Berrien County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hance, Ruth M. Poppell August 26, 2008 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 February 18, 2012, 4:27 pm THe Berrien Press - September 3, 2008 The Berrien Press -- Ruth M. Hance, 91, of Alapaha, Georgia, died August 26, 2008 at Berrien Nursing Center. Born June 27, 1917 in Gadsden County, FL to the late James Bennett and Delia Kirkland Poppell, she was a homemaker and retired beautician. She was a member of Alapaha United Methodist Church. A former member of Gretna Baptist Church in Gretna, FL, she was a Girls Auxiliary leader and active in Women's Missionary Union. She was married to Elmer Hance, who died in June, 2003. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in law, Marian and Joe Dixon of Alapaha and Delia and Billy Poston of Quincy, FL; two brothers, Douglas Poppell and Jack Poppell, both of Quincy; seven grandchildren and 18 great- grandchildren. Visitation was held August 28 at Lovein Funeral Home. The funeral service was held August 29 at 3 p.m. at Gretna Baptist Church with the Rev. Mike Gibbs, pastor of Alapaha Baptist Church, officiating. Matt Dixon played prelude music and sang a song he had written for her. John Dixon gave a eulogy and read a poem he had written for her years ago. Joe Dixon playing the guitar, and Drew Dixon on the violin sang "Hold to God's Unchanging Hand." The congregation sang "O How I Love Jesus." Interment was in Hillcrest Cemetery in Quincy. Pallbearers were grandsons, Matt Dixon, John Dixon, Joel Dixon, Britt Dobbs, Ben Poston, William Poston. Lovein Funeral Home of Nashville and Charles McClellan Funeral Home of Quincy were in charge of arrangements File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/berrien/obits/h/hance2500nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb