Rev. Walter Eugene Poole, Jr.

Rev. Walter Eugene Poole, Jr., age 86 of 73 Hickory Circle, Toccoa, Georgia passed away Friday, February 27, 2015 at his residence. A son of the late Walter E. Poole, Sr. and Ella Ruth Johnson Poole, he was born March 23, 1928 in Elberton, Georgia. He received his call into the ministry in 1950, and shortly thereafter, became an ordained pastor with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He pastored in Swainsboro and Monroe, GA, then came to take the pastorate of the Toccoa P.H. Church in 1960. After pastoring in Toccoa, he became a full-time evangelist and traveled primarily in the Southeastern United States and made missionary trips to Argentina and Chile. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Thelma Nash Poole in 2015. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Luke Terrell of Toccoa; sons and daughters-in-law, Walter E. Poole, III and wife Anita of Demorest, Georgia and Joseph Michael Poole and wife Tina of Elberton, Georgia; grandchildren, Patrick Terrell and wife Jolene of Toccoa, Ashley Terrell of Toccoa, Ethan Poole of Elberton; sister and brother-in-law, Elva Collins and husband Harold Collins of Athens, GA. Funeral services will be Sunday, March 1, 4:30 PM in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with The Reverend John Ingham and The Reverend Don Scott officiating. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers, Reid Ferrell, Wayne Butler, Tommy Collins, Patrick Terrell, Ethan Poole and Mark Nash. The family will be at their respective homes and will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Saturday from 6 PM to 8 PM. Interment will follow in the Roselane Cemetery with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements for Reverend Walter Eugene Poole, Jr. Online condolences can be made by visiting the website at www.acree-davisfh.com. Announcement courtesy of Berry Funeral Home of Elberton on behalf of the family.