BENNY RAY NORTH

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MR. BENNY RAY NORTH, AGE 79, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MR. NORTH PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12, 2012 AT THE DONALSONVILLE HOSPITAL ER. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. NORTH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012 AT 3:00 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME WITH REV. ROLLIN RATHEL OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN UNION BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE SERVICE, FROM 2:00-3:00 PM, AT THE FUNERAL HOME. MR. NORTH WAS BORN ON MARCH 26, 1933 IN PANSEY, ALABAMA TO THE NOW LATE RALPH LAMAR AND ROSA LEE CHANDLER NORTH. HE WAS A WINDOW TECHNICIAN FOR GEORGIA PALM BEACH WINDOWS IN BAINBRIDGE, GA; AS WELL AS HAVING WORKED AS A SALESMAN AT THE SURPRISE STORE. MR. NORTH HAD ALSO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AND ATTENDED DONALSONVILLE FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS AN AVID BRAVES FAN. MR. NORTH LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORY HIS WIFE, SARAH NORTH OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; TWO DAUGHTERS, DIANE CLAY AND HER HUSBAND DAVID AND LORI NORTH, ALL OF JAKIN, GA; A STEPDAUGHTER, MARY ANN JOHNSON AND HER HUSBAND ROBERT OF CHIPLEY, FL; A BROTHER, BUTCH NORTH AND HIS WIFE CONNIE OF ALBANY, GA; AND TWO SISTERS, HELEN MASTERS AND THE LATE EDWIN MASTERS OF MCDONOUGH, GA AND FAYE ESCOE AND THE LATE HARRY ESCOE OF FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY TWO GRANDCHILDREN, CHASTITY NORTH AND DALISHA CHILDREE AND HER HUSBAND BRIAN; AS WELL AS THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TRISTAN MOULTON, JOHN HURLEY, JR., AND ASHTON CHILDREE. MR. NORTH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, RALPH LAMAR NORTH AND ROSA LEE CHANDLER NORTH. ACTIVE CASKETBEARERS WILL BE JIMMY ROGERS, DANNY ROGERS, ROBERT JOHNSON, DAVID CLAY, BRIAN CHILDREE, AND JOE MOYE.