The funeral service of Charlie C. "Skeeter" Silas, Jr. will be conducted Friday, December 31, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 4585 Georgia Highway 37, Camilla.  Reverend Curnell Henry will officiate.  Interment will follow in Oakview Cemetery.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Deacons of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Active Pallbearers will be B. J. Jones, Cecil Knight, Arterrius Marcus, Bob Marcus, Freddie Thompson, Larry Thompson.

The Lord called Charlie C. Silas, Jr. home on Sunday, December 26, 2010.  Charlie, affectionately known as "Skeeter", was born May 16, 1944 in Camilla, Georgia to Eletha Silas and the late Charlie C. Silas.

He was a member of the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.  He was the eldest of seven siblings.  One child, Ora Bell Silas, preceded him in death.

He leaves to cherish his memory a loving and devoted wife of thirty-one years, Vera Silas of Camilla, Georgia; three daughters, Ora Mae (Larry) Coots of Moultrie, Georgia, Denise Silas of Tallahassee, Florida, Early (John) Coleman of Pontiac, Michigan; one son, Earnest Randall of Albany, Georgia; his mother, Eletha Silas of Camilla, Georgia; one brother, James D. (Gloria) Silas, Sr. of Camilla, Georgia; five sisters, Betty Silas, Freda Silas of Camilla, Georgia, Angela (Robert) Lofton of Newton, Georgia, Edith Silas of Columbus, Georgia, Delphine Silas of Fairfax, Virginia; seven grandchildren, Taniyah, Tyrun, Jacob, Tyler, Jeremiah, DeAnre, Laron; three aunts, Lillie Mae Ross, Odessa Ross, Sallie Mae Silas of Camilla, Georgia; one uncle, Frank Ross, Sr. of Camilla, Georgia; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

God Took Him To His Loving Home

God saw him getting tired, a cure was not to be.
He wrapped him in his loving arms and whispered 'Come with me.'

He suffered much in silence, his spirit did not bend.
He faced his pain with courage, until the very end.

He tried so hard to stay with us but his fight was not in vain,
God took him to His loving home and freed him from the pain.