John Livingstone Weeks

Clinton - Dr. John Livingstone Weeks, 78, of 111 Candlestick Court, Clinton, North Carolina, went home to be with his Lord, Friday, March 23, 2007.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, located at 408 College St., with the Rev. Ron Cava officiating. Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery.
Dr. Weeks was born, August 14, 1928, in Sampson County, North Carolina, and was the son of the late Joseph Isaiah and Margaret Ruth Welsh Weeks. He graduated from Ben Lippen Boys School in Asheville, North Carolina, Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, and the Oklahoma State University School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Weeks practiced Veterinary Medicine for fifty years in Clinton, North Carolina. He was a member of the North Carolina Veterinary Association, having served on the Board of Directors for six years. He was an honorary member of the AVMA, being a member for fifty years. He served on the board of the North Carolina Hertford Association. He was a charter member of the American Association of Swine Practitioners and a member of the North Carolina Hampshire Swine Breeders Association. He was instrumental in giving a pure bred poled Hertford cattle herd to Lake Waccamaw Boys Home. He served on committees to promote a Veterinary School at North Carolina State University. He was a veteran of the US Army. He was a member of the Clinton Lions Club, serving as president and on the board of Directors. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, where he served his Lord and his church family as a Deacon. He taught adults in Sunday school.
He loved his family, his friends, his church, and the people of Sampson, Duplin, Bladen and Cumberland counties where he served in his Veterinary practice. John followed in his father's footsteps, Dr. J.I. Weeks, in the practice of veterinary medicine.
He is survived by his wife, Lou Ann Bostic Weeks of the home; his daughter Linda Gangi of Conway, SC, and her children, Ashley, Glenn Ross and Christine; his son, John L. Weeks Jr., his wife Kelli of Clinton, and daughter Brittany; his son, Steve Weeks of Clinton and sons Adam and Garrett; his son, Jeff Weeks of Dunn and daughter Lauren; his stepchildren, Wayne Reynolds and wife Michelle of Topsail Beach and sons, William and Smith; Luanne R. Johnson and husband Bob of Rose Hill and children Cowan, Amy, Nash Julian, and Carol Luanne; Jenny Gayle R. Thornton of Clinton and children, Caleb and Ann Bostic; Joy R. Prestage and husband Scott and children, Max, Billy and Stephanie, two great grandchildren, Viviann and Willa Grace Johnson; two brothers, Joseph I. Weeks and wife Carol of Weaton, Illinois, and Dr. Paul M. Weeks and wife Doris of Chapel Hill, NC.
The family will receive friends Saturday night from 6-8 p.m. at Royal-Hall Funeral Home and other times at his home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, 408 College St., Clinton, NC 28328.
Arrangements are being handles by Royal-Hall Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent through www.royalhallfuneralhome.com.