Wanda Williams Saxon And Linwood Douglas Saxon, Jr.

Wanda Williams Saxon, 71, and Linwood Douglas Saxon, 77, entered into rest Thursday, August 21, 2025. She was born in Waynesboro to the late Lavern Alexander and Rose Vickery Williams. He was born in Augusta to the late Linwood Douglas Sr. and Claudia Mae Syms Saxon. They have been longtime residents of Burke County. Wanda was a member of First Baptist Church Waynesboro, serving the church actively and faithfully. Douglas was a veteran of the US Air Force serving in Vietnam. She retired as a secretary for the Burke County High School and he retired as a rural mail carrier for USPS, was a farmer and served on the County Board of Equalization. They were faithful and loving spouses, parents, and the best “Grammy” and “Pa”. They loved their family deeply and will be missed by all who knew them. In addition to their parents, they were preceded in death by four of his siblings, Roy Saxon, Marvin Saxon, Jewel Saxon, and Marilyn Whitley.

They are survived by three children, Brian Douglas Saxon (Amber) of Grovetown, William Jason Saxon (Jenny) of Martinez, and Claudia Kate Cook (Wint) of Thomson; seven grandchildren, Reese, Colton, Jadon, Emmalyn, Sadie, Noah, and Jaxon; her siblings, Lavern Williams, Jr. (Sandy) of Johnston, SC, Susan Williams (Mike) of Vidette, and Cyndi Foster (Lewis) of Chester, MD; his siblings, Tom Saxon (Linda) of Waynesboro, Virginia Bolton (John) of Sanford, NC, Audrey Smith of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Rosemary Patti (Tony) of Marietta, Carolyn Rhoden of Belvedere, SC; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5:00pm to 7:00pm Monday, August 25 at the funeral home. Memorial Services will be held 10:00am Tuesday, August 26 at First Baptist Church with Dr. G. Al Wright, Jr. officiating.

Donations may be made to either First Baptist Church Waynesboro - Missions Fund or the Vietnam Veterans of America at https://vva.org/.

DeLoach-McKerley-Prescott Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 220 East 6th Street, Waynesboro, GA 30830 (706-554-3531)

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