Charles Willard Compton, 85, of Savannah, Georgia and widower of Carolyn Bacon DeAngelis Compton, died Monday evening, October 1, 2012, at Candler Hospital.
Born in Oneonta, New York, he was a son of the late James Lloyd Compton and the late Helen Gage Compton. He was a United States Navy veteran and was a retired forester with International Paper.
Surviving are one daughter, Carolyn Ruth Compton of Bradenton, Florida; two sons, James Compton and his wife, Deborah, of Biloxi, Mississippi, and Stephen Charles Compton and his wife, Gail, of Brandon, Mississippi; three grandchildren and five step-daughters, Pamela Duncan and her husband, Alan, of Greensboro, North Carolina, Debbie D. Cannon and her husband, Jimmy, of Savannah, Georgia, Mindy Hartley and her husband, Don, of Byron, Georgia, Karen D. Yaun and her husband, Dick, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, and Donna DeAngelis Williams and her husband, Phil, of Atlanta, Georgia.
The funeral service will be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the graveside, Greenwich section of Bonaventure Cemetery.
Remembrances: Pine Burr Area Council, Boy Scouts of America - 1318 Hardy Street, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401.