Celebrating the life of
Lanier Cain
December 24, 1928 - December 05, 2012
Lanier Cain, 83, passed away December 5, 2012 at Tara at Thunderbolt Nursing Home in Savannah, Georgia. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2012 in the chapel of Manry-Jordan-Hodges Funeral Home in Blakely, Georgia. Dr. Darryl Craft of Hattiesburg, Miss. officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday evening from 7-8 PM and on Saturday from 12-1.
Mr. Cain was born December 24, 1928 in Hall County, Georgia to the late Jeff Cain and Lila Collins Cain. He was a graduate of Gainesville High School and received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Georgia. He was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army and served as a 2nd Lt. during the Korean Conflict. He worked as a retail manager for the J.C.Penney Co. for many years before retiring.
He was a longtime resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he served as a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and lay leader at Brainerd Baptist Church, as well as participating with his time, talents, and treasures in the community. At his death, he was a member of First Baptist Church in Winder, Georgia. He remained active in his church and in his community until the time of his illness.
Mr. Cain was preceded in death by an infant son, Lanier Cain, Jr.; 3 brothers, L.K. Cain, Jeff Cain, and Leroy Cain, and 2 sisters, Maurine McNeal and Montine Fields.
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte Chandler Cain; a son, Hamilton Ellen Goldstein Cain, Brooklyn, New York and a daughter, Char-La Calvin Fowler, Savannah, Georgia, five grandsons, Owen, Nathaniel & Peter Cain, and Richard & Henry Fowler and 2 granddaugters, Chandler & Collins Fowler; and two brothers, Lyndol Trudy Cain of Watkinsville, Georgia and Lamar Laurenette of Ware Shoals, South Carolina.
To the Fowler Family: I wish that I could be at visitation and funeral services for Mr. Cain,but you all will be in my heart aand prayers. May God grant you His abundance love and peace now, and in the days ahead. Love to each one, Louise
- Louise Ferguson, Savannah, GA
To Lanny's family, we are sad to know of Lanny's death, but rejoice with you in that he is now enjoying the life we all look forward to. We have wonderful memories of our friend and pray your memories will bring you comfort and the peace that only Jesus can.
- Norman & Barbara Willie, Ridgecrest, NC
To the Fowler Family: I wish that I could be at visitation and funeral services for Mr. Cain,but you all will be in my heart aand prayers. May God grant you His abundance love and peace now, and in the days ahead. Love to each one, Louise
- Louise Ferguson, Savannah, GA
To Lanny's family, we are sad to know of Lanny's death, but rejoice with you in that he is now enjoying the life we all look forward to. We have wonderful memories of our friend and pray your memories will bring you comfort and the peace that only Jesus can.
- Norman & Barbara Willie, Ridgecrest, NC
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
