Lewis Silvers
Posted: February 27, 2009
MACON — Virgil Lewis Silvers, 59, died Feb. 23, 2009, in Macon. Services are Saturday at 2 p.m. at Christian Hill MB Church in Brooksville with the Rev. Walter Lowery officiating. Burial will follow at Brewer Young Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-6 p.m. at Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon. Mr. Silvers was born Oct. 29, 1949, in Pickensville, Ala., to the late Clifford Silvers and Allie Jane Brewer Silvers Davis. He was a member of St. John MB Church. He was a Vietnam veteran, and he had worked for United Technologies for 33 years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, one sister and one grandchild. He is survived by his wife, Lucille Ivy Silvers of Macon; daughters, Pamela Williams and Kimmely Silvers, both of Macon, Geneva Daniels of Reform, Ala., and Latonya Davis of Kalamazoo; sons, Courtney Perry of Macon and Deandran Forte of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; sisters, Glenda Jenkins of New York, Delphina Stewart of Macon and Marian Davis of Pickensville, Ala.; brothers, Gregory, Alvin, Aubrey and Marcus Silvers, all of Macon, Jack Davis of Fayetteville, N.C., Lambert Davis of Pickensville, Clifford Silvers of Birmingham, Ala., Tyrone Burns and Jeffie Craig, both of Tuscaloosa; and 15 grandchildren. Pallbearers will be members of Gavin Lodge #23.