Barney Willis Dalton

Mr. Barney Willis Dalton, age 79, of Plantation Drive, Sandersville, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Washington County Regional Medical Center following an extended illness.  A funeral service celebrating his life will be held on Sunday, June 6th at 2:00 p.m. at Sisters Baptist Church with burial in Brownwood Cemetery.  Reverend Andy Yates will officiate.   Mr. Dalton's nephews will serve as pallbearers and members of Silent Seekers Sunday School Class will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Mr. Dalton was born and reared in Washington County where he graduated from the Sandersville High School in 1959.  He attended Bolen's Business School in Augusta prior to beginning a career with Ivan Allen Office Products in Atlanta.  Mr. Dalton was drafted into the US Army and proudly served his country during Vietnam stationed at Fort Benning and the canal zone in Panama.  Following military service, Mr. Dalton resumed his career with Ivan Allen working in sales, as sales manager and lastly as company vice president.  During his work career, his family lived in Atlanta, Macon, Albany, Savannah and Huntsville, AL.  He was a former member of Lions Club and the Rotary Club where he was a Paul Harris Fellow.  Mr. Dalton culminated his working career with Imaging Technologies while retiring home to Sandersville.  He was an active member of the Sisters Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and a member of the Silent Seekers Sunday School Class.  Mr. Dalton was proud of his work as a Gideon.   He is predeceased by his parents Ernest Marion Dalton Sr. and Christine Tanner Dalton and his sister and brother-in-law Lois and Lyman Yates.

Survivors are, his wife Velma Poss Dalton of Sandersville; sons, Derrick Barney Dalton and his wife Annette of Newnan and Daryl Lynn Dalton and his wife Courtney of Pomfret, CT; grandchildren, Caroline Dalton, Dylan Dalton, Walker Dalton, Emerson Dalton, and Mattie Dalton; and siblings, Rosalyn D. Lord and Marion Dalton and his wife Betty all of Sandersville.

The family will receive friends on Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home.

Donations may be made to the Gideons, P.O. Box 891, Sandersville, GA. 31082.

May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements. Condolences may be made online at www.mayandsmithfuneraldirectors.com