The family of Mr. Self will receive friends from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Friday, February 4, at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home. A graveside memorial service will be held on Sunday, February 6, at 2:00 PM, in Upson Memorial Gardens. Rev. Charles Bennett will officiate.
Gary Fred Self was born April 8, 1942, in Thomaston, GA, son of Fred Glen Self and Clinton Dora Barfield Self. He was the second of three children born to the couple, between Glenda Sue and John Thomas "Tommy" Self.
Gary lived most of his life in Thomaston, except for his time of service during the Vietnam Conflict, where he toured several Asian countries, and his time spent at Auburn University where he trained to be a land surveyor. He was an upstanding citizen, passionately involved in local government and in making Thomaston/Upson County a better community for all. He was also an excellent sportsman, in particular enjoying tennis and pickleball. Gary was known to be a man of utmost integrity and had a strong moral compass, and truly led by example.
Gary was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, as well as grandnephews Hunter Porter and River and Harvard Brodnax. Never having married or raised a family of his own, he was nonetheless an involved and dearly beloved Uncle Gary to the following: nephews and nieces, Clay (Janet) Porter, Cliff (Julie) Porter, Jonas (Tiffany) Stephens, Adrian Dawson, and Heather (Joel) Brodnax; grandnephews and -nieces Kristen (Blake) Prince, Michelle (Brandon) Rodgers, Michael Porter, Sydnie Porter, Summer (Mitchel) Bastion, Riggs and Isla Stephens, Natalie Dawson, and Reeve Brodnax; and great-nephew and -nieces, Morgan Prince, Emma and Everitte Rodgers, and Adora Bastion.
Fletcher-Day Funeral Home of Thomaston in is charge of all arrangements. Condolences and remembrances may be expressed at www.fletcherdayfuneralhome.com
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