaret Sanders Gaddis, Alto, GA; 5 step-daughters; 2 step-sons; sisters, Wilma Nix, Cornelia, GA, Kaye Purcell, Demorest, GA, and Faye Smallwood, Alto, GA, sister-in-law, Sharyne Gaddis, Greensboro, N.C.; and brothers, Mike Gaddis, Dahlonega, GA and Jack Gaddis, Cornelia, GA; 12 grandchildren; and a number of great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, Georgia with Rev. Perry Smith and Rev. David Bowen officiating. Interment will follow in Silver Shoals Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Charlie Bowen officiating. Full military honors will be provided by the National Guard.

The family will receive friends from 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2011, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel, Baldwin, Georgia.

Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to Silver Shoals Baptist Church, c/o Mary Parson, 1112 Hickory Flat Road, Gillsville, Georgia 30543 or to Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, 2150 Limestone Parkway, Suite 222, Gainesville, Georgia 30501.

Those wishing to express online condolences to the Gaddis family may do so by visiting www.whitfieldfuneralhomes.com.