SPRING HOPE – John Willard Silver, 73, died Friday, November 30, 2007. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 5 at 2 p.m. at the Bunn Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. Wayne Hines officiating. Burial will follow in the Silver family cemetery.

Survivors include a daughter, Denise Battle of Spring Hope; three sons, Toney Silver and Gregory Silver, both of Allentown, Pa., and Michael Silver of Bowie, Md.; and 13 grandchildren.

Arrangements are being handled by Richardson Funeral Home, Nashville.