Charles Harvey Weems Jr
September 23, 1927 ~ June 7, 2020
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Charles Harvey “Charley” Weems, Jr., 92, passed away June 7, 2020 in Locust Grove, Georgia. He was born September 23, 1927 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Charles Harvey Weems, Sr. and Sarah “Sally” Venable Weems. He became a Christian at the age of 12.
Charley graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1944, served in the Merchant Marine and U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division during World War II, then earned a law degree from Atlanta Law School. He worked for Southern Railway, then became a Special Agent with ATF, U.S. Treasury Department in 1954. He served 24 years in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. Charley was instrumental in setting up ATF's air operations in the early 1960's. He is the author of two books, A Breed Apart and Agents That Fly, chronicling his career. In 2015 Charley received the Wright Brothers Master Pilots Award for fifty years of aviation safety. He was a member of Quiet Birdmen.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his first wife, Dorothy Lenderman.
Charley is survived by his wife of 41 years, Mary Linda Weems; two sons, Joe and Janet Weems of Santa Rosa Beach, Florida; Charles and Debbie Weems of Grapevine, Texas; stepdaughter Rev. Aimee and Nelson Appell of Washington, Missouri; grandson Max and Beth Weems of Fredericksburg, Virginia; granddaughter Kristen and Jackson Hubert of Canton, Georgia. five great-grandchildren: Emily, Michael and Lauren Weems; Caroline and Cooper Hubert; four step-grandchildren: Clayton Riggs of Euless, TX; Grace, Holden and Elinor Appell.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2020, at 10:00 am at Mallards Landing Fly-in Community, Locust Grove, Georgia. Rev. Glenn Stringham and Rev. Aimee Appell will officiate. Social distancing and the wearing of masks are requested. A private burial service will be held at 2 pm that afternoon at Philadelphia Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Forest Park, Georgia. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to Luella Baptist Church, 3164 Highway 155, Locust Grove, Georgia 30248.
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My sincere condolences to M. L. and the Weems family. Charley was a fine man, a great pilot, a proud veteran, and a person of kindness and character. I fondly remember flying with them in their classic Stinson at Cox airport in Apex. I too worked for the Government so I especially enjoyed reading both of his books about his ATF career. He will be greatly missed but remembered often. Joanie Currin, Oxford NC