Clyde P. Beavers, 86, of Ft. Oglethorpe, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, September 27, 2017.

Clyde was born to the late Delbert & Forrestine Beavers in 1930 in Jackson County, Alabama.  He had spent the greater part of his life in north Georgia and was a member of Parkway Baptist Church.  Mr. Beavers was a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a retired driver with Overnight Transportation, enjoyed fishing and old cars, and was an avid Alabama Tide fan.  He was preceded in death by his niece, Sheila Kay Beavers.

Survivors include his loving wife of 62 years, Sula Kirk Beavers; sons, Jeff (Jo Ann) Beavers of Ringgold, and Christopher Beavers of Ft. Oglethorpe; grandchildren, Ryan Beavers, Chase (Caitlin) Beavers, all of Chickamauga, & Logan (Allison) Beavers of Kingsport, TN: five great-grandchildren; sisters, Ima Rodgers, Scottsboro, AL, Hazel Green, Atlanta, GA, & Betty Haynes, Winchester, TN; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 1:00 p.m. in the South Crest Chapel with Rev. T.D. Burgess and Dr. David Sampson officiating.  Interment will follow in Lakewood Memory Gardens, South with full military honors.

To share expressions of sympathy, visit lane-southcrestchapel.com.

The family will receive friends Thursday, Sept. 28th from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.

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