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Visitation:
Saturday, May 31, 2025 from 9 - 11 a.m. at Eminence
Christian Church in rural Atlanta.
Service:
Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 11 a.m. at the church.
Funeral home:
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home, Atlanta
Obituary
William “Bill” D. Seymour, 92, of
Atlanta, passed away on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at
Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Services for Bill will be held at Eminence Christian
Church in rural Atlanta on Saturday, May 31, 2025.
Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will conclude
with Funeral Services at 11:00 a.m. officiated by
Rev. Henry Johnson. Burial will follow at the
Atlanta Cemetery. Military Rites will be provided by
Atlanta American Legion Post #341.
William D. Seymour was born February 9, 1933, in
Cissna Park, the son of Herbert N. and Leah M.
Schott Seymour. He was united in marriage to Rosalie
Peterson on September 5, 1954. She survives.
Bill is also survived by four children: Kevin (Lea
Ann) Seymour, Lori (Ron) Peters, Marla (Denis)
Unser, and Tammy (Darren) Holmes; ten grandchildren:
Aaron (Giuliana), Sarah, Jordan (Samantha), Corey
(Jasmine), Jeremy (Michaela), Lindsey (Sam), Brant
(Ali), Brianna (Drew), and Braden; four
great-grandchildren: Lili, Elena, Addi, and Callie;
and one brother, David Seymour.
He was preceded in death by one grandson, Justin;
and two brothers: John and Don.
Bill was a graduate of East Lynn High School and
served in the United States Army, stationed at Ft.
Polk, Louisiana, where he was a member of the
military band. |
He was a band instructor first for
Atlanta schools, which then became part of the
Olympia School District, for 31 years. He had served
as chairman of Olympia Music Department, an Elder
and Board Member for many years at Eminence
Christian Church of which he was a member, on the
Atlanta Library Board and Atlanta/Eminence Park
Board.
Bill had also worked at the IRS
distribution center in Bloomington for 25 years.
Through the years, Bill played bass in several dance
bands, including the Don Smith Orchestra, and
trombone in the Atlanta Community Band. He was a
member of the Atlanta American Legion #341 and also
served as bookkeeper for the Atlanta Ministerial
Association. Bill was also a proud “Keeper of the
Clock” at the Atlanta Public Library.
For many, many people, Bill was the “Leader of the
Band.”
Memorials may be made to Eminence Christian Church.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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