Mr. Charles L. "Truck" Baskin passed away peacefully Saturday at Rivertowne Nursing Home. He was 66 years of age.

Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 am Thursday, May 10th, 2018 at the Progressive Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Elliott Glasgow officiating.

The interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park.

Visitation will begin this Thursday morning at 9:30 am at the funeral home prior to the service.

The son of the late Willie L. and Leida Weems Baskin, Mr. Baskin was born in Columbus, Georgia and was a 1971 graduate of George Washington Carver High School where he was an outstanding defensive end player with the Carver High Tigers. He was also a self-employed Master Barber.

Survivors include: four brothers, Bennie Baskin, Edward (Mildred) Baskin and Terry Baskin, all of Columbus and James (Yvonne) Baskin of East Point, Georgia; four sisters, Savanna Coats and Charlene (Walter) Mitchell of Cataula, Georgia, Irma Jean (Ben) Cotton and Marianne (Bill) Dixon of Columbus, Georgia; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Family and friends are asked to assemble at the funeral home at 10:00 a.m. today.