Paul Rayburn Lamb Sr.

A celebration of Paul Rayburn Lamb Sr.’s, 63, of Union Point, Ga., life were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at the Freedom Worship Center, 6041 Madison Hwy., Greensboro, Ga. 30642 with the Rev. Wayne Powers and Pastor Kelly Ellis officiating. Mr. Lamb died Saturday, July 10, at Saint Joseph’s At East Georgia in Greensboro. Born on May 23, 1947, in Pelham, Ga., in Mitchell County, he was the son of the late Raburn Lamb and Maggie Delois Futch Lamb. He graduated with a machinist degree from Thomas County Tech and married Jeanette Lowe in 1967. During the Vietnam War, he served his country in the United States Army. While living in Beach Island, S.C., he worked as a machinist at Graves in Jackson, S.C., and most recently worked for Nibco in Greensboro as a machinist. He had lived in Union Point for the last five years and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Paul was a member of the Freedom Worship Center in Greshamville. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Lowe Lamb of Union Point, Ga.; a daughter, Tara Lamb Ellis and husband, Pastor Kelly of Watkinsville, Ga.; a son, Paul Rayburn Lamb Jr. of Watkinsville, Ga.; grandchildren, Magean Elizabeth Black, Daniel Jacob Ellis, Nathan Kelly Ellis and Noah Paul Ellis. He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Patty Lamb; a granddaughter, Victoria Leanna Lamb and an infant Lamb that died at birth.  Visitors may sign the online guest register at www.mccommonsfuneralhome.com. — McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greensboro