Mr. James Larry “Lighting” Landen, 64, of Tunnel Hill, departed this life Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, 2009, at the local hospital.
Larry was born March 25, 1945, in Whitfield County, a son of the late James Roscoe Landen and Juanita Daisy Hooper Bryson. He was also preceded in death by his stepfather, Jesse Jet Bryson.
He was a retired truck driver with Mohawk Industries.
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Powell Callahan of the residence; son, Dale Jerome Landen of Chatsworth; daughter, Lisa Kay Acree of Marietta; brothers and sisters-in-law, Donald Ray and Linda Landen, Terry and Joy Bryson, Perry and Vickie Bryson, all of Tunnel Hill, Steve and Sandra Landen of Rocky Face, David and Martha Landen of Adairsville; nine grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate the life of Mr. Larry Landen will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Melrose Chapel of Ponders Funeral Home with the Rev. Lillard Stringer officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 until 9 p.m. Friday.
Messages may be sent to the Landen family at www.pondersfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements are by locally owned and operated, Ponders Funeral Homes, 138 Melrose Drive, Dalton. Your selected independent funeral home.