Funeral services for Mr. Bill W. Elder will be Saturday, December 15th, 2018, 1 p.m. at Gray Brown Service Mortuary with Chaplain Jeff Steward officiating. Family will receive friends from 11:00 am until service time. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens.
Mr. Elder is survived by his daughter, Teppper McHugh (Max); sons’, John Elder (Laura) and Bill “Tony” Elder; grandchildren, Shelby Drumm (Charles), Jamie McHugh, Kori Vickery (Adam), Noah Elder; great-grandchildren, James Sullivan Vickery, Harper Drumm, including numerous nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his wife Clara Jane “Janie” Myers Elder; son, David Wayne Elder; brothers’ Frank Elder, Fred Elder, and Herbert Elder; sisters’, Estell Barnes, Jewel Bradford, Doris Bentley, and Edna Mallory.
Mr. Elder was a WW II veteran and also worked for Union Foundry from the 1950s-1970s. He received the victory metal while in WWII, which he was most proud of and being a true patriot up until his death. Gardening was one of his favorite hobbies; especially growing tomatoes and peppers. He was a frequent visitor at the Waffle House of Oxford. Yard sales and thrift stores was his favorite places to go. After the death of Janie, he met Helen Downs whom he shared his life with until her death in 2001.
The family would like to extend a huge thank you for the staff of Alacare; nurses’, Alison, Fran, Daphne, Rachel, Tara; Dr. Hannah and Chaplain Jeff Steward.
