George Nicholas Pacot Jr.

Born in Charleston, WV, July 31, 1924, he was a son of the late George Nicholas Pacot and Lois Fisher Pacot. He was retired from the Meade Corp. and was the former owner of the House of Frames and American Handicrafts. George proudly served his country during World War II in the United States Army. He participated in the landing at Utah Beach in Normandy on D-day. He was awarded the good conduct medal, Croix De Guerre and European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with bronze arrowhead. He was also a member of Heritage United Methodist Church.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, George Nicholas “Nick” Pacot, III of Lynchburg and Jon Alexander “Andy” Pacot of Lantana, FL; two daughters, Glenda Newman Lilly and her husband Marcus of Forest and Martha Franklin of Rustburg; five grandchildren, Breon Pacot, Sky Pacot and his wife Lisa, Christopher Marcus Lilly, Michael Gilliam and his wife Christy and Matt Gilliam and his wife Sabrina and seven great grandchildren, Hannah Pacot, Murphy Pacot, Will Pacot, Sarah Elizabeth Pacot, Grayson Gilliam, Grant Gilliam and Garrett Gilliam.

A service celebrating his life will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at Heritage United Methodist Church with the Rev. Will Montgomery officiating. A luncheon reception will be held immediately following the service in the church fellowship hall.

Graveside services will military honors by the American Legion Post 16 will be at 1:00 p.m. at Fort Hill Memorial Park following the reception.

Whitten Timberlake Chapel is serving the Pacot family. To send condolences online, please visit www.whittentimberlake.com.