Julian Anthony Savage

Julian Anthony Savage, born on September 19, 1961, in Bladen County, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on February 7, 2026, at the Gardens of Roseboro Assisted Living.

Julian was the beloved son of the late Charlotte Heustess Savage and Neil Julian Savage. He is also preceded in death by his cherished sister, Carol Savage, and brother-in-law, Jerry Smith, who looked after him with love and devotion.

Julian leaves behind a loving family who will miss him dearly. He is survived by his siblings, Jenny Smith, Melanie Howell and her husband Glenn, John Savage and his wife Sarah. He took great pride in being an uncle to his treasured nieces and nephews: Brandon Smith, Nathan Howell and his wife Morgan, Aaron Howell and his wife Jessie, Lauren Biegler and her husband Stewart, Taylor Baxley and her husband Scott, Courtney Hammonds and her husband Justin, and Jonathan Savage and his wife Rachael. His legacy continues with his great nieces and great nephews, Thaxton Howell, Addyson Howell, Thaden Savage, Charlotte Savage, Hunter Savage, Sawyer Biegler, Mallory Biegler, Presley Baxley, William Baxley, Brant Hammonds, and Maverick Hammonds, who brought him immense joy and pride.

“Aintney”, as his loving family called him, was quite the character. He loved his family and endlessly wanted to talk with them each day. Sometimes many times a day. He will be missed dearly and there will never be another like him.

He was a true man of nature. Loving all of God's creation. From the whippoorwills' song on a warm summer night to a crawfish hiding deep in the mud of the ole creek bed. He raised a fawn with his brother and sisters and tamed a wild squirrel and wren to eat in his lap. He had great patience with nature.

He was an avid and proficient hunter, fisherman, bird watcher, and all-around naturalist. Uncoincidentally, Aintney passed much of his sportsman knowledge, conservationist mindset, and love of nature on to his nieces and nephews, whom he loved and cherished greatly. One memory is each Christmas when the nieces and nephews were very young he would scrape together the little money he had and surprise them with a little gift. He always wanted to do a “little something” for them own his own.

He loved woodworking and spent many days perfecting a project. Often a brim shaped fish or crosses. He was also an amazing poet that just wanted to share his gift with others and spread the word of God.

In his poem “Yesterday” he wrote where he would go back to in time. “Yet down on white’s creek was most favorite to me, where raccoons and squirrels peered from old hollow trees. Here I’d wade through its shallows chasing crawfish and frogs, while throwing sticks at turtles as they scampered from logs. Much joy I found in this wet little world, where damsel flies hovered as dragonflies swirled. Now I’ve grown older yet still memories remain, to carry me back to my childhood again.”

In his poem titled “The Poet” he says it perfectly as he describes a storm coming and hiding in a cottage, which I believe was a metaphor of being in God's arms safe from the troubles of this harsh world. He wrote “Here inside we’re safe for tis peaceful and still. So tis here I shall leave you, for here I lay down my quill”-Anthony Savage

Julian's life will be celebrated at a graveside service on February 10, 2026, at 1:00 PM, at the Savage Family Cemetery located at 627 Bladen Springs Road, Council, NC 28434. His family invites all who knew him to join in honoring his memory and the indelible mark he left on their lives.