Samuel “Sam” Benjamin Whitaker age 63 of Cherry Log, GA, passed from this life on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at the Heritage Health Care in Blue Ridge, GA. Mr. Whitaker was of the Baptist faith, born February 4, 1948 to his late parents Theodore Roosevelt and Jessie Melvia Pless Whitaker in Ellijay, GA. He was employed with Hampton Mills.
Survivors include wife of 45 years Della Dyer Whitaker of the home in Cherry Log, GA; daughters Rhonda Lee Whitaker Brown, Ann Whitaker; son and daughter-in-law Michael and Theda Whitaker, all of Cherry Log, GA. 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren; sisters Irene W. Rogers of Jonesboro, GA, Dessie W. Worley of Ellijay, GA, Florence W. Chapman of Blue Ridge, GA, Betty W. Carroll of Ellijay, GA, Sue W. Long of Dalton, GA, Jo Ann W. Cowart of Chatsworth, GA, Wanda W. Patterson of Blue Ridge, GA; brothers Frank Whitaker of Jasper, GA, John Whitaker of Ellijay, GA, several nieces and nephews.
Graveside funeral services will be 3:00 p.m., Saturday, Decemer 17, 2011 from the Colwell Baptist Church Cemetery in Blue Ridge, GA, with the Rev. Glen Collis officiating and vocals by the Crawford Family. Pallbearers will be Nick Ledford, Frank Long, Alan Davis, Donnie Mooney, James Long and Gary Cowart.
Family will receive friends beginning at 10;00 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Logan Funeral Home and Chapel until the time of the procession to the cemetery, around 2:15 p.m.
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