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Mrs.
Patience
I. Black, age 94, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Wednesday,
February 11,
2009, in Union General Hospital in Blairsville.
Mrs. Black was born in Bullock County, Georgia, on June 5, 1914,
a
daughter of the late Raleigh Johnson and Annie Clifton Johnson. She was a homemaker and a member of First
United Methodist Church of Union County.
Mrs. Black had been active in united Methodist Women; former
volunteer
with The American Cancer Society; Oasis, and a nursery worker at church. She had been preceded in death by her husband,
Ned Black, and a daughter, Patricia Gail Offret.
Surviving
family members include daughter and son-in-law, Miriam and A.G.
Sherman, of
Blairsville; daughter, Nedra Kass, of Blairsvile (sic) and daughter and
son-in-law, Johnnye and Jerry Phillips, of Weirsdale, Florida. Six grandchildren and seven great
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral
services were held Sunday, February 15, 2009, at 3 p.m., from First
United
Methodist Church of Union County, with Rev. Ben Lewis officiating. The family met with friends on Sunday, one
hour prior to the service. The following
gentlemen served as pallbearers: A.G.
Sherman, Kristian Phillips, Jerry Phillips, Hoyt Raper, Gene Hodson,
and Mike
Cunningham. Interment was in Union
Memory Gardens Cemetery.
If you
wish, memorial contributions may be made to National Parkinson
Foundation,
Inc., 1501 NW 9th Ave. bob Hope Road, Miami, Florida 33136-1494.
Arrangements
entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home – Blairsville Chapel.
You are invited to view Mrs. Black’s life
tribute, send condolences to the family
and sign the
guest register at www.cochrannfuneralhomes.com