Vernon Stevenson

WATKINSVILLE, GA…. Mr. Vernon Jack Stevenson, a resident of Watkinsville, Georgia (formerly of Daleville), died late Wednesday afternoon, November 4, 2020 in a Athens, Georgia hospital. He was 89.

Private family graveside services will be held at Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Reverend Judd Waldrop officiating. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to, Alzheimer’s Resource Center, 1314 Westgate Parkway, Suite 2, Dothan, Alabama 36303.

Mr. Stevenson was born August 4, 1931 in Barbour County, near Blue Springs. He formerly lived in Napier Field and Daleville before moving to the Athens, Georgia area in 2018.

Mr. Stevenson joined the United States Army and served during the Korean War area. He was retired as an automobile mechanic at Ft. Rucker after thirty years employment. Mr. Stevenson was a member of the Daleville Baptist Church where he served as an usher. He was preceded in death by his parents and a granddaughter, Courtney Stevenson.

Surviving relatives include his wife of sixty-eight years, Ann Sutton Stevenson, Watkinsville, Georgia; a daughter, Teressa Stevenson King (James), Athens, Georgia; two sons, Jackie Stevenson, Wilsonville, Alabama and Tommy Stevenson (Mary), Midway, Georgia; four grandchildren, Brandon King (Paige), Elizabeth Johnson (Josh), and Caitlin King McCartney (Will); five great-grandchildren, Grace Stevenson, Walker King, Josiah Johnson, Sara Johnson, and Daisy Clay.