Cecil Deas Sr.
Posted: March 29, 2015
ORWELL, N.Y. — Cecil Mack Deas Sr., 81, died March 22, 2015, at his residence. Memorial services were Saturday at Vorea Community Church in Orwell with the Rev. Karl Novak and the Rev. Jerry Hewell officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Summerville Funeral Home in Sandy Creek, New York. Mr. Deas was born in Reform, Alabama, on Oct. 22, 1933, to the late Cecil W. Deas and Flora Mae Bonner. He was a member of Vorea Community Church and formerly employed as a life insurance agent with Life of Georgia and Liberty National. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles Deas, Grady Spark Bonner and Patrick Bonner. He is survived by his wife, Annie Myrtle Deas of Orwell; daughters, Bonnie Novak of Cicero, New York, and Lori Hewell of Orwell; son, Cecil Mack Deas Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama; brothers, Henry Bonner of Hamilton, Alabama, and Cecil E. Deas of Franklin, North Carolina; sisters, Delorous Gilpin and Ruby Porter of Fayette, Alabama, and Cindy Deas of Montgomery, Alabama; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to High Braes Refuge, 196 Waterbury Road, Redfield, NY 13437 or Eagles’ Wings, 12379 Eagles’ Wings Drive, Coker, AL 35452.