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3450 Spalding Dr, Atlanta, GA 30350
St Anne's Episcopal Church, 3098 St Anne's Ln NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany Cemetery
Atlanta, DeKalb County, Georgia, USA
William Jacob "Bill" Weaver (June 30, 1931 - June 23, 2010) was a long time Atlanta church musician and leader of musical organizations.
Born in Jacksonville, FL, Bill was the son of the late Carolyn Pike and William J. Weaver, Sr. He graduated from the University of Florida where his degree program included organ performance, religious studies, and speech. His organ teacher at Florida was Claude L. Murphree, FAGO. He continued his studies in organ performance with Catharine Crozier at the Eastman School of Music. Bill began playing church services at the age of 11. He arrived in Atlanta in 1953, serving at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Decatur, GA as organist and choirmaster. In 1960, Bill was appointed organist and choirmaster at the newly formed parish of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, where he was responsible for the selection of the Flentrop pipe organ, one of the finest installations in the Southeast. Bill remained at St. Anne's until he retired from full time church music in 1983.
A most amiable man, Bill was active in many community organizations, serving at various times as President of the Atlanta Music Club, Instructor of Organ at Georgia State University, Music Critic for the Atlanta Constitution, Dean of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and Chairman of the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists, held in Atlanta in 1966. Bill maintained an active studio teaching piano and organ. An imaginative and creative cook, Bill and his partner, Douglas Johnson, often hosted dinner parties and musical performances in their home in Dunwoody, which also had a Flentrop organ and a Steinway piano. Before moving into retirement living, Bill was a handweaver and member of the Chattahoochee Handweavers' Guild. He had an 8-harness floor loom, upon which he worked adeptly in various weaving techniques.
Weaver died June 23, 2010, at Canterbury Court, a retirement community in Atlanta. He was 78. He was survived by his loving partner and companion of 57 years, Dr. Douglas Johnson, professor emeritus of pharmacology from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. They are now buried together at Episcopal Church of the Epiphany.
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