Seaborn Poitevint

Seaborn R. Poitevint, 83, of Bainbridge, GA, passed away Monday, December 26, 2011 at Memorial Manor. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Bethany Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Kelley officiating. Interment will follow at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with his grandsons serving as active pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Ivey Funeral Home. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mr. Poitevint was born December 8, 1928 in Decatur County, GA, the son of Eddie Stanza Poitevint and Myrtle Barber Poitevint. He was a graduate of Bainbridge High School, Class of 1946 and was a retired postal clerk and farmer. He was a Deacon of Bethany Baptist Church and was one of the founders of Bainbridge Christian School. Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Helen McDaniel Poitevint of Bainbridge, GA; his son, Craig Poitevint and his wife, Martha, of Taylors, SC; his daughters, Teresa P. Kelley and her husband, Greg, of Sachse, TX and Karen P. Baisden and her husband, Lee, of Tallahassee, FL; his sister, Virginia Nelson, of Concord, NH; his grandchildren, Jonathan Poitevint, Rachel Burrow, Michael Kelley, Andrew Baisden, and Ryan Baisden; and his great-grandchildren, Canaan Poitevint, Lena Poitevint, Taylor Poitevint, Landon Poitevint, Leona Burrow, and Ali Burrow.