Basil Lucas

Basil Victor Lucas, 78, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Friday, October 27, 2017.The memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 30, 2017 at Ivey Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Richard C. Davis officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com.Memorials may be made to Bainbridge Decatur County Council for the Arts, P.O. Box 35, Bainbridge, GA 39818.Basil Victor Lucas was born October 25, 1939 in Atlanta, GA, the son of Earl Harris Lucas and Lucy Ray Lucas. He was a graduate of Newnan High School, Class of 1957, and graduated from Emory at Oxford, Mercer University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Georgia. He was a retired Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor for the Georgia Department of Human Resources. Basil was very active in the community and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Bainbridge Decatur County Council for the Arts, and Kids and Cops, and was a member of First Baptist Church.Survivors include his wife of 55 years Phyllis Lane Lucas of Bainbridge, GA; his children, Todd E. Lucas and his wife, Ann, of Birmingham, AL, Louisa L. Russell and her husband, Lane, of Columbus, MS, and Lane P. Lucas and his wife, Stacie of Tallahassee, FL; his siblings, Kathleen Freeman of LaGrange, GA, Paul Lucas and his wife, Ann, of Forsyth, GA, and Earl Lucas of Manakin Sabot, VA; and his grandchildren, Lauren, Madison, Meghan, and Ava. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ray Lucas.