John Wayne Wilhelm, age 85, of Crawfordville, GA passed away at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Greensboro on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.
He was born Oct. 21, 1937, in Cleveland, NC to the late Glenn Carmack Wilhelm and Mary Ethel Eudy Wilhelm. John graduated from Cleveland High School and on June 13, 1959, he married the former Joanne Rhodes.
John retired from Bellsouth as a technician which later became AT&T. In March of 1993 they moved from Charlotte, NC to Crawfordville and have lived there for the last sixteen years. He enjoyed sports and working in the yard. John was a member of Crawfordville Baptist Church where he was a past deacon, was on the building and grounds committee and worked the sound system on Sundays.
John is survived by his wife of sixty-three years, Joanne Wilhelm; daughter, Jennifer Wilhelm Beck and her husband Carl of Valdese, NC; sister, Irene Sherrill and her husband Cecil; grandchildren, Tucker Rhodes Beck and Hayden Carl Beck and his wife Lauren; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his sister, Sallie Dillon and brothers, Larry Hill Wilhelm and William Ray Wilhelm.
Funeral services were held Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at Crawfordville Baptist Church, 142 Memorial Drive, Crawfordville, GA 30631 with Rev. Nelson Goddard officiating.
Interment followed in the church Cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were Bobby Moore, Wayne Williams, Matt Power, Andy Holbrook, Tom Revera and Joey Rhodes. The family received friends Sunday at Crawfordville Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until time for the service.
The family requests that any memorials be made to Crawfordville Baptist Church, 142 Memorial Drive, Crawfordville, GA 30631 or Crawfordville Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Donna Taylor, P. O. Box 238, Crawfordville, GA 30631. McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W.
Broad Street, Greensboro, GA (706)453-2626, is in charge of arrangements.
Visit us at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com to sign the online guest register.