Index Journal (online edition)
Greenwood, SC
April 4, 2005

J.W. Lake

James Willard Lake, 78, of 2406 Dixie Drive, husband of Annie Lee
Dalton, died Saturday, April 2, 2005 at his home.  Born in Shamrock,
Fla., he was a son of the late Alston F. and Gertrude Ford Lake. He was
twice married, first to the late Sarah Ellen Weeks Lake. He was a Navy
veteran of WWII, a retired conductor from CSX Railroad after 35 years
of service and a member of Providence Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons, James W. Lake Jr.
of Greenwood and Gary Paul Lake Sr. of Ware Shoals; a daughter, Vickie
Lake Byrd of Greenwood; a stepson, William Earl Smith of Ninety Six; four
stepdaughters, Joanne Scott and Dianne Parris, both of Greenwood, D'Onne
Lake of Hodges and Patricia Cannon of Greenville; four grandchildren,
including two grandchildren reared in the home, Tonya Lake Coleman and
Gary Paul Lake Jr.; five great-grandchildren, 22 step-grandchildren and
15 step-great-grandchildren.  Services are 2 p.m. today at Blyth Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. John Abrams. Burial is in Greenwood Memorial
Gardens with Military Honors.  Pallbearers are James Lake, Glen Jones,
Danny Smith, John Wayne Price Sr., Gary Paul Lake Jr. and John Wayne
Price Jr.  Honorary escorts are the Men of Providence Pentecostal Holiness
Church.  The family is at the home.  Memorials may be made to Providence
Pentecostal Holiness Church, 716 Old Abbeville Highway, Greenwood,
S.C. 29649.  Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.  Online condolences may
be sent to the family at www.blythfuneralhome.com