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Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Hankerson of Drayton Street Montezuma will be held on Friday, August 16, 2013 at 11:00 at the Magnolia Baptist Church in Montezuma, Georgia with Rev. Hosie Waters officiating. Burial will follow at the Oglethorpe City Cemetery.
Mrs. Mildred L. Hankerson, daughter of the late John L. Leggett and Kate Williams Neal, was born September 30, 1930 in Dooling, Georgia. She was educated in the Dooly County School System. Mildred was united in Holy matrimony to William Hankerson who preceded her in death. She was employed at Southern Frozen Foods for many years before her retirement.
Mrs. Hankerson was a faithful member of Magnolia Baptist Church. She will always be remembered for her kind and generous spirit and her willingness to help others. She was “an angel” in helping many people during her lifetime. On Sunday, August 11, 2013 at Flint River Hospital, Montezuma, Georgia, God called her from labor to reward. She was preceded in death by one brother, Alford Leggett.
Her beautiful life will forever be cherished in the lives of her sisters: Emma Bland of Jacksonville, Florida and Geraldine Moss of St. Petersburg, Florida; two brothers: Bobby Leggett and Robert Leggett of St. Petersburg, Florida; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Frank and Francis Martin of Miami, Florida, Fannie Bell Hankerson of Oglethorpe, Georgia and Louise Hankerson of Ft. Valley, Georgia; nieces and nephews; devoted cousins: Ollie J. Neal and Family and Willie Neal; a host of other relatives and friends.