Geraldine Deanie Lawrence

Lawrence (Geraldine "Miss Deanie") Funeral service for "Miss Deanie", 95, of Hiawassee, GA, were held as a graveside service at Clanton City Cemetery at 11:00 A.M. on Friday, October 21, 2016, with the Rev. Jay Spencer Hurd officiating, with Martin Funeral Home directing. "Miss Deanie", a retired education with the Chilton County Board of Education, was born in Talladega, Alabama on November 25, 1920. She died on Monday, October 17, at Chatuge Nursing Home in Hiawassee, Georgia. She was a long time member of the First Baptist Church of Clanton, Alabama. Surviving relative include her son, Harold Lawrence and his wife, Michelle of Hayesville, NC, as well as her sister, Elizabeth Laffree of Wadmalaw Island, SC. She is survived by her granddaughter, Hollye Smith and her husband, Jimmy Smith, and great granddaughters, Mary Burke Smith and Harper Smith of Rome, Georgia. Miss Deanie is also survived by her grandson, John Lawrence, his wife, Chelsea Lawrence, and great granddaughters, Charlotte and Amelia, of Charlotte, NC. She is survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Miss Deanie was preceded in death by her husband, Toombs Harold Lawrence, her parents, John & Bess Hollis, and sister, Sarah Duncan. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to be made to the youth program of the First Baptist Church of Clanton.