RUTHER JERNIGAN

WE REGRET TO ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF MRS. RUTHER JERNIGAN, AGE 103, OF DONALSONVILLE, GA. MRS. JERNIGAN PASSED AWAY MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 2012 AT THE MILLER COUNTY NURSING HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. JERNIGAN WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2012 AT 11:00 AM AT UNION BAPTIST CHURCH WITH DR. CALVIN ARNOLD AND REV. TALMADGE WORSLEY OFFICIATING. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 2012 FROM 6:00-8:00 PM AT THE CHAPEL OF EVANS-SKIPPER FUNERAL HOME. MRS. JERNIGAN WAS BORN IN MILLER COUNTY, GA ON NOV. 25, 1908 TO THE NOW LATE HENRY AND ANNIS DANIELS RUNNELS. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND A MEMBER OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH. MRS. JERNIGAN WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ALL AREAS OF THE CHURCH AS LONG AS HER HEALTH ALLOWED. SHE HAD BEEN A MEMBER OF UNION BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE SHE WAS 19 YEARS OLD. MRS. JERNIGAN LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY A DAUGHTER, BESSIE SIRMAN AND HER HUSBAND VELMER OF JACKSONVILLE, FL; A SON, HARMON JERNIGAN AND HIS WIFE MARTHA NELL OF DONALSONVILLE, GA; A BROTHER, ELVIN RUNNELS AND HIS WIFE NANCY OF COLQUITT, GA; AND A SISTER-IN-LAW, HAZEL RUNNELS OF LAKELAND, FL. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 4 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HENRY AND ANNIS ESTELLE DANIELS RUNNELS; HER HUSBAND, VIRGIL JERNIGAN; 3 SISTERS, EMMA HOUSTON, JERLEAN RUNNELS, AND INEZ ALDAY; 3 BROTHERS, FRANK RUNNELS, HENRY RUNNELS, JR., AND JIMMIE LEE RUNNELS; ONE GRANDSON, JESSE PHILMON; AND AN INFANT DAUGHTER. ACTIVE CASKETBEARERS WILL BE TODD JERNIGAN, TONY JERNIGAN, WINSTON PHILMON, TIMMY PHILMON, JOSH PHILMON, AND RONNIE SKIPPER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS WILL BE RAY GRIMSLEY, DENNIS O'HEARN, CARLTON SKIPPER, BUZ GRIMSLEY, JIMMY MILLER, MAX KELLEY, AND CARLTON THOMAS.