Virginia Lever

Virginia N. Lever Thomson, GA- Mrs. Virginia Lee Norris Lever, 76 of Church Street, entered into rest July 8, 2011 at University Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Bobby Allen and the late Rev. J.D. Lever. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, July 10, 2011 at the Sweetwater Baptist Church with Revs. Grant Cantrell and Kenneth Garvin officiating. Interment will follow at Savannah Valley Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be: Chuck Cason, Doug Smith, Chad Smith, Ronnie Bohler, Adam Chalker and Price Chalker. Mrs. Lever was born in Warren County, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Albert Lee Norris and the late Virginia Harris Norris. She was retired and had been employed with Uniroyal, First Federal and First National Bank. She was a faithful and devoted member of Sweetwater Baptist Church where she served in many capacities. Not only had she served as church secretary, she was Sunday School teacher, Discipleship Training teacher, committee member and general encourager working wherever she was needed. She was a real student of God's word and lived out the truths she learned. The truths that she taught made a difference in many lives. Mrs. Lever loved her Lord and her church and she will be greatly missed by her church family. Survivors include her son, Barry Price Allen and his wife, Jeanne of Warrenton, GA; daughter, Kathy Allen Chalker and her husband, Milton of Warrenton, GA; brother, Albert "Bro" Ware Norris of Texas; sister, Gloria Norris Stanley of Louisville, GA; and grandsons, Adam Lee Chalker and James Price Chalker. Memorials may be made to the Sweetwater Baptist Church or American Cancer Society. Please visit BeggsFuneralHome.com for additional obituary information or to sign the family's personal guest book. Beggs Funeral Home, 799 Cobbham Road, NE, Thomson, Georgia 706/595-4100.