Mr. Savage will be best remembered as a talented basketball player for Winder-Barrow High School and for Young Harris College where he set many athletic records. He was a member of Statham Baptist Church and was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
Mr. Savage is preceded in death by his son, Richard Dorsey Savage; parents, Dorsey Cyrus Savage, Sr. and Margaret Thompson Savage; and brothers, Stanley and Danny Savage.
Mr. Savage is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Mrs. Patricia Wood Savage of Statham; son, David (Sharon Teet) Savage of Colbert; daughter, Leighann Lampp (Robby Robinson) of Helen, brother, Bill Savage of South Carolina; sisters, LaRose Nastasi of California and Diane Imms of Michigan; grandchildren, Carrie Lee Savage (Dustin Cummins) , Mason Savage, Dustin Kyle (Brittany) Lampp, and Chase Lampp; and great-grandchildren, Sutton Eleanor-Grace Cummins, Walter Wayne Cummins, Odessa Lampp, Brilann Gerity and soon to be Amelia June Lampp; and daughter in law, Jennifer Rasch.
A drop-in visitation will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2020 at the Savage residence, 1998 Broad Street Statham, Georgia 30666 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. A private family inurnment will be held at Barrow Memorial Gardens following the visitation with Rev. Tim McDonald officiating.
Flowers are welcomed in memory of Mr. Savage.
Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is entrusted with the arrangements.
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