Claude Howard Weaver

Published 10:39 am Friday, February 28, 2014

Claude Howard Weaver, 83, of Atmore, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, at his residence.

He worked for Truckers Association, and retired from the city of Atmore. He also retired from the Army National Guard with 25 years of service, and was a member of the McCullough Christian Center. He was born in Escambia County on April 18, 1930, to the late Stiner and Grace Phillips Weaver.

Those who preceded him in death included a son, Kenneth Mack Weaver; a brother, Cecil Weaver, and a sister, Louise Wilson.

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Survivors are his wife of 62 years, Frances Goodson Weaver of Atmore; three sons, Howard (Jeanette) Weaver and Ricky (Cathy) Weaver, both of Atmore, and Rodney (Anna) Weaver of Pace, Fla.; one daughter, Cindy (Allen) Cobb of Atmore; two brothers, Clarence Weaver and Donald Ray (Peggy) Weaver, both of Atmore; two sisters, Earline (James) Burkett of Atmore and Alice (Dick) Walsh of Pensacola, Fla.; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, 2014, from Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. C.P. Phillips officiating. Interment will follow in McCullough Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Friday evening, Feb. 28, at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home.

Active pallbearers will be Earl Weaver, Cameron Cobb, Blake Weaver, Don Wooten, Scott Drew, and Carl Ward.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home, Inc., is in charge of all arrangements.