Lavata Stapleton

December 1, 1940 - November 15, 2011

Graveside Services for Mr. Lavata Jerald Stapleton will be conducted 1 o?clock, Friday afternoon in the Brannan Vinson Cemetery in McIntyre, with Rev. Johnny Baggett officiating. The family will receive friends from noon until the service hour at Williams Funeral Home in Gordon. Mr. Stapleton, age 70, of Macon, passed away Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011. He was a native of Gordon, Georgia and had lived in Macon most of his life. Mr. Stapleton was the son of the late Lavata Stapleton and the late Edna Pate Stapleton. He was a retired truck diver with Builders Transport and was a member of New Elam Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Angela Denise Stapleton. Survivors include his daughters, Belinda Smith and Alicia (Kelsey Leary) Parks, both of Macon, Grandchildren, Kristi Cannon, Karen Thomas, David Dinkins, Robert Lee Parks, III, April Parks, Joshua Parks, and Austin Parks, 11 great grand children