Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday March 21, 2018 at Ward’s Funeral Home Chapel for Richard Edward Bannister, age 77 of Gainesville. Dr. Mike Williams will officiate. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Mr. Bannister passed away Monday March 19,2018.
Mr. Bannister was born in Hall County to the late Ralph Bannister and Lois Hulsey Bannister. He served in the U.S. Navy and had worked for Barton Security. He was a member of Corinth Baptist Church.
Survivors include wife, Sara Palmer Bannister, Gainesville, son and daughter-in-law, Heath and Denise Bannister, Talmo, step-son, Charles
Palmer, Gainesville, grandson and spouse, Tyler and Kathy Bannister, Talmo, step-grandson, Dusty Poole, Talmo, great-grandson, Trenton
Bannister, Talmo, step great-granddaughter, Holly Poole, Gainesville, step great-grandson, Garrett Poole, Talmo, step-grandson, Jarrett
Palmer, Flowery Branch, step-granddaughter and spouse, Paige Palmer and B.J. Skelton, Flowery Branch, brother, William R. “Bill”
Bannister, Gainesville, and sister, Ann Greer, Gainesville.
Flowers are welcomed or donations may be made to Pine Crest Baptist Church Building Fund 2520 Mountain View Drive Gainesville, GA 30504.
Condolences may be made online at
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