Alma Sue Thaxton
March 13, 1937 — January 20, 2015
Alma Sue White Thaxton, 77, passed away Jan. 20, 2015 at Brasstown Manor in Hiawassee, GA, following a period of declining health.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday January 24, 2015 at McMullen Funeral Home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA, with Reverend David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home.
Sue was born March 13, 1937 to the late Howard Jennings White, Sr., and Alma Lane White. She was a native of Columbus, GA, graduated from Columbus High School in 1955, and was retired from the Columbus Medical Center. She was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church in Columbus and the King's Daughters Sunday school class.
In addition to her parents, Sue was preceded in death by her husband Travis Raymond Thaxton and daughter Penny Renee Veal.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Todd Turner, Hiawassee, GA; son and daughter-in law, Joe and Donna Veal, Rainbow City, AL; grandchildren, Elizabeth Lane Turner and Joseph B. Veal, Jr.; sister, Jane White, Dallas, GA; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Jennings and Jackie White, Newnan, GA; and Otis and Jo White, Decatur, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday January 24, 2015 at McMullen Funeral Home 3874 Gentian Blvd. Columbus, GA, with Reverend David Howle officiating. Interment will follow at Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6-8 PM at the funeral home.
Sue was born March 13, 1937 to the late Howard Jennings White, Sr., and Alma Lane White. She was a native of Columbus, GA, graduated from Columbus High School in 1955, and was retired from the Columbus Medical Center. She was a member of Edgewood Baptist Church in Columbus and the King's Daughters Sunday school class.
In addition to her parents, Sue was preceded in death by her husband Travis Raymond Thaxton and daughter Penny Renee Veal.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Vicki and Todd Turner, Hiawassee, GA; son and daughter-in law, Joe and Donna Veal, Rainbow City, AL; grandchildren, Elizabeth Lane Turner and Joseph B. Veal, Jr.; sister, Jane White, Dallas, GA; and brothers and sisters-in-law, Jennings and Jackie White, Newnan, GA; and Otis and Jo White, Decatur, GA; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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