Mr. Daniel Thomas Dransfield III

Daniel Thomas Dransfield III

Entered into rest Sunday, May 10, 2009 at Doctor’s Hospital, Mr. Daniel Thomas Dransfield III, 71, husband of Joan Dransfield.

Mr. Dransfield was a native of NJ and had lived in Evans for the past year and a half. He was a retired Assistant Manager with Sunrise Shop Rite Supermarkets and a member of the Good Shepherd Chapel and the St. Michael’s Parish Council at Ft. Gordon.

He was a devoted husband, father, uncle and grandfather. “Pop” volunteered at the Good Samaritan Respite Center, umpired for the Columbia County Little League and was a part-time employee at the Kroger in Evans.

Family members in addition to his wife include his sons: Mark Dransfield (Liz) of Bridgewater, NJ, Dan Dransfield (Treesh) of Hanson, MA; daughter: Maria Thompson (Jay) of Lawrence, KS; grandchildren: Katherine, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Nolan Thomas, Ava Joan, Lily Claire, Owen; Sister: Eva Willever and brother: Dennis Dransfield.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 7:30 P.M. in the chapel of Thomas Poteet & Son with Fr. Dave Arnoldt, Fr. Richard Bendorf, Deacon George Foster and Deacon Dave Kriegel.

A Mass will be held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Butler, New Jersey on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 and the family will receive friends Monday, May 18, 2009 from 2:00 pm. until 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Richards Funeral Home (973) 835-0164.


Memorials may be made to the Good Samaritan Respite Center, 2110 Broad St., Augusta, GA 30904.

The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon, May 13, 2009 from 2:00 until 4:00 P.M. and then again from 6:00 until 7:30 P.M. at Thomas Poteet & Son Funeral Directors 214 Davis Rd, Augusta, GA 30907. (706) 364-8484 A guestbook may be signed on our website www.thomaspoteet.com .