Jerry Wallace Blount

~Jerry Wallace Blount~
Services for Jerry Blount, 74, of Gainesville are set for 2 p.m. today at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel in Gainesville with Dr. Mark Denison, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Blount died March 20, 2008, at Renaissance Care Center.

He was born Dec. 20, 1933, in Gainesville to Tom and Mary Lee McCutchen Blount. He was a graduate of Gainesville High School and for many years and operated Jerry’s Snow Cones Stand at the California Street and Grand Avenue intersection. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church.

Survivors include several cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Tom Blount on Dec. 23, 1986; mother, Mary Lee Blount on April 28, 1995; and brother, Tom Blount Jr. on March 3, 2000.

Pallbearers include Roy Housewright, Don Hocker, Don Roff and Doug Wade.

Visitation is from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one’s choice