Maxcy Pearle Nolan, Jr.

Dr. Maxcy Pearle Nolan, Jr., 81, husband of 62 years to Myrna Walter Nolan, died Thursday, January 14, 2021 at home. Maxcy was born in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Maxcy P. Nolan, Sr. and Janie Elizabeth Sharpe Nolan.

Dr. Nolan earned his BS and MS from Clemson University and Ph.D. in entomology from The University of Georgia.  He served as a professor of entomology at the University of Georgia for more than 30 years where he focused on extension services and pest management research.  Maxcy was a retired Colonel in the US Army where he served as company and battalion commander.  He retired from the Adjutant General’s Corp USAR in 1992.  Dr. Nolan was a faithful member of Green Acres Baptist Church where he served on many committees and was a devoted member of the Adult Men’s Sunday School Class.

Dr. Nolan was a member of the Lions Club, Jaycees, and Georgia Officials Association where he officiated youth, high school, and men’s league sports for over 17 years.

Maxcy’s professional career was highlighted by his service to the Georgia Poultry Federation, Mosquito Control Associations throughout the state, the Structural Pest Control Commission, and the Athens/Clarke County planning commission.  He also published many articles and texts concerning insects that affect man and his animals. After his public career was completed, Dr. Nolan became a leading research and professional consulting entomologist for NIPCAM (Nolan Integrated Pest Control and Management) where he continued his commitment to managing/controlling vectors and nuisance pests affecting food safety and public health.

Above his professional career, Maxcy is best remembered for his loving, joyful, humorous, and charismatic nature that infected everyone he came in contact with personally and professionally.

Survivors in addition to his wife include his children: Maxcy P. Nolan, III and his wife Patricia Ann Nolan (Albea), Paul Nolan and his wife Catherine Camille Nolan (Ward) and Desiree Summers and her husband William Lavon Summers III; siblings: Thomas Vandiver Nolan, Edna Ann Belk, Barbara Jean Hewitt, Jane Elizabeth Nolan; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held Sunday, January 17, 2021 at 3:30PM at Athens Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 at the funeral home prior to the service. Honorary pallbearers will be The Adult Men’s Sunday School Class.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Green Acres Baptist Church.

Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, EAST, is in charge of arrangements. www.lordandstephens.com