Berrien-Lowndes County GaArchives Obituaries.....Sellars, John Lamar "J.L." November 14, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 May 26, 2014, 3:49 pm The Berrien Press - November 21, 2004 John Lamar "J.L." Sellars, 82, of Nashville died November 14, 2007 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. Born October 28, 1925 in Valdosta to the late Sallie Mae Byrd and J.L. Sellars, Sr., he was a logger. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and a member of Hope Baptist Church. He loved fishing, traveling, car racing and gardening. Survivors included his wife, Lucile Sellars of Nashville; two sons and a daughter in law, Dewayne and Sylvia Sellars of Conyers, Danny Truman of Brooks County; sister, Louise DeLoach of Hahira; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Raymond Sellars and Rev. Milton and Pat Sellars of Valdosta; grandchildren, Jay Sellars, Tracy Fisher; stepchildren, Gene (Becky) Nelms of Memphis, TN, Gary (Susan) Nelms, Teresa (Bob) Miller, all of Nashville; special step daughter in law, Linda Nelms of Valdosta; 11 step grandchildren; great-grandchild, Jacob Dalton Fisher; numerous step great grandchildren; sister, Louise DeLoach of Hahira; numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his first and second wives, Alice Southerland and Irene Sellars and a step son, Davis Michael Nelms. Funeral services were held Nov. 17 at Hope Baptist Church at 11 a.m. with the Revs. Steve Pickern and Milton Sellars officiating. Interment was in Cat Creek Cemetery in Lowndes County. Carson McLane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/s/sellars3938nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb