Carl P. Tallent, Jr.

Funeral services for Carl P. Tallent, Jr., age 84, of Clarkesville will be held on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 3:00 PM from the Hills Crossing Baptist Church. Rev. Walter Singletary will officiate with interment to follow the service in the church cemetery.

Mr. Tallent died Thursday, March 7, 2013 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Born on April 7, 1928 Mr. Tallent was the son of the late Carl P. and Betty Smith Tallent, Sr.. He was a United States Navy Veteran having served in Japan and Hawaii aboard the USS Princeton during the Korean War. Mr. Tallent was retired from the United States Postal Service and he has served for 24 years on the Board of Directors of Habersham Electric Membership Corporation. Mr. Tallent was a member of Hills Crossing Baptist Church and Clarkesville Masonic Lodge #325 F & AM. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by brother Loyd Tallent and sister Annie Ruth Nicholson.

Survivors include his wife Blanche Spivey Tallent of Clarkesville, daughter and son in law Judy and Tom Harwell of El Paso, Texas, sons and daughters in law Jimmy and Jeanne Tallent of Blairsville and Sammy and Lynn Tallent of Clarkesville, grandchildren and their spouses Jamie and Kenitra Tallent, Jana and Danny Hemphill, Mandy and Andy Wheeler, and Kellie and T. J. Wilson, great grandchildren Trenli and Tayli Tallent, Kanon and Kaston Hemphill, and McKenzie Wheeler.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home, 5495 Highway 197 South, Clarkesville, on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 2-4 PM and from 6-8 PM.

Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.hillsidememorialchapel.com.

Arrangements by Hillside Memorial Chapel, Clarkesville. 706-754-6256.