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Edna McKenzie
Sat, May 10, 2008
Edna Fulford McKenzie peacefully passed away on May 2, 2008, at age 89 in Transylvania County, N.C., where she was born. She was preceded in death in 1990 by her first husband, John D. Fulford, a retiree from Hercules. They had resided in Northwood Estates, Brunswick for more than 30 years. She retired from Brunswick College.
Edna moved to Florida in 1997 to be with their only child, Laura. There she met Howard McKenzie and they married in December 1999 and enjoyed a blessed Christian life together until Howard's death in September 2004. In November 2007 Laura and her husband, David Brown, were happy to move and bring her to North Carolina and grant Edna's wish to spend the rest of her life where she was born.
She will be greatly missed in this life by daughter, Laura Adamczyk-Brown and her husband, David, of Mills River, N.C.; her only grandson, Robert G. Adamczyk Jr., his wife, Susan and their only child, Laura Ann of Woodbridge, Va.; and three brothers, Ralph Pierson of St. Simons Island, James Pierson of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and Jerry Pierson of Pisgah Forest, N.C.
Four brothers, Charlie, Frank, Edward and Henry; one sister, Alice Reece; and their parents, A.F. "Gus" and Susie Rogers Pierson passed on before her.
Edna shared her love with numerous nieces, nephews, friends and extended family, many of whom attended a visitation held from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, May 5 in the chapel of Moody-Connolly Funeral Home in Brevard, N.C. The Rev. Guy Smith held a poignant service at 11 a.m. Her body was laid to rest beside her mother and father in the peaceful pre-Civil War family cemetery in Cedar Mountain, N.C.
Ruby Sprouse
Sat, May 10, 2008
Ruby N. Sprouse, 79, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008, at Coastal Manor in Ludowici after an extended illness.
She was a native of Coffee County, lived most of her life in Brunswick and resided in Jesup the past seven years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Jesup and Circle No. 3. While living in Brunswick, she kept the church nursery at the First United Methodist Church of Brunswick for many years.
Surviving is her husband of 57 years, Tom Sprouse of Jesup; two children, Debra Stevens of Jesup and Tim Sprouse of Brunswick; three grandchildren, Shanna and husband Ken Scott of Odum, Rachel Sprouse of Fisher, Ind., and Haley Sprouse of Atlanta; two great-grandchildren, Lexie and Blake Scott of Odum; one special niece, Phyllis Herndon of Brunswick; and two sisters, Reba Merier of Brunswick and Ruth Evitts of Alto.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m today in the James R. Gordon Memorial Chapel of Howard-Jones-Nobles Funeral Home with the Rev. Byron Scott and the Rev. Tucker Lewis officiating.
Family and friends may sign the online register book at www.howardjonesnobles.com.
Howard-Jones-Nobles Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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