William Lester Conner

 Mr. William Lester Conner age 84 of Brunswick, Georgia formerly of Blairsville, Ga passed away on Monday February 08, 2016 at Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, Georgia.

                Funeral services will be held on Friday February 12, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home with interment to follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Reverend Randall H. Turpin will officiate. The family will receive friends on Thursday February 11, 2016 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

                Mr. Conner was born on March 30, 1931 in Gainesville, Ga to the late Albert Conner and Carrie Smith Conner. He was retired as an Electrical Engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration and also retired from the United States Navy as a Senior Chief. He attended Antioch Baptist Church in Blairsville, Georgia. He was very active in aviation having obtained a commercial pilots license and instructor ratings in private and commercial flying and meteorology. He is preceded in death by his parents, son, Ralph Conner, and all his brothers and sisters.

                He is survived by his spouse, Nellie Hayes Conner of Brunswick, son, Ronald Conner of Cleveland, daughter, Genea Conner of Brunswick, grandson and wife, Chad and Chelly McCarthy of Brunswick, grandson, Robert Conner of Brunswick, Robert’s mom, Carol Conner of Saint Simmons Island, Ga, great-grand-daughters, Annie McCarthy of Brunswick, and Lauren Wiley of Brunswick, great-great-grandchildren, Lexi Wiley of Brunswick, and William Wiley of Brunswick, and numerous nieces and nephews in Hall County.

Memorial Park Funeral Home, 2030 Memorial Park Road, Gainesville, GA  30504 is in charge of arrangements.

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