William G. (Bill) Eager, Iii

William Goronwy Eager III, 62, of Valdosta died Monday, December 5, 2005, at his residence after a brief illness. He was born September 6, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late William G., Jr. and Dorothy Hopkins Eager. He graduated from McCallie School and Emory University, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. In 1993, he was inducted into the Emory Sports Hall of Fame (soccer). Mr. Eager served in the United States Air Force as a General’s Aide. He was a Senior Portfolio Managing Director of Smith Barney and served as a member of the Portfolio Management Group Advisory Committee and the Directors’ Council. He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church, serving as Senior Warden and Chalice Administrator and in many elective positions on the Diocesan level, currently serving on the Board of the Corporation. In the community, he was a founding member and former president of the North Valdosta Rotary Club, the Board of Trustees of Valwood School and a member of the Community Foundation of South Georgia.
Survivors include his wife of thirty-eight years, Carolyn, two sons Grant Eager and his wife Ginger of Decatur, Allen Eager of Savannah, one grandson Callum Eager of Decatur, mother Dorothy Hopkins Eager, one sister and brother-in-law Josie and Frank Beadle of Atlanta, one brother and sister-in-law Robert and Mary Eager of Potomac, Maryland, mother-in-law Vinita Hall of Monett, Missouri, and brother-in-law Richard Hall of Union City, Tennessee, along with numerous extended family members. He was preceded in death by his father, the late William G. Eager, Jr.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 9, 2005 at Christ Episcopal Church with the Right Rev. Henry I. Louttit, the Rev. Peter Ingeman and the Rev. Lee Shafer, Deacon Stella Clark, Deacon Karyl Miller and Deacon Dr. Patricia Marks officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Christ Episcopal Church, Second Harvest Food Bank, Hospice of South Georgia or Valwood School. Condolences to the family may be conveyed on the Obituary page at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602