Mr. Willard Lee Fortune, 71, of Calhoun, Georgia, departed this life on Tuesday morning, August 14, 2018 at Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Georgia.
Mr. Fortune was born on February 24,1947 in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was a son of the late Frank and Mary Eva Secrest Fortune.
He was a Vietnam War Veteran having served from October 1965 until October 1969 in The United States Navy. Mr. Fortune started two very successful carpet manufacturing facilities and had been in the business since 1977. One of those being Suncraft Mills in Calhoun, Georgia, which was later bought by the Dixie Group and is still in operation today. The other, Fortune Contract is he and his wife's current manufacturing facility and is operating in Dalton today.
Mr. Fortune is survived by his loving wife of seventeen years, Judith Ann Ingalls of the home; his son, Will Fortune II of Seattle, Washington; his daughter, Christina Lea Fortune of Canton, Georgia; brother, Chester Fortune of Kennesaw, Georgia; sister, Carol Lynn Boston of Gold Hill, North Carolina; several other nieces, nephews, other family members, and dear friends also survive.
A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of Mr. Willard Fortune will be held on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 2:00 P.M. from the Calhoun Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home with his son, Will Fortune II delivering the eulogy, and others speaking.
Friends may visit with Mr. Fortune's family on Saturday, August 18, 2018 from 1:00 P.M. until the service hour at the Calhoun Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, Mr. Fortune's family requests that donations be made to an organization that was very close to his heart. The Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One WestPac IUWG-1, in care of Mr. James Meehan, 3080 South West Shadow Lane, ATTN: WILLARD FORTUNE MEMORIAL FUND, Palm City, Florida 34990-3252.
Condolences may sent to the family, and the online guestbook may be signed at our website, www.pondersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements by independently owned and operated Calhoun Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home and Ponders Dalton Crematory, Hwy 41 North, Calhoun, Georgia. 706-625-7577
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