John William "Bill" Day

Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday October 3, 2012 in the Ward's Funeral Home Chapel for Mr. John William "Bill" Day age 81 of Lula. The Rev. Marshall Dale will officiate. Interment will follow in Gillsville Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Day passed away Monday October 1, 2012.

Mr. Day was born in Asheville, North Carolina. He had lived in Norcross before moving to Lula 24 years ago. He was the son of the late John Wilson Day and Dorothy House Day. He had served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and retired as a mechanic for Delta Airlines. He was a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his Wife, Pearl M. Day, Lula, Son and Daughter-in-Law, John P. and Scarlett Day, Lula, Daughter and Son-in-Law, Susan D. and Leon Hendee III, Atlanta, Brother and Sister-in-Law, Robert and Rita Day, Gainesville, Brother-in-Law, Claude Maney, Anchorage, AK, Sisters-in-Laws, Emogene Longmire, Henderson, NC, Alice McSwiggin, Baltimore, MD, Grandchildren, LeiAndrea Mooney, Leon C. Hendee IV, and William Hendee.

Flowers are accepted or donations may be made to the Gillsville Baptist Church Cemetery Fund 2595 Highway 323 Gillsville, GA 30543.

Online condolences may be made online at wardsfh.com. Ward's Funeral Home 758 Main Street S.W. Gainesville in charge of arrangements.