Harvey Pride, Jr., 73, long-time Decatur resident, died at his home on December 15, 2020. Born on March 9, 1947, in Decatur, he was the oldest of three sons born to Harvey Pride, Sr. and Rachel Walker Pride. He was a 1965 graduate of Decatur High School, where he played Varsity Football and one his many accomplishments was being an Eagle Scout. He attended Auburn University and graduated from Athens State College.
Harvey was very active in the Community and had more friends than could be counted. He loved the water and boating, and riding his Harley in the Smokey Mountains. He was a longtime business man in Decatur, spending 28 years with Lakeland Industries as Vice President of Manufacturing before retiring. He was CEO of Madison Mobile Storage for 46 years. He joined the Decatur Rotary Club in 1973 where he had 47 years of perfect attendance as Sargeant at Arms. Harvey attended his first Port Authority board meeting on June 25, 1993. He was voted president at the August 7, 2013 b
Dec 14, 2020
John G. Sack, of Silver Creek, N.Y. entered into rest Dec. 11, 2020 at age 87. He was born Nov. 12, 1933 to the late Dominic and Grace (Borrello) Sack.
A life long resident of Silver Creek he married the late Virginia “Virge” (Le-one) Sack, September 4, 1954. Virge passed away Jan. 26, 2020.
John Graduated from Silver Creek Central School in 1952 where he was an honors winning member of both the Varsity Football and Track teams.
He spent some time working for the railroad be-fore he began his own gen-eral contracting business. At age 26 he built his own home in Alfred Heights, Silver Creek as well as several other homes in the same development and sur-rounding area.